Nikos Zisis to Siena - Jul 3, 2009 (by Stefano Pini)
As we anticipatd yesterday, Montepaschi Siena added Nikos Zisis (195-G-83) to his roster. The pointguard inked a 1+1 contract. It's his 2nd coming to Italy after the 2 seasons spent at Treviso from 2005 to 2007. Nikos Zisis was also an Olympiakos target but Siena offered to him more minutes and responsabilities. Angelico Biella will substitute Greg Brunner (201-F-83, college: Iowa) with Vanja Plisnic (207-F/C-80, agency: Beo Basket), last at Ural Great Perm [read more]
As we anticipatd yesterday, Montepaschi Siena added Nikos Zisis (195-G-83) to his roster. The pointguard inked a 1+1 contract. It's his 2nd coming to Italy after the 2 seasons spent at Treviso from 2005 to 2007. Nikos Zisis was also an Olympiakos target but Siena offered to him more minutes and responsabilities. Angelico Biella will substitute Greg Brunner (201-F-83, college: Iowa) with Vanja Plisnic (207-F/C-80, agency: Beo Basket), last at Ural Great Perm. Pallacanestro Cantu reached a deal with Benjamin Ortner (206-F/C-83, college: Metro St.) for one year. In the last season Benjamin Ortner had 9,7 points and 5,1 rebounds at Udine. Pepsi Caserta announced the deal with Antanas Kavaliauskas (208-C-84, college: Texas A&M) that last season had good impact at Kavala. New Caserta's GM Claudio Coldebella doesn't hesitate to show his knowledge about greek market... Market movement also for Vanoli Soresina that signed the italian sharpshooter Matteo Formenti (194-G-82) for the next three seasons. As reported on several newspaper Rodrigo De La Fuente (200-F-76, agency: Interperformances, college: Washington) and Sani Becirovic (195-G-81, agency: Beo Basket) won't be part of Lottomatica Roma in the next season
Italy hands 90-79 loss to China in Belgrade, Ferrero scores 34 - Jul 3, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
University Games, Day 2: Italy - China 90-79
First win for Italy in Belgrade. The Italians suffered defeat yesterday against Canada 80-89, but today they succeeded to beat China 90-79 for 1-1 record in Group C. China will have opportunity tomorrow to register first win, but it will not be an easy job as Canadians demonstrated pretty good performance in their first appearance.
Giancarlo Ferrero (194-G/F-88, agency: Players Group) was a key player for the winning squad [read more]
University Games, Day 2: Italy - China 90-79
First win for Italy in Belgrade. The Italians suffered defeat yesterday against Canada 80-89, but today they succeeded to beat China 90-79 for 1-1 record in Group C. China will have opportunity tomorrow to register first win, but it will not be an easy job as Canadians demonstrated pretty good performance in their first appearance. Giancarlo Ferrero (194-G/F-88, agency: Players Group) was a key player for the winning squad. He was totally unstoppable for the Chinese nailing impressive 34 points. His 7 of 11 attempts from behind the arc were successful and beside that he had 4/11 for FG2 and 5/8 FTs. Ferrero needed just two boards more for double-double. Roberto Prandin (188-G-86) was way behind him with 12, while Davide Bruttini (203-F-87) added 11 points and 5 boards. In Team China, Yang Chao (195-G/F-84) top-scored with 16 points. Zhang ZhaoXu (213-C-87) had 15 points and impressive 16 rebounds, while Ren JunFei (202-F-90) contributed with 15 pts and 5 rebs. China was slightly better during the opening ten minutes, but Italy totally took control on them after that. Giancarlo Ferrero started to make shots lifting his team to plus 4 at the half time. Third stanza was the crucial one as Italy intensified defense stopping China on just 14 pts. On the other side, they nailed 25 resolving question about the winner. Last 10 minutes were just the formality.
Market news: Joe Bryant is the new head coach of Rieti - Jul 3, 2009 (by Antonello Varallo)
Rieti announced that Joe Bryant will be the head coach for the next season. Joe is the father of Kobe Bryant and a former star player of italian leagues: he played 247 games in Italy with an average of 29.7 ppg. His first italian team was Rieti, where he played 2 season (from 1984 to 1986) with 32.6 ppg in the first and 37.6 ppg in the second season [read more]
Rieti announced that Joe Bryant will be the head coach for the next season. Joe is the father of Kobe Bryant and a former star player of italian leagues: he played 247 games in Italy with an average of 29.7 ppg. His first italian team was Rieti, where he played 2 season (from 1984 to 1986) with 32.6 ppg in the first and 37.6 ppg in the second season. As head coach, Bryant worked in ABA, WNBA and during last season he coached Tokyo Apache (Japan-BJ League) ending the season with a record of 33-19. In Legadue, Carmatic Pistoia added Simone Berti (195-G-85), who played 10 games in last season with Cant,while Enel Brindisi reached a deal with Sylvere Bryan (208-C-81,college:Tampa), who has joined his sixth italian team.
Canada outscores Italy in Group C opener - Jul 3, 2009 [read more]
Armani Jeans Milano: took 3rd place (5-5) in Group D of Regular Season, took 3rd place (2-4) in Group E of Top16
Lottomatica Virtus Roma: took 2nd place (6-4) in Group C of Regular Season, took 4th place (1-5) in Group G of Top16
Montepaschi Siena: took 2nd place (8-2) in Group B of Regular Season, took 2nd place (2-4) in Group H of Top16, lost to Panathinaikos 1-3 in the Quarterfinals
Benetton Treviso: took 2nd place (4-2) in Group C of Regular Season, took 1st place (5-1) in Group J of Top16, lost to Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) 79-85 in the Quarterfinals
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