PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Career Transactions

Went undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft…signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz on July 27, 2022…traded to Detroit in exchange for Kevin Knox II, the draft rights to Gabriele Procida and a 2024 second-round pick via Washington on Feb. 7, 2024…signed a multi-year contract with the Pistons on July 6, 2024…traded to the HEAT in exchange for Duncan Robinson on July 7, 2025.

Professional Career

Has appeared in 193 career games (49 starts) during his three-year NBA career and has averaged 7.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 18.9 minutes while shooting 41.9 percent from the floor, 36.3 percent from three-point range and 82 percent from the foul line…has missed 25 games due to injury, 22 games as a DNP-CD, four games due to health and safety protocols, three games due to personal reasons and one game due to a pending trade…has scored in double figures 63 times, including 10 games with at least 20 points…his longest stretch of consecutive games scoring in double figures is five, twice (Feb. 14-27, 2024 & Mar. 9-17, 2025)…has grabbed double-figure rebounds twice…his longest stretch of consecutive games with a three-point field goal made is 15 (Nov. 17-Dec. 16, 2024)…has 78 multi-trey games and 19 multi-steal games…his career high for consecutive field goals made is 10 (Mar. 17-19, 2025)…his career high for consecutive three-pointers made is seven (Dec. 13-16, 2023)…his career high for consecutive free throws made is 20 (Jan. 29-Feb. 28, 2025)…his longest stretch of consecutive games played is 48 (Nov. 1, 2023-Feb. 6, 2024) and his longest streak of consecutive starts is 20 (Dec. 30, 2023-Feb. 6, 2024)…has yet to appear in an NBA Playoff game…has not missed a postseason game due to injury but has been a DNP-CD on six occasions.

2024-25 SEASON:

Came off the bench in all 75 games in which he appeared for the Detroit Pistons and averaged 5.9 points (.402 FG%, .833 FT%), 2.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 16.5 minutes…missed a total of four games due to injury and three games (Jan. 1-4) for personal reasons…sat out two games (Nov. 13-15) with a left great toe sprain and a pair of games (Feb. 24-26) with a right finger dislocation…set a single-season career high in free throws made and attempted and games played…topped the Pistons in blocks and steals four times each and in rebounds twice…scored in double figures 16 times, including one 20-point performance…grabbed double-figure rebounds twice…had 21 multi-trey games and hit at least one three-pointer in a career-high 15 consecutive games from Nov. 17-Dec. 16…hit a career-high 10 consecutive field goal attempts from Mar. 17-19 and a career-high 20 consecutive free throws from Jan. 29-Feb. 28…recorded career highs in both defensive (11) and total (11) rebounds vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 30…Season Highs: 23 points (at New Orleans, Mar. 17), 11 rebounds (vs. Philadelphia, Nov. 30), three assists (three times), two steals (six times), one block (12 times) and 27:10 minutes (vs. Golden State, Jan. 9).

2023-24 SEASON:

Split the season between the Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons, appearing in 66 games (43 starts) and averaging 10.5 points (.460 FG%, .818 FT%), 3.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 24.9 minutes…missed a total of 15 games due to injury, two games as a DNP-CD and one game (Feb. 8) due to an impending trade…sat out the final 15 games of the season (Mar. 18-Apr. 14) with a left great toe contusion…set single-season career highs in points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted, three-point field goals made and attempted, offensive, defensive and total rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, minutes played and starts…scored in double figures a career-high 34 times, including a career-high six games with at least 20 points…had a career-high 42 multi-trey games and hit a career-high seven consecutive three-point field goal attempts from Dec. 13-16…nailed a career-high five three-pointers in a game five times (three times with Detroit and twice for Utah)…played in a career-high 48 consecutive games from Nov. 1-Feb. 6 and made a career-high 20 consecutive starts from Dec. 30-Feb. 6…averaged 8.9 points (.450 FG%, .800 FT%), 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 23.2 minutes in 50 games (34 starts) with the Jazz…topped Utah in scoring twice and assists once…averaged 15.4 points (.479 FG%, .846 FT%), 4.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 30.3 minutes in 16 games (nine starts) with the Pistons…led Detroit in blocks and steals four times each and in points and minutes played twice each…his 43 treys in his 16 games with Detroit marked the third-most through 16 games as a Piston in franchise history…scored a career-high 27 points vs. Dallas on Mar. 9…connected on a career-high 10 field goals vs. Dallas on Jan. 1…had a career-high four blocked shots on Dec. 11 at Oklahoma City…set a career high in minutes played (38:26) on Mar. 13 vs. Toronto…scored his 1,000th career point on Mar. 15 vs. Miami…appeared in his 100th career game on Feb. 1 vs. Philadelphia…Season Highs: 27 points (vs. Dallas, Mar. 9), nine rebounds (at L.A. Clippers, Feb. 10), five assists (three times), four blocks (at Oklahoma City, Dec. 11), two steals (12 times) and 38:26 minutes (vs. Toronto, Mar. 13).

2022-23 SEASON:

Appeared in 52 games (six starts) for the Jazz and averaged 6.3 points (.369 FG%, .795 FT%), 1.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 14.7 minutes…missed six games due to injury, four while in health and safety protocols (Oct. 28-Nov. 2) and 20 as a DNP-CD…sat out four games (Dec. 9-15) with a left ankle sprain, one game (Feb. 1) with left foot soreness and one game (Mar. 27) with left foot Turf Toe…topped the Jazz in scoring once…scored in double figures 13 times, including three 20-point efforts…hit at least one three-pointer in 11 consecutive games from Mar. 3-25…made his NBA debut on Oct. 19 vs. Denver and made his first career start on Mar. 7 at Dallas…Season Highs: 26 points (vs. Milwaukee, Mar. 24), nine rebounds (at L.A. Lakers, Apr. 9), four assists (vs. Denver, Apr. 8), three steals (at Orlando, Mar. 9), one block (eight times) and 32:34 minutes (vs. Sacramento, Mar. 20).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Did not appear in Detroit’s Opening Round series vs. New York…was a DNP-CD in all six games of the series.

BEFORE NBA

INTERNATIONAL:

