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2018 Italian Basketball Supercup
The 2018 Italian Basketball Supercup ( it, Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2018), also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions. AX Armani Exchange Milano went to win his 3rd Supercup by beating Fiat Torino 82–71 in the Finals. Vladimir Micov was named MVP of the competition. It was played in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ... on 29 and 30 September 2018. Participant teams As of 3 June 2018, qualified for the tournament were Fiat Torino and Germani Brescia, as Italian Cup finalists, AX Armani Exchange Milano and Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in the administrative region and the fourth largest in northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1,200,000 inhabitants. Founded over 3,200 years ago, Brescia (in antiquity Brixia) has been an important regional centre since pre-Roman times. Its old town contains the best-preserved Roman public buildings in northern Italy and numerous monuments, among these the medieval castle, the Old and New cathedral, the Renaissance ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 LBA Season
The 2017–18 Lega Basket Serie A, was the 96th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 9, 2018, with the playoffs started on May 12 (due to some Italian clubs, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Venezia, are qualifying for the 2018 EuroCup Playoffs and the 2018 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 15, 2018. As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches. Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions. Venezia finished the regular season as top seeded team for the first time in its history. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Vitali
Luca Vitali (born May 9, 1986) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Serie A2. He's a versatile player who can play as a point guard, shooting guard or small forward, defending on nearly any opponent thanks to his height and wingspan. Professional career Progressing through the youth ranks of home town club Virtus Bologna he unusually made his debut for the team in Europe's premier competition, the Euroleague, playing a few minutes in 2003. He would make his first division debut the next year after moving to Montepaschi Siena, then the strongest side in Italy. After playing little part in their championship winning season he dropped down a division to join LegaDue club Sutor Montegranaro. This proved to be a fruitful move for both sides, he became a starter, helped promote the club to the first division in 2006 and then on to the playoffs, his good performances even led to a call up to the league All star game. In 2008 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Hamilton (basketball)
Jordan Christian Hamilton (born October 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Nishinomiya Storks of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the University of Texas. High school career Hamilton began his high school career at Susan Miller Dorsey High School where he averaged 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game as a sophomore. After three years at Dorsey, he transferred to Manuel Dominguez High School, playing under Russell Otis. As a junior, he averaged 27.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game while leading Dominguez to a 32–3 mark and the CIF Southern Section Division I-AA championship. Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hamilton was listed as the No. 1 small forward and the No. 6 player in the nation in 2009. College career Hamilton played for the University of Texas where, as a sophomore, he was selected in the second team All-America by the USBWA and the fourth team All-America by Fox Sports after posting avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awudu Abass
Awudu Abass Abass (born 27 January 1993) is a naturalized Italian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the small forward position. Professional career Abass joined local club Pallacanestro Cantù as a teenager, progressing quickly through the youth ranks to make his debut in 2011 aged only 18. He was too young to make an immediate impact, playing sparingly in his first three seasons, he did however grab minutes, and rebounds, in Europe's top-tier level EuroLeague, playing in two games, one against powerhouse Real Madrid. The 2013–14 proved to be his breakthrough season, he earned regular minutes in the LBA and European second tier EuroCup, as a youth product he became a fan favourite and was awarded the captaincy the next season, becoming the youngest captain of Cantù's history. On 19 July 2018, Abass signed a two-year deal with Basket Brescia Leonessa. After two import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūras Gudaitis
Artūras Gudaitis (born 19 June 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.08 m, he plays at the center position. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 47th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Early career Before starting his professional career, Gudaitis played in the RKL with the LCC Klaipėda for one season. The next two seasons he played in NKL, and on his last season with Žalgiris-2 Kaunas he won a bronze medal. Gudaitis was respectively nominated as a most promising young player of the league on the same year. Professional career On 6 August 2013, Gudaitis signed a professional contract with Žalgiris Kaunas for two years and was brought into the main Žalgiris roster. Whilst suffering from the knee injury in the first half of the season he had his breakthrough game against Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in the EuroLeague tournament, scoring 14 points wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Nedović
