In 2010 Luis Scola won the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best basketball players from the last decade in Argentina.
19 Facts About Luis Scola
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Luis Scola was honored as the national flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Luis Scola started his career with the Buenos Aires youth teams of Ferro Carril Oeste.
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Luis Scola was loaned to Gijon Baloncesto, where he helped the then Spanish League Second Division club achieve promotion to the Spanish League First Division.
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Luis Scola would have been responsible for paying Baskonia the remaining $2.5 million amount of the buyout.
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On July 12,2007, the Spurs traded the rights to Luis Scola, along with center-forward Jackie Butler, to the Houston Rockets, in return for Vassilis Spanoulis, a future second-round draft pick, and cash considerations.
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Luis Scola signed with the Rockets soon after and his US$3.2 million buyout was completed a few days later.
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Luis Scola signed a three-year contract with the Rockets at a salary of $9.5 million.
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On July 15,2012, Luis Scola was claimed off amnesty waivers by the Phoenix Suns.
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On July 15,2015, Luis Scola signed with the Toronto Raptors.
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Luis Scola helped the Raptors make the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016 for the first time in franchise history.
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On July 13,2016, Luis Scola signed with the Brooklyn Nets.
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On July 9,2017, Luis Scola signed with the Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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On September 20,2021, Pallacanestro Varese announced that Luis Scola would re-join them as Chief executive officer.
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At the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship tournament, Luis Scola became the all-time leading scorer in FIBA AmeriCup history and won his 4th tournament MVP.
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Luis Scola broke two records of the Argentina national team at the FIBA World Cup, during the 2010 edition: top overall scorer for Argentina at a World Cup and most points scored for Argentina in one game at a World Cup.
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Luis Scola scored 23 points against Nigeria in a preliminary round of the 2019 World Cup game at Wuhan, giving him a total of 611 points in his World Cup career.
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Luis Scola scored a team-high 23 points in a loss to Slovenia in the preliminary round of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
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On July 18,2017, Luis Scola was named as an ambassador for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.