Stefano Rusconi

Stefano Rusconi (born October 2, 1968 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy) is an Italian professional basketball player, one of the strongest european center of 90s.

During his years in Benetton Treviso, he was rival of the great croatian center Dino Radja, leader of Virtus Roma.

The 208 cm (6' 10") center was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (52nd overall pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft, they have traded his NBA rights to the Phoenix Suns in 1991 for the rights to Miloš Babić. He has appeared in seven games with the Suns in the 1995-96 NBA season.

In Italy, he played for Divarese Varese a.k.a. Ranger Varese (1985-1991), Benetton Treviso (1991-1998, won Italian championship in 1992 and 1997, Italian Cup in 1993, 1994 and 1995 and Saporta Cup in 1995), Adecco Milano (1999-2002) and Serie A2 (second division) teams Bipop Carire Reggio Emilia (2002-2003), Ignis Castelletto Ticino (2005-2006) and Cimberio Novara (2006-2007).

External links

* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RUSCOST01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com