Nemanja Nedović ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Недовић; ; born 16 June 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Early years Nedović began to train in Italy with Ascoli basketball when he was 11 years of age. He lived there because his father was playing professional handball locally with the Ascoli Piceno Handball. After that, he trained for two years in Nova Varoš. In 2005, he moved to Crvena zvezda at the age of 15. He had success in the junior competition, as in 2008 when he became champion with the junior team of Crvena zvezda. After that, he moved to the first team where he finally made a breakthrough professionally. In his first season with the team, he was scoring in double digits, forcing the team management to extend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on Discovery+, which superseded Eurosport Player. Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television (1984–1990), Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery, Inc., Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading towards a full buyout in 2015. Eurosport is the main rightsholder of the Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Flaccadori
Diego Flaccadori (born 5 April 1996) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He stands 195 cm (6’4¾") tall, and he can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, with shooting guard being his primary position. Professional career Flaccadori came through the youth ranks of Excelsior Pallacanestro Bergamo, before transferring to Basket Treviglio, where he made his debut for the club's men's team in the amateur Italian third division during the 2013–14 campaign. He played 26 games in his first year in men's basketball, averaging 2.5 points a contest. Flaccadori then joined Dolomiti Energia Trento of the professional Italian top-flight level league Serie A in August 2014. In his first season with the team, he saw the court in 34 games in the Italian League, scoring 2.8 points per outing. In the 2015–16 season, he marked his debut on the European club stage, participat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Jovanović (basketball, Born 1994)
Nikola Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Никола Јовановић, born January 6, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Oostende of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans. Early life Growing up in Serbia, Jovanović played basketball for the junior cadet teams of KK Crvena zvezda (2010–11) and KK Partizan (2011–12). After moving to the United States in 2012, he enrolled at Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2012–13, he averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds while leading the Apaches to a 30–4 record and a No. 2 ranking in the state of Florida. He was ranked at the No. 20 prospect in the state of Florida by Florida Hoops. College career Freshman year As a freshman at USC in 2013–14, Jovanović averaged 8.0 points and 4.4 rebounds while making 24 starts and appearing in all 32 games. He made 76.1 percent of his free throws, which was eighth-best all-time by a Trojan freshman, and hit 51.6 percent of his field goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Poeta
Giuseppe "Peppe" Poeta (born September 12, 1985) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He played the point guard position. Professional career Poeta joined local club Pallacanestro Salerno in the lower divisions, playing 5 seasons before joining Prima Veroli of the third division. With Veroli he scored 51 points in a 7 November 2005 114-105 victory against Forlì. He moved to first division Serie A club Teramo Basket in 2006. During the 2008-09 season he led the team, coached by former Salerno coach Andrea Capobianco , to the league play-offs. He then joined Virtus Bologna where he had two successful seasons, reaching the play-offs twice and being appointed captain. However after a difficult 2012-13 season where the team finished two places above last place the management decided to change the side, appointing young Matteo Imbrò as the starting point guard. Poeta found himself frozen out of the team, rescinding his contract in November 2013. It was to prove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamil Wilson
Jamil Wilson (born November 21, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Club Nacional de Football of the Uruguayan Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB). He played college basketball for the University of Oregon and Marquette University. High school career Wilson attended Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. As a junior, he averaged 18.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. In his senior season, the Associated Press first team all-state selection averaged 21.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. He led the Rebels to a 24-2 record and championship game appearance and was named the All-Racine County Player of the Year. Wilson was ranked the 30th-best overall player in his class by Scout.com and 31st in the ESPNU 100. College career Wilson began his collegiate career at the University of Oregon and averaged 4.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game as a freshman, making 14 starts. He transferred to Marquette at the end of his freshman campaign and was forced to sit out th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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