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  • Andrea Bargnani

  • #7
  • Forward-Center
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2012-13 Statistics

PPG
12.7
RPG
3.70
APG
1.1
EFF
+ 9.46
Born: Oct 26, 1985
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 256 lbs. / 116.1 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Benetton Treviso / Italy
Years Pro: 6

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Background

HOW ACQUIRED: First-round draft choice (first overall) in 2006.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: July 8, 2009: Re-signed to a multi-year contract extension by Toronto.
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed a contract extension through 2014-15 season, with an early termination option

2011-12 SEASON: Missed the final nine games of the season with a sore left calf and 35 total with the calf injury ... Led the team in scoring (19.5) and averaged 5.5 rebounds (fourth on the team) and 33.3 minutes (third) ... Had five games of 30 or more points ... Ranked 10th in the NBA with a .career-best 873 (151-for-173) free throw shooting percentage ... Shot a career-low .296 (34-115) from three-point range ... Paced the team in scoring 13 times ... Scored 18+ points in six consecutive games (Mar. 28 – Apr. 6) ... Became the fourth player in team history to eclipse the 6,000 career point mark Mar. 28 vs. Denver ... Made his return Mar. 10 at Detroit after missing 20 contests (Jan. 13 – Mar. 7) with a strained left calf he reinjured in the first overtime Jan. 25 at Utah ... Returned to the starting lineup Jan. 24 at Phoenix and scored a season-high 36 points; shot a career-best 12-for-12 at the free throw line against the Suns and recorded a season-high 18 points in the third quarter ... Missed six consecutive games (Jan. 13-22) with a strained left calf ... Sustained his original calf injury with 3:13 remaining in the third quarter Jan. 11 vs. Sacramento; had his second double-double of season with 10 points and 10 rebounds ... Matched a then season- high with 31 points Jan. 9 vs. Minnesota ... Recorded first double-double with 21 points and season-best 11 rebounds Jan. 7 at Philadelphia ... Tallied a then season-high 31 points Jan. 4 vs. Cleveland ... Averaged 27.5 points in a four-game stretch Dec. 30 – Jan. 4 ... Scored 20+ points in the home opener for the fourth time in his career joining Chris Bosh and Vince Carter as the only players in team history to accomplish the feat.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Has averaged 15.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 30.5 minutes in 398 NBA regular season games ... Is shooting .824 (1099-1,334) from the charity stripe ... Averaging 8.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 11 postseason outings ... Played three seasons with Benetton in Italy’s Lega A and one season with Stella Azzura Roma in the Serie B2 Division ... Averaged 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 85 career Lega A games with Benetton ... Played in 38 Euroleague games with Benetton, where he averaged 6.8 points and 2.9 rebounds ... Played in five Toshiba Vegas Summer League games with the Raptors in 2006, averaging a team-high 13.2 points, with 3.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 26.2 minutes ... Scored 20 points in his Summer League debut, going 7-of-11 from the field ... Had 13 points, five rebounds, one steal and two blocks in 22 minutes as a member of Benetton on Oct. 20, 2003 in a preseason loss, 86-83, to the Raptors at Air Canada Centre ... 2010-11: Missed eight of the last 10 games (Mar. 26 - Apr. 13) due to a sore right ankle ... Averaged career highs in points (21.4) and minutes (35.7) ... Ranked 15th in NBA scoring ... Led the team in scoring, 3FGM (77) and 3FGA (223) ... Paced the team in scoring 39 times and on the glass 10 times ... Had a team high of 30 or more points nine times ... Averaged a team-high 20.8 points during 12 games in March ... Made his 500th career three-pointer Mar. 18 vs. Washington, joining Morris Peterson (801) and Vince Carter (554) as the only players in team history to reach 500 three-pointers; also shot 15- of-18 (both career highs) from the foul line against the Wizards ... Posted his second double-double of the season with a game-high 35 points and 12 rebounds in a career-high 52 minutes in 3OT Mar. 5 at New Jersey (in London, England) ... Scored in double-figures in 26 consecutive games, with 17 games of 20 or more points, from Jan. 4 – Feb. 25) ... Scored 20+ points in six consecutive games (Feb. 4-16) ... Had a game-high 38 points Feb. 16 vs. Miami ... Recorded back-to-back 29-point games at home against San Antonio and Portland (Feb. 9-11) ...Contributed a game-high 31 points while grabbing nine rebounds, including a career-high six offensive boards, in 35 minutes Jan. 14 vs. Detroit ... Returned to the starting lineup Jan. 4 at Chicago and led the team with 23 points and six rebounds ... Missed four consecutive games (Dec. 27 - Jan. 2) with a strained left calf ... Led all scorers with 32 points, including 24 points in the second-half, vs. New Jersey on Dec. 17 ... Recorded the first 40-point game of his career with 41 points Dec. 8 at New York ... Registered his first double-double of the season with 26 points and a season- high 12 rebounds Dec. 3 vs. Oklahoma City ... Scored 20+ points in four consecutive games to open the season (Oct. 27 - Nov. 3) ... Recorded team highs of 26 points and nine rebounds Nov. 3 at Utah ... Made a three-pointer at the 10:05 mark of the second quarter Oct. 29 vs. Cleveland, moving into third on the team’s all-time career three-point field goal list ahead of Doug Christie (431) ... 