NBA 2006 No. 1 total decide 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 energetic investor. Most just lately, the 39-year-old made his first sports activities tech funding in Decide-Roll, a social basketball app that connects gamers in search of to hitch pickup video games and discover neighborhood round a shared love of the game. On the attraction of becoming a member of Decide-Roll . . . I’ve been very energetic within the non-public fairness, enterprise capital world in the previous few years. So after I obtained in contact with Decide-Roll, I instantly favored the truth that it meets essentially the most fundamental want of each basketball participant, which is to search out the closest playground and arrange a pickup ball recreation. It sounds fairly, fairly easy, however it may be very difficult at instances. And there are hundreds of thousands of basketball gamers on the market, so I feel the concept could be very scalable sooner or later. -via Sports activities Enterprise Journal / July 3, 2025
