PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2023-24 (Utah/Detroit): Averaged 10.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists on .401 3PT% across 66 games (43 starts) for the Jazz and Pistons...Scored 20+ points twice for the Jazz and 10+ points 21 times...Scored 24 points on 7-of-8 FG, 5-5 3FG, 5-5 FT for Utah on Dec. 14...Put together four streaks of at least three games with 10 points for Utah...Nailed five 3-pointers five times, twice for Utah and three times for Detroit...Scored in double-figures in 13 of 16 games as a Piston with four 20-point games...Scored 20 points in his first game as a Piston and tied his career-high of nine rebounds against the Clippers on Feb. 10, the eighth-most points by a player in their Pistons debut in the past 25 seasons...Scored a career-high 27 points against Dallas on March 9, his most in any professional outing since scoring 30 for Team Italy in the 2023 FIBA World Cup...Made 43 3-pointers with Detroit, the third-most through 16 games as a Piston in franchise history...Shot .426 3PT% (43-of-101) with Detroit...In 50 games with Utah, averaged 8.9 PTS, 3.5 REB, 1.5 AST and 0.6 STL on .391 3PT% and 23.2 minutes; in 16 games with Detroit, improved in every category with 15.4 PTS, 4.4 REB, 1.8 AST, 0.9 STL and .426 3PT% in 30.3 minutes...Finished the season with a career-high 34 games with 10+ points...Missed the final 15 games of the season due to a left great toe contusion.

BEFORE NBA

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Has played 11 professional seasons overseas, including eight in Serie A Beko (Italy), five in EuroLeague and one in Liga ACB (Spain)...Played for Virtus Bologna (LBA) from 2012-16, Milano (LBA) from 2015-16 and 2017-19 and for Milano in the EuroLeague from 2016-19 and 2020-21, Cremona (LBA) in 2017-18, Reggio Emilia (LBA) in 2019-20, Baskonia (Liga ACB and EuroLeague) in 2021-22...Played for the Italian National Team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup and 2020 Toyko Summer Olympics and made the quarterfinals both times...Named to the 2023 All-FIBA World Cup Second Team...Three-time Italian Super Cup winner (2016-18) and named a 2014 LBA All-Star.

PERSONAL LIFE

Mother, Malì Pomilio, played for Italy and won two European titles for AS Vicenza in basketball...Her father, Vittorio Pomilio played for the Italian National Team from 1957-60...Fontecchio's 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...Named Lega Basket's Best Player Under 22 in 2014-15, an award previously won by Andrea Bargnani and Danilo Gallinari...One of 11 Italian-born players in NBA history...Has a daughter, Bianca.

Simone Fontecchio