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Travis Diener

Travis Lyle Diener (/ˈdiːnər/ DEE-nər;[1] born March 1, 1982) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player who last played for Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He also holds Italian citizenship, and has played for the Italian national team at EuroBasket 2013.

Travis Diener
Diener with Dinamo Sassari in 2010
Personal information
Born (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican / Italian
Listed height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight79 kg (174 lb)
Career information
High schoolGoodrich (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
CollegeMarquette (2001–2005)
NBA draft2005: 2nd round, 38th overall pick
Selected by the Orlando Magic
Playing career2005–2020
PositionPoint guard
Number34, 12, 27, 7
Career history
2005–2007Orlando Magic
2007–2010Indiana Pacers
2010Portland Trail Blazers
2010–2014Dinamo Sassari
2017–2020Vanoli Cremona
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points854 (4.8 ppg)
Rebounds243 (1.4 rpg)
Assists432 (2.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference

Career

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Diener played collegiately at Marquette University, and was a member of the Golden Eagles team that reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2003. Diener was one of three future NBA players from that Golden Eagles team; the others were Dwyane Wade and Steve Novak.

Following his college career at Marquette, he was a second-round draft choice (38th overall) of the Orlando Magic in the 2005 NBA draft.

Diener made his NBA debut on December 2, 2005, playing 12 minutes and scoring three points in a loss against the Memphis Grizzlies.[2]

On June 19, 2007, the Indiana Pacers signed Diener (who was a free agent) to a three-year deal reportedly worth $4.86 million.[3]

On July 6, 2009, Diener exercised his player option to remain with the Pacers for the 2009-10 NBA season. He was waived by Indiana and signed by the Portland Trail Blazers in March 2010.[4]

In August 2010, he was signed by Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.

In May 2013, he acquired Italian citizenship through his wife, who is of Italian descent. This allowed him to join the Italian national basketball team.[5][6]

In 2014, Diener retired from professional basketball,[7] after which he became director of player personnel at Marquette University.[8] His jersey number 12 was retired by Dinamo Sassari.[9]

In July 2017, Diener came out of retirement to sign with Vanoli Cremona.[10] He re-signed with the club in July 2018.[11]

The Basketball Tournament

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Diener has played for Golden Eagles (a team primarily consisting of Marquette alumni) in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), an annual single-elimination winner-take-all tournament. In five games of TBT 2018, he averaged 8.6 points, 4.2 assists, and shot 43 percent from the field. Golden Eagles reached the semi-finals before falling to the eventual champions, Overseas Elite. Diener rejoined the Marquette alumni team for the "Championship Weekend" of TBT 2019, hitting the deciding three-pointer of a semi-final win over Team Hines,[12] before Golden Eagles fell to Carmen's Crew (a team primarily consisting of Ohio State alumni) in the final. In TBT 2020, he again joined Golden Eagles for its final contests.[13] During the championship game against Sideline Cancer, Diener made one basket, the winning three-pointer that clinched the championship for Golden Eagles, along with the tournament's $1 million prize.[14]

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  Bold  Career high

NBA regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Orlando 23 0 10.7 .420 .439 .833 .9 .7 .3 .0 3.8
2006–07 Orlando 26 0 11.1 .425 .360 .800 .7 1.3 .2 .0 3.8
2007–08 Indiana 66 21 20.5 .370 .318 .901 1.7 3.8 .5 .1 6.9
2008–09 Indiana 55 0 13.1 .413 .390 .800 1.6 2.2 .5 .1 3.7
2009–10 Indiana 4 0 6.3 .167 .200 .000 .5 1.0 .8 .0 .8
2009–10 Portland 5 0 5.2 .250 .200 .500 .2 .8 .2 .0 .6
Career 179 21 14.9 .388 .353 .847 1.4 2.4 .4 .1 4.8

NBA Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Portland 2 0 3.5 .000 .000 .000 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0
Career 2 0 3.5 .000 .000 .000 .0 1.0 .0 .0 .0

EuroCup

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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
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Dinamo Sassari 6 6 33.1 .430 .382 .769 1.7 8.5 .8 .0 15.2 17.8
2013–14 14 8 26.1 .370 .333 1.000 2.0 5.9 1.0 .0 7.8 11.4
Career 20 14 28.4 .396 .352 .875 1.9 6.7 1.0 .0 10.0 13.3

Domestic leagues

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  PPG  Points per game
 2P%  Two-point field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 SPG  Steals per game  TOPG  Turnovers per game  Bold  Career high
LBA Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG BPG SPG TOPG
2010–11 Dinamo Sassari 28 28 31.7 13.2 .475 .367 .812 3.5 4.6 .0 1.2 2.5
2011–12 29 29 32.9 14.4 .503 .417 .794 3.2 5.5 .0 1.1 2.7
2012–13 29 29 34.1 17.2 .524 .397 .845 2.9 7.5 .0 1.4 2.4
2013–14 27 12 23.1 7.7 .533 .329 .788 2.1 5.2 .0 .6 1.2
2017–18 Vanoli Cremona 30 7 21.4 5.0 .500 .380 .824 2.4 3.7 .0 .9 1.2
2018–19 29 20 24.8 9.1 .545 .383 .788 2.1 3.7 .0 .9 1.4
Career 172 125 28.0 11.1 .501 .384 .811 2.7 5.0 .0 1.0 1.8
LBA Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG BPG SPG TOPG
2011 Dinamo Sassari 2 2 20.5 3.0 .167 .250 1.000 2.0 4.0 .0 1.0 1.0
2012 6 6 33.2 10.8 .404 .321 .000 2.8 6.3 .0 .3 2.2
2013 7 7 33.4 13.1 .364 .300 .893 2.4 5.7 .0 1.0 1.4
2014 9 7 26.1 7.7 .375 .279 .938 1.9 5.1 .0 .8 1.0
2018 Vanoli Cremona 3 0 22.7 9.3 .875 .429 1.000 2.0 2.7 .0 1.0 2.0
2019 9 9 25.1 9.2 .469 .444 .714 2.1 4.1 .0 .3 .4
Career 36 31 27.8 9.5 .413 .338 .864 2.3 4.1 .0 .7 1.2

National team

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Year Competition GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013 FIBA EuroBasket 9 0 14.1 .375 .357 .0 1.0 1.7 .0 .0 3.2
Career 9 0 14.1 .375 .357 .0 1.0 1.7 .0 .0 3.2

Notes

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  1. ^ "NBA.com International NBA Players - Pronunciation Guide". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2007.
  2. ^ Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies Box Score
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Trail Blazers sign Travis Diener" (Press release). Portland Trail Blazers. March 3, 2010. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Travis Diener Becomes Italian Citizen
  6. ^ Travis Diener Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. FIBA.com.
  7. ^ "Travis Diener retires at 32". Sportando.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  8. ^ Hunt, Michael (June 11, 2014). "Travis Diener joins Wojo's staff at Marquette". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  9. ^ "Emanuele e Travis Diener, dopo di loro nessun altro 12" (in Italian). Lanuovasardegna.it. June 11, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "Basket, Travis Diener torna in campo. A Cremona ritrova Drake e Sacchetti" (in Italian). Repubblica.it. July 25, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  11. ^ "Travis Diener officially re-signs with Vanoli Cremona". Sportando. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  12. ^ "#1 Golden Eagles 68, #1 Team Hines 62". thetournament.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Travis Diener Makes 2020 Debut in Golden Eagles Win". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "Travis Diener's Only Bucket of the Game is the Most Important One". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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