Gabriele Procida

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Gabriele Procida
2022-11-10 ALBA Berlin gegen FC Bayern Munchen (EuroLeague 2022-23) by Sandro Halank-086.jpg
Procida with Alba Berlin in 2022
No. 1–Alba Berlin
Position Small forward / shooting guard
League BBL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 22)
Como, Italy
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2022: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2021 Cantù
2021–2022 Fortitudo Bologna
2022–present Alba Berlin
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Gabriele Procida (born 1 June 2002) is an Italian professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

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Early life and youth career

Procida grew up playing basketball for Pallacanestro Cantù at the youth level. He competed for the youth teams of Stella Azzurra and Virtus Bologna at the Next Generation Tournament. [1]

Professional career

On 13 October 2019, at age 17, Procida made his professional debut for Pallacanestro Cantù in a Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) game against Reyer Venezia. [2] On 19 June 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Cantù. [3] On 24 January 2021, Procida scored 24 points in a 107–83 loss to VL Pesaro. At 18 years, seven months and 23 days of age, he became the third-youngest player in league history to score at least 24 points in a game, behind Luigi Datome and Carlos Delfino. [4]

On 30 May 2021, Procida declared for the 2021 NBA draft. [5] On 7 July he left Cantù, after the club was relegated to Serie A2, [6] and signed a multi-year contract with Fortitudo Bologna. [7]

On 8 July 2022, Procida signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga. [8]

On 16 February 2023, Procida was announced as one of the candidates for the EuroLeague Rising Star award, [9] which was ultimately won by Yam Madar. Procida won the award the following year after averaging 8.3 points and 1.4 steals in the 2023–24 EuroLeague season. [10]

NBA rights

In May 2022, Procida declared for the NBA draft for the second year in a row. [11] During the event itself, on 23 June 2022, he was subsequently selected by Portland Trail Blazers as their second-round pick and the 36th pick of the night overall, before being immediately traded to Detroit Pistons. [12] [13]

On 8 February 2024, the draft rights to Procida were traded to the Utah Jazz alongside Kevin Knox and a future second round pick for Simone Fontecchio. [14]

National team career

Procida represented Italy at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship in Serbia, averaging 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. [15] He averaged 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for Italy at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship in Greece. [16]

On 19 February 2021, Procida made his Italian senior national team debut, playing five minutes against Estonia during EuroBasket 2022 qualification. [17]

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
2022–23 Alba Berlin 27414.6.399.241.7581.8.5.5.35.74.0
2023–24 25317.4.424.290.7561.6.91.4.48.38.0
Career52715.9.413.267.7561.7.7.9.36.95.9

Domestic leagues

YearTeamLeagueGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2019-20 Flag of Italy.svg Cantù LBA 74.0.429.500—.4———1.3
2020-21 Flag of Italy.svg Cantù LBA 2815.5.445.388.6302.5.6.4.16.3
2021-22 Flag of Italy.svg Fortitudo Bologna LBA 2618.5.522.383.7843.0.7.8.37.0
2022–23 Flag of Germany.svg Alba Berlin BBL 2616.9.417.303.8002.6.7.9.16.8
2023–24 Flag of Germany.svg Alba Berlin BBL 1317.1.475.405.7911.51.51.2.19.6

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  4. ↑ "Acqua S.Bernardo, Procida diventa il terzo giocatore più giovane nella storia con 24 o più punti segnati: meglio di lui solo Datome e Delfino" (in Italian). Lega Basket Serie A. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ↑ @DraftExpress (30 May 2021). "Projected second round pick Gabriele Procida has declared for the 2021 NBA draft, a source told ESPN. The 18-year o…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  7. ↑ "Gabriele Procida è un nuovo giocatore della Fortitudo!". fortitudo103.it (in Italian). 26 July 2021.
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  10. ↑ "ALBA's Gabriele Procida secures 2023-24 EuroLeague Rising Star award". EuroLeague. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "24 early-entry candidates withdraw from NBA Draft 2022". NBA.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
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