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The president of FIBA Europe, Jorge Garbajosa, and Luis Scola were in Madrid for the Sport Summit 2025 and talked about the NBA Europe plans and other basketball issues in Europe. “The foundations have been laid,” started Garbajosa,“Basketball wants to be the most practiced sport in the world.” “The NBA sees a weakness in Europe,” he added. “The national team is the most important thing in sports, but without the clubs there is nothing,” he pointed out, “We must strengthen domestic leagues, because that’s where the best players will come from.” “What can’t be happening is that the national leagues are not linked to the best European competition,” he furthered, “The good thing about this NBA agreement with FIBA ​​is that teams can aspire to be the highest-level competition.”

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Vassilis Spanoulis: "After, the new coach of the Houston Rockets wanted me there. He wanted me to start — to be in the starting five. He called me three times. But I was so mad for the whole season, so frustrated, that I said, 'No, thank you.' Then they traded me for Luis Scola to San Antonio. There again, they wanted me. But again, I said no. I just wanted to play basketball. I didn’t like the situation. I respect everything they told me there, but I wanted something different."

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Facundo Campazzo: "Without Luis [Scola], I wouldn’t have fully transformed my professionalism. He taught me how to take care of my body, how to eat, how to sleep, how to recover. He was the one who drilled into me the idea that there’s always something to improve, no matter what. Without him, I wouldn’t have become the player I am today."

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In one of the most eventful and entertaining friendly encounters organized in European basketball, Goran Dragic had his last 40 minutes of fun in Ljubljana, officially retiring from the game. Alongside him, a company full of stars was present in the Stozice Arena for the “I Feel Slovenia Night of the Dragon”, organized to celebrate the legacy of the Slovenian icon. Just to name a few: Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Luis Scola, Chris Bosh, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, Bogdan Bogdanovic. And a lot more.

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Luka Doncic’s team started with a stacked five composed of the Dallas Mavericks‘ phenomenon, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Nikola Jokic, Luis Scola, and Robin Lopez; after being received as a national hero, Goran Dragic answered with Steve Nash, Klemen Prepelic, Vlatko Cancar, and Nikola Vucevic.

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A spectacular event is set to take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where a huge list of stars are set to play on the same court. The Goran Dragic Foundation is organizing a farewell event for Goran Dragic called The Night of the Dragon, where his friends and former teammates will compete on the same basketball court. An exhaustive list of stars who will show up at the event has been published by the event organizers, including Steve Nash, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Dirk Nowitzki, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Luis Scola, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Danilovic, Nikola Vucevic, Rasho Nesterovic, and others. Hall of Famer Chris Bosh will also attend the event, but he will not step onto the court.

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Retired legends such as Dirk Nowitzki, Luis Scola, Steve Nash, Leandro Barbosa, Predrag Danilović, Dejan Bodiroga, Aleksandar Đorđević, Matjaž Smodiš, Sani Bečirović, Rašo Nesterović, and many other former and current players will also be in attendance.

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Jorge Sierra: The highest-paid No. 55 picks in NBA history. Bronny James could be No. 7 after his first contract if he sticks around the four years of his deal.

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After Luis Scola, another Baskonia memorable icon will have his jersey up in the rafters of the Fernando Buesa Arena. It’s the case of Tiago Splitter, who played with the Basque representative from 2003 to 2010, after being already signed in 2000, spending some years on loan.

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Goran Dragic announced: "I am looking forward to the project. It will take place on August 23 and 24, 2024. I wanted it to take place in Ljubljana, where I grew up and where I am at home. I also wanted to bring all the stars I played with.” He released some big names that we will follow in Ljubljana: " Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Luis Scola, Bogdan Bogdanovič, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler, Jeff Hornacek, Kevin McHale, Steve Nash ..."

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The Buesa Arena will pay an emotional tribute to Baskonia‘s former player Luis Scola before the EuroLeague Round 6 match against Partizan Mozzart Bet (03/11), retiring his No. 4 jersey. The Vitoria club will honor the Argentinian who donned Baskonia‘s colors for seven seasons. His shirt will remain forever at the top of the Arena, with Scola attending the ceremony prior to the EuroLeague clash.

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Donatas Urbonas: Top 5 FIBA World Cup rebounders since 1994, when FIBA started tracking rebounding data– 🇦🇷 Luis Scola 280 🇦🇷 Fabricio Oberto 224 🇵🇷 Jose Ortiz 212 🇧🇷 Anderson Varejao 195 🇱🇹 Jonas Valanciunas 187

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Donatas Urbonas: 11th game with 20+ points for Bogdan Bogdanovic in the FIBA World Cup, 3rd best in the 21st century, only behind Luis Scola (16) and Dirk Nowitzki (12). 📊 Opta Stats

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Matt Williams: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at 2023 FIBA World Cup: 25.0 PPG 55% FG pct Still some tournament left, but since 1994, 2 players have averaged 25 PPG and 50% FG in a single FIBA World Cup: 2010 Luis Scola 2006 Yao Ming

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