Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional

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player and current executive who currently serves as the

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for the Italian

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(LBA) team

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. A three-time

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selection with

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, he signed with the

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in 2007, and was voted to the

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. Later on, he played for the

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and

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. Scola has been a regular member of the

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since 1999, winning an Olympic gold team medal in

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and a bronze team medal in the

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. In 2010 Scola won the

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Merit Diploma as one of the five best basketball players from the last decade in Argentina. He was honored as the national flag bearer at the

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Professional career

Ferro Carril Oeste (1995–1998)

Scola started his career with the Buenos Aires youth teams of

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. He made his professional debut with the same club's pro team in the Argentine league during the 1995–96 season, at the age of 15.

Gijón (1998–2000)

After the 1997–98 basketball season in the Argentine League, Scola moved to Spain and signed with

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. He was loaned to Gijón Baloncesto, where he helped the then Spanish League Second Division club achieve

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to the Spanish League First Division. He then was loaned back to Gijón through the 1999–2000 season, before arriving at Baskonia, where he played for seven seasons.

Baskonia (2000–2007)

With

, Scola reached the EuroLeague

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in the 2000–01 season, and three consecutive EuroLeague Final Fours, between 2005 and 2007. His outstanding performances earned him an

Second Team selection in

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, as well as two All-EuroLeague First Team selections in

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and

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. Although Scola did not win the EuroLeague championship with Baskonia, he did win with them every major Spanish League title, winning a Spanish ACB League championship in 2002, three Spanish King's Cups in 2002, 2004, 2006, and three Spanish Supercups in 2005, 2006, 2007.

Houston Rockets (2007–2012)

In the summer of 2005, the

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of the NBA (who drafted Scola in

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), attempted to negotiate with Baskonia to buy out his contract. The teams settled on a number of over $3 million for the buyout of the contract. This made it difficult for Scola to join fellow Argentina national team member Manu Ginóbili in San Antonio, because of the NBA's rule which limits teams to paying no more than $500,000 of a player's buyout. Scola would have been responsible for paying Baskonia the remaining $2.5 million amount of the buyout. When the deal to buy out Scola's contract fell through, the Spurs instead signed an Argentine national team teammate and friend of Scola's, Fabricio Oberto. On July 12, 2007, the Spurs traded the rights to Scola, along with center-forward Jackie Butler, to the

, in return for Vassilis Spanoulis, a future second-round draft pick, and cash considerations. He signed with the Rockets soon after and his US$3.2 million buyout was completed a few days later. Scola signed a three-year contract with the Rockets, at a salary of $9.5 million. Scola placed third in the NBA 2007–08

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voting and he was also named to the

. On March 13, 2010, he scored a career-high 44 points against the

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. On the afternoon of December 8, 2011, the day before the 2011 NBA lockout ended and players could move between teams, the Rockets, the

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and the

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agreed to a trade that would have sent Scola, along with Goran Dragić, Kevin Martin, and

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to the Hornets. In exchange, the Rockets would have received

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, and the Lakers would have received star point guard

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. That night, after other team owners voiced their opposition, league commissioner

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nullified the trade. On July 13, 2012, he was waived by the Rockets using the league's amnesty clause to provide

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relief. It was widely noted, however, that Scola was not cut due to a lack of performance; rather, the deal was an attempt to clear cap space for the Rockets to trade for former

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All-Star center

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. Howard was instead traded to the

, but the Rockets used their cap space to gain former

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shooting guard and Olympic gold medalist

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Phoenix Suns (2012–2013)

On July 15, 2012, Scola was claimed off amnesty waivers by the

. Reportedly, the

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and the

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were also interested in acquiring him during the amnesty process. On November 21, 2012, he was relegated to playing off the bench for the first time in his NBA career since the start of his rookie season. He regained his starting spot less than a month later, and on December 29, he scored a season-high 33 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves. While Scola did become a leader for the Suns, he finished the season with declining averages, as his 12.8 points per game were his lowest since the 2008–09 season.

Indiana Pacers (2013–2015)

On July 27, 2013, the Suns traded Scola to the

in exchange for

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, and a future second round draft pick. In his two seasons for the Pacers, he played a back-up power forward role to David West as he started just 18 games over his two-year stint.

Toronto Raptors (2015–2016)

On July 15, 2015, Scola signed with the

. He made his debut for the Raptors in their season opener on October 28, recording eight rebounds while taking no field goal attempts in a 106–99 win over the Indiana Pacers. He helped the Raptors make the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016 for the first time in franchise history.

Brooklyn Nets (2016–2017)

On July 13, 2016, Scola signed with the

. He made his debut for the Nets in their season opener on October 26, scoring eight points in a 122–117 loss to the

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. Scola's final NBA game was played on February 13th, 2017 in a 103 - 112 loss to the

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where he recorded 4 assists and 4 rebounds but no points in 15 minutes of playing time. On February 27, 2017, he was waived by the Nets.

Shanxi Brave Dragons (2017–2018)

On July 9, 2017, Scola signed with the

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of the

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Shanghai Sharks (2018–2019)

On August 10, 2018, Scola signed with the

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of the

Olimpia Milano (2019–2020)

On 29 September 2019, Olimpia Milano head coach,

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, during the press conference of the 2nd round match of the 2019–20 LBA season lost against

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, announced that Scola had signed with the team for the rest of season. On 11 June 2020, Scola left Olimpia Milano.

