Argentine-Italian basketball player Leandro Bolmaro Bolmaro with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2021 No. 10 – Utah Jazz Position| Small forward League| NBA Personal information Born| (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 21) Las Varillas, Argentina Nationality| Argentine / Italian Listed height| 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Listed weight| 200 lb (91 kg) Career information NBA draft| 2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall Selected by the New York Knicks Playing career| 2017–present Career history 2017–2018| Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca 2018–2021| FC Barcelona 2018–2020| →FC Barcelona B 2021–2022| Minnesota Timberwolves 2021–2022| →Iowa Wolves 2022–present| Utah Jazz Career highlights and awards * Liga ACB champion (2021) * Spanish Cup winner (2021) * ACB Most Spectacular Player (2021) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Medals Men's basketball Representing Argentina FIBA U-17 South American Championship | 2017 Peru | Under-17 Leandro Nicolás Bolmaro (born 11 September 2000) is an Argentine-Italian[1][2] professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] He also represents the senior Argentina national basketball team.[4] ## Contents * 1 Early years and youth career * 2 Professional career * 2.1 Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca (2017–2018) * 2.2 FC Barcelona (2018–2021) * 2.3 Minnesota Timberwolves (2021–2022) * 2.4 Utah Jazz (2022–present) * 3 National team career * 3.1 Junior national team * 3.2 Senior national team * 4 References * 5 External links ## Early years and youth career[edit] Bolmaro began playing the sport of basketball in his home country of Argentina. He started playing with the youth teams of a local club named Almafuerte from Las Varillas town, in Córdoba. On 13 April 2018, he played for the World Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon.[5] ## Professional career[edit] ### Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca (2017–2018)[edit] Bolmaro began his pro career on 16 July 2017, when he was 16 years old, after he signed with Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top basketball league in Argentina.[6] In 23 games played during the 2017–18 season, Bolmaro averaged 2.0 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.5 assists, and 0.4 steals, in 7.2 minutes per game. He shot 37.3% overall from the field, 53.6% on 2-point field goals, 17.4% on 3-point field goals, and 75.0% on free throws.[7][8] ### FC Barcelona (2018–2021)[edit] For the 2018–19 season, Bolmaro moved to the Spanish club FC Barcelona. He averaged 10.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.2 steals per game for club's the reserve team, while playing in the LEB Oro, Spain's second-tier level league. With the reserve team, he played in a total of 33 games, and averaged 24.1 minutes per game of playing time. He shot 39.6% overall from the field, 45.5% on 2-point field goals, 30.8% on 3-point field goals, and 65.2% on free throws.[9] In Barcelona's 2019–20 season, he split playing time between Barcelona's reserve team and senior team, which competed in the Liga ACB, the highest level Spanish league, and the EuroLeague.[10] During the 2019–20 Spanish 3rd Division season, while playing with Barcelona's reserve B team, he averaged 14.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.8 steals, in 26.3 minutes per game, in 9 games played in the Spanish 3rd Division. On 13 August 2020, Bolmaro signed a contract extension with Barcelona through 2023.[11] After getting selected in the NBA draft, Bolmaro opted to stay with FC Barcelona.[12] In September 2021, Bolmaro paid his buyout clause in order to leave Barcelona and henceforth be able to sign a 4-year rookie-scale contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[13][14] ### Minnesota Timberwolves (2021–2022)[edit] In the 2020 NBA draft, Bolmaro was selected by the New York Knicks with the 23rd overall selection,[15] but his draft rights were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade.[16] On 18 September 2021, Bolmaro signed a 4-year, $11.8M rookie contract with the Timberwolves.[17] Bolmaro made his NBA debut on October 20th, 2021 in the Timberwolves 124-106 win against the Houston Rockets. He hadn’t seen many minutes prior to November 27th, 2021 in which he played a career high 17 minutes against the Philadelphia 76ers. ### Utah Jazz (2022–present)[edit] On July 6, 2022, Bolmaro was traded along with Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Patrick Beverley, the draft rights to Walker Kessler, four future first round picks, and a pick swap to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Rudy Gobert.[18] ## National team career[edit] ### Junior national team[edit] In 2017, Bolmaro won a silver medal with Argentina's Under-17 national team at the FIBA South America Under-17 Championship in Lima, Peru. He averaged a team-high 13.8 points per game.[19] Bolmaro also represented the Argentine Under-19 national team at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece, where his team finished in 11th place. He left the tournament's opening game early, with a minor strain.[20] During the tournament, he was Argentina's leading scorer, with an average of 10.8 points per game. ### Senior national team[edit] On July 29, 2021 Bolmaro scored 2 points in a loss to the Spain men's national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. ## References[edit] 1. ^ LEANDRO BOLMARO Nacionalidad: Italia (in Spanish). 2. ^ BOLMARO, LEANDRO NATIONALITY: ITALY. 3. ^ "Timberwolves Sign Leandro Bolmaro". NBA.com. 4. ^ Givony, Jonathan (10 January 2020). "NBA mock draft: What would the likely lottery teams do at No. 1?". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2020. 5. ^ Givony, Jonathan (6 April 2018). "World Team roster announced for Nike Hoop Summit". ESPN. Retrieved 11 January 2020. 6. ^ "Bahía sumó dos chicos de enorme proyección: Lugarini y Bolmaro". Básquet Plus (in Spanish). 16 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020. 7. ^ BOLMARO, LEANDRO Career Stats Other Competition. 8. ^ Castrejón, Andrés (14 October 2019). "En Barcelona presumen de Leandro Bolmaro, su "Messi" del básquetbol". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2020. 9. ^ BOLMARO, LEANDRO NICOLAS Temporada: 18/19 Equipo: BARÇA LASSA (in Spanish). 10. ^ Codocea, Mauricio (17 October 2019). "La historia de Leandro Bolmaro, el otro argentino al que le dicen "Messi" en Barcelona". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2020. 11. ^ "Barcelona signs Leandro Bolmaro to multi-year contract extension". Sportando. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020. 12. ^ "Leandro Bolmaro: 'It's time to repay Barça for their trust in me'". fcbarcelona.com. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020. 13. ^ "Bolmaro se desvincula del Barça y aterriza en la NBA. Así será su nuevo contrato". Gigantes.com (in Spanish). Gigantes del Basket. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021. 14. ^ "Agreement for the release of Leandro Bolmaro The Argentine player has triggered his release clause". fcbarcelona.com. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021. 15. ^ Vega, Julio (18 November 2020). "NBA draft 2020: Four things to know about Argentine prospect Leandro Bolmaro, taken No. 23 overall". USA Today. Retrieved 21 November 2020. 16. ^ "Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Ricky Rubio And Draft Rights To Jaden McDaniels From Oklahoma City And Draft Rights To Leandro Bolmaro From New York". NBA.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020. 17. ^ "TIMBERWOLVES SIGN LEANDRO BOLMARO". NBA.com. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021. 18. ^ "Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Center Rudy Gobert from Utah Jazz". www.nba.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022. 19. ^ "Chile and Argentina will play for South American U17 Gold". FIBA. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2020. 20. ^ "Barcelona's Bolmaro injured in FIBA U19 World Cup first day". EuroHoops. 30 June 2019. 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