Alessandro Gentile

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Alessandro Gentile
Alessandro Gentile Bologna (cropped).jpg
Gentile in February 2020
Free Agent
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Personal information
Born (1992-11-12) November 12, 1992 (age 31)
Maddaloni, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2014: 2nd round, 53rd overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Benetton Treviso
2011–2017 Olimpia Milano
2016–2017→Panathinaikos
2017→Hapoel Jerusalem
2017–2018 Virtus Bologna
2018–2019 Estudiantes
2019–2020 Aquila Trento
2020–2021Estudiantes
2021–2022 Varese
2022 New Basket Brindisi
2022–2023 Udine
2023–2024 Scafati
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Bilbao

Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who last played 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.

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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)

Gentile with Olimpia Milano in the 2013-14 season Alessandro Gentile.jpg
Gentile with Olimpia Milano in the 2013–14 season

In December 2011, Gentile left Treviso Basket and signed a four-year deal with Olimpia Milano. [3] 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 Milano won their 26th Italian League championship, Gentile was named the Italian League Finals MVP. [4]

In July 2014, Gentile penned a new three-year contract with Milano. [5] A year later in 2015, the Milano captain extended his contract until 2018, with a new three-year deal. [6] On October 6, 2015, Gentile played against the NBA's Boston Celtics, in the NBA Global Games tournament.

Gentile was sent on loan to the Greek club Panathinaikos in December 2016. However, Milano retained his rights through the 2017–18 season. [7] He was released by Panathinaikos in March 2017, and he finished the 2016–17 season by playing on loan for Hapoel Jerusalem in the 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 Milano to conclude his season on loan in a non-Italian team. [9] On December 19, 2016, Gentile then joined the Greek club Panathinaikos, on a loan from Olimpia Milano, for the rest of the season. [10] He was with Panathinaikos, as they won the 2017 Greek Cup Final against 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 Hapoel Jerusalem, of the 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
  GPGames 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2011–12 Milano 7517.5.286.2671.0001.91.1.1.34.6.4
2012–13 8012.6.439.400.8001.4.9.4.36.33.5
2013–14 211625.0.443.333.6412.42.3.8.111.48.6
2014–15 201627.5.429.306.7773.02.5.7.014.311.5
2015–16 6630.1.449.280.7143.54.21.01.020.019.3
2016–17 9822.9.458.214.5633.02.41.1.310.89.4
2016–17 Panathinaikos 9813.2.342.200.2222.20.60.3.23.21.8
Career805922.5.427.307.6902.62.1.7.210.78.2

Personal

Gentile is the son of the Italian basketball icon Nando Gentile. He is also the younger brother of Italian professional basketball player Stefano Gentile. [34] Alessandro moved around Italy and Europe, following his father during his playing career. Along with his older brother Stefano, he played with the youth teams of Panathinaikos in Greece, while his father played with the club's senior team. [35] He has played with his brother in the senior Italian national team and Virtus Bologna.

Awards and honors

Pro clubs

Italian junior national team

Individual

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References

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  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. ↑ "EA7 Milan and captain Gentile pen new deal". 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.
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  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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