2009-10: Averaged 17.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.39 blocks in 80 games (all starts) ... Shot a career-best .470 from the field ... Led the team in three-pointers made (121), three- pointers attempted (325) and blocks (111) ... Ranked 17th in the NBA with 1.39 blocks ... Led the team in scoring 15 times and rebounding 10 times ... Had a career-high 27 games with 20+ points ... Match his career-high with five three-points Apr. 12 at Detroit and led the team with 33 points ... Reached the 100-block plateau for the first time in his career Apr. 4 vs. Golden State ... Earned his career-high 10th double-double Mar. 26 vs. Denver with 14 points and a team-high 15 rebounds ... Scored a then career-high 34 points Feb. 2 at Indiana ... Averaged 19.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks during 10 games in February ... Had a streak of 15 consecutive games with at least one block between Jan. 17 and Feb. 24 ... Missed two games - Jan. 22 at Milwaukee with a sore lower back and Dec. 9 at Milwaukee with a sore right ankle ... Grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds Jan. 11 at Indiana ... Recorded back-to-back double-doubles for the first time in his career Nov. 20 vs. Miami (24 pts/11 rebs) and Nov. 18 at Utah (10 pts/11 rebs) ... Scored a game-high 28 points in 30 minutes during the season opener Oct. 28 vs. Cleveland ... 2008-09: Averaged 15.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.24 blocked shots and 31.4 minutes in 78 games ... Averaged 17.7 points and 5.9 rebounds in 59 starts ... Paced the team in scoring on 15 occasions ... Topped 20 or more points 23 times ... Scored in double figures in 41 of his final 45 starts, with 20 or more points in 24 of those contests ... Posted six double-doubles ... Missed three of the final five games with a sore left heel ... Tied a career high with six blocked shots Apr. 12 vs. Philadelphia ... Led the team with 23 points Apr. 4 at New York ... Sat out the Mar. 22 contest vs. New York (sore left heel); his first game missed since Dec. 9, 2007 vs. Houston (130 games) ... Matched his season high with 10 field goals Mar. 20 vs. Charlotte ... Scored a game-high 27 points and added nine rebounds Mar. 15 vs. Indiana ... Led the team in scoring for the second time in as many games with a team high-tying 26 points Feb. 24 vs. Minnesota (28 points Feb. 22 vs. New York) ... Appeared in 200th career game Feb. 20 at New York, becoming the 11th player in franchise history to play 200 games ... Averaged 19.8 points and 6.2 rebounds, while shooting .487 (111-for-228) from the field and .480 (36-for-75) from three-point range in January ... Had a streak of 15 consecutive games with 15 or more points from Dec. 31 – Jan. 25 ... Moved into the starting lineup Dec. 31 and started all 45 of his remaining appearances ... Scored a then career-high 31 points, with a career-best nine made free throws, Jan. 14 vs. Chicago ... Set an NBA record for the longest streak of consecutive games with two or more three-pointers by a starting centre with 10 (Dec. 31 – Jan. 16) ... Scored a team-best 25 points Jan. 7 at Washington ... Started in place of Jermaine O’Neal (right knee contusion) Dec. 31 vs. Denver and posted team highs with 26 points and five blocks ... Matched his then career-high with 11 rebounds and added a team-best 19 points and four blocks Nov. 30 at Los Angeles ... Scored 29 points in a then career-high 49 minutes Nov. 21 vs. New Jersey ... Led the team in scoring with a team-high 25 points Nov. 19 at Miami ... Scored 12 points and added four rebounds and three assists Nov. 16 vs. Miami in first regular season start since March 23, 2008 (vs. Denver) ... Led the bench with 19 points and added five rebounds and three blocks Oct. 31 vs. Golden State ... 2007-08: Averaged 10.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 78 games, with 53 starts ... Totalled 20-plus points on 11 occasions ... Made three or more three-pointers in 13 games ... Made 61-of-67 (.910) free throws over the season’s final 32 games ... Started for the Sophomore team in T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore game during All-Star Weekend, finishing with eight points in 17:14 minutes ... Made seven-of-eight field goal attempts for 16 first-quarter points Mar. 23 vs. Denver ... Played a season-high 48 minutes, scoring 27 points with a career high-tying five three-pointers, Mar. 7 vs. Washington ... Left during the third quarter Mar. 5 at Miami with a shifted front tooth after a flagrant foul by Alexander Johnson ... Scored in double figures in nine of 10 games from Jan. 23 – Feb. 13, averaging 15.8 points ... Scored a season-high 28 points Feb. 1 vs. L.A. Lakers ... Averaged 15.1 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting .857 (30-for-35) from the line in 12 February games ... Scored a team-high 27 points and added a game high-tying nine rebounds Feb. 29 vs. Indiana ... Had a team- high 25 points to go with seven rebounds and five assists Feb. 24 vs. New York ... Dished out a career-high seven assists Jan. 23 at Boston ... Played in his 100th career game in the NBA Jan. 18 vs. Atlanta ... Missed four games with a hyper-extended left knee (Dec. 3-9) ... Made second consecutive start Nov. 21 at Memphis, finishing with lone double-double of the season (13 points, 11 rebounds) ... Led the team with 20 points opening night Oct. 31 vs. Philadelphia ... Playoffs: Averaged 6.