Diener with Dinamo Sassari in 2010 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1982-03-01)March 1, 1982 (age 43) Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Nationality | American / Italian |
Listed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Listed weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Goodrich (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) |
College | Marquette (2001–2005) |
NBA draft | 2005: 2nd round, 38th overall pick |
Drafted by | Orlando Magic |
Playing career | 2005–2020 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 34, 12, 27, 7 |
Career history | |
2005–2007 | Orlando Magic |
2007–2010 | Indiana Pacers |
2010 | Portland Trail Blazers |
2010–2014 | Dinamo Sassari |
2017–2020 | Vanoli Cremona |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 854 (4.8 ppg) |
Rebounds | 243 (1.4 rpg) |
Assists | 432 (2.4 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com ![]() | |
Stats atBasketball Reference |
Travis Lyle Diener (/ˈdiːnər/DEE-nər;[1] born March 1, 1982) is an American-Italian former professionalbasketball player who last played forVanoli Cremona in the ItalianLega Basket Serie A (LBA). He also holds Italian citizenship, and has played for theItalian national team atEuroBasket 2013.
Diener played collegiately atMarquette University, and was a member of the Golden Eagles team that reached theNCAA Tournament Final Four in 2003. Diener was one of three future NBA players from that Golden Eagles team; the others wereDwyane Wade andSteve Novak.
Following hiscollege career at Marquette, he was a second-round draft choice (38th overall) of theOrlando Magic in the2005 NBA draft.
Diener made his NBA debut on December 2, 2005, playing 12 minutes and scoring three points in a loss against theMemphis Grizzlies.[2]
On June 19, 2007, theIndiana Pacers signed Diener (who was a free agent) to a three-year deal reportedly worth $4.86 million.[3]
On July 6, 2009, Diener exercised his player option to remain with the Pacers for the2009-10 NBA season. He was waived by Indiana and signed by thePortland Trail Blazers in March 2010.[4]
In August 2010, he was signed byDinamo Sassari of the ItalianLega Basket Serie A.
In May 2013, he acquired Italian citizenship through his wife, who is of Italian descent. This allowed him to join theItalian national basketball team.[5][6]
In 2014, Diener retired from professional basketball,[7] after which he became director of player personnel at Marquette University.[8] His jersey number 12 was retired by Dinamo Sassari.[9]
In July 2017, Diener came out of retirement to sign withVanoli Cremona.[10] He re-signed with the club in July 2018.[11]
Diener has played forGolden Eagles (a team primarily consisting of Marquette alumni) inThe Basketball Tournament (TBT), an annual single-elimination winner-take-all tournament. In five games ofTBT 2018, he averaged 8.6 points, 4.2 assists, and shot 43 percent from the field. Golden Eagles reached the semi-finals before falling to the eventual champions,Overseas Elite. Diener rejoined the Marquette alumni team for the "Championship Weekend" ofTBT 2019, hitting the deciding three-pointer of a semi-final win over Team Hines,[12] before Golden Eagles fell toCarmen's Crew (a team primarily consisting ofOhio State alumni) in the final. InTBT 2020, he again joined Golden Eagles for its final contests.[13] During the championship game against Sideline Cancer, Diener made one basket, the winning three-pointer that clinched the championship for Golden Eagles, along with the tournament's $1 million prize.[14]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005–06 | Orlando | 23 | 0 | 10.7 | .420 | .439 | .833 | .9 | .7 | .3 | .0 | 3.8 |
2006–07 | Orlando | 26 | 0 | 11.1 | .425 | .360 | .800 | .7 | 1.3 | .2 | .0 | 3.8 |
2007–08 | Indiana | 66 | 21 | 20.5 | .370 | .318 | .901 | 1.7 | 3.8 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 |
2008–09 | Indiana | 55 | 0 | 13.1 | .413 | .390 | .800 | 1.6 | 2.2 | .5 | .1 | 3.7 |
2009–10 | Indiana | 4 | 0 | 6.3 | .167 | .200 | .000 | .5 | 1.0 | .8 | .0 | .8 |
2009–10 | Portland | 5 | 0 | 5.2 | .250 | .200 | .500 | .2 | .8 | .2 | .0 | .6 |
Career | 179 | 21 | 14.9 | .388 | .353 | .847 | 1.4 | 2.4 | .4 | .1 | 4.8 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Portland | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
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 | PIR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012–13 | Dinamo Sassari | 6 | 6 | 33.1 | .430 | .382 | .769 | 1.7 | 8.5 | .8 | .0 | 15.2 | 17.8 |
2013–14 | 14 | 8 | 26.1 | .370 | .333 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 1.0 | .0 | 7.8 | 11.4 | |
Career | 20 | 14 | 28.4 | .396 | .352 | .875 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 1.0 | .0 | 10.0 | 13.3 |
Legend | ||||||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | PPG | Points per game | |
2P% | Two-point field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | |||
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | BPG | Blocks per game | |||
SPG | Steals per game | TOPG | Turnovers per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | BPG | SPG | TOPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010–11 | Dinamo Sassari | 28 | 28 | 31.7 | 13.2 | .475 | .367 | .812 | 3.5 | 4.6 | .0 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
2011–12 | 29 | 29 | 32.9 | 14.4 | .503 | .417 | .794 | 3.2 | 5.5 | .0 | 1.1 | 2.7 | |
2012–13 | 29 | 29 | 34.1 | 17.2 | .524 | .397 | .845 | 2.9 | 7.5 | .0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | |
2013–14 | 27 | 12 | 23.1 | 7.7 | .533 | .329 | .788 | 2.1 | 5.2 | .0 | .6 | 1.2 | |
2017–18 | Vanoli Cremona | 30 | 7 | 21.4 | 5.0 | .500 | .380 | .824 | 2.4 | 3.7 | .0 | .9 | 1.2 |
2018–19 | 29 | 20 | 24.8 | 9.1 | .545 | .383 | .788 | 2.1 | 3.7 | .0 | .9 | 1.4 | |
Career | 172 | 125 | 28.0 | 11.1 | .501 | .384 | .811 | 2.7 | 5.0 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | BPG | SPG | TOPG |
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2011 | Dinamo Sassari | 2 | 2 | 20.5 | 3.0 | .167 | .250 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.0 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
2012 | 6 | 6 | 33.2 | 10.8 | .404 | .321 | .000 | 2.8 | 6.3 | .0 | .3 | 2.2 | |
2013 | 7 | 7 | 33.4 | 13.1 | .364 | .300 | .893 | 2.4 | 5.7 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |
2014 | 9 | 7 | 26.1 | 7.7 | .375 | .279 | .938 | 1.9 | 5.1 | .0 | .8 | 1.0 | |
2018 | Vanoli Cremona | 3 | 0 | 22.7 | 9.3 | .875 | .429 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 2.7 | .0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
2019 | 9 | 9 | 25.1 | 9.2 | .469 | .444 | .714 | 2.1 | 4.1 | .0 | .3 | .4 | |
Career | 36 | 31 | 27.8 | 9.5 | .413 | .338 | .864 | 2.3 | 4.1 | .0 | .7 | 1.2 |
Year | Competition | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2013 | FIBA EuroBasket | 9 | 0 | 14.1 | .375 | .357 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | 3.2 |
Career | 9 | 0 | 14.1 | .375 | .357 | .0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | .0 | .0 | 3.2 |