Gabriele Procida
Procida with the Italian national team in 2025 | |
| No. 9 – Real Madrid | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| League | Liga ACB EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1 June 2002 Como, Italy |
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2022: 2nd round, 36th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019–2021 | Cantù |
| 2021–2022 | Fortitudo Bologna |
| 2022–2025 | Alba Berlin |
| 2025–present | Real Madrid |
| Career highlights | |
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Gabriele Procida (born 1 June 2002) is an Italian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Early life and youth career
[edit | edit source]Procida grew up playing basketball for Pallacanestro Cantù at the youth level. He competed for the youth teams of Stella Azzurra and Virtus Bologna at the Next Generation Tournament.[1]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]On 13 October 2019, at age 17, Procida made his professional debut for Pallacanestro Cantù in a Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) game against Reyer Venezia.[2] On 19 June 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Cantù.[3] On 24 January 2021, Procida scored 24 points in a 107–83 loss to VL Pesaro. At 18 years, seven months and 23 days of age, he became the third-youngest player in league history to score at least 24 points in a game, behind Luigi Datome and Carlos Delfino.[4]
On 30 May 2021, Procida declared for the 2021 NBA draft.[5] On 7 July he left Cantù, after the club was relegated to Serie A2,[6] and signed a multi-year contract with Fortitudo Bologna.[7]

On 8 July 2022, Procida signed with Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga.[8]
On 16 February 2023, Procida was announced as one of the candidates for the EuroLeague Rising Star award,[9] which was ultimately won by Yam Madar. Procida won the award the following year after averaging 8.3 points and 1.4 steals in the 2023–24 EuroLeague season.[10]
On 25 July 2025, Procida signed with Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[11]
NBA rights
[edit | edit source]In May 2022, Procida declared for the NBA draft for the second year in a row.[12] During the event itself, on 23 June 2022, he was subsequently selected by Portland Trail Blazers as their second-round pick and the 36th pick of the night overall, before being immediately traded to Detroit Pistons.[13][14]
On 8 February 2024, the draft rights to Procida were traded to the Utah Jazz alongside Kevin Knox and a future second round pick for Simone Fontecchio.[15]
National team career
[edit | edit source]Procida represented Italy at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship in Serbia, averaging 10.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.[16] He averaged 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for Italy at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship in Greece.[17]
On 19 February 2021, Procida made his Italian senior national team debut, playing five minutes against Estonia during EuroBasket 2022 qualification.[18]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Alba Berlin | 27 | 4 | 14.6 | .399 | .241 | .758 | 1.8 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 3 | 17.4 | .424 | .290 | .756 | 1.6 | .9 | 1.4 | .4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | |
| 2024–25 | 26 | 17 | 20.5 | .439 | .219 | .786 | 2.2 | .8 | .7 | .3 | 9.7 | 7.7 | |
| Career | 78 | 24 | 17.5 | .420 | .250 | .767 | 1.8 | .7 | .8 | .3 | 7.9 | 6.6 | |
Domestic leagues
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | LBA | 7 | 4.0 | .429 | .500 | — | .4 | — | — | — | 1.3 | |
| 2020–21 | LBA | 28 | 15.5 | .445 | .388 | .630 | 2.5 | .6 | .4 | .1 | 6.3 | |
| 2021–22 | LBA | 26 | 18.5 | .522 | .383 | .784 | 3.0 | .7 | .8 | .3 | 7.0 | |
| 2022–23 | BBL | 26 | 16.9 | .417 | .303 | .800 | 2.6 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 6.8 | |
| 2023–24 | BBL | 13 | 17.1 | .475 | .405 | .791 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .1 | 9.6 |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 2002 births
- Living people
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Alba Berlin players
- Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
- Italian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Italian men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Portland Trail Blazers draft picks
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Como