Alexander Jerome Scales (born July 3, 1978) is a former American professional

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player.

Biography

Born in

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, Scales attended Racine Lutheran High School. He played at the collegiate level at the

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. Scales played in the

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(CBA) for the

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during the 2002–03 season and earned All-CBA Second Team honors. Scales has most recently played with

Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK ('' English: Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club''), also known simply as Mersin BB, was a professional basketball team based in the city of Mersin in Turkey. Their home arena was the Edip Buran Arena w ...

and

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of the

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, as well as

BC Kyiv BC Kyiv () was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide com ...

of the

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) () is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 clubs. It is a tier above the Ukrainian Higher League and allows for o ...

and

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

. Previously, he was a member of the

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

of the

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in 2005. That year, he was also a member of

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. In the only game Scales played in his NBA career, he substituted for

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in the final 9.2 seconds of a Spurs game on November 19, 2005. In that game, the Spurs defeated the

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97–91, with Scales recording no stats. He was waived by the Spurs nine days later on November 28 but was acquired by the

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team

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on December 21, 2005. At 9.2 seconds (0.153 minutes), Scales previously owned the record for fewest minutes played in an NBA career. This record was broken by JamesOn Curry when he played 3.9 seconds (0.065 minutes) in his only NBA game on January 25, 2010, at the end of the third quarter for the

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. He has also been a member of the

Seoul Samsung Thunders Seoul Samsung Thunders () is a professional basketball team, competing in the Korean Basketball League. Ever since the club was founded in 1978, they have been associated with Samsung Electronics. Initially based in Suwon, they relocated to Seoul ...

of the

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CSK VVS Samara BC Samara () is a Russian professional basketball team based in Samara. History BC Samara (1976–2002) Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, ...

of the

Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball Super League 1, or Super Liga 1, (), formerly known as the Russian Basketball Super League A or the Russian Basketball Super Liga A, is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian profe ...

Aris B.C. Aris Basketball Club (, transliterated into English Aris B.S.A.) known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greek multi-sport club A.C. Aris Thessaloniki. Aris BC w ...

HEBA A1 The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Associat ...

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of the

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

and

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, and the

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and

Shanghai Sharks The Shanghai Sharks ( zh, s=上海久事大鲨鱼, t=上海久事大鯊魚, p=Shànghǎi Jǐushì Dàshāyú) are a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Shanghai. The Sharks, who share their colors with the New York Knicks, are best know ...

of the

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. He was a

FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run by FIBA Europe. It is not to be confus ...

All-Star during his time with BC Kyiv. Scales competes for

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. He was a guard on the 2015 team who made it to the $1 million championship game, falling 67–65 to

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Career statistics

College

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NBA

Source

Regular season

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References

External links

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– college basketball player statistics at

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