Luis Scola

Luis Alberto Scola ▪ Twitter: @LScola4
(born Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa)

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 245 lbs.
Born: April 30, 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Draft: San Antonio Spurs, 2nd round (27th pick, 55th overall), 2002 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 2007
Age: 33 years, 48 days ▪ Experience: 6 years

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Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	82	39	2024	345	670	.515	0	3	.000	157	235	.668	174	351	525	106	60	19	105	235	847
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	2488	424	799	.531	0	3	.000	196	258	.760	200	520	720	123	68	11	123	261	1044
2009-10	29	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	2671	560	1090	.514	1	5	.200	208	267	.779	175	530	705	169	63	26	163	246	1329
2010-11	30	HOU	NBA	PF	74	74	2412	569	1129	.504	0	3	.000	214	290	.738	147	459	606	185	48	44	147	227	1352
2011-12	31	HOU	NBA	PF	66	66	2067	436	888	.491	0	3	.000	153	198	.773	122	306	428	140	35	24	153	214	1025
2012-13	32	PHO	NBA	PF	82	67	2184	432	915	.472	3	16	.188	181	230	.787	158	383	541	182	67	35	126	257	1048
Career			NBA		468	410	13846	2766	5491	.504	4	33	.121	1109	1478	.750	976	2549	3525	905	341	159	817	1440	6645

Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	82	39	24.7	4.2	8.2	.515	0.0	.000	1.9	2.9	.668	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.9	10.3
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	30.3	5.2	9.7	.531	0.0	.000	2.4	3.1	.760	2.4	6.3	8.8	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.5	3.2	12.7
2009-10	29	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	32.6	6.8	13.3	.514	0.1	.200	2.5	3.3	.779	2.1	6.5	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.3	2.0	3.0	16.2
2010-11	30	HOU	NBA	PF	74	74	32.6	7.7	15.3	.504	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.738	2.0	6.2	8.2	2.5	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.1	18.3
2011-12	31	HOU	NBA	PF	66	66	31.3	6.6	13.5	.491	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.773	1.8	4.6	6.5	2.1	0.5	0.4	2.3	3.2	15.5
2012-13	32	PHO	NBA	PF	82	67	26.6	5.3	11.2	.472	0.2	.188	2.2	2.8	.787	1.9	4.7	6.6	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.1	12.8
Career			NBA		468	410	29.6	5.9	11.7	.504	0.1	.121	2.4	3.2	.750	2.1	5.4	7.5	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.7	3.1	14.2

Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	82	39	2024	6.1	11.9	.515	0.1	.000	2.8	4.2	.668	3.1	6.2	9.3	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.9	4.2	15.1
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	2488	6.1	11.6	.531	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.760	2.9	7.5	10.4	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.8	15.1
2009-10	29	HOU	NBA	PF	82	82	2671	7.5	14.7	.514	0.1	.200	2.8	3.6	.779	2.4	7.1	9.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.2	3.3	17.9
2010-11	30	HOU	NBA	PF	74	74	2412	8.5	16.9	.504	0.0	.000	3.2	4.3	.738	2.2	6.9	9.0	2.8	0.7	0.7	2.2	3.4	20.2
2011-12	31	HOU	NBA	PF	66	66	2067	7.6	15.5	.491	0.1	.000	2.7	3.4	.773	2.1	5.3	7.5	2.4	0.6	0.4	2.7	3.7	17.9
2012-13	32	PHO	NBA	PF	82	67	2184	7.1	15.1	.472	0.3	.188	3.0	3.8	.787	2.6	6.3	8.9	3.0	1.1	0.6	2.1	4.2	17.3
Career			NBA		468	410	13846	7.2	14.3	.504	0.1	.121	2.9	3.8	.750	2.5	6.6	9.2	2.4	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	17.3

Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	82	2024	16.1	.548	.515	9.9	19.3	14.6	8.9	1.6	0.7	12.0	19.8	111	101	2.8	3.7	6.5	.154
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	82	2488	17.0	.572	.531	9.8	23.4	16.9	8.6	1.5	0.3	11.9	19.3	114	102	4.3	4.3	8.6	.165
2009-10	29	HOU	NBA	PF	82	2671	17.2	.550	.514	7.2	23.6	15.1	11.1	1.2	0.7	11.9	22.7	108	107	3.4	3.0	6.3	.114
2010-11	30	HOU	NBA	PF	74	2412	18.4	.538	.504	6.9	21.6	14.2	13.7	1.0	1.3	10.5	25.7	108	108	3.3	2.2	5.5	.110
2011-12	31	HOU	NBA	PF	66	2067	15.4	.526	.491	6.8	17.3	12.0	12.0	0.9	0.9	13.6	24.8	102	107	1.8	1.6	3.4	.080
2012-13	32	PHO	NBA	PF	82	2184	16.7	.516	.474	8.1	20.4	14.1	14.5	1.6	1.2	11.0	23.3	105	107	2.4	1.9	4.4	.096
Career			NBA		468	13846	16.9	.541	.504	8.1	21.1	14.6	11.4	1.3	0.8	11.7	22.6	108	105	18.0	16.8	34.7	.120

