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Rockets lock up Scola, 5 years, $47 million
« on: July 15, 2010, 08:01:07 PM »

Offline Lucky17

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Marc Stein is reporting it.

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Heard New Jersey was preparing an offer, so Houston had to step up.

A day after matching the Cavs' offer for Lowry. Lots of cash being thrown around in Houston.
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Re: Rockets lock up Scola, 5 years, $47 million
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010, 08:04:00 PM »

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When mediocre guys are getting $6m - $7m per year, I can't fault Houston for giving a good player like Scola $9.5m per season.
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Re: Rockets lock up Scola, 5 years, $47 million
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010, 08:07:28 PM »

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Quote from: Roy Hobbs on July 15, 2010, 08:04:00 PM
When mediocre guys are getting $6m - $7m per year, I can't fault Houston for giving a good player like Scola $9.5m per season.

I agree.  Good deal for the Rockets.  The Lowry one IMO was not though.
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2010, 08:19:11 PM »

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I dunno Roy, maybe its just me, but id put scola in the good to very good category.  If he was your starting power forward, you wouldnt be looking to upgrade.  The only issue is his age and whether or not he will still be worth it at the end of the contract
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Re: Rockets lock up Scola, 5 years, $47 million
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2010, 08:24:30 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo2287 on July 15, 2010, 08:19:11 PM
I dunno Roy, maybe its just me, but id put scola in the good to very good category.  If he was your starting power forward, you wouldnt be looking to upgrade.  The only issue is his age and whether or not he will still be worth it at the end of the contract

yet Houston wanted Bosh as badly as anyone else
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2010, 08:45:10 PM »

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Ouch, Dork Elvis finally slipped up.

Scola at ~$9 mil with his current rate of production (above-average scoring PF, average rebounding PF) is questionable but not Joe Johnsonish. On the other hand, Scola at ~$9 mil 5 years from now at age 35 will be lunacy. Time to start counting down the days until Luis Scola's expiring contract.
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2010, 08:58:05 PM »

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Quote from: Lucky17 on July 15, 2010, 08:01:07 PM
Marc Stein is reporting it.

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Heard New Jersey was preparing an offer, so Houston had to step up.

A day after matching the Cavs' offer for Lowry. Lots of cash being thrown around in Houston.

Maybe they'll need some relief in the form of Sheed's contract for Ariza ;)
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2010, 10:12:04 PM »

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Holy overpayment Batman!

This summer has been just filled with awful awful deals. I love how teams and the NBA are always looking for ways to save money then they are giving stupid overpaying deals to mediocre players. Unreal. Owners and teams dont help the players greed problems.
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 10:13:09 PM »

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Quote from: pearljammer10 on July 15, 2010, 10:12:04 PM
Holy overpayment Batman!

This summer has been just filled with awful awful deals. I love how teams and the NBA are always looking for ways to save money then they are giving stupid overpaying deals to mediocre players. Unreal. Owners and teams dont help the players greed problems.

Luis Scola is pretty darn good.
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2010, 10:23:43 PM »

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Seems way too early to give this big of a contract to your own RFA. I think it took until the beginning of August to sign big baby last summer: I would've taken a similar approach with Scola.
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2010, 10:28:42 PM »

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Scola is worth the money they paid, especially in the current FA climate.

I still REALLY like the rockets roster

PG- Brooks/Lowry
SG- Martin/Budinger
SF- Battier/Ariza
PF- Scola/Patterson
C- Yao/Hayes
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2010, 10:31:27 PM »

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If Drew Gooden got 5 year/$32 million than Scola is worth every penny. The Rockets franchise are a lot like The Spurs very loyal to their stars even at their own peril. Scola however did earn that contract.
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2010, 10:33:42 PM »

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Quote from: B o s t o n A r i z o n a on July 15, 2010, 10:28:42 PM
Scola is worth the money they paid, especially in the current FA climate.

I still REALLY like the rockets roster

PG- Brooks/Lowry
SG- Martin/Budinger
SF- Battier/Ariza
PF- Scola/Patterson
C- Yao/Hayes


Solid lineup especially if Yao gets to his form before being injured.  IMO he was the best center in the league then and I still believe the Rockets would have beat the Lakers that year in the playoffs if Yao didn't get injured.
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Re: Rockets lock up Scola, 5 years, $47 million
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2010, 05:23:28 AM »

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I think Houston could have gotten Scola for $40 million over 5 years if they made an aggressive offer early in free agency.

I thought that waiting -- which made a team like NJ, who missed out on all their other FA targets, focus on Scola and be willing to offer him a large deal -- I thought that interest forced up Scola's asking price.

The Rockets would have been better off by being more aggressive early. They were always going to keep him + Scola was going to be worth a $40mil/five year contract so there should have no problems doing that.
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« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2010, 08:41:23 AM »

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Quote from: Roy Hobbs on July 15, 2010, 08:04:00 PM
When mediocre guys are getting $6m - $7m per year, I can't fault Houston for giving a good player like Scola $9.5m per season.

I'm sure the Rockets wanted to pay less but this is far from a bad contract on this market.  Scola played really good last year too.  Scored 40 I believe it was that one game.  He's deserving of a solid contract like this.  Guy does what needs to be done.
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