Varese (2020–2021)

On 1 July 2020, Scola announced that he would play at least one year more before retirement and signed with

of the LBA for the 2020–21 season with an option to extend for the next year.

Post-playing career

On September 20, 2021,

announced that Scola would re-join them as

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National team career

Junior national team

With Argentina's junior national teams, Scola won the gold medal at the 1995 South American Cadet Championship, the gold medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championship, the gold medal at the 2000 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship, and the bronze medal at the 2001

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Senior national team

As a member of the senior Argentina national team, Scola has won multiple medals: the silver medal at the 1999 South American Championship, the bronze medal at the 1999 FIBA Americas Championship, the gold medal at the

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, the silver medal at the

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, the silver medal at the

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, the gold medal at the

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, the silver medal at the

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, the bronze medal at the

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, the gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship and the bronze medal at the

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among other titles. At the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship tournament, Scola became the all-time leading scorer in

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history, and won his 4th tournament MVP. Scola broke two records of the Argentina national team at the

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, during the 2010 edition: top overall scorer for Argentina at a World Cup (beating

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's 331 points) and most points scored for Argentina in one game at a World Cup (scoring 37 against

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in the round of 16, therefore beating

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's 35 points scored against

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). In 2019, at 39 years old, he was part of the team that won the gold medal at the

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. At the

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, he scored 135 points and 57 rebounds in the seven matches en route to the final. Scola scored 23 points against

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in a preliminary round of the 2019 World Cup game at Wuhan, giving him a total of 611 points in his World Cup career. With this Scola passed Andrew Gaze's total of 594, and is now second only to Brazilian scoring great Oscar Schmidt's 906 points in the tournament. Scola scored a team high 23 points in a loss to

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in the preliminary round of the

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in Tokyo. Play was paused during Scola's final game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, when his Argentinian team was playing Australia. With less than a minute left in the game Scola was checked out and players from both teams, coaches and those in the stadium gave him a standing ovation out of respect. The referee's allowed this pause in the game as they understood the importance of the occasion.

Titles and medals

Club level

* Spanish League Champion: (2002) * 3× Spanish King's Cup Winner: (2002, 2004, 2006) * 3×

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Winner: (2005, 2006, 2007)

Argentina national team

* 1995 South American Cadet Championship: * 1996 South American Junior Championship: * 1999 South American Championship: * 1999 FIBA Americas Championship: * 2000 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship: * 2001

: *

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: *

: * 2011 FIBA Americas Championship: *

: * 2015 FIBA Americas Championship: *

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: *

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: *

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Awards

Club level

* Spanish League: Rookie of the Year (2000) *

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(2005) *

Second Team: (

) * 2× Spanish League MVP: (2005, 2007) * 4× All-Spanish League Team: (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) * 2× All-EuroLeague First Team: (

) *

: (

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) * 2016 NBA Atlantic Division Sportsmanship Award

Argentina junior national team

* 2000 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship: MVP * 2001

: All-Tournament Team

Argentina senior national team

& Top Scorer *

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: All-Tournament Team & Top Scorer * 2011 FIBA Americas Championship: All-Tournament Team &

& Top Scorer *

: All-Tournament Team & Top Scorer * 2015 FIBA Americas Championship: All-Tournament Team &

& Top Scorer *

: All-Tournament Team

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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EuroLeague

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Personal life

Scola and his wife, fellow Argentine Pamela, have four children together. He also holds a Spanish passport. In July 18, 2017, Scola was named as an ambassador for the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and edu ...

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

References

External links

Luis Scola
at acb.com
Luis Scola
at euroleague.net * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scola, Luis 1980 births Living people 2002 FIBA World Championship players 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2010 FIBA World Championship players 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Argentine expatriate basketball people in China Argentine expatriate basketball people in Italy Argentine expatriate basketball people in Spain Argentine expatriate basketball people in the United States Argentine men's basketball players Argentine people of Italian descent Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Buenos Aires Brooklyn Nets players Centers (basketball) Ferro Carril Oeste basketball players Gijón Baloncesto players Houston Rockets players Indiana Pacers players Lega Basket Serie A players Liga ACB players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics National Basketball Association players from Argentina Olimpia Milano players Olympic basketball players of Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in basketball Pallacanestro Varese players Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in basketball Phoenix Suns players Power forwards (basketball) San Antonio Spurs draft picks Saski Baskonia players Shanghai Sharks players Shanxi Loongs players Toronto Raptors players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games

Professional career

Ferro Carril Oeste (1995–1998)

Gijón (1998–2000)

Baskonia (2000–2007)

Houston Rockets (2007–2012)

Phoenix Suns (2012–2013)

Indiana Pacers (2013–2015)

Toronto Raptors (2015–2016)

Brooklyn Nets (2016–2017)

Shanxi Brave Dragons (2017–2018)

Shanghai Sharks (2018–2019)

Olimpia Milano (2019–2020)

Varese (2020–2021)

Post-playing career

National team career

Junior national team

Senior national team

Titles and medals

Club level

Argentina national team

Awards

Club level

Argentina junior national team

Argentina senior national team

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs

EuroLeague

Personal life

See also

References

External links