Alessandro Gentile

Alessandro Gentile
No. 5 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Italian League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born November 12, 1992
Maddaloni, Italy
Nationality Italian
Listed height 6 ft 6 3⁄4 in (2.00 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53rd overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Pro career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Benetton Treviso
2011–present Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards

Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League. Standing at 2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 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 Emporio Armani 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 Emporio Armani 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] On July 19, 2014, Gentile re-signed with Emporio Armani Milano on a three-year deal.[6]

Italian national team

Gentile is also a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team. He played with Italy's senior national team at FIBA EuroBasket 2013.

Euroleague 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.

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 Milano 8 0 12.5 .439 .400 .800 1.4 .9 .4 .3 6.3 3.5
2013–14 Milano 21 16 25.0 .443 .333 .641 2.4 2.3 .8 .1 11.4 8.6
2014–15 Milano 20 16 27.5 .429 .306 .777 3.0 2.5 .7 .0 14.3 11.5
Career 56 37 23.2 .424 .323 .733 2.4 2.0 .6 .1 8.9 7.9

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.[7]

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. ↑ "Alessandro Gentile re-signs for three years with Olimpia Milano". Sportando.com. July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ Europe Interview: Alessandro Gentile Of Benetton Treviso

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