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  • Andrea Bargnani
  • #7
  • Forward-Center
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2011-12 Statistics

PPG
23.5
RPG
6.40
APG
2.1
EFF
+ 20.62
Born: Oct 26, 1985
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 256 lbs. / 116.1 kg.
From: Rome, Italy
Years Pro: 5

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CAREER
2009-10 SEASON:
Set career highs in scoring (17.2), rebounds (6.2) and blocks (1.4), while appearing in a career-best 80 games (all starts) ... Led the team in three-pointers made (121), three-pointers attempted (325) and blocks (111) ... Ranked 17th in the NBA in blocks per game …

2008-09 SEASON: Averaged career highs of 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 a career-best 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...

2008-07 SEASON: Averaged 10.2 points and 3.7 rebounds in 78 games, with 53 starts ... Totaled 20-plus points on 11 occasions ... Made three or more three-pointers in 13 games ... Made 61-for-67 (.910) free throws over the season's final 32 games ... Started for the Sophomore team in the T-Mobile Rookie-Sophomore game during All-Star Weekend, finishing with eight points in 17:14 minutes.

2006-07 SEASON: 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 that 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 Challengeon Feb. 17 at the 2007 All-Game in Las Vegas, finishing with 12 points in 23 minutes.

2005-06 SEASON: Played in five Toshiba Vegas Summer League games with the Raptors, 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 … 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, .434 (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 SEASON: 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 6-for-12 (.500) from three-point range …

2003-04 SEASON: Was a member of Benetton’s Italian Cup Supercup winning team … Saw limited playing time in his first season with Benetton, averaging 4.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 10 Lega A outings …Shot .545 (12-22) from the field … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in eight Euroleague games … Had 13 points, five rebounds, one steal and two blocks in 22 minutes as a member of Benetton on October 20, 2003 in a preseason loss, 86-83, to the Raptors at Air Canada Centre …

2002-03 SEASON: 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.

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