Alessandro Gentile

Alessandro Gentile
No. 5 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Serie A
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1992-11-12) November 12, 1992
Maddaloni, Italy
Nationality Italian
Listed height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight 104.4 kg (230 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53rd overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Benetton Treviso
2011–present EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Italy Italy
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2011 Bilbao

Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian Serie A. Standing at 2.00 m (6 ft. 6¾ in.), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 53rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft.

Professional career

Early career

From 2007 to 2009, Gentile played with the junior teams of Treviso Basket. In 2009, he signed to play with Treviso's senior men's team and in the 2009–10 season, he played in 24 games, averaging 3.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. In 2011, he won the Italian League's Best Player Under 22 award. On June 14, 2011, he signed a three-year contract extension with Treviso Basket.[1]

Olimpia Milano

In December 2011, Gentile left Treviso Basket and signed a four-year deal with Olimpia Milano.[2] In 2013–14, Gentile had a break-out season, averaging 11.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists over 21 games in the Euroleague. In June 2014, after Milano won their 26th Italian League championship, Gentile was named the Italian League Finals MVP.[3]

On June 26, 2014, Gentile was selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.[4] He was later traded to the Houston Rockets on draft night.[5]

In July 2014, Gentile penned a new three-year contract with Milano.[6] A year later in 2015, the Milano captain extended his contract until 2018, with a new three-year deal.[7]

On October 6, 2015, he played against the Boston Celtics for the NBA Global Games.

International career

The Italian started in the under age categories of Italy, first for the Under 16's at the 2008 European Championship and then notably winning the silver medal with the U20's at the 2011 European Championship.

Gentile is a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team. He played with Italy at EuroBasket 2013 and EuroBasket 2015.[8]

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

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2011–12 Milano 7 5 17.5 .286 .267 1.000 1.9 1.1 .1 .3 4.6 .4
2012–13 8 0 12.5 .439 .400 .800 1.4 .9 .4 .3 6.3 3.5
2013–14 21 16 25.0 .443 .333 .641 2.4 2.3 .8 .1 11.4 8.6
2014–15 20 16 27.5 .429 .306 .777 3.0 2.5 .7 .0 14.3 11.5
2015–16 6 6 30.0 .502 .280 .714 3.5 4.2 1.0 1.0 20.0 19.3
Career 62 43 22.5 .419 .317 .786 2.4 2.2 .6 .3 11.3 8.7

Personal

Gentile is the son of former senior men's Italian national basketball team player, Ferdinando Gentile, and the younger brother of professional basketball player Stefano Gentile.[9]

Awards and honors

Team

International

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Benetton Treviso extends with Alessandro Gentile.
  2. ↑ EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI signs scorer Gentile.
  3. ↑ "Gentile named Serie A Finals MVP, Morey congratulates him on Twitter". Sportando.com. June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ Carbaugh, Dane (June 27, 2014). "Timberwolves select Alessandro Gentile with No. 53 pick in 2014 NBA Draft". SBNation.com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Houston Rockets draft Switzerland forward Clint Capela, Arizona guard Nick Johnson". click2houston.com. August 6, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Cap is here to stay: Gentile signed for 3 years". Olimpia Milano. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "EA7 Milan and captain Gentile pen new deal". Euroleague. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Italy take their dream roster to Berlin". FIBAEurope.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Europe Interview: Alessandro Gentile Of Benetton Treviso

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