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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 left Zenit and signed with 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	Real Madrid	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	Flamengo	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	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

Personal life

Laprovíttola is the son of Argentinian politician Margarita Stolbizer.

References

"Laprovittola já fala como jogador do Flamengo: 'Estou muito contente'". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
"Laprovittola rasga elogios ao Fla: 'No Brasil, só queria jogar no Flamengo'". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
"Flamengo down Maccabi to lift Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.com. September 28, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
"Lietuvos Rytas signs playmaker Laprovittola". EurocupBasketball.com. August 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
"Estudiantes signs Nicolas Laprovittola". Sportando.com. December 31, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
"SPURS ANNOUNCE 2016-17 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". NBA.com. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
"Nicolas Laprovittola 2016-17 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ "SPURS WAIVE NICO LAPROVITTOLA". NBA.com. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"SAN ANTONIO ASSIGNS BRYN FORBES, NICO LAPROVITTOLA AND DEJOUNTE MURRAY TO AUSTIN SPURS". NBA.com. November 27, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
"SAN ANTONIO RECALLS BRYN FORBES, NICO LAPROVITTOLA AND DEJOUNTE MURRAY FROM AUSTIN SPURS". NBA.com. November 29, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
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"Real Madrid tabs Spanish League MVP Laprovittola". EuroLeague.net. July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
"Nico Laprovittola, talented point guard". FC Barcelona. July 28, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
"Nico Laprovittola staying to 2026". FC Barcelona. July 16, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
"Laprovittola gets Barca to playoffs, sends Maccabi to Play-In". April 4, 2024.
"Nico Laprovittola operation a success". FC Barcelona. October 30, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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"Nicolas Laprovittola: "My mother wanted me to be a diplomat"". Eurohoops. March 15, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from NBA.com and Basketball Reference
Nicolás Laprovíttola at acb.com (in Spanish)
Nicolás Laprovíttola at euroleague.net
Nicolás Laprovíttola at fiba.com
Nicolás Laprovíttola at lnb.com.br (in Portuguese)
Nicolás Laprovíttola on Twitter

v t e FC Barcelona current roster
0 Punter 1 Anderson 2 Sarr 6 Veselý 8 Brizuela 10 Metu 13 Satoranský 14 Hernangómez 17 Núñez 19 Fall 20 Laprovíttola 21 Abrines (C) 22 Parker 23 Neto 44 Parra
Head coach: Peñarroya

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Argentina squads

v t e Argentina squad – 2013 FIBA Americas Championship – Bronze medal
4 Scola 5 Fernández 6 Mata 7 Campazzo 8 Laprovíttola 9 Gutiérrez 10 Boccia 11 Espinoza 12 Delía 13 Bortolín 14 Mainoldi 15 Safar Coach: Lamas

v t e Argentina squad – 2015 FIBA Americas Championship – Silver medal
4 Scola (MVP) 5 Richotti 7 Campazzo 8 Laprovíttola 9 Brussino 11 Espinoza 12 Delía 13 Nocioni 14 Deck 15 Safar 19 Mainoldi 29 Garino Coach: Hernández

v t e Argentina squad – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup – Silver medal
1 Caffaro 3 Vildoza 4 Scola (c) 7 Campazzo 8 Laprovíttola 9 Brusino 10 Fjellerup 12 Delía 14 Deck 25 Redivo 29 Garino 83 Gallizzi Coach: Hernández

v t e Flamengo Basketball 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions
1 Herrmann 4 Marcelinho (C) 5 Danielzinho 7 Laprovíttola (MVP) 8 Benite 9 Chupeta 11 Marquinhos 12 Diego 16 Olivinha 19 Gegê 21 Felício 45 Caracter 55 Meyinsse
Head coach: José Neto Assistant coach: Rodrigo Silva

Awards

v t e 2013–14 All-NBB Team
PG: Laprovíttola SG: Jackson SF: Marquinhos PF: Jefferson C: Paulão

v t e NBB Finals MVP Award
2011: Giovannoni 2012: Giovannoni 2013: Torres 2014: Meyinsse 2015: Laprovíttola 2016: Olivinha 2017: Alex 2018: Hubner 2019: Olivinha 2020: N/A 2021: Yago 2022: Dias 2023: Georginho 2024: Dias

v t e FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP
1977: Szczerbiak Sr. 1987: San Epifanio "Epi" 2013: Spanoulis 2014: Laprovíttola 2015: Llull 2016: Graham 2017: Tobey 2019: Theodore 2020: Huertas 2021: Benite 2022: Martínez 2023-I: Fitipaldo 2023-II: Jackson 2024: Osetkowski

ACB MVP Award

1992: Middleton
1993: Middleton
1994: Sabonis
1995: Sabonis
1996: Anderson
1997: Green
1998: Bodiroga
1999: Beard
2000: Middleton
2001: Roe
2002: Beard
2003: Herrmann
2004: Nocioni
2005: Scola
2006: Navarro
2007: Scola
2008: Gasol
2009: Reyes
2010: Splitter
2011: San Emeterio
2012: Panko
2013: Mirotić
2014: Doellman
2015: Reyes
2016: Bourousis
2017: Llull
2018: Dončić
2019: Laprovíttola
2020: Mirotić
2021: Shermadini
2022: Musa
2023: Shermadini
2024: Campazzo

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