.jpg) Bolmaro with theMinnesota Timberwolves in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 – Olimpia Milano | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard /shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Lega Basket Serie A EuroLeague | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (age 24) 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: 1st round, 23rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by theNew 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | →Salt Lake City Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Tenerife | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Leandro Nicolás Bolmaro (born 11 September 2000) is an Argentine-Italian[1][2] professionalbasketball player forOlimpia Milano of the ItalianLega Basket Serie A (LBA) and theEuroLeague. He also represents the seniorArgentina national team.[3]
Bolmaro began playing the sport of basketball in his home country of Argentina. He started playing with the youth teams of a localsports club named Almafuerte fromLas Varillas town inCórdoba. On 13 April 2018, he played for the World Team at theNike Hoop Summit inPortland, Oregon.[4]
Bolmaro began his pro career on 16 July 2017, when he was 16 years old, after he signed withEstudiantes de Bahía Blanca of theLiga Nacional de Básquet, the top basketball league in Argentina.[5] In 23 games played during the2017–18 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.[6][7]
For the2018–19 LEB Oro season, Bolmaro moved to the Spanish clubFC Barcelona. He averaged 10.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.2 steals per game for the clubreserve team while playing in theLEB 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.[8]
In2019–20 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season, he split playing time between Barcelona's reserve team and senior team, which competed in theLiga ACB, the highest level Spanish league, and theEuroLeague.[9] During the2019–20 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 theSpanish 3rd Division. On 13 August 2020, Bolmaro signed a contract extension with Barcelona through 2023.[10] After getting selected in the NBA draft, Bolmaro opted to stay with FC Barcelona.[11]
In September 2021, Bolmaro paid hisbuyout clause in order to leave Barcelona and subsequently be able to sign a 4-year rookie-scale contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.[12][13]
In the2020 NBA draft, Bolmaro was selected by theNew York Knicks with the 23rd overall selection,[14] but his draft rights were traded to theMinnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade.[15]On 18 September 2021, Bolmaro signed a 4-year, $11.8M rookie contract with the Timberwolves.[16] Bolmaro made his NBA debut on 20 October 2021 in the Timberwolves 124–106 win against theHouston Rockets. He hadn't seen many minutes before 27 November 2021, in which he played a career-high 17 minutes against thePhiladelphia 76ers.
On 6 July 2022, Bolmaro was traded along withMalik Beasley,Jarred Vanderbilt,Patrick Beverley, the draft rights toWalker Kessler, four future first-round picks, and a pick swap to theUtah Jazz in exchange forRudy Gobert.[17] On 16 February 2023, Bolmaro reached a contract buyout agreement with the Jazz, and he was subsequently waived.[18]
On 2 March 2023, Bolmaro signed withLenovo Tenerife of theLiga ACB.[19]
On 19 July 2023 he signed withBayern Munich.[20] On 6 July 2024, he opted out of his contract with the German club.
In 2017, Bolmaro won a silver medal withArgentina's Under-17 national team at theFIBA South America Under-17 Championship inLima, Peru. He averaged a team-high 13.8 points per game.[21] Bolmaro also represented theArgentine Under-19 national team at the2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup inHeraklion, Greece, where his team finished in 11th place. He left the tournament's opening game early with a minor strain.[22] During the tournament, he was Argentina's leading scorer, with an average of 10.8 points per game.
On 29 July 2021, Bolmaro scored 2 points in a loss to theSpain men's national basketball team at the2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2022, Bolmaro won the gold medal with the senior team in the2022 FIBA AmeriCup held inRecife,Brazil. He was one of Argentina'sshooting guards in the tournament.
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Minnesota | 35 | 2 | 6.9 | .315 | .278 | .846 | 1.2 | .6 | .2 | .0 | 1.4 |
| 2022–23 | Utah | 14 | 0 | 4.9 | .150 | .000 | — | .5 | .5 | .2 | .1 | .4 |
| Career | 49 | 2 | 6.3 | .270 | .227 | .846 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | .0 | 1.1 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 9.2 | .286 | .000 | 1.000 | .8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | .3 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 0 | 9.8 | .408 | .381 | .786 | 1.1 | 1.3 | .3 | .1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | |
| 2023–24 | Bayern Munich | 30 | 28 | 19.8 | .486 | .302 | .732 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | .3 | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| Career | 66 | 29 | 14.3 | .450 | .304 | .764 | 1.8 | 2.3 | .7 | .2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Canarias | 7 | 2 | 14.2 | .480 | .444 | .786 | 1.6 | .9 | — | .3 | 5.6 |
| Career | 7 | 2 | 14.2 | .480 | .444 | .786 | 1.6 | .9 | — | .3 | 5.6 | |
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 |  Est. de Bahía Blanca | LNB | 25 | 7.1 | .373 | .174 | .750 | .6 | .5 | .4 | — | 1.8 |
| 2018–19 |  Barcelona B | LEB Oro | 33 | 24.1 | .396 | .308 | .652 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | .3 | 10.4 |
| 2019–20 | Barcelona B | LEB Plata | 9 | 26.8 | .450 | .281 | .643 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | — | 14.9 |
| 2019–20 | Barcelona | ACB | 9 | 12.9 | .447 | .462 | .857 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .7 | .3 | 5.1 |
| 2020–21 | Barcelona | ACB | 41 | 15.9 | .492 | .452 | .838 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .8 | .2 | 6.7 |
| 2021–22 |  Iowa Wolves | G League | 11 | 32.7 | .434 | .271 | .900 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 1.4 | .4 | 13.5 |
| 2022–23 | Salt Lake City Stars | G League | 7 | 33.1 | .478 | .382 | .556 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 1.0 | .9 | 12.1 |
| 2022–23 | Canarias | ACB | 16 | 15.1 | .407 | .250 | .739 | 2.0 | .9 | .7 | .3 | 6.0 |
| 2023–24 |  Bayern Munich | BBL | 41 | 19.6 | .477 | .385 | .800 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .6 | .1 | 7.7 |
