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 Diener with Dinamo Sassari in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1982 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American / Italian |
| Listed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Listed weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Goodrich (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) |
| College | Marquette (2001–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005: 2nd round, 38th overall pick |
| Selected by the Orlando Magic | |
| Playing career | 2005–2020 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 34, 12, 27, 7 |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2007 | Orlando Magic |
| 2007–2010 | Indiana Pacers |
| 2010 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2010–2014 | Dinamo Sassari |
| 2017–2020 | Vanoli Cremona |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 854 (4.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 243 (1.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 432 (2.4 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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.
Career
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
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
NBA regular season
NBA Playoffs
EuroCup
Domestic leagues
National team
Notes
- ^ "NBA.com International NBA Players - Pronunciation Guide". www.nba.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2007.
- ^ Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies Box Score
- ^ [1]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Travis Diener Becomes Italian Citizen
- ^ Travis Diener Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. FIBA.com.
- ^ "Travis Diener retires at 32". Sportando.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ Hunt, Michael (June 11, 2014). "Travis Diener joins Wojo's staff at Marquette". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Emanuele e Travis Diener, dopo di loro nessun altro 12" (in Italian). Lanuovasardegna.it. June 11, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "Basket, Travis Diener torna in campo. A Cremona ritrova Drake e Sacchetti" (in Italian). Repubblica.it. July 25, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Travis Diener officially re-signs with Vanoli Cremona". Sportando. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ^ "#1 Golden Eagles 68, #1 Team Hines 62". thetournament.com. August 4, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "Travis Diener Makes 2020 Debut in Golden Eagles Win". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "Travis Diener's Only Bucket of the Game is the Most Important One". thetournament.com. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Lega Basket Serie A Player Profile
- Travis Diener at FIBA EuroBasket 2013