NBA 2006 No. 1 general choose Andrea Bargnani performed 10 years within the NBA — largely with the Raptors but in addition with the Knicks and Nets — earlier than ending his professional profession in Spain. Since retiring, Bargnani has returned to his native Italy and has been an active investor. Most recently, the 39-year-old made his first sports tech investment in Pick-Roll, a social basketball app that connects players seeking to join pickup games and find community around a shared love of the sport. On the attraction of becoming a member of Decide-Roll . . . I’ve been very energetic within the personal fairness, enterprise capital world in the previous couple of years. So after I acquired in contact with Decide-Roll, I instantly preferred the truth that it meets essentially the most fundamental want of each basketball participant, which is to seek out the closest playground and manage a pickup ball recreation. It sounds fairly, fairly easy, however it may be very difficult at instances. And there are tens of millions of basketball gamers on the market, so I feel the concept could be very scalable sooner or later. -via Sports Business Journal / July 3, 2025
