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League
  
Serie AEuroleague

Name
  
Alessandro Gentile

Parents
  
Ferdinando Gentile

Listed weight
  
104.4 kg (230 lb)

Weight
  
103 kg


Listed height
  
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)

Height
  
2.00 m

Nationality
  
Italian

Role
  
Basketball player

Siblings
  
Stefano Gentile

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Position
  
Shooting guard / Small forward

Born
  
November 12, 1992 (age 32) Maddaloni, Italy (
1992-11-12
)

NBA draft
  
2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53rd overall

Current team
  
Olimpia Milano (#5 / Shooting guard, Small forward)

Similar People
  
Daniel Hackett, Ferdinando Gentile, Luca Banchi

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Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft. 7 in.), 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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Early career (2009–2011)

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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.

Olimpia Milano (2011–2016)

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

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

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Gentile was sent on loan to the Greek club Panathinaikos in December 2016. However, Milano retained his rights through the 2017–18 season. 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.

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. On December 19, 2016, Gentile then joined the Greek club Panathinaikos, on a loan from Olimpia Milano, for the rest of the season. He was with Panathinaikos, as they won the 2017 Greek Cup Final against Aris.

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

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 Basketball Super League 2016–17 season.

Virtus Bologna (2017–present)

On July 18, 2017, Gentile signed with Italian club Virtus Bologna for the 2017–18 season.

NBA draft rights

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

International 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-20's 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. He also played at the Turin 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Career statistics

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Personal

Gentile is the son of former senior men's Italian national basketball team player, Ferdinando Gentile, and the younger brother of professional basketball player Stefano Gentile.

Pro clubs

  • 2x Serie A champion: 2014, 2016
  • Italian Cup winner: 2016
  • Italian Supercup winner: 2016
  • Greek Cup winner: 2017
  • International

  • FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship:
  • 2011 Bilbao:  Silver
  • Individual

  • Serie A All-Star: 2011, 2013
  • Serie A Best Player Under 22: 2011, 2014
  • Serie A Finals MVP: 2014
  • Premio Reverberi: 2014 (Best Male Italian Player)
  • References

    Alessandro Gentile Wikipedia


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