Achille Polonara
Polonara playing for Cimberio Varese
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| No. 6 – Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / Small forward | ||||||||||||
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Serie A Eurocup |
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| Born |
November 23, 1991 Ancona, Italy |
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2009–2012 | Banca Tercas Teramo | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Cimberio Varese | ||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | ||||||||||||
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Achille Polonara (born November 23, 1991) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia of the Italian Serie A. He plays primarily as power forward.
After progressing though the youth ranks of Banca Tercas Teramo, Polonara debuted in the first division, the Serie A, on the first game of 2009-10 though he rarely featured that season and played sparingly the next.
He played more regularly during the 2011-12 season with 8.2 points and 4,5 rebounds in 15.6 minutes on average, some coming from a stellar performance against Fabi Shoes Montegranaro in April with 34 points (13/14 from the field) and 9 rebounds for a valuation of 46. This helped the youngster win the Best Player Under 22 award for the season. He was also selected (as a replacement) for the Serie A All Star Game.
Teramo was struggling financially and filed for bankruptcy during the summer of 2012, forcing Polonara to find a new club, which he did in July, signing a 3-year contract containing various escape clauses with Cimberio Varese. Both parties profited from the deal as Polonara contributed 9.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 23 minutes per game to help the side finish first in the 2012-13 regular season. He posted 5.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.8 steals in 15 minutes per game in the playoffs as Varese took eventual champions Montepaschi Siena to a seventh game in the semifinals. Polonara was named as the Best Player Under 22 for the second successive season.
The next season saw major players such as Bryant Dunston leave the side, which meant Polonara accrued more playing time. However, Varese had an anonymous season, losing to Oldenburg in the Euroleague qualifying rounds despite Polonara's team high 18 points to exit Europe's premier competition. Demoted to the European second tier Eurocup, Varese finished last in group C to also exit the competition, with Polonara posting 7.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. The team also finished out of playoff contention in the league, though he had figures of 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. The Anconan received a third successive call up to the All Star Game, played in his hometown, winning the Slam Dunk contest.
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