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Nicolás Laprovíttola

Laprovíttola with Barcelona in 2022
No. 20 – FC Barcelona
Point guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 34) Morón, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	2012 / Undrafted
Pro career	2007–present
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Career history
2007–2013	Lanús
2013–2015	Flamengo
2015	Lietuvos rytas
2015–2016	Estudiantes
2016	San Antonio Spurs
2017	Baskonia
2017–2018	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2018	→Joventut
2018–2019	Joventut
2019–2021	Real Madrid
2021–present	FC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
EuroLeague 50–40–90 club (2022) Liga ACB champion (2023) 2× Catalan League champion (2022, 2023) 2× Spanish Supercup winner (2019, 2020) 2× Spanish Cup winner (2020, 2022) Liga ACB MVP (2019) 2× All-Liga ACB First Team (2019, 2022) All-Liga ACB Second Team (2023) Liga ACB Top Scorer (2019) Liga ACB assists leader (2019) Liga ACB Best Latin American Player (2019) 2× Catalan League MVP (2022, 2023) FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2014) FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP (2014) FIBA Americas League champion (2014) All-FIBA Americas League First Team (2014) 2× FIBA Americas League assists leader (2014, 2015) 2× NBB champion (2014, 2015) NBB Finals MVP (2015) All-NBB Team (2014) 2× Brazilian All-Star (2014, 2015)
Medals Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIBA World Cup 0 1 0 FIBA South American Championship 1 1 0 Pan American Games 1 0 0 FIBA AmeriCup 1 2 1 Men's basketball Representing  Argentina World Cup Silver 2019 China FIBA South American Championship Gold 2012 Argentina Silver 2014 Venezuela Pan American Games Gold 2019 Lima FIBA AmeriCup Gold 2022 Brazil Silver 2015 Mexico Silver 2017 Argentina Bronze 2013 Venezuela

Nicolás "Nico" Laprovíttola (born January 31, 1990) is an Argentine professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Bàsquet of the Spanish Liga ACB, and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the Argentina national basketball team. His mother is politician Margarita Stolbizer.

Professional career

Club Atlético Lanús (2007–2013)

Laprovíttola's beginnings in basketball first started with Deportivo Morón, and then at Lanús, when he was 17 years old. In 2007, he made his pro debut with Lanús when the team played in the Argentine 2nd Division. They achieved promotion that season to the top Argentine League. Laprovíttola led his team to the Argentine League Final Series in the 2012–13 season against Regatas Corrientes. But the experience of the opposing team, led by Paolo Quinteros, Federico Kammerichs, and Jerome Meyinsse, was crucial during the series, and the team of Corrientes won the national title. Laprovíttola played for six seasons with Club Atlético Lanús.

Flamengo (2013–2015)

During his preparation for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Laprovíttola spoke about how excited he was that he was going to be playing with Flamengo, to whom he gave several compliments. He was named MVP of the 2014 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Lithuania and Spain (2015–2016)

On August 2, 2015, Laprovíttola signed a one-year deal with the Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas. On December 31, 2015, he parted ways with Lietuvos rytas and signed with Spanish club Estudiantes through to the end of the 2016–17 season.

San Antonio Spurs (2016)

On September 26, 2016, Laprovíttola signed with the San Antonio Spurs. On November 5, 2016, he scored a season-high 11 points against the Los Angeles Clippers. On December 27, 2016, he was waived by the Spurs. He saw action in 18 games for the Spurs, averaging 3.3 points and 1.6 assists in 9.7 minutes, and spent two days with San Antonio's D-League affiliate, the Austin Spurs, in late November.

Spain and Russia (2017–Present)

On January 18, 2017, Laprovíttola signed with the Spanish club Baskonia for the rest of the season.

On July 7, 2017, Laprovíttola signed a 1+1 deal with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. On January 22, 2018, he left Zenit and signed with Divina Seguros Joventut for the rest of the 2017–18 ACB season.

On August 8, 2018, Laprovíttola signed a one-year deal with Divina Seguros Joventut of the Liga ACB.

On July 9, 2019, Laprovíttola signed a two-year deal with the historic club Real Madrid. On July 1, 2021, Laprovíttola officially parted ways with the Spanish team. On April 4, 2024, Laprovittola hit the game-winning 3-pointer as Barcelona defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 92 – 89 to secure a spot in the EuroLeague playoffs.

