Gianluca Basile

Gianluca Basile
	Olimpia Milano
2013–2016	Orlandina
Career highlights and awards
	2010); 2× Spanish League champion (2009, 2011); 3× Spanish Cup winner (2007, 2010, 2011); 2× Spanish Supercup winner (2009, 2010); 2× Italian League champion (2000, 2005); Italian League MVP (2004); Italian League Finals MVP (2005); Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2004);
Representing Italy
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games
EuroBasket
Mediterranean Games

Gianluca Basile (born 24 January 1975) is an Italian former professional

Italy national team

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Professional career

Basile played four years with Italian club

FC Barcelona. In July 2011, he signed a two-year deal with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù.^[2]

On 6 July 2012 Italian club

Emporio Armani Milano, officially announced the signing of Basile, to a one-year contract.^[3] His contract with the team expired on 30 June 2013 and he became a free agent.^[4]

He finished his career with Italian club Orlandina Basket, and last played in the 2015–16 season.^[5]

National team career

Basile was the leader of the men's

Team USA, by a score of 95-78, by scoring 25 points in a pre-Olympic friendly game against the US in 2004.^[6] His medals with the Italy national team also include a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1999, a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2003, and a silver medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games

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Player profile

Basile excelled in the role of shooting guard, or point forward, and was a very effective three-point shooter. He invented and named the "tiro ignorante" ("ignorant shot"), a three-point shot taken under difficult conditions, and which would surprise his opponents.

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

†	Denotes seasons in which Basile's team won the EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2000–01	Bologna	18	14	27.3	.417	.311	.729	3.1	2.2	1.5	.2	9.9	9.5
2001–02	Bologna	17	14	32.3	.442	.430	.732	2.2	3.2	1.6	.4	11.8	12.4
2002–03	Bologna	19	17	33.6	.404	.359	.860	3.1	3.4	1.7	.2	13.8	11.7
2003–04	Bologna	17	12	29.3	.396	.387	.833	2.6	2.9	1.3	.0	12.1	11.5
2004–05	Bologna	20	18	30.4	.401	.358	.902	3.8	2.9	2.0	.1	12.6	12.6
2005–06	Barcelona	23	6	23.5	.364	.294	.814	2.2	1.6	1.0	.2	8.7	7.9
2006–07	Barcelona	22	12	26.6	.465	.440	.741	2.5	1.6	1.1	.1	9.6	8.5
2007–08	Barcelona	22	18	26.1	.379	.283	.771	2.9	1.5	1.3	.0	9.9	8.3
2008–09	Barcelona	23	13	23.3	.500	.506	.889	2.1	1.7	1.2	.0	7.8	8.6
2009–10†	Barcelona	18	0	17.3	.289	.294	.750	1.9	.8	.4	.0	4.1	2.1
2011–12	Cantù	15	5	21.9	.422	.430	.833	1.9	3.1	.1	.0	10.0	9.5
2012–13	Milano	9	0	11.7	.409	.316	1.000	.6	.7	.2	.0	3.3	1.6
Career		223	129	25.9	.408	.366	.811	2.5	2.1	1.2	.1	9.7	8.9