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Santiago Scala
Santiago Nicolás Scala (born 6 February 1991) is an Argentine basketball player for Boca Juniors of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). At a height of tall, he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Argentina Scala began his professional career at Argentino de Junín, a club in his hometown. His first two seasons with the Buenos Aires team were in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso, the second division of Argentine basketball. After becoming champions in 2010, Argentino de Junín was promoted to the LNB, which allowed Scala to show that he could play in the top category. The following season however, his team was relegated from the LNB. In 2011, Scala was signed by the Chubut-based club Gimnasia Indalo with a contract for two seasons. At the end of those seasons, he renewed for two more seasons. In the 2014–2015 season he reached the LNB finals for the first time in his career, losing to Quimsa. After leaving Gimnasia, Scala signed with Regatas Corrientes. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court. Point guards are expected to control the pace of the game. They effectively "run" the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Generally, point guards are expected to be proficient in passing the ball and being able to get Assist (basketball), assists to teammates. In a pick and roll offense, the point guard typically moves off of screens to facilitate the ball to a Power forward, big. Likewise, point guards can also shoot off of screens if given separation. In transition, the point guard must be able to pass and handle the ball without committing excessive turnovers. Defensively, the point guard is generally responsible for guarding above the Key (basketball), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chubut Province
Chubut ( from Tehuelche language, Tehuelche 'transparent'; ) is a provinces of Argentina, province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range to the west (bordering Chile), and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The province's name derives from the Tehuelche language, Tehuelche word , meaning 'transparent', their description of the Chubut River. The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province; it has 180,000 inhabitants. The administrative capital is Rawson, Chubut, Rawson (40,000). Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Esquel and Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento. Gaiman, Chubut, Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as in which Welsh settlement in Argentina, Welsh-Argentines are concentrated. History Before the Spain, Spaniards arrived in the Americas, nomadic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regatas Corrientes Basketball Players
Club de Regatas Corrientes, usually just Regatas Corrientes, is a sports club of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the river side of the Paraná river. Although Regatas was born as a rowing (sport), rowing institution, the club is mostly recognized due to its basketball team, which plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentine first division). Its home stadium is the Estadio José Jorge Conte, that holds 5,000 people. Apart from basketball, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as rowing, association football, cestoball, chess, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming (sport), swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball and olympic weightlifting, weight lifting. History The club was founded on September 27, 1923, by a group of enthusiastic rowing (sport), rowers and swimming (sport), swimmers. The first president was Dr. José Chapo. At the beginning, the Regatas had few members and a large beach over the Río Paraná coast. The institution was expanding itself developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo De Almagro (basketball) Players
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Boedo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the Primera División, the first tier of the Argentine football league system. San Lorenzo is also considered one of the '' Big Five'' of Argentine football, along with Independiente, River Plate, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club. San Lorenzo plays its home games at Estadio Pedro Bidegain, popularly known as ''Nuevo Gasómetro''. The stadium and sports facilities are located in the Bajo Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The club's previous stadium was the '' Viejo Gasómetro'', located in Boedo. In 1979, the ''Gasómetro'' was expropriated by the de facto Government of Argentina and then sold to supermarket chain Carrefour. The club currently has six locations: three in Boedo, one in Monserrat, one at Bajo Flores, and one in Villa Gesell. San Lorenzo also plans to expand its main seat on La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimnasia Y Esgrima De Comodoro Rivadavia Basketball Players
Gimnasia may refer to: *Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, an Argentine football club *Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza, an Argentine football club *Gimnasia Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia, an Argentine football club *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia, an Argentine basketball and handball club *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, an Argentine football club *Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, an Argentine football club *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe, an Argentine football club *Club Gimnasia y Esgrima (Concepción del Uruguay), an Argentine football club *Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ..., a Spanish football club * Gymnasts, people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentino De Junín Basketball Players , a former Argentine currency
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Argentino is the Spanish word for "citizen of Argentina" or the adjective "Argentine". It may also refer to: ;Geography * Argentino, a seaside resort in Uruguay * Lake Argentino, a lake in the Andes in Patagonia ;Sports * Argentino de Quilmes, an Argentine association futbol club * Argentino de Rosario, an Argentine association futbol club * Club Argentino de Rugby, an Argentine rugby union futbol club ;Other * Argentine argentino The golden Argentino was the only official golden coins made by the Argentine mint from 1881 to 1896, according to law N° 1130, sanctioned in 1881 during the presidency of Julio Argentino Roca. Gold currency The Argentino was an Argentine curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guards
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics * Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topological space * Point, or Element (category theory), generalizes the set-theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category * Critical point (mathematics), a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables * Decimal point * Point-free geometry * Stationary point, a point in the domain of a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change Places * Point, Cornwall, England, a settlement in Feock parish * Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Scotland, Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland * Points, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Men's Basketball Players
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, multiethnic society, home to people of various Ethnicity, ethnic, Race (human categorization), racial, Religion, religious, Religious denomination, denomination, and Nationality, national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1991 Births
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of dirigism, license raj and autarky and began extensive Economic liberalisation in India, liberalisation to its economy. This increased Economy of India, GDP but also increased income inequality in India, income inequality over the next two decades. A United Nations, UN-authorized coalition of the Gulf War, coalition force from 34 nations fought against Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq, which had Invasion of Kuwait, invaded and Kuwait Governorate, annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Republic of Serbia (1990–2006), Serbia and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Schweitzer Tournament
The DBB Albert Schweitzer Tournament (, abbreviated as AST), full name DBB Albert Schweitzer World Under-18 Tournament (), is an international basketball competition that is played between national teams of the Under-18 men's age category. It takes place every two years in Mannheim, Germany, and is contested between teams from 12 countries. The organizers of the tournament are the German Basketball Federation (, abbreviated as DBB), and the city of Mannheim. The tournament is named after Albert Schweitzer. Since FIBA does not organize an Under-18 world championship, the Albert Schweitzer Tournament is internationally recognized and considered an official non-FIBA organized world championship for the Under-18 age group. From 1958 to 1993, the tournament was an Under-19 age competition. Since 1994, it has been an under-18 age competition. History The first Albert Schweitzer Tournament took place in December 1958. It was contested between eight teams, and won by Belgium. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
