Rockets to amnesty Scola

[Fan from VT]

According to Hoopsworld http://www.hoopsworld.com/amnesty-claim-on-scola-prohibitive,  when a player with a non-guaranteed contract is amnestied, the roster claim from an under the cap team has to be at least for the non-guaranteed amount.  Scola's third year, at $11m, is only guaranteed for $1m.  Any team who puts in a roster claim has to pay him 3/$30m.

If no one claims Scola, he will be available as an UFA.  From what I understand, whatever the new team pays the player, it comes off the tab the old team has to pay on the amnestied contract.  If Scola puts him out there for the vetmin, he's going to be coveted by every contender.  

He'd be a perfect fit here in Boston. Scola is a savvy vet who can bang the midrange jumper (45%, same as KG) and is also very efficient int he paint (70%).  He can rebound a bit, and is very gritty.  One logival spot for him would be to San Antonio to play with his Olympic teammate Manu Ginobli.

Eric Pincus just tweeted that he was wrong in his earlier Hoopsworld post, and after conferring with Larry Coon, that the actual minimum bid number for an under the cap team is $10m.  

Scola will never hit the open market.

How do you reconcile a minimum bid of $10M with him never reaching free agency?

How many teams still have the kind of cap space to absorb Scola on that bid and still continue with their development plans?

It's been mentioned in both threads on this topic that Dallas could bid on him. I think he'd be a good fit there, though it would be weird to see Dallas shedding all that salary and then bidding on Scola.  But they could lock him up at least for a couple seasons.

Let's assume no one bids on him, just for fun.  What happens then?  Who are the serious competitors for his services?  If you say LA or MIA, then you have to include BOS because we are in the same situation financially.

10 million divided over 3 years should be the minimum bid.

So there has to be a team either with trade exceptions or under the cap that wants to sign luis scola to essentially a 3 yr 10 million dollar contract at least.

[TripleOT]

That incorrect Hoopsworld post got the whole NBA blogisphere abuzz.

The minimum bid for an under the cap team is $10m for the three years left on his deal, slightly more than $3.3m per year.  That's an incredible deal for a team with cap room. 

I wonder if Scola can just leave the NBA with his money if amnestied and sign in Europe if he's picked up by a woeful team like the Bobcats and doesn't want to toil there.  or use the threat of leaving for Europe to scare away non-contenders. 

[LooseCannon]

He's not a free agent if amnestied, so he can't just go to Europe because he is still under an existing NBA contract.