Andrea Bargnani

Bargnani is one of those careers I keep revisiting. Going first overall in the 2006 NBA draft, the first Italian ever to do so, put an enormous weight on his shoulders, and the verdict on him has always been divided. But I think he was simply early. A 213 cm big man who could stretch the floor with his shot was a novelty then and is the league standard now. Coming out of Rome via Benetton Treviso, he had genuine skill and vision. I prefer to remember the talent rather than the unmet expectations; he was a prototype born a decade too soon.

Name (English)

Andrea Bargnani

Name (Japanese)

アンドレア・バルニャーニ

Reading

あんどれあ・ばるにゃーに

Born

October 26, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Height

213 cm

Occupation

basketball player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Bargnani
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316253

Tags

• Province of Rome
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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