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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History

The city of Pistoia was formerly represented in the first division LBA by

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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.
* Ariel Filloy *

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* Giacomo Galanda * Daniele Magro * Guido Rosselli * Gregor Fucka * Andrea Crosariol * Valerio Amoroso *

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* Patrik Auda * Yakhouba Diawara * Carl Wheatle * Teddy Okereafor * Janis Porzingis * Aleksander Czyz * Wayne Blackshear * Ed Daniel *

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* Linton Johnson *

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* Antonio Graves *

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* Dwight Hardy * Michael Jenkins *

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* Bobby Jones * Alex Kirk * Jerry McCullough *

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* Landon Milbourne * 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). H ...

* L.J. Peak *

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* Brad Wanamaker * Deron Washington * 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
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