A.S. Pistoia Basket 2000, known for sponsorship reasons as OriOra Pistoia, is an Italian professional

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Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

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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

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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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* Davide Moretti *

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Andrea Crosariol Andrea Crosariol (born November 11, 1984) is a former Italian professional basketball player and who last played for Pistoia Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).Valerio Amoroso Valerio Amoroso (born 26 September 1980) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays as power forward (basketball), power forward or center (basketball), center. References External links Statistiche Nazionale
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Fabio Mian Fabio Mian (born February 7, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Professional career He played for two seasons, from 2018 to 2020 for Aquila Trento. Mian signed with Cremona ...

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Ed Daniel Edward Daniel (born June 13, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Serie A2 Basket. He played college basketball at Murray State University. College career After starring at Woodlawn High School in Birming ...

* Joseph Forte *

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* Antonio Graves * Langston Hall *

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* Michael Jenkins *

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* Bobby Jones *

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* Ronald Moore *

Jake Odum Jacob Andrew "Jake" Odum (born February 11, 1991) is an Assistant basketball coach for Indiana State. He's also a former American professional basketball player who last played for Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He ...

L.J. Peak Darryl Leon "L. J." Peak Jr. (born February 2, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Yokohama Excellence of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. In high school, he won two South Carolina High Sch ...

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* C.J. Williams

Season by season

Trophies

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:Winners (1): 2012–13

Sponsorship names

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

Serie A profile
Retrieved 23 August 2015 {{Lega Basket Serie A 2000 establishments in Italy Basketball teams established in 2000 Basketball teams in Tuscany Pistoia