Luis Scola will be amnestied by the Rockets (1 Viewer)

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Sinobas said:
It would be a nice pickup,I've always liked his game. He can play center for us too. Then we'd just need a vet PG. It would leave someone unhappy about their playing time though....

Lillard/?
Batum/Williams
Mathews/Barton/Babbit/Claver
LA/Hickson
Leonard/Scola/Freeland
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Calderon might be cut loose from TOR. Is Watson still avialable?
 
Sinobas said:
It would be a nice pickup,I've always liked his game. He can play center for us too. Then we'd just need a vet PG. It would leave someone unhappy about their playing time though....

Lillard/?
Batum/Williams
Mathews/Barton/Babbit/Claver
LA/Hickson
Leonard/Scola/Freeland
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Lot of players who can play multiple positions. But yes PG is the biggest need right now.

Lillard/?/Smith
Wes /Williams /Barton/Batum
Batum/Wes/ Babbitt /Claver
LA/Hickson/Freeland/Scola/Claver
Scola/Freeland/LA/Leonard
 
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Yeah $4 mil is a great deal for a proven acceptable starter. Even if he losses a bit of production he'd be a stellar bench player. I think there is a longer restriction until we can trade amnesty pickups but still I'd imagine he retains postive value at the 2013 draft or next summer.
 
I really, really don't want Scola. I've always hated him as a player, he'd take minutes away from our young guys, but won't put us over the top of anything.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
I really, really don't want Scola. I've always hated him as a player, he'd take minutes away from our young guys, but won't put us over the top of anything.
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per Olshey this is about collecting asets, IMO Scola would be a very nice asset at 3 yrs for 4 mil per, use it in a trade later on or keep him as a backup
 
Scola is no better than Aldridge and Hickson. Waste of roster spot.
 
KingSpeed said:
Scola is no better than Aldridge and Hickson. Waste of roster spot.
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That's a weird sentence: it seems to imply that Aldridge and Hickson are the same.

Scola has a better low post game than either (or indeed just about anyone since McHale), and although he's old, he's never been able to jump worth a damn (I don't think I've ever seen him dunk) and yet still leads international competitions in scoring and rebounding. Scola is FUCKING AWESOME. But he would be sort of wasted with us. I see him ending up with San Antonio.
 
KingSpeed said:
Scola is no better than Aldridge and Hickson. Waste of roster spot.
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LA, no. J.J., thats debatable. With whats remaining out there I don't see how Scola hurts us in anyway. Super efficient big men are hard to come by. He passes well, gets up and down the floor and has a great "motor" (most overused term in sports these days).
 
Rastapopoulos said:
That's a weird sentence: it seems to imply that Aldridge and Hickson are the same.

Scola has a better low post game than either (or indeed just about anyone since McHale), and although he's old, he's never been able to jump worth a damn (I don't think I've ever seen him dunk) and yet still leads international competitions in scoring and rebounding. Scola is FUCKING AWESOME. But he would be sort of wasted with us. I see him ending up with San Antonio.
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Pretty sure SA is over the cap and won't have a shot at him.
 
superfly4201 said:
LA, no. J.J., thats debatable. With whats remaining out there I don't see how Scola hurts us in anyway. Super efficient big men are hard to come by. He passes well, gets up and down the floor and has a great "motor" (most overused term in sports these days).
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Agree with you on "motor". It is painful to watch Scola run, though - it's almost like Sabas in the old days.

Scola has just such an amazing offensive arsenal. I remember one of those SI polls-of-NBA players that asked who does the most with least, and I'm pretty sure he was the leading vote-getter.

Yes he flops, but he's also a very solid defender. As everyone knows, he outplayed LA in the first-round series we lost to Houston (before they took LA to seven with Yao going down for the last time in the middle).
 
Rastapopoulos said:
That's a weird sentence: it seems to imply that Aldridge and Hickson are the same.

Scola has a better low post game than either (or indeed just about anyone since McHale), and although he's old, he's never been able to jump worth a damn (I don't think I've ever seen him dunk) and yet still leads international competitions in scoring and rebounding. Scola is FUCKING AWESOME. But he would be sort of wasted with us. I see him ending up with San Antonio.
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Best low post game since McHale and "FUCKING AWESOME" are exaggerations.. If you were correct I think he'd be garnering a little more attention/money. He's an above average big, but that's about it. You say it doesn't matter that he's old, but his rebounding, field goal percentage, and already limited defensive ability have already started to decline.
 
And an 18.4 to 15.4 drop in PER over the last two years. He's very much on the decline.
 
Aren't the blazers trying to have cap space next offseason? 3 years at 4mil per is a good deal for Scola, but its not worth it if it keeps the blazers from signing a big name next offseason. Perhaps I'm confused about how much the blazers have committed for 2013/2014 but if I'm right they should fill out the roster with one year deals.
 
GOD said:
Aren't the blazers trying to have cap space next offseason? 3 years at 4mil per is a good deal for Scola, but its not worth it if it keeps the blazers from signing a big name next offseason. Perhaps I'm confused about how much the blazers have committed for 2013/2014 but if I'm right they should fill out the roster with one year deals.
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If the Blazers match Batum we are not going to have much cap space for a FA next year. Scola would be a lot better then anybody we could get with our small cap space.
 
Tortimer said:
If the Blazers match Batum we are not going to have much cap space for a FA next year. Scola would be a lot better then anybody we could get with our small cap space.
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Thanks, all right then, snag scola.
 
Adding Scola and Haywood for cheap would be nice assets to have. Scola would be very attractive to teams at the trade deadline if his contract was small. Haywood could give us cheap minutes till Leonard is ready.
 
Draco said:
Yeah $4 mil is a great deal for a proven acceptable starter. Even if he losses a bit of production he'd be a stellar bench player. I think there is a longer restriction until we can trade amnesty pickups but still I'd imagine he retains postive value at the 2013 draft or next summer.
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Yes and yes, also imagine Scola at the four and LMA at the five , that is a match up nightmare for most teams
 
If we claim and win, we could not trade him till July 1st of next year. We already have commitments to Hickson and Freeland, so I would be surprised if we make an offer.

My hope is that we win Haywood.
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
My hope is that we win Haywood.
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Seconded. While I'm not averse to Scola and think he would work fine here, I think a true center probably makes more sense. Haywood would be a good backup for Leonard (or vice versa?)
 
Does Haywood fit our "culture"? You've got to wonder at a player his teammates want to fight. (Well, one of them, anyway.)
 
When do we find out who got Haywood? Today?
 
Did any of you watch Haywood last year? AT BEST, he's a lateral move from Przybilla.
 
Scola being waived seems weird to me. He's obviously playing at a high level with little injury. I get that he has a somewhat bloated contract; but he's definitely a worthy asset IMO.
 
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