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Leandro Bolmaro

Leandro Nicolás Bolmaro (born 11 September 2000) is an Argentine-Italian[1][2] professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Argentina national team.[3]

Leandro Bolmaro
Bolmaro with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2021
No. 10 – Olimpia Milano
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
LeagueLega Basket Serie A
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24)
Las Varillas, Argentina
NationalityArgentine / Italian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2020: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2018Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
2018–2021FC Barcelona
2018–2020→FC Barcelona B
2021–2022Minnesota Timberwolves
2021–2022→Iowa Wolves
2022–2023Utah Jazz
2022–2023→Salt Lake City Stars
2023Tenerife
2023–2024Bayern Munich
2024–presentOlimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Argentina
FIBA U-17 South American Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Peru Under-17
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Brazil

Early years and youth career

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Bolmaro began playing the sport of basketball in his home country of Argentina. He started playing with the youth teams of a local sports club named Almafuerte from Las Varillas town in Córdoba. On 13 April 2018, he played for the World Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon.[4]

Professional career

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Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca (2017–2018)

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Bolmaro began his pro career on 16 July 2017, when he was 16 years old, after he signed with Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top basketball league in Argentina.[5] In 23 games played during the 2017–18 season, Bolmaro averaged 2.0 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.5 assists, and 0.4 steals, in 7.2 minutes per game. He shot 37.3% overall from the field, 53.6% on 2-point field goals, 17.4% on 3-point field goals, and 75.0% on free throws.[6][7]

Barcelona (2018–2021)

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For the 2018–19 LEB Oro season, Bolmaro moved to the Spanish club FC Barcelona. He averaged 10.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.2 steals per game for the club reserve team while playing in the LEB Oro, Spain's second-tier level league. With the reserve team, he played in a total of 33 games and averaged 24.1 minutes per game of playing time. He shot 39.6% overall from the field, 45.5% on 2-point field goals, 30.8% on 3-point field goals, and 65.2% on free throws.[8]

In 2019–20 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season, he split playing time between Barcelona's reserve team and senior team, which competed in the Liga ACB, the highest level Spanish league, and the EuroLeague.[9] During the 2019–20 Spanish 3rd Division season, while playing with Barcelona's reserve B team, he averaged 14.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.8 steals, in 26.3 minutes per game, in 9 games played in the Spanish 3rd Division. On 13 August 2020, Bolmaro signed a contract extension with Barcelona through 2023.[10] After getting selected in the NBA draft, Bolmaro opted to stay with FC Barcelona.[11]

In September 2021, Bolmaro paid his buyout clause in order to leave Barcelona and subsequently be able to sign a 4-year rookie-scale contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[12][13]

Minnesota Timberwolves (2021–2022)

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In the 2020 NBA draft, Bolmaro was selected by the New York Knicks with the 23rd overall selection,[14] but his draft rights were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade.[15] On 18 September 2021, Bolmaro signed a 4-year, $11.8M rookie contract with the Timberwolves.[16] Bolmaro made his NBA debut on 20 October 2021 in the Timberwolves 124–106 win against the Houston Rockets. He hadn't seen many minutes before 27 November 2021, in which he played a career-high 17 minutes against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Utah Jazz (2022–2023)

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On 6 July 2022, Bolmaro was traded along with Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Patrick Beverley, the draft rights to Walker Kessler, four future first-round picks, and a pick swap to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Rudy Gobert.[17] On 16 February 2023, Bolmaro reached a contract buyout agreement with the Jazz, and he was subsequently waived.[18]

Lenovo Tenerife (2023)

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On 2 March 2023, Bolmaro signed with Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB.[19]

Bayern Munich (2023–2024)

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On 19 July 2023 he signed with Bayern Munich.[20] On 6 July 2024, he opted out of his contract with the German club.

National team career

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Junior national team

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In 2017, Bolmaro won a silver medal with Argentina's Under-17 national team at the FIBA South America Under-17 Championship in Lima, Peru. He averaged a team-high 13.8 points per game.[21] Bolmaro also represented the Argentine Under-19 national team at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece, where his team finished in 11th place. He left the tournament's opening game early with a minor strain.[22] During the tournament, he was Argentina's leading scorer, with an average of 10.8 points per game.

Senior national team

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On 29 July 2021, Bolmaro scored 2 points in a loss to the Spain men's national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2022, Bolmaro won the gold medal with the senior team in the 2022 FIBA AmeriCup held in Recife, Brazil. He was one of Argentina's shooting guards in the tournament.

