Gabriele Procida

BIOGRAPHY

Gabriele Procida was born 1 June 2002 in Como, Italy. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

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.

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. On 19 June 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Cantù. 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.

On 30 May 2021, Procida declared for the 2021 NBA Draft. On July 7, he left Cantù, after the club was relegated to Serie A2, and signed a multi-year contract with Fortitudo Bologna.

In May 2022, Procida declared for the NBA Draft for the second year in a row. During the event itself, on June 23, 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.