Playoffs Totals

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	6	6	220	30	67	.448	1	.000	24	35	.686	24	32	56	8	4	1	12	30	84
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	13	13	424	77	156	.494	0		33	49	.673	28	81	109	23	7	3	22	45	187
Career			NBA		19	19	644	107	223	.480	1	.000	57	84	.679	52	113	165	31	11	4	34	75	271

Playoffs Per Game

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	6	6	36.7	5.0	11.2	.448	0.2	.000	4.0	5.8	.686	4.0	5.3	9.3	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.0	5.0	14.0
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	13	13	32.6	5.9	12.0	.494	0.0		2.5	3.8	.673	2.2	6.2	8.4	1.8	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.5	14.4
Career			NBA		19	19	33.9	5.6	11.7	.480	0.1	.000	3.0	4.4	.679	2.7	5.9	8.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	3.9	14.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	6	6	220	4.9	11.0	.448	0.2	.000	3.9	5.7	.686	3.9	5.2	9.2	1.3	0.7	0.2	2.0	4.9	13.7
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	13	13	424	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0		2.8	4.2	.673	2.4	6.9	9.3	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.9	3.8	15.9
Career			NBA		19	19	644	6.0	12.5	.480	0.1	.000	3.2	4.7	.679	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.9	4.2	15.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
2007-08	27	HOU	NBA	PF	6	220	14.4	.510	.448	12.0	16.7	14.3	6.8	1.0	0.4	12.7	20.4	106	108	0.2	0.2	0.4	.095
2008-09	28	HOU	NBA	PF	13	424	16.2	.527	.494	8.1	21.9	15.2	10.3	0.9	0.5	11.0	22.6	106	106	0.4	0.5	0.9	.107
Career			NBA		19	644	15.6	.521	.480	9.4	20.1	14.9	9.1	0.9	0.5	11.6	21.8	106	106	0.6	0.8	1.4	.103

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 6 Years		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6
Luis Scola		8.6	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.4	3.4
Maurice Lucas	93.4	8.7	6.2	5.8	5.5	4.7	2.4
Frank Ramsey	92.6	10.0	6.5	5.9	5.3	4.0	3.3
Rudy LaRusso	91.8	8.8	7.3	6.9	5.5	5.4	3.9
Derrick McKey	91.8	7.4	6.6	6.4	6.3	4.1	3.9
Tom Chambers	91.3	7.4	6.1	5.9	4.8	4.3	3.3
Curtis Rowe	91.3	8.3	6.2	6.1	5.2	5.2	2.3
Trooper Washington	91.1	8.3	6.9	6.3	6.0	3.4	2.2
Thaddeus Young	91.1	7.4	6.3	6.2	5.5	4.5	2.1
Truck Robinson	91.0	7.3	6.5	6.0	5.1	4.3	2.7
Kelly Tripucka	90.7	7.5	7.5	7.1	5.7	4.2	3.3

Career		Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player	Sim	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Luis Scola		8.6	6.5	6.3	5.5	4.4	3.4
Thaddeus Young	91.1	7.4	6.3	6.2	5.5	4.5	2.1
Trooper Washington	91.1	8.3	6.9	6.3	6.0	3.4	2.2
Curtis Rowe	89.3	8.3	6.2	6.1	5.2	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.0
Gene Banks	89.1	7.9	6.2	5.6	4.3	3.6	3.5
Carl Landry	87.6	7.7	6.2	5.9	4.1	3.7	2.9
Campy Russell	85.2	6.7	6.7	6.6	5.5	4.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	-0.1
Josh Howard	84.8	8.8	8.0	6.7	6.4	3.5	3.2	1.0	0.5	0.0	-0.2
Rudy Gay	84.6	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.0	3.3	0.5
Warren Davis	84.2	8.1	5.8	5.7	3.4	3.4	3.2
Wil Jones	84.0	7.4	6.9	6.0	5.4	4.0	3.7	2.3	0.9	0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards Rookie of the Month: 1 time (Show/Hide) Feb 2008	Honors 2007-08 NBA All-Rookie (1st)	Games 2007-08 NBA 82 (1) 2008-09 NBA 82 (1) 2009-10 NBA 82 (1) 2011-12 NBA 66 (1) 2012-13 NBA 82 (1)	Personal Fouls 2008-09 NBA 261 (6) 2011-12 NBA 214 (4) 2012-13 NBA 257 (5)
Field Goal Pct Career NBA .504 (96)	Hall of Fame Probability Active 0.003 (67) Career 0.003 (383)

Transactions

June 26, 2002: Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (56th pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

July 12, 2007: Traded by the San Antonio Spurs with Jackie Butler to the Houston Rockets for Vassilis Spanoulis and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Nando De Colo).

July 13, 2012: Waived by the Houston Rockets.

July 15, 2012: Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

Salaries

Season	Team	Lg	Salary
2007-08	Houston Rockets	NBA	$2,910,000
2008-09	Houston Rockets	NBA	$3,100,667
2009-10	Houston Rockets	NBA	$3,375,600
2010-11	Houston Rockets	NBA	$7,775,378
2011-12	Houston Rockets	NBA	$8,591,793
Career	(may be incomplete)		$25,753,438

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option

Team	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Phoenix Suns	$4,148,510	$4,508,504	$4,868,499

Claimed off of amnesty waivers on July 15, 2012 for an assumed $13,525,513 for 3 years.

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