Andrea Bargnani is an Italian former professional basketball player.
35 Facts About Andrea Bargnani
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Andrea Bargnani posted averages of 4.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 10 games.
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Andrea Bargnani made eight appearances in the EuroLeague, recording 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per outing.
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Incidentally, Andrea Bargnani faced his future team, the Toronto Raptors, on 20 October 2003 in a pre-season game at Air Canada Centre.
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Andrea Bargnani posted a season high of 25 points against Rome.
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Andrea Bargnani posted a season-high 20 points against Panathinaikos and Strasbourg.
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Andrea Bargnani entered the 2006 NBA draft and was selected first overall by the Toronto Raptors.
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Andrea Bargnani is the first European player, sixth non-American player, and second player without US college or high school experience to be drafted first overall, after Yao Ming.
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Andrea Bargnani made his regular season debut against the New Jersey Nets on 1 November 2006, posting 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks in eight minutes of play.
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Together with Garbajosa, Andrea Bargnani was selected to play in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge game.
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Andrea Bargnani became the third Raptor ever to win the award twice, joining Vince Carter and Damon Stoudamire.
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On 21 March 2007, Andrea Bargnani underwent emergency appendectomy surgery after being taken to hospital following illness experienced after practice the night before.
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Andrea Bargnani recovered after about a month, and ended the season, averaging 11.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
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Andrea Bargnani's performances were credited as helping the Raptors to their first ever Division title, as well as their first NBA Playoffs berth in five years; Bargnani came in second for NBA Rookie of the Year.
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Andrea Bargnani was selected to play with the Sophomores in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Andrea Bargnani's statistics had gone down, he was not grabbing enough rebounds, was unable to shoot well, got into foul trouble easily and did not drive to the basket enough.
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The arrival of six-time NBA All-Star Jermaine O'Neal meant that Andrea Bargnani was likely to come off the bench in most games, with Bosh and O'Neal forming the starting frontcourt.
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Andrea Bargnani seemed to rediscover his shooting stroke, had better shot selection and became a consistent shot-blocker, and he was moved to the starting line-up as small forward.
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On 21 November 2008, Andrea Bargnani recorded a career-high 29 points, as well as 10 rebounds in an overtime loss against New Jersey.
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Meanwhile, Andrea Bargnani recorded career-high averages in points per game, field goal percentage, three-point percentage, rebounds and blocks.
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On 2 February 2010, Andrea Bargnani scored a career-high 34 points in a loss against the Indiana Pacers; he later scored 33 in a game against the Detroit Pistons.
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Andrea Bargnani had a career year, averaging 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block.
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On 28 March 2012, in a game against the Denver Nuggets, Andrea Bargnani scored 26 points and became the 4th player to ever score 6000 points as a Raptor.
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Andrea Bargnani returned to the line-up on 6 February 2013, but after managing another 14 games, he was ruled out for the rest of the season on 13 March because of the same injury.
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On 10 July 2013, Andrea Bargnani was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and Quentin Richardson, along with a future first round draft pick, and two future second round draft picks.
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On 18 December 2013, in a game at the Milwaukee Bucks, with 20 seconds remaining in overtime where the Knicks held a two-point lead, Andrea Bargnani received an offensive rebound and, instead of dribbling out the clock or getting fouled to go to the free throw line, inexplicably shot a three-pointer that missed.
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On 22 January 2014, in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Andrea Bargnani suffered a torn ligament in his left elbow after a failed dunk attempt, and was ruled out indefinitely, eventually missing the rest of the regular season.
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On 17 July 2015, Andrea Bargnani signed with the Brooklyn Nets.
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On 26 July 2016, Andrea Bargnani returned to Europe and signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Baskonia.
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Andrea Bargnani played for the Italian junior and under-20 national teams.
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Andrea Bargnani competed on the World Select Team at the 2004 Nike Hoop Summit.
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Andrea Bargnani featured in EuroBasket 2007, representing the Italian senior national team.
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Italy finished ninth in the competition, and in six games, Andrea Bargnani averaged 12.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 28.7 minutes per game.
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Andrea Bargnani was called up to the Italian squad that took part in EuroBasket 2015.
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Andrea Bargnani averaged 14.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, while Italy finished the tournament in sixth place.