Joseph Forte

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Joseph Forte
Personal information
Born (1981-03-23) March 23, 1981 (age 43)
Pistoia Basket
2011Ironi Ashkelon
2012Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
2014–2015Maccabi Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Joseph Xavier Forte (born March 23, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was an All-American player at North Carolina.

Beginnings

Forte got his start at

Washington Post All Met Basketball Player of the Year in his senior year, during which he averaged 22.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists.[2]

Career highlights

After a 2-year college career at

ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year) that was marked by flashes of brilliant play, he was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 21st pick in the 2001 NBA draft (at a time when later star players Tony Parker and Gilbert Arenas
were still available at the guard position).

Forte would only play in the NBA for 2 seasons for a total of 25 games (8 games for Boston in his rookie season, and 17 games for the Seattle SuperSonics in his sophomore season). In those 25 games, Forte averaged 1.2 points and 0.7 assists per game, struggling to convert from his natural shooting guard position to point guard. His final NBA game was played on April 16, 2003 in a 84 - 70 win over the Phoenix Suns where he recorded 2 assists and no points in 5 minutes of playing time.

After being released by the Sonics, Forte couldn't find a roster spot in the NBA and joined the

Montepaschi Siena
, which won the 2007 Italian championship game.

In July 2007 he signed with the

Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia
, an Italian LegaDue team (Italian second division).

Forte signed with

Fileni BPA Jesi on January 9, 2011, Forte amassed 34 points, the third-highest single-game total in team history.[4] Forte left Pistoia after being a key component and frequent starter in the team's playoff run.[5]

On October 6, 2011, Israeli side Ironi Ashkelon signed Forte to a one-week trial.[6] However, Forte ultimately ended up signing with Iranian Basketball Super League team Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC for 2012.[7] Through his first two games in league play, Forte averaged 9.1 points, 3.0 assists, and 2.5 rebounds per game.[8]

Family

Forte's younger brother, Jason, played college basketball for Brown University and was named Ivy League player of the year in 2004.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Tony Kurdzuk (14 February 2012). "Nets Waive Keith Bogans". Nj.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. ^ "Harvey named national player of the year". USA Today. 1999-05-21. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  3. ^ "Basketball Transactions – August 2010". ShamSports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  4. ^ a b "2011 League Record". Pistoiabasket2000.it. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  5. ^ "Joseph Forte News – Pistoia Basket 2000". Pistoiabasket2000.it. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  6. ^ "Basketball Transactions – 2011/2012". ShamSports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. ^ "Petrochimi Roster". Asia-basket.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  8. ^ "Petrochimi Statistics 2012". Asia-basket.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  9. ^ Jason Forte. "Brown Bears Athletics". Brownbears.cstv.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  10. ^ [1] Archived August 31, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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