Retro. "Spurs could have had Scola here. They chose Bonner instead".

[Sean Cagney]

Same with Jackson. If they had given him what he wanted in 2003, they may not have been able to afford both of Tony and Manu in 2004.

Correct, some just need to let it go and see where the chips fell and be thankful to have watched this team win so many les. Things happened for a reason.

[ChumpDumper]

That was what the rumors were at the time.

Rumors from whom?

The Spurs could have easily signed him.

Not without losing out on the tax bonus and paying the tax that season.

You just don't let a talented player like Scola was in his prime walk for peanuts if there was a damn good reason of doing so.

See above. We're talking a swing of several million dollars.

Scola wanted to start, and he was a PF, the position Duncan played at the time. With the injuries to Manu, Parker, and Duncan during the '08-'011 years, Scola would have kept the Spurs in contention.

Pretty much runs counter to everything the Spurs do. As such, I won't believe it.

[Blake]

.... The Spurs are 10-0 when Bonner starts alongside Duncan, Parker, Leonard and Green and 14-3 overall when the "Red Rocket" is in the starting lineup.....

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/scoreboard

10/10 thread. Will recommend to prison guards.

[DJB]

Best front officer, possibly ever, and this is a thread....This board is in the crapper.

YOU'RE in the ing crapper.

[aal04]

Im pretty sure pop would trade Duncan before Bonner

[peacemaker885]

Scola could never pull off Spuran Spuran.

[MultiTroll]

That was what the rumors were at the time. The Spurs could have easily signed him. You just don't let a talented player like Scola was in his prime walk for peanuts if there was a damn good reason of doing so. Scola wanted to start, and he was a PF, the position Duncan played at the time. With the injuries to Manu, Parker, and Duncan during the '08-'011 years, Scola would have kept the Spurs in contention.

at any who tried to spin you the luxury tax was the problem.
I'm sure a good accountant could tally up how much extra profit is made from a repeat Championship season.
Or two.

If Scola was indeed too enamored with a Chinese shoe company promotion hooked up thru Yao, oh well.

[Budkin]

Scola could never pull off Spuran Spuran.

This. /thread

[ChumpDumper]

at any who tried to spin you the luxury tax was the problem.
I'm sure a good accountant could tally up how much extra profit is made from a repeat Championship season.
Or two.

Not as much as you might think. The initial TV deal is where the real money is. Retroactively guaranteed championships aren't used in business planning tbh.

[Brazil]

Diego20 is such a ty poster

[DAF86]

Obviously, nothing good has happened to the Spurs since they made that choice and Scola has become a guy that no team would ever trade.

I'm pretty sure Scola on the Spurs would have been an all-star at some point.

[DAF86]

Actually, the Spurs could have had Scola but they chose Splitter instead.

That was the calculus, pure and simple.

Splitter messed up the plan by delaying his journey to SA by a year (the team had factored a one year delay, not two).

If you look at the timing, the Spurs drafting Splitter and giving up on Scola was within a very short period of time that championship summer (at least that's the way I remember it, and I'm too lazy to look it up to confirm).

But my clear recollection at the time was that the Spurs concluded that Scola was a demanding prima donna and they cast their lot with Splitter.

Damn, they got to an awful conclusion if that's trully the case.

[DAF86]

I agree with that one to. I was very disappointed he didn't come back the next season. With him, and the chemistry he had with Manu, they probably would have 3 peated in the 03' - 0'5 seasons.

I will always remember that game 6 against the Mavs when they were down by 23 and SJax and Kerr went on that 3 point shooting frenzy with Manu actually facilitating a lot of them. That was one of my most favorite Spurs game of all time. Even Drob, bad back and all was jumping around on the bench like a kid that just won a prize at some festival.

If Jackson had stayed Manu probably wouldn't have developed like he did though.

[Diego20]

Diego20 is such a ty poster

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[Brazil]

Look who said it

inb4 Parker crew comes and "brazil is a good poster "

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