Pistoia Basket 2000
Leagues	LBA
Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
History	Pistoia Basket 2000 (2000–present)
Arena	PalaCarrara
Capacity	4,000
Location	Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Team colors	Red   White
President	Massimo Capecchi
Head coach	Nicola Brienza
Championships	2 Italian Serie A2 1 Italian LNP Supercup
Website	pistoiabasket2000.com
Home Away

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

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]

Symbols

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  2000–2019
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  2019–present

Players

Current roster

Oriora Pistoia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Della Rosa, Gianluca (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 27 – (1996-08-20)20 August 1996 PG 15 Saccaggi, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 31 – (1992-08-30)30 August 1992 C 16 Del Chiaro, Angelo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 23 – (2001-03-02)2 March 2001 SF 23 Varnado, Jordon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 – (1997-05-12)12 May 1997 PF 24 Wheatle, Carl 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1998-03-24)24 March 1998 PF Hawkins, Ryan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 26 – (1997-05-12)12 May 1997 PG Moore, Charlie 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998 G Willis, Payton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1998-01-31)31 January 1998 C Ogbeide, Derek 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 27 – (1997-03-28)28 March 1997	Head coach Nicola Brienza Assistant coach(es) Luca Angella Tommaso Della Rosa Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 28, 2023

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.

Season by season

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)