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Lega Basket Serie A Top Scorer
Lega Basket Serie A statistical leaders are the season by season stats leaders of the top-tier level professional basketball league in Italy, the LBA (first division), and the all-time stats leaders of both the LBA and the Serie A2 (2nd division). Top scorers by season In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals. The LBA's scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given regular season. Prior to the 1987–88 season, the league's Top Scorer was the player that scored the most total points in the league during the season. Since the 1987–88 season, the league's Top Scorer is the player with the highest scoring average per game during the season. By total points scored Starting with the 1974–75 season, stats accumulated in the league's playoffs were also counted. Through the 1987–88 season, the Top Scorer of the league was the player that scored the most total points. Startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Basketball League System
The Italian basketball league system or Italian basketball league pyramid, is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Italy. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently nine different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the 2nd-tier Serie A2 Basket, the 3rd-tier Serie B Basket, the 4th-tier Serie C Gold Basket, the 5th-tier Serie C Regionale, the 6th-tier Serie D Regionale, the 7th-tier Promozione, the 8th-tier Prima Divisione, and the 9th-tier Seconda Divisione. The tier pyramid Other competitions *Italian Cup *Italian Supercup * Italian Legadue Cup See also *League system *European professional club basketball system *Spanish basketball league system *Greek basketball league system *French basketball league system *Russian basketball league system *Turkish basketball league system *Serbian basketball league system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Libertas Pesaro
Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian ''Vuelle''), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professional basketball league, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). It was commonly known across Europe as Scavolini Pesaro, from the name of its historical main sponsor Scavolini (from 1975 to 2014), an Italian kitchen and bathroom products designer and manufacturer, whose co-founder Valter Scavolini was formerly club president. Now, it is known as Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro after its title sponsor. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below. History Victoria Libertas was officially founded in 1946 and had its best seasons during the 1980s. After being among the top teams in Italy for decades, Victoria Libertas under the name Scavolini Pesaro, won its first important trophy the 1982–83 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, rival the historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertas Livorno
Libertas Livorno was an Italian professional basketball team based in Livorno, Tuscany. History Established in 1947, the side played in the first division Serie A from 1959 to 1968 , in 1970-71 and again from 1981 to 1994 (with one season in the second division Serie A2. Merging with another Livorno side, Pallacanestro Livorno under the Libertas name, the side went bankrupt in 1994. Another Livorno side Basket Livorno represented the city in the Serie A afterwards before itself filing bankruptcy. Libertas Liburnia Livorno, playing in the regional Serie C, is the symbolic heir to the side but was founded in 2004 with a new affiliation to the Italian federation. Sponsorship names Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as : Libertas Livorno *Fargas Livorno (1966–68) *Peroni Livorno (1982–85) *Cortan Livorno (1985–86) *Boston Livorno (1986–87) *Enichem Livorno (1987–89) *Enimont Livorno (1989–90) *Baker Livorno (1991–94) Pallacanestro Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trajko Rajković
Trajko Rajković ( sr-cyr, Трајко Рајковић; 7 December 1937 – 27 May 1970) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented Yugoslavia internationally. Playing career Rajković played for OKK Beograd, during their so-called "Golden Era", in the late 1950s, and the first half of the 1960s, in the Yugoslav First League. Some of his teammates were: Radivoj Korać, Miodrag Nikolić, Bogomir Rajković, Slobodan Gordić and, Milorad Erkić. OKK Beograd's head coaches during that time were, Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić, and the club's sports director at the time was Radomir Šaper. In that period, the club won three Yugoslav League championships, and two Yugoslav Cups. Rajković went to Italy in 1967, where he played two seasons, with Libertas Livorno and Reyer Venezia, of the Lega Basket Serie A. Rajković was the best scorer of the Italian League's 1967– 68 season, with 521 total points scored. National team career Rajković played with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one of the oldest ones in Europe. Virtus is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 16 Italian national championships, 8 Italian National Cups and 3 Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division LBA as well as in the EuroLeague. The club is owned by the coffee entrepreneur Massimo Zanetti. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Gianni Bertolotti, Tom McMillen, Carlo Caglieris, Renato Villalta, Marco Bonamico, Jim McMillian, Krešimir Ćosić, Roberto Brunamonti, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova
Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova, is an Italian amateur basketball club based in Padua, Veneto. It plays in the fourth division Serie C as of the 2015-16 season. History The club played in the first division Serie A from 1959 to 1969 and 1971 to 1973, taking part in the second division Serie A2 from 1993 to 1997. In July 2015, Petrarca Padova combined with Pro Pace Pallacanestro Mortise to form a new club. Notable players * Renzo Bariviera * Dexter Cambridge * Roberto Chiacig * John Fox * Chad Gillaspy * Radivoj Korać * Doug Moe * Denis Marconato * Darren Morningstar Head coaches * Aleksandar Nikolić * Ivan Mrázek Ivo "Ivan" Mrázek (18 January 1926 – 4 April 2019) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 5'7 " (1.71 m) tall, he was a point guard. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. Playing career Club career In h ... See also * Fondazione Unione Sportiva Petrarca References External linksLega Nazionale Pallacanestro profi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Moe
Douglas Edwin Moe (born September 21, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. As a head coach with the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moe was a star player at the University of North Carolina where he was a two-time All-American. However, his collegiate career ended in controversy when he admitted to being associated with a point shaving scandal. Moe received $75 from fix conspirator Aaron Wagman to fly to a meeting in New Jersey, arranged by Moe's friend, conspirator Lou Brown, but Moe reportedly turned down an offer to throw games. There is no evidence that Moe was ever involved in a fix conspiracy, but his ties to the scandal blemished his reputation. He was selected in the NBA draft in 1960 by the Detroit Pistons and again in 1961 with the Chicago Packers, but began his pro career in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A with the Pallaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one of the oldest ones in Europe. Virtus is the second most titled basketball club in Italy after Olimpia Milano, having won 16 Italian national championships, 8 Italian National Cups and 3 Italian Supercups. Moreover, it is one of the most successful teams in European competitions, having won two EuroLeagues, one EuroCup, one FIBA Saporta Cup, one EuroChallenge and one Basketball Champions League. It currently plays in the Italian first division LBA as well as in the EuroLeague. The club is owned by the coffee entrepreneur Massimo Zanetti. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Gianni Bertolotti, Tom McMillen, Carlo Caglieris, Renato Villalta, Marco Bonamico, Jim McMillian, Krešimir Ćosić, Roberto Brunamonti, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Lombardi
Gianfranco "Franco" Lombardi (20 March 1941 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, his nickname was "Dado". In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional playing career During his club career, Lombardi led the top-tier level Lega Basket Serie A, Italian League in scoring, Lega Basket Serie A statistical leaders, in 1964 and 1967. National team playing career Lombardi was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that won a gold medal at the Basketball at the 1963 Mediterranean Games, 1963 Mediterranean Games and finished in the fourth, fifth and eighth places at the Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, the Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, and the Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics, respectively. Coaching career After he retired from playing basketball, Lombardi had a long coaching c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallacanestro Treviso
Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto. The club was previously a successful professional club until 2012 when the Benetton Group decided to withdraw from professional basketball, though they retained the youth section at La Ghirada, the sports complex they own. For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names. History Founded in 1954 as Duomo Folgore, it remained in obscurity for the first few decades of its existence though it did reach the first division Lega Basket Serie A in 1962. However the club only stayed there one season, finishing the league in last place, after which it was hampered by financial problems. Duomo Folgore was renamed Associazione Pallacanestro Treviso sometime during the 1970s, with new ownership. It then moved up the divisions, reaching the national Serie A2 in 1979. In 1980-81 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Toso
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia ( Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Vittori
Paolo Vittori (born 31 May 1938) is a retired Italian professional basketball player and coach. In 2006, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame. Professional career Vittori was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964. National team career Vittori was a part of the senior Italian national basketball teams that won a gold medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games, and finished fourth, fifth, and eighth at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ..., respectively. References External links FIBA Profile 1 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
