Back when the original Dream Team wore the uniforms Team USA donned today in Spain, opponents were so in awe of the American stars that some even snapped photographs from the bench.
Now 20 years later the same could not exactly be said of Luis Scola and the Argentinian national team, which dropped an 86-80 exhibition [...]

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PHOENIX — Luis Scola was not surprised that he became perhaps the best player yet to fall victim to the amnesty process.
The Rockets after all informed him shortly after the draft that he did not fit their future direction.
However, Scola did not expect the Suns to place the winning bid for his services after teams [...]

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PHOENIX — Back in May, Suns PBO Lon Babby stood in front of a group of media members and said he “can’t imagine he would want to play anywhere else.”
That he, of course, was referring to Grant Hill, Babby’s long-time client who has spent the past five seasons as a member of the Phoenix Suns.
“I’d [...]

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The Phoenix Suns got quite the bargain in their amnesty acquisition of Luis Scola, according to salary figures obtained by KTAR’s John Gambadoro.
Gambo reported that Scola will count $4.1 million on this year’s books, $4.5 mil next year and $4.9 mil in Year 3, with only $440K guaranteed in that final season. SI.com’s Sam Amick [...]

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The Phoenix Suns chose not to seriously negotiate with Steve Nash because they wanted to get younger and then aggressively pursued a handful of free agents in their early-to-mid 20s.
So how exactly does a 32-year old Luis Scola fit the rebuilding plan of a team with four power forwards already?
Suns PBO Lon Babby has said [...]

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The free agent bonanza continues in Phoenix as the Suns have won the amnesty auction for Luis Scola. The 6-foot-9 power forward was amnestied on Friday by the Houston Rockets as part of GM Daryl Morey’s plan to land Dwight Howard.
Scola spent all of his first five NBA seasons with the Rockets after being drafted [...]

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