Oscar da Silva


Oscar Leon da Silva is a German college basketball player for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference.

Early life and career

da Silva was a standout for Ludwig Gymnasium in Munich and was also a member of the MTSV Schwabing in club play, where he averaged 21.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in the 2016-17 season. He was selected for the NBBL All-Star Game. da Silva also attended the Internationale Basketball Akademie München. He signed with Stanford on October 25, 2016 despite not meeting coach Jerod Haase, choosing the Cardinal over offers from California and several Ivy League institutions.

College career

After arriving at Stanford, da Silva injured an ankle in practice and missed a month. He averaged 6.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, he averaged 9.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. da Silva scored a career high 27 points and had 15 rebounds and three assists on February 1, 2020, in a 70–60 upset of Oregon. As a result, he was named Pac-12 player of the week on February 3. On February 8, da Silva suffered a lacerated head that required stitches after a collision with Evan Battey of Colorado. At the conclusion of the regular season, da Silva was named first-team All-Pac-12. As a junior, da Silva averaged 15.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.

National team career

In 2016, da Silva played for Germany at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament, an international U18 tournament in Mannheim, Germany. He averaged seven points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game and won the gold medal. Later in the year, da Silva averaged 9.5 points and six rebounds per game for Germany at the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship in Samsun, Turkey, leading his team to a fourth-place finish. He helped Germany to fifth place at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Cairo, averaging 10.3 points and four rebounds per game.

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Personal life

da Silva has a Brazilian father and German mother. His father was a professional boxer before immigrating to Germany in the 1990s and owns a Brazilian restaurant in Munich. da Silva has a younger brother, Tristan, who also plays basketball and is committed to play at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At Stanford University, he is a biology major and has carried out stem cell research. He is fluent in six languages: English, French, German, Latin, Portuguese and Spanish. da Silva's favorite player is Kevin Durant.