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Background
CAREER
2005-06 SEASON: Played in five Toshiba Vegas Summer League games with the Raptors, averaging a team-high 13.2 points, with 3.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 26.2 minutes … Scored 20 points in his Summer League debut, going 7-of-11 from the field … Led Benetton to Italy’s Lega A Championship, downing Climarnio Bologna in the championship series, 3-1 … Was named Top European Young Player of the Year … Averaged 15.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.8 steals in 47 games for Benetton in Lega A play … Posted a season-high 25 points against Rome … Shot .528 (153-290) from the field, .408 (89-218) from three-point range and .798 (146-183) from the charity stripe … Led Lega A with 82 blocks … In Euroleague competition, averaged 10.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks … Shot .558 (43-77) from the field, .434 (23-53) from three-point land and .712 (42-59) at the charity stripe … Recorded a season-best 20 points against Panathinaikos and Strasbourg … Had a high of nine rebounds versus Efes Pilsen and Panathinaikos.
2004-05 SEASON: Helped Benetton to a second consecutive Italian Cup … Averaged 12.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 28 Lega A contests, shooting a career-best .623 (114-183) from the field … Averaged 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 18 Euroleague contests … Was 6-for-12 (.500) from three-point range …
2003-04 SEASON: Was a member of Benetton’s Italian Cup Supercup winning team … Saw limited playing time in his first season with Benetton, averaging 4.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 10 Lega A outings …Shot .545 (12-22) from the field … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in eight Euroleague games … Had 13 points, five rebounds, one steal and two blocks in 22 minutes as a member of Benetton on October 20, 2003 in a preseason loss, 86-83, to the Raptors at Air Canada Centre …
2002-03 SEASON: Averaged 13.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 23 games for Stella Azzura Roma in Serie B2 division … Shot .588 (87-148) from the field, .364 (24-66) from three-point range and .817 (58-71) from the foul line … Played in eight Euroleague contests, where he averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds.
Personal
Pronounced AN-dre-a BARN-neon-ee First European to be selected with the number one pick in an NBA DraftJoined Andrew Bogut (Australia, Milwaukee, 2006) and Yao Ming (China, Houston, 2002) as the only international players to be first overall draft picksSelected uniform number 11 but gave it to T.J. Ford when Ford was acquired from Milwaukee on June 30 Raptors Vice President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini was general manager of Benetton Treviso during Bargnani’s three seasons with the club Was a teammate at Benetton of current Raptors Jorge Garbajosa (2003-04) and Uros Slokar (2003-06) Played for the Italian Under 18 and Under 16 National Teams.
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Bargnani, Andrea
POS:Center-Forward
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Baston, Maceo
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-Forward
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Bosh, Chris
POS:4
-Forward
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Calderon, Jose
POS:8
-Guard
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Delfino, Carlos
POS:20
-Guard
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Ford, T.J.
POS:
-Guard
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Graham, Joey
POS:14
-Forward
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Humphries, Kris
POS:43
-Forward
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Johnson III, Linton
POS:43
-Forward
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Kapono, Jason
POS:24
-Forward
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Moon, Jamario
POS:33
-Forward
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Nesterovic, Rasho
POS:8
-Center
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Parker, Anthony
POS:18
-Guard-Forward
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