Fontecchio from Abruzzo arrives in the NBA among the stars of American basketball

The Abruzzo Simone Fontecchio arrives in the NBA among the stars of American basketball. The basketball player of the Italian national team leaves Baskonia and signs with the Utah Jazz with a two-year contract worth 6.25 million dollars

The 26-year-old basketball player signed a contract with the Spanish side of Saski Baskonia in 2021. Yesterday he signed another one with Utah Jazz for two years. It is his first NBA contract and he is the third Italian player in the NBA for the 2022/23 season.

2 meters and 3 centimeters tall, the basketball player comes from a historic family of sportsmen. Dad Daniele was an Italian hurdler and his mother Amalia (Malì) Pomilio was in the Italian national basketball team. In Simone’s family, who lives in Francavilla al Mare, also Amedeo Pomilio, Olympic gold medalist in water polo.