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Luis Scola

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Born
1980 (44 years old)

Birth Place

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Position
Power Forward

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Team Number
4

Height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Weight
240 lb (109 kg)

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Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa (born April 30, 1980) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player who currently serves as the Amministratore delegato 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.

Career Honours

Olympics Bronze 2008 Argentina Basketball	Spanish Supercopa de Espana de Baloncesto 2007 Baskonia	Spanish Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2006 Baskonia	Spanish Supercopa de Espana de Baloncesto 2006 Baskonia
Spanish Supercopa de Espana de Baloncesto 2005 Baskonia	Spanish Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2004 Baskonia	Olympics Gold 2004 Argentina Basketball	Spanish Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2002 Baskonia
Liga ACB 2001-2002 Baskonia