Gabriele Procida (born 1 June 2002) is an Italian professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.
No. 1 – Alba Berlin | |
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Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
League | BBL EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | Como, Italy | 1 June 2002
Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2022: 2nd round, 36th overall pick |
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019–2021 | Cantù |
2021–2022 | Fortitudo Bologna |
2022–present | Alba Berlin |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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]
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 to win the EuroLeague Rising Star award.[9]
In May 2022, Procida declared for the NBA draft for the second year in a row.[10] 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.[11][12]
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.[13]
Procida represented Italy at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship in Serbia, averaging 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.[14] 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.[15]
On 19 February 2021, Procida made his Italian senior national team debut, playing five minutes against Estonia during EuroBasket 2022 qualification.[16]