Pistoia Basket 2000

Pistoia Basket 2000
Leagues LBA
Founded 2000
Arena PalaCarrara
Arena Capacity 4,000
Location Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Team colors      Red
     White
President Roberto Maltinti
Team manager Giacomo Galanda
Head coach Vincenzo Esposito
Championships 1 LegaDue
Website pistoiabasket2000.com
Uniforms
Home
Away

Pistoia Basket 2000, known for sponsorship reasons as Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Pistoia, Tuscany.

History

The city of Pistoia was formerly represented in the first division LBA by Olimpia Basket Pistoia during the 1990s. Pistoia Basket 2000 was promoted to the LBA in 2014, and is playing in that league as of the 2015-16 season.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Pistoia Basket 2000 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 3 Italy Cournooh, David 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
C 4 Italy Di Pizzo, Marco 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 18 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998
SF 9 Italy Antonutti, Michele 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 30 – (1986-02-19)19 February 1986
SF 11 Italy Lombardi, Eric 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (1993-02-01)1 February 1993
F/C 22 United States Thornton, Marcus 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 24 – (1992-08-12)12 August 1992
PG 25 United States Moore, Ronald 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1988-07-14)14 July 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Fabio Bongi
  • Italy Marcello Billeri
  • Italy Luca Civinini

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: August 11, 2016

Season by season

Recent seasons[1]
Season Tier League Pos. Postseason European competitions
2010–11 2 LegaDue 8
2011–12 2 LegaDue 2 Champion
2012–13 2 LegaDue 2 Runner-up Increase
2013–14 1 Serie A 8 Quarterfinalist
2014–15 1 Serie A 9
2015–16 1 Serie A 6 Quarterfinalist

Trophies

2013

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

References

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