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Luis Scola: “If we had not qualified for the Olympics, I would have stopped playing”

Photo: Armani Milano

Luis Scola revealed that he would have retired from professional basketball, if Argentina had not qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Here is what the 39-year-old power forward/center told reporters during his official presentation by Armani Milano:

“Yes, the Olympics make a big difference about me playing right now. I decided to play the World Cup and if we hadn’t qualified for the Olympics, I would’ve stopped playing.

That was the decision I made before the World Cup but we qualified and I left a little window open that if we qualify then we see what kind of options I have.

We see how it feels on the court during the tournament and sit down with my wife to talk about what we’ll do.

After the World Cup, she actually came to me, which was kind of surprising and said: ‘Now you can’t stop playing, now you have to play one more year, you have to play in the Olympics.’

We just had to figure out where. I talked to her about some options including Olimpia Milano and that’s how we started taking shape of the decision.”

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