Credit: BasketNews.lt/V.Sodeika
Credit BasketNews.lt/V.Sodeika

ALBA Berlin's forward Simone Fontecchio is signed with the team until 2023. However, he will not play for the German powerhouse next year.

3-pointers this season

39%
9,2
Points made: 9,2
Accuracy: 38,9%
Place in standings: 8
Record max: 14
Record min: 4
Most made 3FGs: Rokas Giedraitis

TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz will buy the Italian forward out for €250 thousand and sign Fontecchio to a three-year deal, German journalist Robert Heusel reports.

The 2.03 m forward played in 29 EuroLeague games last season, averaging 10.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 10.1 EFF over 23.5 minutes. In the German Basketball Bundesliga, he accumulated 11.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 12 EFF over 19.8 minutes.

Fontecchio was also a key figure that helped Italy qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. In the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, the 25-year-old averaged 19.7 points (53.8% from three), 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 22.0 EFF over 29.6 minutes.

 

TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

Position Player Status
PG Arturs Kurucs Signed until 2023
SG Vanja Marinkovic (story) Signed until 2024
SG Sander Raieste Signed until 2024
SG Miguel Gonzalez Signed until 2024
SF Rokas Giedraitis Signed until 2023
SF Tadas Sedekerskis Signed until 2022
SF Pavel Savkov Signed until 2024
PF Alec Peters Contract option +1
PF Ondrej Hanzlik Signed until 2024
PF/C Matt Costello (story) Signed until 2024
C Tonye Jekiri Contract option +1
C Youssoupha Fall Signed until 2022
Coach Dusko Ivanovic
Expired contract Illimane Diop (released, story), Pierria Henry (not coming back), Achile Pollonara (not coming back), Quino Colom, Zoran Dragic, Franz Massenat
Rumored to leave Rokas Giedraitis, Alec Peters, Youssoupha Fall
Interested Simone Fontecchio (story), Vanja Marinkovic (story), Xabi Lopez-Arrostegui

See all the latest EuroLeague transfer market news here.

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Simone Fontecchio

Simone  Fontecchio
Team: ALBA Berlin
Italy
Position: SF, SG
Age: 25
Height: 203 cm
Weight: 91 kg
Birth place: Pescara, Italy