Mind you,they decided to work on keeping fabricio over trying to sign Luis here...now houston does just that....ugggggh...this is the last thing i wanted to see happen. I would like to think that this would be some kind of mistake on Houstons part, but I still have the feeling that Luis will do very wellin the NBA...
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Rockets sign Scola
Excerpt - Houston Chronicle
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Rockets have come to a "basic agreement" with Argentine star Luis Scola, less than 24 hours after acquiring his draft rights from the San Antonio Spurs.
"We're working on the contract, but we've got a basic agreement, an understanding," George Bass, Scola's agent told the Houston Chronicle on Friday.
The Rockets traded guard Vassilis Spanoulis, a 2009 second-round draft pick and cash to the Spurs for the rights to Scola and center Jackie Butler.
"He's so excited, he probably didn't sleep a wink last night." Bass said.
"He's thrilled, this has been his dream for five years