Biography

Diener played collegiately at Marquette University, and was a member of the Golden Eagles team that reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2003. Diener was one of three future NBA players from that Golden Eagles team; the others were Dwyane Wade and Steve Novak.

Following his college career at Marquette, he was a second-round draft choice (38th overall) of the Orlando Magic in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Diener made his NBA debut on December 2, 2005, playing 12 minutes and scoring three points in a loss against the Memphis Grizzlies.

On June 19, 2007, the Indiana Pacers signed Diener (who was a free agent) to a three-year deal reportedly worth $4.86 million.

On July 6, 2009, Diener exercised his player option to remain with the Pacers for the 2009-10 NBA season. He was waived by Indiana and signed by the Portland Trail Blazers in March 2010.

In August 2010, he was signed by Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.

In May 2013, he acquired Italian citizenship through his wife, who is of Italian descent. This allowed him to join the Italian national basketball team.

In 2014, Diener retired from professional basketball, after which he became director of player personnel at Marquette University.

Honors

Italy

• Italian Cup (2014)
• Italian Cup MVP (2014)

NBA 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	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005-06	Orlando	23	0	10.7	.420	.439	.833	.9	.7	.3	.0	3.8
2006-07	Orlando	26	0	11.1	.425	.360	.800	.7	1.3	.2	.0	3.8
2007-08	Indiana	66	21	20.5	.370	.318	.901	1.7	3.8	.5	.1	6.9
2008-09	Indiana	55	0	13.1	.413	.390	.800	1.6	2.2	.5	.1	3.7
2009-10	Indiana	4	0	6.3	.167	.200	.000	.5	1.0	.8	.0	.8
2009-10	Portland	5	0	5.2	.250	.200	.500	.2	.8	.2	.0	.6
Career		179	21	14.9	.388	.353	.847	1.4	2.4	.4	.1	4.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010	Portland	2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0
Career		2	0	3.5	.000	.000	.000	.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0

[ Source: Wikipedia ]