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Nicolás Laprovíttola
2022-03-22 ALBA Berlin gegen FC Barcelona Bàsquet (EuroLeague 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–058.jpg
Laprovíttola with Barcelona in 2022
No. 20 – FC Barcelona
Point guard / shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 35)
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.

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 (2017–2021)

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 was loaned to Club Joventut of the Liga ACB for the rest of the 2017-18 season.

On August 8, 2018, Laprovíttola extended his stay by signing a one-year deal with Joventut. He was named the Liga ACB MVP of the 2018-19 season and was the season's top scorer.

On July 9, 2019, Laprovíttola signed a two-year deal with Real Madrid. On July 1, 2021, Laprovíttola officially parted ways with the Spanish team.

FC Barcelona (2021–present)

Laprovíttola would later join Madrid's rivals FC Barcelona as a free agent, signing a 2-season contract in July 2021. The contract would later be extended to 2026. In the 2022-23 season, he would help the Catalans win the 2023 ACB finals. On April 4, 2024, Laprovíttola hit the game-winning 3-pointer as Barcelona defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 92 – 89 to secure a spot in the 2024 EuroLeague Playoffs.

In October 2024, he was helped off the court by his teammates after hurting his knee during a Liga ACB game against Baskonia. Immediate tests showed a knee ligament sprain. He would have to undergo surgery later that month after having torn his cruciate ligaments, which put an end to his 2024-25 season.

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

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 San Antonio 18 3 9.7 .426 .370 1.000 .6 1.6 .2 .1 3.3
Career 18 3 9.7 .426 .370 1.000 .6 1.6 .2 .1 3.3

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2016–17 Baskonia 14 0 9.1 .265 .226 .833 .9 2.2 .3 — 2.7 1.2
2019–20 Real Madrid 23 0 13.5 .418 .283 .867 1.4 3.0 .3 — 5.0 5.5
2020–21 34 13 17.6 .380 .347 .868 1.6 3.8 .7 — 6.8 8.1
2021–22 Barcelona 38 28 20.4 .477 .440 .882 1.8 3.1 .7 — 9.6 9.8
2022–23 39 39 23.7 .438 .418 .868 2.2 4.6 .7 — 10.4 11.1
2023–24 33 26 22.7 .450 .388 .779 2.0 4.8 .5 — 12.3 11.9
Career 181 106 19.3 .431 .387 .849 1.8 3.8 .6 — 8.6 8.9

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2015–16 Lietuvos rytas 10 10 27.3 .404 .269 .760 4.3 5.5 1.6 — 12.1 13.5
2017–18 Zenit 7 0 17.1 .450 .389 .952 2.1 3.6 1.1 — 9.0 11.4
Career 17 10 23.2 .416 .300 .848 3.4 4.7 1.4 — 10.8 12.6

FIBA Americas League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Lanús 9 8 27.9 .523 .450 .880 1.3 4.2 1.1 .2 11.0
2013–14 Flamengo 8 8 30.6 .408 .354 .750 3.2 6.2 .6 — 14.4
2014–15 8 7 30.9 .568 .522 .909 3.9 7.1 1.5 — 17.0
Career 25 23 29.7 .500 .439 .821 2.8 5.8 1.1 .1 14.0

Domestic leagues

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

Personal life

Laprovíttola is the son of Argentinian politician Margarita Stolbizer.

See also

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