![]() Scales in 2006 with the Austin Toros | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Racine, Wisconsin | July 3, 1978
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Racine Lutheran (Racine, Wisconsin) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2000: undrafted |
Playing career | 2000–2017 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 25 |
Career history | |
2000 | Basket Livorno |
2001–2002 | Jiangsu Dragons |
2002 | Central Entrerriano |
2002–2003 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
2003–2004 | Shanghai Sharks |
2004 | Huntsville Flight |
2004–2005 | Seoul Samsung Thunders |
2005 | San Antonio Spurs |
2005–2006 | Austin Toros |
2006 | Real Madrid |
2006–2007 | Aris Thessaloniki |
2007–2008 | CSK VVS Samara |
2008–2009 | BC Kyiv |
2009 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2010 | Oyak Renault |
2010–2011 | Mersin BB |
2012 | Atléticos de San Germán |
2013 | Mersin BB |
2014 | Tadamon Zouk |
2017 | Mumbai Challengers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Alexander Jerome Scales (born July 3, 1978) [1] is a former American professional basketball player. [2]
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Scales attended Racine Lutheran High School. [3]
He played at the collegiate level at the University of Oregon. [4]
Scales played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Grand Rapids Hoops during the 2002–03 season and earned All-CBA Second Team honors. [5]
Scales has most recently played with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. and Oyak Renault of the Turkish Basketball League, as well as BC Kyiv of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague and VTB United League. [6] Previously, he was a member of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association in 2005. [7] That year, he was also a member of USA Basketball. [8] In the only game Scales played in his NBA career, he substituted for Robert Horry in the final 9.2 seconds of a Spurs game on November 19, 2005. In that game, the Spurs defeated the Phoenix Suns 97–91, with Scales recording no stats. [9]
He was waived by the Spurs nine days later on November 28 but was acquired by the NBA Development League team Austin Toros on December 21, 2005. [10] At 9.2 seconds (0.153 minutes), Scales previously owned the record for fewest minutes played in an NBA career. [11] This record was broken by JamesOn Curry when he played 3.9 seconds (0.065 minutes) in his only NBA game on January 25, 2010, at the end of the third quarter for the Los Angeles Clippers. [12]
He has also been a member of the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League, CSK VVS Samara of the Russian Basketball Super League, Aris B.C. of HEBA A1, Real Madrid Baloncesto of the Liga ACB and Euroleague Basketball, and the Jiangsu Dragons and Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He was a FIBA EuroCup All-Star during his time with BC Kyiv.
Scales competes for Team 23 in The Basketball Tournament. He was a guard on the 2015 team who made it to the $1 million championship game, falling 67–65 to Overseas Elite.
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1998–99 | Oregon | 32 | 31 | 29.6 | .404 | .309 | .738 | 5.9 | 3.2 | .9 | .8 | 14.3 |
1999–00 | Oregon | 30 | 28 | 32.0 | .455 | .338 | .780 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | .4 | 16.3 |
Career [13] | 62 | 59 | 30.8 | .429 | .323 | .758 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .6 | 15.3 |
Source [14]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2005–06 | San Antonio | 1 | 0 | .2 | – | – | – | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
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