Pistoia Basket 2000

A.S. Pistoia Basket 2000, known for sponsorship reasons as Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Pistoia, Tuscany.

Pistoia Basket 2000
Leagues	LBA
Founded	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
History	Pistoia Basket 2000 (2000–present)
Arena	PalaCarrara
Capacity	4,000
Location	Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Team colors	Red   White
President	Joseph Mark David
Head coach	Gašper Okorn
Championships	2 Italian Serie A2 1 Italian LNP Supercup
Website	pistoiabasket2000.com
Home Away

History

The city of Pistoia was formerly represented in the first division LBA by Olimpia Basket Pistoia during the 1990s. Pistoia Basket 2000 was promoted to the LBA in 2014, and is playing in that league as of the 2015–16 season.

The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, Pistoia asked to be repositioned to the second-tier Serie A2.^[1]

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  2000–2019
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  2019–present

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Oriora Pistoia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 0 Benetti, Gabriele 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1995-06-30)30 June 1995 PG 2 Della Rosa, Gianluca (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 28 – (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 SF 4 Ceron, Marco 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 PF 5 Paschall, Eric 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 28 – (1996-11-04)4 November 1996 PF 9 Kemp, Maurice 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 34 – (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 F/C 10 Cooke, Derek 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 G 11 Forrest, Michael 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 PG 12 Boglio, Alfredo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 22 – (2003-02-11)11 February 2003 PG 15 Saccaggi, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – (1992-08-30)30 August 1992	Head coach Gašper Okorn Assistant coach(es) Tommaso Della Rosa Giuseppe Valerio Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 13, 2025

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

• Ariel Filloy
• Davide Moretti
• Giacomo Galanda
• Daniele Magro
• Guido Rosselli
• Gregor Fučka
• Andrea Crosariol
• Valerio Amoroso
• Fabio Mian
• Patrik Auda
• Yakhouba Diawara
• Carl Wheatle
• Teddy Okereafor
• Janis Porzingis
• Aleksander Czyz
• Wayne Blackshear
• Ed Daniel
• Joseph Forte
• Linton Johnson
• Kyle Gibson
• Jamon Gordon
• Antonio Graves
• Langston Hall
• Dwight Hardy
• Michael Jenkins
• JaJuan Johnson
• Bobby Jones
• Alex Kirk
• Jerry McCullough
• Tyrus McGee
• Landon Milbourne
• Ronald Moore
• Jake Odum
• L.J. Peak
• Brad Wanamaker
• Deron Washington
• C.J. Williams

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
2010–11	2	LegaDue	8th
2011–12	2	LegaDue	2nd
2012–13	2	LegaDue	1st
2013–14	1	Serie A	8th
2014–15	1	Serie A	9th
2015–16	1	Serie A	6th
2016–17	1	LBA	7th
2017–18	1	LBA	13th
2018–19	1	LBA	15th
2019–20	1	LBA	15th
2020–21	2	Serie A2	9th
2021–22	2	Serie A2	3rd
2022–23	2	Serie A2	3rd

Trophies

• LegaDue

Winners (1): 2012–13

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

• Cassa di Risparmio Pistoia (2002–05)
• Associazione Vivaisti Pistoiesi (2005–06)
• Power Dry Pistoia (2006–07)
• Carmatic Pistoia (2007–10)
• Tuscany Pistoia (2010–11)
• Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia (2011–2016)
• The Flexx Pistoia (2016–2018)
• OriOra Pistoia (2018–2020)
• Estra Pistoia (2023-present)