Alessandro Gentile

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Alessandro Gentile
Virtus Bologna
2018–2019Estudiantes
2019–2020Aquila Trento
2020–2021Estudiantes
2021–2022Varese
2022New Basket Brindisi
2022–2023Udine
2023–presentScafati
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing
Italy
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Bilbao

Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in),[1] 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 (2009–2011)

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 in Italy's top-tier level LBA league, 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.[2]

Olimpia Milano (2011–2016)

2013–14 season

In December 2011, Gentile left Treviso Basket and signed a four-year deal with

Italian League Finals MVP.[4]

In July 2014, Gentile penned a new three-year contract with Milano.

NBA's Boston Celtics, in the NBA Global Games
tournament.

Gentile was sent on

Israeli Super League, and preparing for the upcoming EuroBasket 2017 tournament.[8]

Panathinaikos (2016–2017)

On December 5, 2016, Gentile reached an agreement with his Italian team, and he left

Aris
.

He was then released by Panathinaikos in March 2017.[11] With Panathinaikos, he averaged 3.2 points, 2.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists, and 0.3 steals per game with them in the EuroLeague,[12][13] and 5.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 0.6 steals per game in the Greek Basket League.[14]

Hapoel Jerusalem (2017)

On April 3, 2017, Gentile signed with the Israeli club

Israeli Super League for the remainder of the Israeli Super League 2016–17 season.[15][16] However, he was released by the club before their season ended.[17] In 8 games with the club (6 regular season games and 2 playoff games), he averaged 4.3 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game.[18]

Virtus Bologna (2017–2018)

On July 18, 2017, Gentile signed with Italian club

Virtus Bologna, for the 2017–18 season.[19]

Movistar Estudiantes (2018–2019)

On October 30, 2018, Gentile signed a one-year deal with Spanish club Movistar Estudiantes.[20][21]

Aquila Basket Trento (2019–2020)

On September 26, 2019, he has signed with Aquila Basket Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[22]

Movistar Estudiantes (2020–2021)

On September 29, 2020, he has signed a 3 months deal for returning to Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB.[23]

Pallacanestro Varese (2021–2022)

On June 25, 2021, Gentile signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[24] He averaged 14.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. On January 27, 2022, Gentile parted ways with the team.[25]

New Basket Brindisi (2022)

On January 28, 2022, he has signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A.[26]

NBA draft rights

On June 26, 2014, Gentile was selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.[27] His NBA draft rights were later traded to the Houston Rockets on draft night.[28]

On August 19, 2018，Gentile was reported to have intention to join the Houston Rockets,[29] but no news was announced since then.[30] Later Gentile was waived by Houston Rockets on October 12.[31]

National team career

Gentile started in the youth age categories of Italy's junior national teams, first for the Under-16's at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, and then notably winning the silver medal with the Under-20s at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Gentile then became a member of the senior men's

Italian national basketball team. He played with Italy at EuroBasket 2013 and EuroBasket 2015.[32] He also played at the Turin 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[33]

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

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 12.6 .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 30.1 .449 .280 .714 3.5 4.2 1.0 1.0 20.0 19.3
2016–17
 9 8 22.9 .458 .214 .563 3.0 2.4 1.1 .3 10.8 9.4
2016–17
Panathinaikos
 9 8 13.2 .342 .200 .222 2.2 0.6 0.3 .2 3.2 1.8
Career 80 59 22.5 .427 .307 .690 2.6 2.1 .7 .2 10.7 8.2

Personal

Gentile is the son of the Italian basketball icon

Virtus Bologna
.

Awards and honors

Pro clubs

Italian junior national team

  • FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
    :

Individual

References

  1. ^ GENTILE, ALESSANDRO HEIGHT: 2.01.
  2. ^ "Benetton Treviso extends with Alessandro Gentile". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  3. ^ EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI signs scorer Gentile.
  4. ^ "Gentile named Serie A Finals MVP, Morey congratulates him on Twitter". Sportando.com. June 28, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "The Cap is here to stay: Gentile signed for 3 years". Olimpia Milano. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. Euroleague
    . 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ Olimpia Milano to loan Gentile abroad.
  8. ^ Gentile to finish the season practicing alone at Milan.
  9. ^ Basket, Gentile lascia l'Olimpia Milano: finirà la stagione all'estero. (in Italian).
  10. ^ "Panathinaikos signs star forward Gentile". Euroleague.net. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  11. ^ Gentile and Panathinaikos part ways.
  12. ^ GENTILE, ALESSANDRO EuroLeague 2016-17 STATISTICS.
  13. ^ EuroLeague 2016-17.
  14. ^ ΤΖΕΝΤΙΛΕ Αλεσσάντρο | ΣΤΑΤΙΣΤΙΚΑ (in Greek).
  15. ^ "Alessandro Gentile Joins Hapoel". Hapoel.co.il. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  16. ^ Alessandro Gentile signs with Hapoel Jerusalem.
  17. ^ Alessandro Gentile leaves Hapoel Jerusalem.
  18. ^ 5 Alessandro Gentile Team: Hapoel Jerusalem CAREER STATS.
  19. ^ "Anche Alessandro Gentile è un giocatore di Virtus Segafredo". virtus.it (in Italian). 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-22. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Alessandro Gentile, refuerzo para Movistar Estudiantes". clubestudiantes.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  21. ^ "Estudiantes announced the signing of Alessandro Gentile". 30 October 2018.
  22. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (September 26, 2019). "Trento signs Alessandro Gentile to a two-year deal". Sportando. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  23. ^ Maggi, Alessandro (September 29, 2020). "Alessandro Gentile officially signs with Movistar Estudiantes". Sportando. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  24. ^ Maggi, Alessandro (June 25, 2021). "Alessandro Gentile is officially a newcomer of Pallacanestro Varese". Sportando. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  25. ^ Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (January 27, 2022). "Openjobmetis Varese and Alessandro Gentile mutually agree to part ways". Sportando. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  26. ^ "Accordo con Alessandro Gentile". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  27. ^ Carbaugh, Dane (June 27, 2014). "Timberwolves select Alessandro Gentile with No. 53 pick in 2014 NBA Draft". SBNation.com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  28. ^ "Houston Rockets draft Switzerland forward Clint Capela, Arizona guard Nick Johnson". click2houston.com. August 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  29. ^ Melloni, Mirco (August 19, 2018). "Ale Gentile: "Houston, mettimi alla prova. In Italia non mi esprimo al top"". basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  30. ^ Fasanella, Fabrizio (September 27, 2018). "Un pò di chiarezza sulla questione Alessandro Gentile". basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  31. ^ Gauruder, Dana (October 12, 2018). "Rockets Sign Bond, Waive Gentile". click2houston.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  32. ^ "Italy take their dream roster to Berlin". FIBAEurope.com. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  33. ^ Alessandro GENTILE (ITA) participated in 9 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
  34. ^ Europe Interview: Alessandro Gentile Of Benetton Treviso.
  35. ^ Aita, Alessandro. "The Gentile family: Stefano catches up with Alessanro and won't let him go."Dailybasket, 17 December 2014. Retrieved on 27 February 2015.

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