Fontecchio officially joins Baskonia on a 3-year pact / News - Basketnews.com

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Simone Fontecchio, the Italian small forward who was crowned BBL champion with Alba Berlin last year, is the third addition to TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz's roster.

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Fontecchio (25, 2.03), born in Pescara, will be playing with Saski Baskonia for the next three seasons. Last season, has was one of the outstanding players of the German team with which he played 29 games in the EuroLeague, averaging 10.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, with 10.1 PIR in 23:25 minutes. In the German league, his campaign was accompanied by 11.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, and a PIR of 12.8 per game.In the 2019-20 season, Fontecchio played with Reggio Emilia of Serie A, where he averaged 11 points and 3.9 rebounds before making the jump to Alba Berlin. Previously, in his first years as a professional player, he played for Virtus Bologna between 2012 and 2016, before joining AX Armani Exchange Milan from 2016 through 2019.In the recent FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, the new acquisition of the Basque team averaged 19.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, on 54% 3-pointers with Italy, in addition to securing the ticket to Tokyo.

TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

Position Player Status PG Arturs Kurucs Signed until 2023 SG Sander Raieste Signed until 2024 SG Vanja Marinkovic (story) Signed until 2024 SG Miguel Gonzalez Signeduntil 2024 SF Rokas Giedraitis Signeduntil 2023 SF Tadas Sedekerskis Signeduntil 2022 SF Simone Fontecchio (story) Signed until 2024 SF Pavel Savkov Signeduntil 2024 PF Alec Peters Contract option +1 PF Ondrej Hanzlik Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Matt Costello (story) Signed until 2024 C Tonye Jekiri Contract option +1 C Youssoupha Fall Signeduntil 2022 Coach Dusko Ivanovic Expired contract Illimane Diop (released, story), Pierria Henry (not coming back), Achile Pollonara (not coming back), Quino Colom, Zoran Dragic, Franz Massenat Rumored to leave Rokas Giedraitis, Alec Peters, Youssoupha Fall Interested Vanja Marinkovic (story), Xabi Lopez-Arrostegui, Wade Baldwin (story)

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