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"American-Italian-Guarreo"? What's Guarreo? --Christomir (talk) 23:16, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

“and became a star after being interviewed by Martin Bundle.” Lol! 64.67.120.195 (talk) 19:24, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In the Orlando Magic's roster, Mo Bamba wears number 5 not Banchero 41.114.247.127 (talk) 07:24, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced Paolo Banchero should be referred to as an American basketball player. Paolo is both American & Italian (he's a citizen of both the U.S., and Italy) and he also confirmed he has switched alliances and will represent Italy in international competitions. Just like Giannis Antetokounmpo is referred to as a Greek-Nigerian, Paolo Banchero I believe should be referred to as an American-Italian. Most NBA players who are born in one country and represent another (Dual citizens) have a hyphen. Here is another: Matisse Vincent Thybulle is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers. Literally all of them. By removing Paolo's Italian nationality, you are removing part of his identity. Allan.waterhouse (talk) 01:57, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Allan.waterhouse: - Antetokounmpo ISN'T referred to a "Greek-Nigerian" in his lede sentence. He wasn't born in Nigeria and hasn't represented them in sports AFAIK. Also, please WP:ETHNICITY as well. Millions of people around the world have dual citizenship, but on Wikipedia mentioning any extra citizenship a person may have is not noted in the lede sentence until it is important to their notability.

If we're looking at other sports, footballers (soccer players) who are born or hold multiple citizenship but represent a country outside of their birth often omit strictly defining their nationality. See Jim Allevinah or Kévin Mayi for example. Both footballers born in France and represent Gabon internationally. And I feel that this would be a better compromise for Banchero. The "hyphen" is confusing, it might imply ethnicity. In English-speaking countries, hyphens often denote ancestry. I'm sure you've heard of terms like "Irish-American" (which is often inferred as referencing an American of Irish descent). The source you provided specifically describes Banchero as an "Italian-American", which may refer to someone of dual Italian and American citizenship, or, more often, an American citizen of Italian descent. If Banchero is planning on representing Italy internationally and not the U.S., despite his American birth, I don't see why his situation is drastically different from people like Mayi or Allevinah.

Furthermore, it seems to be agreed upon that British tennis player Emma Raducanu is not described as being "British-Canadian" despite her Canadian birth and dual Canadian and British citizenship because she represents Britain and is based there. Clear Looking Glass (talk) 04:39, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I completely disagree with this. He was born in the United States and so were his parents. It is misleading and strange to refer to him as an Italian-American despite the fact that he has dual citizenship. 68.252.221.11 (talk) 03:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

...he also confirmed he has switched alliances and will represent Italy in international competitions: He has since committed to and is playing for the U.S. —Bagumba (talk) 06:38, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Was dismissed in July of 2021 https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34311683/orlando-magic-paolo-banchero-dwi-related-charge-dropped but the page is semi-protected so maybe someone else can make the edit 2601:143:8100:1F80:11DA:E69:F0A:924B (talk) 02:05, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

he was born in USA, he plays for USA etcetera, he's american. --2.237.220.21 (talk) 19:29, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]