In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Scola and the second or maternal family name is Balvoa.
Luis Scola
Scola with the Olimpia Milano in 2019
Personal information
Born
(1980-04-30) April 30, 1980 (age 43) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
Argentine / Spanish[1]
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
NBA draft
2002: 2nd round, 56th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career
1995–2021
Position
Power forward
Number
4, 14, 40
Career history
1995–1998
Ferro Carril Oeste
1998–2007
Tau Ceramica
1998–2000
→Gijón
2007–2012
Houston Rockets
2012–2013
Phoenix Suns
2013–2015
Indiana Pacers
2015–2016
Toronto Raptors
2016–2017
Brooklyn Nets
2017–2018
Shanxi Brave Dragons
2018–2019
Shanghai Sharks
2019–2020
Olimpia Milano
2020–2021
Varese
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2008)
2× All-EuroLeague First Team (2006, 2007)
All-EuroLeague Second Team (2005)
Liga ACB champion (2002)
3× Spanish Cup winner (2002, 2004, 2006)
3× Spanish Supercup winner (2005–2007)
2× Liga ACB MVP (2005, 2007)
Liga ACB Rookie of the Year (2000)
4× All-Liga ACB Team (2004–2007)
Spanish Supercup MVP (2005)
4× FIBA AmeriCup MVP (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship MVP (2000)
Career statistics
Points
8,882 (12.0 ppg)
Rebounds
4,941 (6.7 rpg)
Assists
1,194 (1.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
0
1
FIBA World Cup
0
2
0
FIBA Diamond Ball
1
0
1
FIBA AmeriCup
2
4
3
Pan American Games
1
0
0
Total
5
6
5
Men's basketball
Representing Argentina
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
World Cup
2002 Indianapolis
2019 China
FIBA Diamond Ball
2004 Belgrade
2008 Nanjing
FIBA AmeriCup
2001 Neuquén
2011 Mar del Plata
2003 San Juan
2007 Las Vegas
2015 Mexico City
2017 Argentina
1999 San Juan
2009 San Juan
2013 Caracas
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. A three-time All-EuroLeague selection with Tau Ceramica, he signed with the Houston Rockets in 2007 and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Later on, he played for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, and Brooklyn Nets.
Scola has been a regular member of the Argentina national basketball team since 1999, winning an Olympic gold team medal in 2004 and a bronze team medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 2010 Scola won the Konex Award 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 2016 Summer Olympics.
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