National Team: 2025: Started all six games for Italy at FIBA Eurobasket in their run to the Round of 16, averaging 16.7 points (.434 FG%, .864 FT%), 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.50 steals and 28.8 minutes…scored in double figures on four occasions, including two 20-point games and one 30-point game…scored his tournament-high 39 points (13-20 FGs, including 7-10 from 3-PT range), in the group stage game vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina on Aug. 31…2023: Appeared in seven games for Italy at the FIBA World Cup and averaged 18.0 points (.429 FG%, .846 FT%), 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 29.0 minutes…scored in double figures in all seven games…scored his tournament-best 30 points (11-15 FGs) vs. Serbia on Sep. 1…2022: Played in seven games for Italy at FIBA Eurobasket, averaging 19.4 points (.495 FG%, .792 FT%), 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.71 steals and 28.1 minutes…scored in double figures in all seven games, including his tournament-best, 26-point performance vs. Greece on Sep. 3…2021: Appeared in four games for Italy at the Olympics and averaged 19.3 points (.527 FG%, .818 FT%), 3.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.50 steals and 30.4 minutes…scored in double figures in all four games, including three with at least 20 points…Professional: 2021-22: Appeared in 39 Liga ACB (Spain) games (29 starts) for Baskonia and averaged 12.5 points (.468 FG%, .859 FT%), 3.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 25.6 minutes…played in 31 EuroLeague games (24 starts) and averaged 11.0 points (.431 FG%, .857 FT%), 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 26.4 minutes…2020-21: Appeared in 40 Basketball Bundesliga (Germany) games (31 starts) and averaged 11.9 points (.539 FG%, .844 FT%), 3.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 21.2 minutes…saw action in four German Cup games (three starts) and averaged 7.5 points (.429 FG%, 1.000 FT%), 3.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 20.9 minutes…played in 29 EuroLeague games (24 starts) and averaged 10.6 points (.476 FG%, .886 FT%), 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 23.4 minutes…2019-20: Started all 21 games for Reggio Emilia in Serie A (Italy) and averaged 11.0 points (.438 FG%, .837 FT%), 4.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 25.2 minutes…2018-19: Played in 35 Serie A games (11 starts) for Olimpia Milano and averaged 4.1 points (.429 FG%, .889 FT%), 1.2 rebounds and 12.1 minutes…appeared in one Italian Cup game off the bench and finished with one rebound in three minutes of action…played in three games (two starts) in the ABA League Supercup and averaged 1.3 points (.500 FG%, .500 FT%) and 5.3 minutes…played in five games (no starts) in the EuroLeague and totaled four minutes of action…2017-18: Split the season between Vanoli Cremona and Olimpia Milano…while on loan with Vanoli Cremona, appeared in 23 games (12 starts) and averaged 10.2 points (.422 FG%, .806 FT%), 3.1 rebounds and 23.6 minutes…played in two Italian Cup games (one start) with Vanoli Cremona and averaged 10.5 points (.368 FG%, .800 FT%), 4.5 rebounds and 24.5 minutes…appeared in four Serie A games (one start) with Olimpia Milano and averaged 1.3 points (.286 FG%, .000 FT) and 7.5 minutes…played as a reserve in two EuroLeague games for Olimpia Milano and totaled two minutes of action…2016-17: Appeared in 28 Serie A games (two starts) for Olimpia Milano and averaged 4.6 points (.495 FG%, .714 FT%), 1.6 rebounds and 12.1 minutes…appeared as a sub in one Italian Cup game and finished with two points, two rebounds, two steals and an assist in 13 minutes of action…played in 10 EuroLeague games (two starts) and averaged 3.3 points (.433 FG%, .000 FT%), 1.5 rebounds and 11.7 minutes…2015-16: Appeared in 30 Serie A games (24 starts) for Virtus Bologna and averaged 9.2 points (.397 FG%, .838 FT%), 3.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.00 steals and 23.6 minutes…2014-15: Appeared in 30 Serie A games (16 starts) for Virtus Bologna and averaged 7.4 points (.384 FG%, .651 FT%), 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 24.5 minutes…2013-14: Appeared in 25 Serie A games (eight starts) for Virtus Bologna and averaged 2.7 points (.429 FG%, .750 FT%), 1.1 rebounds and 15.4 minutes…2012-13: Came off the bench in all 12 Serie A games in which he appeared for Virtus Bologna and averaged 2.7 points (.324 FG%, .800 FT%), 1.4 rebounds and 12.8 minutes.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Simone Fontecchio…name is pronounce see-MOW-nay fawn-TECH-ee-oh…answers to the nicknames “Simo” and “Tek”…is the son of Daniele and Mali Fontecchio…he and his wife, Rosa, are the parents to a pair of daughters (Bianca and Luna)…his mother, Mali Pomilio, played basketball for the Italian National Team from 1983-89 and won two European titles for AS Vicenza…his father, Daniele, was a professional Italian hurdler who won silver in the 60-meter hurdles at the 1986 European Indoor Championships and in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1985 European Cup, along with 10 national championships at the Italian individual senior level…his dad also participated for Italy in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles…credits his grandfather, Vittorio Pomilio, as the person that made a difference in his life calling him the best person he ever met…his grandfather played for the Italian National Team in basketball from 1957-60…in his free time he enjoys watching sports and shows, reading books and traveling…his favorite sport other than basketball is soccer and he’s a fan of Inter Milan…is one of just 12 Italian-born players in NBA history…has an endorsement deal with Nike…wears size 14 sneakers.

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