In October 2024, he was helped off the court by his teammates after hurting his knee. Immediate tests showed a knee ligament sprain. However, additional tests indicate a season-ending injury.

National team career

Laprovíttola played with the junior national team of Argentina at the 2008 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Taiwan, where he won a gold medal and qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in New Zealand. Argentina finished in fifth place at the Under-19 World Championship. He also played at the 2011 Pan American Games.

In 2012, Laprovíttola played with the senior men's Argentine national basketball team at the 2012 South American Championship, in Resistencia, where he won the gold medal. After the 2012–13 season, Laprovíttola was selected for the Argentine national team at the FIBA Stanković Cup tournament in China. He was also selected by coach Julio Lamas to represent Argentina at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won the bronze medal, the 2014 South American Championship, where he won the silver medal and the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Laprovíttola also played at the 2015 Pan American Games, at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship, where he won the silver medal, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2019, he participated in the team that won the Pan American gold medal in Lima. He also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, held during 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and his highlights included scoring 27 points in Argentina's preliminary round loss to Spain.

In 2022, Laprovittola won the gold medal in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was one of Argentina´s starting guards in the tournament.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

EuroLeague

EuroCup

FIBA Americas League

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Lanús	LNB-S	14	18.9	.542	.536	.533	1.2	1.3	1.0	.1	6.2
2008–09	Lanús	LNB	30	20.4	.411	.292	.778	1.6	1.6	.9	.1	5.6
2009–10	Lanús	LNB-S	14	18.4	.407	.310	.700	1.2	2.1	1.1	- —	6.8
2009–10	Lanús	LNB	30	21.8	.508	.368	.789	1.9	2.1	.9	.0	9.1
2010–11	Lanús	LNB-S	13	25.7	.451	.375	.745	2.9	2.2	1.8	.2	10.4
2010–11	Lanús	LNB	30	21.1	.461	.393	.864	1.9	2.6	1.6	.1	4.5
2011–12	Lanús	LNB-S	13	23.5	.482	.400	.821	2.8	3.1	1.2	.1	9.7
2011–12	Lanús	LNB	30	29.6	.492	.386	.794	3.0	4.0	1.2	.1	10.3
2012–13	Lanús	LNB-S	14	30.8	.511	.425	.854	2.1	3.9	1.6	.1	10.3
2012–13	Lanús	LNB	30	29.5	.469	.410	.788	2.8	3.9	1.3	.1	10.1
2013–14	Flamengo	NBB	36	31.9	.455	.445	.807	3.3	4.9	1.1	- —	14.9
2014–15	Flamengo	NBB	39	27.5	.500	.421	.810	3.3	5.7	1.1	- —	11.9
2015–16	Lietuvos rytas	LKL	17	23.1	.468	.444	.912	2.2	3.8	1.2	.1	10.3
2015–16	Estudiantes	ACB	20	29.0	.400	.375	.794	2.8	4.4	1.5	- —	13.8
2016–17	Baskonia	ACB	22	14.9	.402	.397	.783	1.4	3.1	.6	- —	6.2
2017–18	Zenit	VTBUL	9	15.3	.317	.200	1.000	1.3	2.8	.4	- —	4.2
2017–18	Joventut Badalona	ACB	17	31.4	.437	.313	.797	2.8	6.9	1.7	- —	16.4
2018–19	Joventut Badalona	ACB	36	30.5	.468	.394	.792	2.5	6.4	1.1	.1	17.1
2019–20	Real Madrid	ACB	26	15.1	.402	.457	.730	1.9	2.9	.4	- —	6.0
2020–21	Real Madrid	ACB	32	20.5	.450	.425	.842	2.4	3.9	.5	- —	9.5
2021–22	Barcelona	ACB	44	20.2	.439	.372	.896	1.7	2.5	.9	.1	9.3
2022–23	Barcelona	ACB	42	22.7	.456	.415	.850	2.3	3.8	.6	- —	12.4
2023–24	Barcelona	ACB	33	20.6	.434	.370	.815	1.7	3.6	.8	- —	11.3

See also

In Spanish: Nicolás Laprovíttola para niños