1. Luis Scola, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 30, 1980, is an Argentine professional basketball player, working as a power forward/center, and playing for the Italian league Milan Olympia Club.
2. In the 2002 NBA draft, the 56th in the second round was selected by the San Antonio Spurs, but Scola was unable to land in the NBA because of the high buyout fee demanded by the parent team.
3. In 2007, the signing right was traded to the Houston Rockets. Later, Scola and the Rockets jointly financed the buyout of the contract and landed in the NBA at the age of 27.
4. Scola has played for the Houston Rockets, the Phoenix Suns, the Indiana Pacers, the Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets in his NBA career, and was selected into the first team of NBA's best rookies in the rookie season.
5. On July 9, 2017, the CBA Shanxi Fenjiu Stock Team was signed.
6. He joined CBA Shanghai Bilibili Basketball Team on August 10, 2018.
7. On September 30, 2019, he joined the Italian League Milan Olympia Club.
8. The 2004 Athens Olympic Games helped Argentina beat the US "Dream Team 6" and finally won the gold medal.
9. In addition, he helped Argentina win the championship of the US Championships twice and won the MVP and scoring champion of the US Championships four times.
10. In 2019, he helped Argentina win the second place in the Basketball World Cup and was selected into the best team in the World Cup.
