Luigi Datome

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Professional career

Early years

Born in Montebelluna to Sardinian parents from Olbia, Datome moved to Olbia in Sardinia, where he started playing junior basketball. He joined Montepaschi Siena of the first division Serie A in 2003. He played three and a half seasons for Montepaschi before joining Scafati Basket in February 2007.

Virtus Roma (2008–2013)

In 2008, Datome signed with Virtus Roma where he went on to earn the league's Best Under 22 player award for the 2008–09 season. In 2012–13, he was named the Lega Basket Serie A MVP, after averaging 16.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.[2]

Detroit Pistons (2013–2015)

On 16 July 2013, Datome signed a two-year, $3.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons.[3][4] On 23 December 2013, he scored a season-high 13 points in a 115–92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.[5]

On 14 January 2015, Datome was assigned by the Pistons to the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League.[6] On 20 January, he was recalled by the Pistons.[7]

Boston Celtics (2015)

On 19 February 2015, Datome was traded, along with Jonas Jerebko, to the Boston Celtics, in exchange for Tayshaun Prince.[8] On 15 April, in the Celtics' final regular season game, he earned his first career NBA start; Datome responded with a career- and game-high 22 points, leading Boston to a narrow victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.[9]

Fenerbahçe (2015–2020)

On 14 July 2015, Datome signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe.[10] In his first season with the team, Datome won the Turkish Cup with a 67–65 win over Darüşşafaka. Fenerbahçe also reached the final game of the 2016 Euroleague Final Four, but fell short of winning the EuroLeague championship, after an overtime 96–101 loss to CSKA Moscow.[11] Over 29 EuroLeague games, he averaged 12.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. At the end of the season, Fenerbahçe also won the Turkish League championship.

On 5 July 2017, Datome signed a three-year contract extension with Fenerbahçe.[12] In 2017–18 EuroLeague, Fenerbahçe made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, its fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Eventually, they lost to Real Madrid with 80–85 in the final game.[13] Over 35 EuroLeague games, he averaged 9.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

On 2 July 2019, Datome signed another contract extension with the Turkish club through the 2021–22 season. On 30 June 2020, Datome and the Turkish club parted ways after five quite successful seasons.

File:Gigi Datome retirement ceremony 20231006 (14).jpg
Datome's retirement ceremony during the 2023–24 EuroLeague game between Fenerbahce and Olimpia Milan.

Olimpia Milano (2020–2023)

On 30 June 2020, Datome signed with Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[14] On July 7, 2023, Datome announced his retirement from professional basketball after the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Subsequently, in October, Datome was inducted into the Olimpia Milano Hall of Fame along with six other players associated with the Armani era.[15]

Career statistics

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NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013–14 Detroit 34 0 7.0 .351 .179 .800 1.4 .3 .2 .0 2.4
2014–15 Detroit 3 0 5.7 .417 .250 .000 1.3 .7 .3 .0 3.7
2014–15 Boston 18 1 10.7 .494 .472 1.000 1.4 .4 .1 .4 5.2
Career 55 1 8.1 .414 .361 .818 1.4 .4 .1 .1 3.4

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 Boston 3 0 4.7 .333 .000 .000 .3 .3 .0 .0 1.3
Career 3 0 4.7 .333 .000 .000 .3 .3 .0 .0 1.3

EuroLeague

† Denotes season in which Datome won the EuroLeague
* Led the league

Template:Euroleague player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Mens Sana | 6 || 0 || 5.5 || .583 || .000 || Script error: No such module "sort". || 1.3 || .2 || .3 || Script error: No such module "sort". || 2.3 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | 11 || 2 || 11.2 || .538 || .579 || 1.000 || 2.3 || .4 || .7 || .2 || 5.2 || 5.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Roma | 13 || 2 || 16.8 || .417 || .348 || .895 || 3.7 || .6 || .4 || .3 || 5.8 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | 2 || 0 || 10.9 || .400 || .400 || 1.000 || 2.0 || .5 || Script error: No such module "sort". || Script error: No such module "sort". || 6.0 || 4.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | 13 || 12 || 24.5 || .438 || .367 || 1.000 || 4.3 || .7 || 1.1 || .4 || 9.1 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Fenerbahçe | 29 || 23 || 27.0 || .516 || .462 || .867 || 4.4 || 1.9 || .4 || .3 || 12.4 || 13.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;"| 2016–17† | 33 || 21 || 23.6 || .442 || .466 || .944 || 3.7 || 1.1 || .5 || .1 || 9.2 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | 35 || 15 || 23.9 || .486 || .444 || .917 || 3.4 || 1.1 || .4 || .6 || 9.6 || 9.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | 34 || 15 || 21.0 || .477 || .415 || .917 || 3.6 || .8 || .5 || .2 || 9.0 || 8.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | style="background:#CFECEC;"|28* || 15 || 22.4 || .478 || .431 || .929 || 3.4 || 1.3 || .8 || .3 || 8.3 || 7.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Milano | 37 || 7 || 16.5 || .484 || .511 || .897 || 2.8 || .8 || .2 || .1 || 7.1 || 6.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | 26 || 13 || 15.3 || .442 || .390 || .867 || 1.4 || .3 || .5 || .0 || 7.0 || 4.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 | 6 || 1 || 9.3 || .364 || .417 || 1.000 || .8 || Script error: No such module "sort". || .2 || Script error: No such module "sort". || 3.7 || 1.7 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 273 || 126 || 20.2 || .473 || .439 || .908 || 3.2 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 8.3 || 7.8 |}

National team

Year Competition GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007 EuroBasket 1 0 6.0 .0 .0 .0 2.0 .0 0.0 .0 .0
2011 EuroBasket 4 0 4.5 .500 .333 .0 .8 .0 .0 .0 1.3
2013 EuroBasket 11 11 31.2 .470 .429 .909 4.9 1.4 .8 .5 13.8
2015 EuroBasket 2 2 16.5 .462 .200 .500 3.0 1.0 .0 .0 7.0
2017 EuroBasket 7 7 29.0 .528 .419 .867 4.3 1.1 .6 .7 15.0
Career 25 20 17.4 39.2 27.6 45.5 3 1.2 0.2 0.2 7.4

National team career

Datome played with the senior men's Italian national team at the 2007 EuroBasket, the EuroBasket 2011, and the 2013 EuroBasket.[16] He was also a part of the Italian squad that would take part in the 2015 EuroBasket.[17] However, after injuring a muscle during Italy's second game of the tournament, against Iceland, Datome had to pull out of the rest of the tournament.[18]

Datome also represented Italy at the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and at the 2017 EuroBasket.

His last career game was also played for the national team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. In the classification game, Italy lost to Slovenia, 85–89. Datome finished the game with 1 point.

See also

References

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