Gabriele Procida

Gabriele Procida is a 6-foot-7 wing who before the 2022 NBA Draft last played for Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Procida was born in June of 2002 in Como, Itally. He grew up as a member of the Pallacanestro Cantu youth program. In 2018, Procida played for Stella Azzurra's U18 club in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament (NGT). The following year, he was a member of Virtus Bologna's U18 team at the NGT. Procida made his professional debut at the age of 17, appearing in his first Lega Basket Serie A game - as a member of Pallacanestro Cantu - in October of 2019. Less than a year later, Procida inked a four-year deal with Cantu. As a rookie in 2019-20, Procida appeared in just seven contests, totaling nine points and three rebounds in 28 minutes. A year later, he took on a much larger role for Cantu, averaging 6.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and shooting 41.9 percent from three (3.0 3PA/G) in nearly 16 minutes per game. In a loss to VL Pesaro in January of 2021, the then-18-year-old Procida scored 24 points, becoming the third-youngest player (Luigi Datome, Carlos Delfino) in Lega Basket Serie A history to post at least 24 points in a game. Procida initially declared for the 2021 NBA Draft but eventually returned to Italy. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Procida departed Cantu and signed a multi-year deal with Fortitudo Bologna. In 26 appearances for Fortitudo, Procida notched 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.9 made threes per game while posting a 17.6 PER. Finally, in the 2022 NBA Draft, Procida was selected with the 36th pick by the Detroit Pistons.