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 20.8 minutes in five playoff games vs. Orlando, all starts ... Had highs of nine points in Games 2 and 3 ... 2006-07: Averaged 11.6 points, fourth on the team, 3.9 rebounds and 25.1 minutes in 65 games, including two starts ... Named to the All-Rookie First Team and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting ... Selected as T-Mobile Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January and February ... Ranked third among rookies in scoring and fifth with 0.82 blocked shots ... Had four games of 20+ points and two of 10+ rebounds ... Had a string of nine consecutive games with a made three pointer from Feb. 28 – Mar. 16, shooting .400 (24-for-60) from that range during the stretch ... Underwent a successful emergency appendectomy Mar. 21 and missed 14 games ... Returned to action Apr. 18 vs. Philadelphia to score a bench-high 17 points ... Registered a team-high 20 points on eight-of-12 shooting from the floor Feb. 28 at Houston ... Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds Feb. 24 at Charlotte ... Started for the Rookie team in the T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore Challenge on Feb. 17 at the 2007 All-Star Game in Las Vegas, finishing with 12 points in 23 minutes ... Led all bench scorers with 22 points and made four-of-eight three-point attempts Feb. 13 at Chicago ... Netted a team-high 22 points on eight-of-13 shooting from the field, including four-of-seven from beyond the arc, Jan. 9 at New Jersey ... Connected on the game-winning basket in overtime Dec. 22 at Portland, finishing with 11 points ... Registered lone double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds Dec. 17 vs. Golden State; also blocked a career-high six shots in that contest ... Scored a season-high 23 points Dec. 23 at Orlando, making a career-best five three-pointers ... Made his first NBA start Dec. 10 vs. Portland, and scored eight points ... Recorded a pair of blocked shots in his first NBA game Nov. 1 at New Jersey to tie Chris Bosh for the franchise rookie debut record ... Playoffs: Averaged 11.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 30.2 minutes in six games ... Started the final three games of the first-round series vs. New Jersey and averaged 17.0 points (17-28 FG, .607), 5.0 rebounds and 40 minutes ... Was six-for-nine (.667) from three-point range over those final three games ... Had a high of 18 points in Game 5 ... 2005-06: Led Benetton to Italy’s Lega A Championship, downing Climarnio Bologna in the championship series, 3-1 ... Was named Top European Young Player of the Year ... Averaged 15.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.8 steals in 47 games for Benetton in Lega A play ... Posted a season-high 25 points against Rome ... Shot .528 (153-290) from the field, .408 (89-218) from three-point range and .798 (146-183) from the charity stripe ... Led Lega A with 82 blocks ... In Euroleague competition, averaged 10.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks ... Shot .558 (43-77) from the field, .43 (23-53) from three-point land and .712 (42-59) at the charity stripe ... Recorded a season-best 20 points against Panathinaikos and Strasbourg ... Had a high of nine rebounds versus Efes Pilsen and Panathinaikos ... 2004-05: Helped Benetton to a second consecutive Italian Cup ... Averaged 12.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 28 Lega A contests, shooting a career-best .623 (114-183) from the field ... Averaged 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 18 Euroleague contests ... Was six-for-12 (.500) from three-point range ... 2003-04 : Was a member of Benetton’s Italian Cup winning team ... Saw limited playing time in his first season with Benetton, averaging 4.9 points and 2.0 boards in 10 Lega A outings ... Shot .545 (12-22) from the field ... Averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in eight Euroleague games ... 2002-03: Averaged 13.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 23 games for Stella Azzura Roma in Serie B2 Division ... Shot .588 (87-148) from the field, .364 (24-66) from three-point range and .817 (58-71) from the foul line ... Played in eight Euroleague contests, where he averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds

Personal

  • Pronounced AN-dre-a BARN-neon-ee
  • First European to be selected with the number one pick in an NBA Draft
  • Joined Andrew Bogut (Australia, Milwaukee, 2006) and Yao Ming (China, Houston, 2002) as the only international players to be first overall draft picks
  • Selected uniform number 11 but gave it to T.J. Ford when Ford was acquired from Milwaukee on June 30
  • Raptors Vice President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini was general manager of Benetton Treviso during Bargnani’s three seasons with the club
  • Was a teammate at Benetton of current Raptors Jorge Garbajosa (2003-04) and Uros Slokar (2003-06)
  • Played for the Italian Under 18 and Under 16 National Teams.