Gianluca Basile
Italian professional basketball player

Gianluca Basile

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Italian professional basketball player
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
24 January 1975(Ruvo di Puglia)
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Introduction

Gianluca Basile (born January 24, 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is 192 cm (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) tall and he weighs 95 kg. He is considered to be one of the best 1990s and 2000s era Italian basketball players. He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. He was also the captain of the senior men's Italian national team.

Player profile

Basile excels in the role of shooting guard, or point forward, and is a very effective three-point shooter. He invented and named the "tiro ignorante" ("ignorant shot"), a three-pointer shot in difficult conditions which surprises the opponent.

Professional career

Basile played four years with Pallacanestro Reggiana and seven years with Fortitudo Bologna, with whom he won two Italian League championships as the team captain. In 2005, he moved to Barcelona. In July 2011, he signed a two-year deal with Pallacanestro Cantù.

On July 6, 2012 Emporio Armani Milano officially announced the signing of Gianluca Basile to a one-year contract. His contract with the team expired on June 30, 2013, and he became a free agent.

Euroleague career statistics

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  GP Games 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

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.

† Denotes seasons in which Basile's team won the Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01 Bologna 18 14 27.3 .417 .311 .729 3.1 2.2 1.5 .2 9.9 9.5
2001–02 Bologna 17 14 32.3 .442 .430 .732 2.2 3.2 1.6 .4 11.8 12.4
2002–03 Bologna 19 17 33.6 .404 .359 .860 3.1 3.4 1.7 .2 13.8 11.7
2003–04 Bologna 17 12 29.3 .396 .387 .833 2.6 2.9 1.3 .0 12.1 11.5
2004–05 Bologna 20 18 30.4 .401 .358 .902 3.8 2.9 2.0 .1 12.6 12.6
2005–06 Barcelona 23 6 23.5 .364 .294 .814 2.2 1.6 1.0 .2 8.7 7.9
2006–07 Barcelona 22 12 26.6 .465 .440 .741 2.5 1.6 1.1 .1 9.6 8.5
2007–08 Barcelona 22 18 26.1 .379 .283 .771 2.9 1.5 1.3 .0 9.9 8.3
2008–09 Barcelona 23 13 23.3 .500 .506 .889 2.1 1.7 1.2 .0 7.8 8.6
2009–10† Barcelona 18 0 17.3 .289 .294 .750 1.9 .8 .4 .0 4.1 2.1
2011–12 Cantù 15 5 21.9 .422 .430 .833 1.9 3.1 .1 .0 10.0 9.5
2012–13 Milano 9 0 11.7 .409 .316 1.000 .6 .7 .2 .0 3.3 1.6
Career 223 129 25.9 .408 .366 .811 2.5 2.1 1.2 .1 9.7 8.9

Italian national team

Basile was the leader of the senior men's Italian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the best result ever for Italy after 1980. He also helped Italy beat Team USA by a score of 95-78, by scoring 25 points in a friendly game against the US. His medals with the national team also include a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1999, a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2003 and a silver medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games.

Honors and awards

Fortitudo Bologna

  • 2x Italian League Champion: (2000, 2005)

FC Barcelona

  • 2x Spanish League Champion: (2008–09, 2010–11)
  • 3x Spanish Cup Champion: (2007, 2010, 2011)
  • 2x Spanish Super Cup Champion: (2009, 2010)
  • Euroleague Champion: (2009–10)

Italian national team

  • 1997 Mediterranean Games:  Silver
  • EuroBasket 1999:  Gold
  • EuroBasket 2003:  Bronze
  • 2004 Summer Olympic Games:  Silver

Individual

  • Italian League MVP: (2004)
  • Italian League Finals MVP: (2005)