page_title: Fab Melo
hierarchical_section_title: Fab Melo
caption_attribution_description: Fab Melo of the Syracuse Orange posting up against Providence
context_page_description: Fabricio Paulino de Melo was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga Sorocabana and Brasília of the Brazilian Novo Basquete Brasil. Prior to entering the NBA in 2012, he played two years of college basketball for Syracuse, where he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.
context_section_description: Fabricio Paulino de Melo ([faˈbɾisju paw.ˈli.nu ʤɪ ˈmɛɫu]; June 20, 1990 – February 11, 2017) was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga Sorocabana and Brasília of the Brazilian Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). Prior to entering the NBA in 2012, he played two years of college basketball for Syracuse, where he was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.
caption: Melo playing with Syracuse in 2012
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