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Christopher Xavier Chiozza (born November 21, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators. Chiozza won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2022.

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Chris Chiozza
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Chiozza with the Capital City Go-Go in 2019
Position	Point guard
League	BSL BCL
Personal information
Born	(1995-11-21) November 21, 1995 (age 29) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Florida (2014–2018)
NBA draft	2018: undrafted
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2019	Capital City Go-Go
2019	Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2019	Houston Rockets
2019	Washington Wizards
2019	→Capital City Go-Go
2019–2020	Capital City Go-Go
2020–2021	Brooklyn Nets
2020–2021	→Long Island Nets
2021–2022	Golden State Warriors
2021–2022	→Santa Cruz Warriors
2022–2023	Long Island Nets
2023	UCAM Murcia
2023–2024	Saski Baskonia
2024–present	Manisa Basket

Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2022) All-NBA G League Third Team (2023) First-team All-SEC (2018)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

High school career

Chiozza attended White Station High School, where he was coached by Jesus Patino.^[1] He also played on the Team Thad AAU team. As a junior, in the wake of his grandmother's death, he posted averages of 27 points, seven assists and seven steals in an important Pittsburgh tournament and began to get major college looks.^[2] He averaged 15 points and eight assists per game as a senior. Chiozza was ranked No. 45 in his class by Rivals.com and received scholarship offers from Auburn, UMass, Memphis, Ohio State, Richmond and Tennessee before committing to Florida.^[3]

College career

Playing for Florida in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2017 NCAA tournament, Chiozza hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Wisconsin 84–83 in overtime and advance to the Elite Eight. He was thinking of passing but ended up taking the winning shot.^[4] As a junior he averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game.^[5]

Chiozza became a starter as a senior and led the SEC with a 3.22 assist-to-turnover ratio. He had a last-second steal and layup to beat Missouri on January 6, 2018.^[2] On March 3, he broke Erving Walker's Florida assists record. On the season he averaged 11.1 points, 6.1 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game.^[6] At the conclusion of the regular season he was named to the First Team All-SEC.^[7] After the season he was invited to the 2018 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.^[8]

Professional career

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Perspective

Capital City Go-Go (2018–2019)

After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Chiozza joined the Washington Wizards for the 2018 NBA Summer League. Chiozza would eventually join the Wizards for training camp.^[9] He was waived by the Wizards on October 14, 2018,^[10] He was added to the team's NBA G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.^[11]

Houston Rockets (2019)

On February 22, 2019, Chiozza signed a 10-day contract with the Houston Rockets.^[12] He did not appear in any games, but he subsequently played for the Rockets' G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

On March 22, Chiozza signed a contract for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.^[13] He played his first NBA game on March 24, seeing 5 minutes of action in a 113–90 blowout win against the New Orleans Pelicans.^[14]

On July 30, 2019, Chiozza was waived by the Houston Rockets.^[15]

Washington Wizards (2019–2020)

On September 26, 2019, Chiozza re-signed with the Washington Wizards for training camp.^[16] He was signed to a two-way contract by the Wizards on October 21. Under the terms of the deal, Chiozza would split time between the Wizards and their G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go.^[17] On December 17, 2019, the Wizards waived Chiozza.^[18] On December 21, 2019, the Capital City Go-Go announced that they had re-acquired Chiozza.^[19]

Brooklyn Nets (2020–2021)

On January 4, 2020, the Brooklyn Nets signed Chiozza to a two-way contract.^[20] On December 1, Chiozza re-signed with the Nets.^[21] He was waived at the conclusion of training camp,^[22] but was then re-signed on December 22.^[23]

Golden State Warriors (2021–2022)

On August 14, 2021, the Golden State Warriors signed Chiozza to a two-way contract.^[24] On June 16, 2022, Chiozza won the 2022 NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.^[25]

Long Island Nets (2022–2023)

On September 16, 2022, Chiozza signed with the Brooklyn Nets, who waived him at the end of training camp.^[26]^[27] On November 4, 2022, Chiozza was named to the opening night roster for the Long Island Nets.^[28]

At the end of the 2022-2023 season, he was named to the USBasket.com All NBA G League Third Team.^[29]

UCAM Murcia (2023)

On April 4, 2023, Chiozza signed with UCAM Murcia of the Liga ACB.^[30]

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2024)

On November 1, 2023, he signed with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz of the Liga ACB.^[31]

Valencia Basket (2024)

On June 25, 2024, he signed with Valencia Basket of Liga ACB.^[32]

Manisa Basket (2024–present)

On October 28, 2024, he signed with Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[33]^[34]^[35]

National team career

On February 12, 2019, it was announced that Chiozza was included in FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying training camp roster for Team USA by the USA Basketball.^[36]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high