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His agent is an asshole.
From LA NACION:
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/820978
Translated:"Voy a seguir un año más en Tau Cerámica", será el anuncio que realizará hoy el pivote argentino Luis Scola durante la conferencia de prensa que se realizará en Vitoria, España, donde el presidente del club, Joan Querejeta, presentará al nuevo plantel.
En consecuencia, por tercer año consecutivo, el enorme sueño del porteño campeón olímpico quedará trunco porque el equipo dueño de sus derechos en NBA, San Antonio Spurs, no mostró interés en contratarlo tampoco para la próxima temporada. "En el país de la libertad, Luis es un esclavo", señaló Claudio Villanueva, representante del jugador, antes de agregar: "Los Spurs no lo utilizan ni quieren cederlo a otro equipo y le impiden jugar en la NBA".
Para Villanueva está claro que "San Antonio no quiere a Luis Scola. Es evidente que no lo valoran como jugador pese a que es uno de los mejores de Europa y ganador de muchos torneos y premios individuales. La verdad, es muy raro, no sé por qué Gregg Popovich no lo quiere", dijo el agente argentino.
Lo peor es que Scola estaba decidido a rescindir su contrato con Tau (unos 4.000.000 de dólares por los dos años que le quedaban) para aceptar ofertas de Chicago Bulls o Utah Jazz, que había mostrado interés en contratarlo, "además de Phoenix y Memphis, que habían preguntado por él", acotó Villanueva. Sin embargo, los Spurs pusieron muchas condiciones (pidieron mucho dinero y canjes por elecciones de primera ronda en el próximo draft) para ceder los derechos de Scola a otro equipo.
"Luis es joven, tiene 26 años, y puede esperar: el año que viene seguramente plirá su sueño", afirmó el representante.
"I will continue one more year in Tau Ceramica", is the announcement argentinian power forward Luis Scola will make today during a press conference to be held in Vitoria, Spain where Tau's president, Joan Quereteja, will present the new roster.
Therefore, for the third consecutive year, the dream of the olympic champion won't come true because the team which owns his NBA rights, San Antonio Spurs, didn't show any interest in signing him. "In the country of freedom, Luis is a slave", said Claudio Villanueva, Scola's agent and added: "The Spurs are preventing him from playing in the NBA, they don't want to trade him".
According to Villanueva, it is clear that "San Antonio doesn't want Luis Scola. They don't valuate him as a player although he is one of the best in Europe and a winner of many tournaments and individual awards. Actually, I don't know why Gregg Popovich doesn't want him", said the argentinian agent.
Scola was decided to pay his buyout ($4 millions for the two years left in his contract) to accept offers from Chicago Bulls or Utah Jazz, who had shown interest in signing him. "Phoenix and Memphis also asked for him", said Villanueva. However, Spurs asked for money and first round picks in next year's draft to trade Scola's rights.
"Luis is young, he is 26 years old, and can wait: I am sure his dream will come true next year", affirmed the agent.
His agent is an asshole.
It's rather simple, Claudio. Luis is a "slave" because he isn't worth $4 mil a season.
Apparently Claudio believes the "Land of Freedom" grows trees of money.
slave? please.....
The relationship with Scola and the spurs franchise is getting ugly.
At this point the spurs are going to have no choice but to trade him in the future.
That is if hes even playing in the NBA.
Last edited by rayray2k8; 07-05-2006 at 11:29 PM.
Accept what Manu accepted his first couple years, prove your worthy, and you will get paid by somebody after that. One more thing, tell your agent to STFU. He isn't helping your cause.
Well, it appears that they didn't want to trade him because they didn't think they were getting good value back. Interesting but then again I'm not really going to believe it because it comes from an agent.
It would be stupid to give this guy most of the MLE money the Spurs have. Didn't they regard Oberto as one of the best players in Europe as well and look how he turned up in his first year. Right now the Spurs are going in a direction that does not fit Scola's game. Wait out the year and enjoy a lower buyout to enjoy more of your money.
Maybe I misread...
But didn't Scola just say he would be willing to pay the buyout himself?
Next year Scola will not have the buyout as leverage in the negotiations and will either accept the 2 year, $3 mil (or so) 'welcome to the land of milk and honey' deal or continue to be a free man in the land of slaves, as it were.
Right, which of course ultimately would come from his NBA contract.
Doesn't make sense.
If he is offering to pay it, he should take a 2 million dollar cut both seasons to pay it off.
i'm siding w/ scola on this one. four different teams wanted this guy and the spurs still couldn't get anything done. this is re ed.
Scola has to pay the buyout himself.
He still has to pay it.
At least the Spurs aren't giving all of their talent away.
but using the money that the spurs give him. so he'll still be overpaid if he comes over. just trade this dude, i don't like his agent lol
For those who want Scola to be a Spur, this is ultimately good news.
His agent reminds of how DA's agent ed up him staying in San Antonio.
Though his "Loyalty" speech was epic. ing re .
i doubt the suns, bulls, jazz, etc. were offering NOTHING. but that's all the spurs are going to end up getting for him NOTHING. the only tradeable guy the spurs have and they've got nothing to show for it.
It's July 5th. Shut up and wait.
I told you Phoenix was interested in him. I also understand the frustration because there are teams that want him but the Spurs don't want to trade him. I believe, as well, that people are making a huge false assumption- and that is that the Spurs offered Scola some presumed deal. People keep insisting that Scola should have taken an offer that I don't believe was ever even made. You do realize that Scola's buy out will cost him about $5M US. Now explain how he is supposed to sign a two-year deal starting at less than $2M per season- subtracting all the taxes and agent %,....
What were these teams offering? I guess it shows he's not worth a 1st round pick afterall.Scola was decided to pay his buyout ($4 millions for the two years left in his contract) to accept offers from Chicago Bulls or Utah Jazz, who had shown interest in signing him. "Phoenix and Memphis also asked for him", said Villanueva. However, Spurs asked for money and first round picks in next year's draft to trade Scola's right.
the spurs can pay 500k of the buyout i think, and i also remember from another thread the players usually take out a loan to pay the buyout.
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