Posted at 2:06 a.m., Saturday, July 14, 2007
NBA: Rockets to sign Argentine star Scola today
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Argentine star Luis Scola has reached an agreement in principal with the Houston Rockets, his agent said yesterday.Scola will sign a contract today, agent George Bass wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
The Rockets obtained the rights to Scola and center Jackie Butler by trading a 2009 second-round draft pick, cash and guard Vassilis Spanoulis to San Antonio.
Scola averaged about 16 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season for the Spanish team Tau Ceramica.
