Gabriele Procida (born 1 June 2002) is an Italian professional

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player for

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of the Spanish

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and the

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Early life and youth career

Procida grew up playing basketball for

Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – agai ...

at the youth level. He competed for the youth teams of Stella Azzurra and

Virtus Bologna Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...

at the Next Generation Tournament.

Professional career

On 13 October 2019, at age 17, Procida made his professional debut for

in a

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(LBA) game against

Reyer Venezia S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball i ...

. On 19 June 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Cantù. On 24 January 2021, Procida scored 24 points in a 107–83 loss to

VL Pesaro Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian ''Vuelle''), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professiona ...

. 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

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and

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. On 30 May 2021, Procida declared for the

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. On 7 July he left

Cantù Cantù (; Brianzöö: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza. History The name could stem from that of the Canturigi, a population of I ...

, after the club was relegated to Serie A2, and signed a multi-year contract with

Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna 103, commonly known as Fortitudo Bologna and currently known as Fortitudo Flats Service Bologna for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Bologna, Italy and currently plays in the second division. H ...

. On 8 July 2022, Procida signed with

Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Uber Arena and c ...

of the

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. On 16 February 2023, Procida was announced as one of the candidates for the

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award, which was ultimately won by

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. Procida won the award the following year after averaging 8.3 points and 1.4 steals in the

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season. On 25 July 2025, Procida with

of the Spanish

and the

NBA rights

In May 2022, Procida declared for the

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for the second year in a row. During the event itself, on 23 June 2022, he was subsequently selected by

Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (N ...

as their second-round pick and the 36th pick of the night overall, before being immediately traded to

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. On 8 February 2024, the draft rights to Procida were traded to the

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alongside Kevin Knox and a future second round pick for

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National team career

Procida represented

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at the

2018 FIBA U16 European Championship The 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 32nd edition of the Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The competition took place from 10 to 18 August 2018 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Sixteen (16) teams are participating, including 2017 Divisio ...

in Serbia, averaging 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. He averaged 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for

at the

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in Greece. On 19 February 2021, Procida made his Italian senior national team debut, playing five minutes against

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during

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Domestic leagues

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References

External links

Pallacanestro Cantù bio
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