Career statistics

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Legend
  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

NBA

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 Minnesota 35 2 6.9 .315 .278 .846 1.2 .6 .2 .0 1.4
2022–23 Utah 14 0 4.9 .150 .000 — .5 .5 .2 .1 .4
Career 49 2 6.3 .270 .227 .846 1.0 .6 .2 .0 1.1

EuroLeague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2019–20 Barcelona 6 1 9.2 .286 .000 1.000 .8 2.3 1.0 .3 1.8 1.0
2020–21 30 0 9.8 .408 .381 .786 1.1 1.3 .3 .1 2.9 2.6
2023–24 Bayern Munich 30 28 19.8 .486 .302 .732 2.8 3.4 1.0 .3 8.4 9.2
Career 66 29 14.3 .450 .304 .764 1.8 2.3 .7 .2 5.3 5.5

Basketball Champions League

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2022–23 Canarias 7 2 14.2 .480 .444 .786 1.6 .9 — .3 5.6
Career 7 2 14.2 .480 .444 .786 1.6 .9 — .3 5.6

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18   Est. de Bahía Blanca LNB 25 7.1 .373 .174 .750 .6 .5 .4 — 1.8
2018–19   Barcelona B LEB Oro 33 24.1 .396 .308 .652 3.1 2.7 1.2 .3 10.4
2019–20   Barcelona B LEB Plata 9 26.8 .450 .281 .643 2.7 3.6 1.8 — 14.9
2019–20   Barcelona ACB 9 12.9 .447 .462 .857 1.0 1.7 .7 .3 5.1
2020–21   Barcelona ACB 41 15.9 .492 .452 .838 1.5 1.8 .8 .2 6.7
2021–22   Iowa Wolves G League 11 32.7 .434 .271 .900 5.1 5.7 1.4 .4 13.5
2022–23   Salt Lake City Stars G League 7 33.1 .478 .382 .556 6.1 6.4 1.0 .9 12.1
2022–23   Canarias ACB 16 15.1 .407 .250 .739 2.0 .9 .7 .3 6.0
2023–24   Bayern Munich BBL 41 19.6 .477 .385 .800 2.7 2.8 .6 .1 7.7

References

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  1. ^ 'Leandro Bolmaro Nacionalidad: Italia (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Bolmaro, Leandro – Nationality: Italy.
  3. ^ Givony, Jonathan (10 January 2020). "NBA mock draft: What would the likely lottery teams do at No. 1?". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ Givony, Jonathan (6 April 2018). "World Team roster announced for Nike Hoop Summit". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Bahía sumó dos chicos de enorme proyección: Lugarini y Bolmaro". Básquet Plus (in Spanish). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. ^ BOLMARO, LEANDRO Career Stats Other Competition.
  7. ^ Castrejón, Andrés (14 October 2019). "En Barcelona presumen de Leandro Bolmaro, su "Messi" del básquetbol". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ BOLMARO, LEANDRO NICOLAS Temporada: 18/19 Equipo: BARÇA LASSA (in Spanish).
  9. ^ Codocea, Mauricio (17 October 2019). "La historia de Leandro Bolmaro, el otro argentino al que le dicen "Messi" en Barcelona". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (13 August 2020). "Barcelona signs Leandro Bolmaro to multi-year contract extension". Sportando. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Leandro Bolmaro: 'It's time to repay Barça for their trust in me'". fcbarcelona.com. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Bolmaro se desvincula del Barça y aterriza en la NBA. Así será su nuevo contrato". Gigantes.com (in Spanish). Gigantes del Basket. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Agreement for the release of Leandro Bolmaro, The Argentine player has triggered his release clause". fcbarcelona.com. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  14. ^ Vega, Julio (18 November 2020). "NBA draft 2020: Four things to know about Argentine prospect Leandro Bolmaro, taken No. 23 overall". USA Today. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Ricky Rubio And Draft Rights To Jaden McDaniels From Oklahoma City And Draft Rights To Leandro Bolmaro From New York". NBA.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Timberwolves Sign Leandro Bolmaro". NBA.com. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Center Rudy Gobert from Utah Jazz". www.nba.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Jazz Waive Leandro Bolmaro". NBA.com. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  19. ^ "EL LENOVO TENERIFE FICHA A LEANDRO BOLMARO". CB Canarias. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Leandro Bolmaro signed a two-year contract with Bayern". eurohoops.net. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Chile and Argentina will play for South American U17 Gold". FIBA. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Barcelona's Bolmaro injured in FIBA U19 World Cup first day". EuroHoops. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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