A.S. Pistoia Basket 2000, known for sponsorship reasons as OriOra Pistoia, is an Italian professional
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team based in
Pistoia
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Tuscany
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History
The city of Pistoia was formerly represented in the first division
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Olimpia Basket Pistoia
Olimpia Basket Pistoia, also known as Maltinti Pistoia after one of its historic sponsors, was an Italian professional basketball team from the town of Pistoia.
It played in Serie A, the Italian top-level professional league, in the 1990s. Their b ...
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.
The
2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In June 2020, Pistoia asked to be repositioned to the second-tier
Serie A2.
Players
Current roster
Notable players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
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Ariel Filloy
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Professional career
After a period in ...
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Davide Moretti
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Giacomo Galanda
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Professional career
Galanda was born in Udine, Friuli. H ...
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Daniele Magro
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Career
The Padua native first played for local side Pallacanestro Pio ...
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Guido Rosselli
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Andrea Crosariol
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References
External links
Statistiche Nazionale
1980 births
Livi ...
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Fabio Mian
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Professional career
He played for two seasons, from 2018 to 2020 for Aquila Trento.
Mian signed with Cremona ...
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Patrik Auda
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Yakhouba Diawara
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Early career
Diawara started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first sea ...
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Carl Wheatle
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Professional career
During the 2019–20 LBA season he played for OriOra Pistoia.
National team career
He has been a member of the Great Britain men's national team.
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Teddy Okereafor
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Aleksander Czyz
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Wayne Blackshear
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Ed Daniel
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College career
After starring at Woodlawn High School in Birming ...
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Joseph Forte
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Linton Johnson
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Career
After a four-yea ...
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Kyle Gibson
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Jamon Gordon
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Antonio Graves
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Langston Hall
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Dwight Hardy
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College career
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Michael Jenkins
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JaJuan Johnson
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Bobby Jones
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Alex Kirk
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College career
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Jerry McCullough
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College career
McCullough played college basketball at Pittsburgh
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Tyrus McGee
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College career
The Oklahoma ...
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Landon Milbourne
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Ronald Moore
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Jake Odum
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L.J. Peak
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Jarvis Varnado
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Brad Wanamaker
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Deron Washington
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C.J. Williams
Season by season
Trophies
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LegaDue
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:Winners (1): 2012–13
Sponsorship names
Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:
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Cassa di Risparmio Pistoia (2002–05)
*Associazione Vivaisti Pistoiesi (2005–06)
*Power Dry Pistoia (2006–07)
*Carmatic Pistoia (2007–10)
*Tuscany Pistoia (2010–11)
*Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia (2011–2016)
*The Flexx Pistoia (2016–2018)
*OriOra Pistoia (2018–present)
References
External links
Official siteSerie A profile Retrieved 23 August 2015
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Basketball teams established in 2000
Basketball teams in Tuscany
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