# Gabriele Procida

Gabriele Procida (born 1 June 2002) is an Italian professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.

## Early life and youth career

Procida grew up playing basketball for Pallacanestro Cantù at the youth level. He competed for the youth teams of Stella Azzurra and Virtus Bologna at the Next Generation Tournament.

## Professional career

On 13 October 2019, at age 17, Procida made his professional debut for Pallacanestro Cantù in a Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) game against Reyer Venezia. 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. 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 Luigi Datome and Carlos Delfino.
On 30 May 2021, Procida declared for the 2021 NBA draft. On 7 July he left Cantù, after the club was relegated to Serie A2, and signed a multi-year contract with Fortitudo Bologna.
On 8 July 2022, Procida signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga.
On 16 February 2023, Procida was announced as one of the candidates for the EuroLeague Rising Star award, which was ultimately won by Yam Madar. Procida won the award the following year after averaging 8.3 points and 1.4 steals in the 2023–24 EuroLeague season.

### NBA rights

In May 2022, Procida declared for the NBA draft for the second year in a row. During the event itself, on 23 June 2022, he was subsequently selected by Portland Trail Blazers as their second-round pick and the 36th pick of the night overall, before being immediately traded to Detroit Pistons.
On 8 February 2024, the draft rights to Procida were traded to the Utah Jazz alongside Kevin Knox and a future second round pick for Simone Fontecchio.

## National team career

Procida represented Italy at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship 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 Italy at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship in Greece.
On 19 February 2021, Procida made his Italian senior national team debut, playing five minutes against Estonia during EuroBasket 2022 qualification.

## Career statistics
### EuroLeague

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| 2022–23 | Alba Berlin | 27 | 4 | 14.6 | .399 | .241 | .758 | 1.8 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023–24 | Alba Berlin | 25 | 3 | 17.4 | .424 | .290 | .756 | 1.6 | .9 | 1.4 | .4 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Career | Career | 52 | 7 | 15.9 | .413 | .267 | .756 | 1.7 | .7 | .9 | .3 | 6.9 | 5.9 |

### Domestic leagues

| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2019–20 | Cantù | LBA | 7 | 4.0 | .429 | .500 | — | .4 | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 2020–21 | Cantù | LBA | 28 | 15.5 | .445 | .388 | .630 | 2.5 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 6.3 |
| 2021–22 | Fortitudo Bologna | LBA | 26 | 18.5 | .522 | .383 | .784 | 3.0 | .7 | .8 | .3 | 7.0 |
| 2022–23 | Alba Berlin | BBL | 26 | 16.9 | .417 | .303 | .800 | 2.6 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 6.8 |
| 2023–24 | Alba Berlin | BBL | 13 | 17.1 | .475 | .405 | .791 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .1 | 9.6 |