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) 30 April 1980 (age 44) 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)
No. 4 retired by Baskonia
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 30 April 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. He also 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 medal in 2004 and a bronze medal in 2008.
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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Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born 30 April 1980) is an Argentine former professional basketball player and current executive who currently serves as the...
Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young LuisScola, Baskonia reached the 2001 Euroleague Finals, before losing to Virtus...
Sports Complex. Argentina, led by NBA standouts like Manu Ginóbili and LuisScola, won the country's first (and, as of 2023, only) gold in the event. In...
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Philippines, at 19:30 PHT. FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Global Ambassador LuisScola (Argentina) and 2011 NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) led the draw...
Darryl Middleton (3-time winner), Arvydas Sabonis, Tanoka Beard, and LuisScola (2-time winners). Additionally, only six Spanish players have won the...
(UTC−3) G – Marcelinho Huertas G – Carlos Arroyo F – Manu Ginóbili F – LuisScola (Tournament MVP) C – Al Horford 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women...
Charles Pittman Bob Morse DeJuan Collins Daniel Farabello Gabriel Fernández LuisScola Arijan Komazec Mate Skelin Veljko Mršić Boris Gorenc Sani Bečirović Aleksandar...
in preliminary round group Winning percentage Overall points average LuisScola Linas Kleiza Kevin Durant – MVP Hedo Türkoğlu Miloš Teodosić On August...
Looney Klay Thompson Gordon Hayward Jacob Evans Hamidou Diallo Rajon Rondo LuisScola James Wiseman Kyrie Irving College teams Adamson Soaring Falcons UE Red...
points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists from McGrady in Game 6 and 15 pts from LuisScola, the rest of the team shot 10/39 from the field and could not overcome...
acquisitions of point guard C. J. Watson, and forwards Chris Copeland and LuisScola, the latter being acquired via trade with the Phoenix Suns. The 2013–14...
2017-07-31. "Brazil wins gold, LuisScola MVP at FIBA Americas". interbasket.net. "ARG - Argentina American champion, Scola MVP". fiba.com. Archived from...
considerations from Houston in exchange for Jackie Butler and the draft rights to LuisScola. San Antonio used the 53rd pick to draft Nando de Colo. y On February...
José Reyes Kingsley Ojeaburu Ferdinand Pascual Fernando Rocha Jorge Vázquez Luis Vázquez Ilija Belošević Milivoje Jovčić Matej Boltauzer Juan Arteaga Juan...
Ralph Sampson (5,995) 17. Eric Gordon (5,944) 18. Kenny Smith (5,910) 19. LuisScola (5,597) 20. Rodney McCray (5,059) 21. Sleepy Floyd (5,030) 22. Stu Lantz...
Germany was first in total points scored, with 209 points. Argentina's LuisScola, led the 2010 edition in scoring. J. J. Barea of Puerto Rico, led the...
Daniel Santiago and Jerome Mincy of Puerto Rico, Eduardo Mingas of Angola, LuisScola of Argentina and Rudy Fernández of Spain – have appeared in five tournaments...
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