Daniel Hackett

Daniel Hackett

Hackett with Montepaschi in November 2013.
No. 23 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Italian League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born December 19, 1987
Forlimpopoli, Italy
Nationality Italian / American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school St. John Bosco
(Bellflower, California)
College USC (2006–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Pro career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Benetton Treviso
2010–2012 Scavolini Pesaro
2012–2013 Montepaschi Siena
2013–present Emporio Armani Milano
Career highlights and awards

Daniel Lorenzo Hackett[1] (born December 19, 1987) is an Italian-American professional basketball player who plays for Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian League. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Amateur career

The son of Rudy Hackett, Daniel was born in Forlimpopoli (Forlì-Cesena), but grew up in Pesaro. He attended high school at St. John Bosco of Bellflower. He studied at the University of Southern California, playing college basketball since his freshman year as the USC Trojans' point guard, with whom he played in the NCAA Tournament three times. On November 17, 2007, Hackett had his first triple double with the Trojans', putting on the score sheet 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Professional career

Hackett went undrafted in the 2009 NBA Draft, and decided to play for the Italian League team Benetton Treviso for one season. In 2010, he moved to Scavolini Pesaro, where he spent two years. In 2012, he signed a two-year deal with the Italian team Montepaschi Siena.[2] In his first season with the team, he was named, both Italian League Finals and Italian Cup most valuable player. Also, in his first career Euroleague season he averaged 7.2 points, 3 assists and 2.3 rebounds over 22 games. On December 24, 2013, he signed a three-year deal with Emporio Armani Milano.[3][4]

Italian national team

Daniel Hackett as a member of the Italian national team in 2012.

Hackett was a member of the senior men's Italian national basketball team at the FIBA EuroBasket 2011, in Lithuania.

Awards and accomplishments

College

Pro career

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.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Montepaschi 22 2 22.1 .414 .311 .722 2.3 3.0 1.0 .0 7.2 8.7
2013–14 Montepaschi 9 9 33.6 .427 .409 .745 4.2 5.8 1.0 .0 13.3 19.4
2013–14 Milano 18 17 26.9 .377 .321 .724 3.5 3.6 1.3 .1 9.7 11.6
2014–15 Milano 24 20 28.7 .390 .250 .658 3.7 4.6 .8 .0 10.5 11.8
Career 73 48 26.9 .397 .300 .706 3.3 4.0 1.0 .0 9.6 11.7

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Lorenzo Hackett
  2. ↑ "MONTEPASCHI SIENA signs combo guard Hackett". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Olimpia Welcomes Daniel Hackett". Olimpiamilano.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI lands Daniel Hackett". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

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