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I miss the days when we had an entire thread devoted to this guy.
Luis Scola Might Choose Spain Over San Antonio
By Tom Ziller
Argentine power forward Luis Scola was a gentleman many expected to debut in the NBA next fall. The prognosis has, unfortunately, become more bleak.
The Spurs drafted Scola in 2002, but a prohibitive buyout for his Spanish squad Tau Ceramica (as well as no particularly strong need at power forward in SA) kept Luis abroad.
Scola's buyout is now cheap (relatively speaking), and Scola has talked often about wanting to prove himself in the League. His agent recently went so far as to ask the Spurs to trade Scola's rights if they weren't interested in bringing him to San Antonio. That statement and similar rumblings led many to believe the Spurs would trade Scola's rights in order to move up in the draft.
DraftExpress has a splash of cold water for us domestic Scola fans:
Teams thinking about trading a draft pick on Wednesday for Luis Scola should know that he is mulling over a 5-year contract offer for a ridiculous sum of 10 million Euros. After calculating taxes and the exchange rate, we figure Scola will be essentially signing a deal for the mid-level exception if he indeed decides to take it. [...] Scola reportedly loves playing in Spain and is a long-shot to ever make it over to the NBA.
The fallout if the report is true comes two-ply: Teams in need of a top-flight power forward in his prime need to look elsewhere, and San Antonio has an essentially worthless asset.
I miss the days when we had an entire thread devoted to this guy.
This has already been posted in the Scola thread.
I'm sick of hearing about this guy coming or not coming. Tell me when a decision is made.
Seeing as teams were only offering second rounders for this guy, the worth of the asset was questionable in the first place.Teams in need of a top-flight power forward in his prime need to look elsewhere, and San Antonio has an essentially worthless asset.
I understand if he could not come over because of contractual obligations but if he has the chance to come over, then chooses not to? Then he never had what it took to be here.
This article is nothing more than an expansion on the tidbit written by John Givony on the DX website....it's not new.
And yes, we're discussing this in the Scola thread...
Can you really blame him...
This guy has been a worthless asset to the Spurs since 2002.
For being afraid of playing in the NBA?
Not really.
GOOD! GO!!! Jeez...I'm tired of hearing about this guy. BYE DUDER!!!!
RIF
In addition, where is the source attribution?
blame him and his re agent who sign that long contract.....which is keepin him from playin in the nba
I love how people crucify anyone that doesn't choose to play for the Spurs. Please, people look at the facts! The Spurs still are unsure if they are going to bring him over and he's getting an ENORMOUS offer over in Europe. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?? The article doesn't say the Spurs have made up their minds, it says should they do so, they might find out that Scola decided to stay in Europe. What? did you expect him to sit and wait all his life?
Look I love the Spurs but I'm not stupid enough to think EVERYONE should give their left nut to play for them. Everyone is looking out for their best interests, for the Spurs it might not be Scola, and for Scola it sure sounds like that 10 million euro offer is in his.
IMO if the dude decides to stay in Spain, then so be it. We'll repeat with or without him.
Well, that's the rub -- if he's as good an NBA player as some here say he is he'll probably make more than what is being offered in Europe during his career. If he doesn't think he's that good or doesn't feel like proving himself in the best league in the world, that's fine.
I have no problem with Scola deciding to stay in europe. It's not like Spurs have spend a lottery pick on him : he was drafted with the 56th pick.
So far we have an unsubstantiated rumor from a 3rd tier US basketball fan site that Scola has an offer for $13 or so million. And then we have this, whatever it is.
I wouldn't call Draft Express a 3rd tier anything, much less a 'fan site'; they tend to be very up to date on international ball. However, they've curiously been missing on a lot of Scola information that has solidified as likely true and understand by these boards.
I don't blame Scola. If the Spurs want to wait on him another year what ifhe played out the year in Spain and had a serious injury mid-season. If the Spurs aren't going to sign or trade him so he can get a secure contract, if I were him I'd take the bird in hand too.
Here's the source -
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/...r-san-antonio/
The author is some blogger at AOL. w00t
Fair enough. I just think we can be done with anybody posting that the ONLY thing Scola wants is to play in the NBA. Clearly, that is not the case.
Look I love the Spurs but I'm not stupid enough to think EVERYONE should give their left nut to play for them. Everyone is looking out for their best interests, for the Spurs it might not be Scola, and for Scola it sure sounds like that 10 million euro offer is in his.
IMO if the dude decides to stay in Spain, then so be it. We'll repeat with or without him.
What are you talking about? Would he sit out of basketball ENTIRELY if he doesn't play in the NBA?
No.
The Spurs are what is keeping him from playing in the NBA. If they don't want to bring him over or trade his rights, he'd better be planning for a non-NBA future.
Scola could also be sending this message out to pressure the Spurs to do soething if they want to get anythng out of holding his rights.
Absolutely that's going on.
Wasn't that rumor from hoopsworld.com or some such?
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