Luis Scola grabbing rebounds. Luis Scola dancing on the post, feinting, putting his body in… scoring. Winning matches. Winning, winning and winning. Professional for more than a quarter of a century, from the age of 15 at Ferro Carril Oeste (1997-98 season) to the age of 41, in Italy (Milan, Varese…) and waiting for the Tokyo Games, delayed by the pandemic. The scene of his true goodbye: his last game with Argentina. There, when he finished the duel against Australia, his last Olympic battle, the game stopped and everyone (teammates, rivals, referees, journalists, audiences) dedicated a tribute to him that is basketball history. His path was so important.
Now, Luis Scola (Buenos Aires, 1980) is already part of the Hall of Fame of a Spanish basketball to which he is so deeply linked: “I am very happy to be here today. I came a long time ago and grew as a person. “Today, being recognized here in Spain is an immense joy.” With Spanish nationality, he signed with Baskonia in 1998, played two years on loan in Gijón and then made history in Vitoria with a majestic team that won a League, three Cups, three Super Cups and became a regular in the Final Four in a Euroleague that It came close, above all, in 2001: Baskonia lost the final in an exceptional five-game playoff (3-2) against Manu Ginobili’s Virtus de Bologna….
His battles in the zones against Felipe Reyes (who referred to him during his award ceremony), the unstoppable force against the immovable object, are legendary. In the ACB… and in national teams, of course. He was one of the banners of the Golden Generation, the team that made Argentine basketball historic. The one who won (he, Ginobili, Oberto, Nocioni, Prigioni, Pepe Sánchez…) the Olympic gold in 2004 and added another Olympic bronze and two world silver medals, the last against Spain, in the 2019 World Cup.
Flag bearer of the Argentine delegation in Rio 2016, he retired as the second highest scorer in the World Cup and fourth in the Games. Both rankings are led by another who is in our Hall of Fame: Oscar Schmidt. He vindicated himself in the NBA (his best years, in the Rockets) and now, he directs Varese from the offices with the same objective that he has always had: to win. “I would like to thank the Spanish Federation for 100 years, today’s award ceremony and being able to be a small part of this magnificent story,” the Argentine concluded on the magical night in Seville in which he reaffirmed his place in basketball history. Spanish.
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2023-10-19 20:11:47
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