And would you be willing to pay over half of your salary for a buyout? THE TEAM CANNOT PAY FOR THE BUYOUT. THE PLAYER MUST PAY IT! THE SPURS DID NOT WANT TO PAY SCOLA $4+ MIL (so he would have enough to pay for the buyout). I fail to see how even you cannot understand this.
The buyout is only 3.5, not 4 million. Plus since the Spurs can pay 500k of that, it's down to 3 mill that Scola has to raise.
Scola does not have to earn the entire 3 million in one day. If he signed a two or three year contract at only 2 million per he could get a loan for the buyout, pay it back to Bank of San Antonio or Banco Agentino with interest as he goes. Do you get it?
Gee now where would the Spurs get that money? Take your pick from all the bench salary now, including your most beloved.
Scola is in Europe...therefore impossible to "give him a shot". As for your what-if: Anyone except a bandwagon jumper would know that you don't win titles by outscoring the opponent. DEFENSE WINS TITLES. DEFENSE EARNS FLOOR TIME UNDER THE CURRENT SPURS SYSTEM. Again go back and look at stats...since mid-December Finley has been shooting better than Barry.
Defense and offense combined wins championships. Who besides you sees Finley as a stellar defender? You asked me to provide one person who said he is sucking. I gave you several. Touche.
Finley had a few very good games in mid Dec that he counteracted with clunkers the rest of Dec. Start of Jan Fins was much better with the leather ball.
Update:
Last 5 games that is all gonzo as El Bricko is 10-30 on 3-14 treys.
Last 5 for Barry: 14-29 but 9 of those are treys.
Barry 29 shots = 37 points.
Findo 30 shots = 23 points.
Accolades are only fading from bandwagon jumping fans and/or those not knowledgable about NBA coaching. He is "riding" Beno because there is not another PG on the team that can run it. Pop has tried Vaughn and keeps going back to Beno. Maybe Duncan should run the point. As far as "babying" Duncan...Pop has done that for years. It makes more sense to have Duncan available at full strength in April-June than worry about a victory or two in Dec-Jan.
Not another point who can run the team? Sorry, Barry has done it fatastically when filled in, including starting. Why acquire Vaughn if he sucks so much?
Why bring in Nick Van Excell and keep Beno (stopping Benos progress) at the same time? Its a screw up plain and simple and your El Poppy is calling the shots.
What does Babying Duncan have to do with having him at full strength in playoffs? Playing less minutes is not what i am talking about babying.
Kobe came in for the slam and Duncan saw him coming a mile away. He asked Kobe to please not get too much sweat on his blouse as he slammed on his face as he wanted it fresh smelling for his outing with Finley after the game. Play hard or get off the court. Duncan playing soft and whining to the refs very often this season. Something numerous Real fans are noticing, not you and your crowd. Which by the way, since you spout about "knowledgeable NBA fans" who do you watch/rap games with in San Antone?
4) Jackie Butler is still raw and is finding it difficult to find floor time even with Elson & Bonner hurt. The scoop I have heard is that he is having problems with defensive rotations. Bonner was the real surprise this season slowly taking Horry's minutes until he was injured.
Failure to rotate. Same complaints made about Nazr in the 2005 Champ run and Elson as they went 14-1 this year when he gets 20+ minutes. Who gives a rats in the big picture. Better to have cutesy wooters Proper Queens English Lord Popavitch Rotations and get your arse run in a loss or have a few missed rotas in some winning TallBall?
Sooo much nonsense that I couldn't even decipher what you meant. Same complaints about Nazr...AND IF YOU NOTICE HE IS GONE! And has had a hard time winning a starting role on a team with NO OTHER CENTER! And not sure what Elson has to do with Nazr...only link is that Elson was acquired to replace Nazr.
Did you notice the Spurs won the title with an out of position Nazr? Did you notice the Pistons were 18-8 with a 25 minute Nazr? Did you notice the Pistons have dropped 4 of 5 since they demoted him to less then 10 minutes per game Nazr? Did you noticie in your rant about DEFENSE DEFENSE that the Spurs were/are much better on DEFENSE with another Tall back on D combined with Duncan, as in Nazr/Rash and now Elson?