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I think they'll trade Scola's rights and have Sanikidze and Javtokas here next season. And Mahinmi the season after that.
DALLAS — The Spurs currently don't have a first-round pick in next month's NBA draft, but they may derive some benefit from a couple of their previous selections this summer.
Argentine forward Luis Scola, who was taken by the Spurs in the second round of the 2002 draft, has negotiated a more affordable buyout with his Spanish team.
The Spurs broke off talks with Scola last summer over fears he wouldn't be able to free himself from his contract with Tau Ceramica because Tau officials claimed his buyout would cost almost $15 million. Recent discussions between Scola's agents and the team, however, have lowered the amount Scola will have to pay to come to the NBA to between $3 million-$3.5 million.
"We feel good about the progress that's been made," said Spurs assistant general manager Sam Presti, who recently visited Scola in Spain, "and about Luis' possibilities of coming to the NBA."
Whether Scola ever wears a Spurs uniform remains to be seen. The Spurs will assess their needs this summer, as well as what type of contract Scola is seeking, before deciding whether they would be better off trading his rights.
Scola, 26, remains one of Europe's top players. A 6-foot-9 power forward, he again helped lead Tau to the Euroleague Final Four while averaging 14.7 points and 6.6 rebounds.
The Spurs will end the season with 10 players under contract, including center Rasho Nesterovic and forwards Robert Horry and Fabricio Oberto. They also could try to re-sign center Nazr Mohammed.
If the Spurs decide to trade Scola's rights, 6-10 Lithuanian forward Robertas Javtokas could be a more affordable option.
The Spurs drafted Javtokas in the second round in 2001. He severely injured his right leg and right shoulder in a motorcycle crash the next summer, but has recovered well enough that some scouts think he could be a productive rotation player in the NBA.
Javtokas, 26, averaged 9.6 points and 8.2 rebounds for Lietuvos Rytas in Euroleague play. His contract with the team expires at the end of the season, so he won't have to pay a buyout.
The Spurs like how his defense has improved.
"We've been very pleased with the progress Robertas has shown," Presti said.
Ian Mahinmi, last season's first-round pick who isn't expected to be NBA ready for at least another year, will play for the Spurs' summer-league team in Utah unless France selects him for its national team. Viktor Sanikidze, a 2004 second-round pick, also is expected to play in the summer league.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...k.892e582.html
I think they'll trade Scola's rights and have Sanikidze and Javtokas here next season. And Mahinmi the season after that.
I'll say this...Anyone that wants to trade Brent Barry because we have Michael Finely is crazy...I considered that...until I saw a classic Finley playoff performance tonight.
No freaking way.
I say trade Scola for a long SF...WE need that a of a lot more than we need a PF.
For whom do you think they'll trade his rights for?
Sanikidze and Mahinmi in summer league?
Nice.
It'll be a nice little Salt Lake City vacation after a championship.
X 2
What position does JR Smith play?
I thought the quotes were interesting-- like Presti talking about Scola coming "to the NBA"-- not the Spurs. Or the article saying the Spurs "could" try to re-sign Nazr, not will.
The Spurs have no power forwards on their roster. Horry is a big small forward. Duncan is a center. Rasho, Nazr, Oberto, Marks, Perdue, Oberding, Copa, Bedford, Bateer and whatever other scrubs the Spurs have at the end of the bench are all centers.
Package Beno, Barry and Scola and get a big.
Get a Robert Swift, or a Johan Petro.
Or try and get a Luol Deng.
Tim Duncan does a good enough imitation of one....He's more of a PF than anyone else is a true SF.
Need for a long SF>>>> than anything else on our roster.
And I am sorry...but I had reservations about Finley...I kept my mouth quiet...but now I know that everything I ever thought about him is true.
Even if Barry is afraid to shoot...at least he's clutch when he does...and he has a habit of hitting his shots in big moments.
Finley disappears more than anyone I have ever seen in big moments of big games.
Finley is a guy that isn't a afraid to shoot who isn't clutch.
No thanks.
He's the placeholder of which you spoke often last season.
And you know I speak the truth...you watched all those Mav playoff games too.
This was a classic Finley big game performance.
Finley didn't get an open shot. The Mavs are staying on the shooters. Brent got open on some fluke breakdowns by the Mavs. Ditto for Bruce.
The Mavs are making Duncan, Parker and Manu beat them. So far, it's working because they all three haven't played well at the same time yet.
So what...are you saying Finley is clutch?
Link?
Finley may not have been open...in fact I think that's part of what I don't like about his game...he will force a bad shot in a crucial moment.
Look...I know you like the high character guys with a work ethic...like Terry Porter and Finley...I like them too.
But I like winning championships more. Dude doesn't have it....Just like Porter didn't have it.
They either got it...or they don't.
At the beginning of the season I called this...I called it the day we signed him...he will be good enough to be the main guy off our bench, and he will disappear or start playing badly when it matters most...that's what he did tonight.
Finely is more clutch than stackhouse. My god did you see how he misses he free throws. He also missed a shot this game at the end. He goes for the three in game one.
Seriously I rather have finely shooting the ball than stackhouse with the game on the line.
They are almost the same player....I always figured Stackhouse was more clutch...but you might be right. Finley isn't clutch under any of my definitions of the word...Never has been.
i say we sign scola to MLE, + gino+orbs to minni for garnett+filler
finley+nazr to chicago for deng+ben gordan
tp+rasho has to go
new team outlook
javtokas
td
KG
bowen
beno
deng
gordan
mahinmi
horry
scrub
scrub
I say we leave the offseason discussion for the offseason.
you're an idiot.
If SPURS risk 3.5m for compensation and at least 1.5m for Scola salary, why don't they use most of the MLE to chase Chris Wiscox or Reggie Evan or Chris Mihm type player. At least you know what you can get and SPURS deadly need an athletic PF/Center. I think Scola is a better player but there is a big gap between Europe games and NBA games for big men, as evident from the case of Oberto.
Reggie Evans!, what are you crazy! We don't need a chorizo grabber on our team!?
Like Chicago would do that, plus no PGs on that roster...
As if the Garnett trade idea wasn't dumb enough.finley+nazr to chicago for deng+ben gordan
3 argentineans in the same Team? just fire pop and recruit an argentinean coach
Scola+Beno+Nazr (s&t) for Deng & Chandler
this is the ing playoffs and not regualar season
discuss this when the jury is out
plenty of playoff basketball left
They already have 4 PGs in Hinrich, Duhon, Pargo and Livingston. And its not like you're actually trading a player in Scola, just his rights, he might not even come to the NBA at all.
Although Scola in Chicago would make some sense for them.
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