Travis Lyle Diener ( ; born March 1, 1982) is an American-Italian former professional

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player who last played for

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in the Italian

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(LBA). He also holds Italian citizenship, and has played for the

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Career

Diener played collegiately at

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Henni, John Martin ...

, and was a member of the Golden Eagles team that reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2003. Diener was one of three future NBA players from that Golden Eagles team; the others were

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and

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. Following his

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career at Marquette, he was a second-round draft choice (38th overall) of the

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in the

2005 NBA Draft The 2005 NBA draft took place on June 28, 2005, in the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, NBA teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players f ...

. Diener made his NBA debut on December 2, 2005, playing 12 minutes and scoring three points in a loss against the

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. On June 19, 2007, the

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

signed Diener (who was a free agent) to a three-year deal reportedly worth $4.86 million. On July 6, 2009, Diener exercised his player option to remain with the Pacers for the 2009-10 NBA season. He was waived by Indiana and signed by the

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in March 2010. In August 2010, he was signed by

Dinamo Sassari Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the current European Cu ...

of the Italian

. In May 2013, he acquired Italian citizenship through his wife, who is of Italian descent. This allowed him to join the

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. In 2014, Diener retired from professional basketball, after which he became director of player personnel at Marquette University. His jersey number 12 was retired by Dinamo Sassari. In July 2017, Diener came out of retirement to sign with

. He re-signed with the club in July 2018.

The Basketball Tournament

Diener has played for

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(a team primarily consisting of Marquette alumni) in

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(TBT), an annual single-elimination winner-take-all tournament. In five games of TBT 2018, he averaged 8.6 points, 4.2 assists, and shot 43 percent from the field. Golden Eagles reached the semi-finals before falling to the eventual champions,

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. Diener rejoined the Marquette alumni team for the "Championship Weekend" of TBT 2019, hitting the deciding three-pointer of a semi-final win over Team Hines, before Golden Eagles fell to

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(a team primarily consisting of

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alumni) in the final. In TBT 2020, he again joined Golden Eagles for its final contests. During the championship game against Sideline Cancer, Diener made one basket, the winning three-pointer that clinched the championship for Golden Eagles, along with the tournament's $1 million prize.

Career statistics

NBA regular season

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NBA Playoffs

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EuroCup

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Domestic leagues

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, 30 , , 7 , , 21.4 , , 5.0 , , .500 , , .380 , , .824 , , 2.4 , , 3.7 , , .0 , , .9 , , 1.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 29 , , 20 , , 24.8 , , 9.1 , , .545 , , .383 , , .788 , , 2.1 , , 3.7 , , .0 , , .9 , , 1.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 172 , , 125 , , 28.0 , , 11.1 , , .501 , , .384 , , .811 , , 2.7 , , 5.0 , , .0 , , 1.0 , , 1.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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National team

Notes

External links

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Lega Basket Serie A Player Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diener, Travis 1982 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Basketball players from Wisconsin Dinamo Sassari players Indiana Pacers players Lega Basket Serie A players Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball players Orlando Magic draft picks Orlando Magic players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Point guards Portland Trail Blazers players Sportspeople from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Vanoli Cremona players Naturalised citizens of Italy