Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional
basketball
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team, based in
Milan
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, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" (Little Red Shoes) because team officials imported red Converse All-Star shoes for players from the United States. The tag line stuck, and the nickname is still used by many fans today.
As per custom in the Italian league, sponsorship has kept the team name changing frequently. From 1930 until 1955, it was called Borletti Milano. From 1956 to 1973, it was renamed Simmenthal. Other famous sponsorship names were Billy, Simac, Tracer, and Philips, in the 1980s. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
Olimpia is the most successful basketball club in Italy and one of the most successful in Europe, having won 29 Italian League Championships, 8 Italian National Cups, 4 Italian Super Cups, 3 EuroLeague, 1
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
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FIBA Saporta Cup
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s, 2
FIBA Korać Cup
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s and many junior titles.
In 2016, the club was included in the
Italian Basketball Hall of Fame
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.
History
The birth and the Borletti era (1930-1955)
The birth of Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano is traditionally dated 1936, year of the first Italian League Championship title. Actually it was founded 6 years earlier (in 1930) as "Dopolavoro Borletti" by
Fratelli Borletti
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1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
to
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
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.
In 1947, Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli merged Pallacanestro Como and Borletti to form a new society, commonly known as "Borolimpia". "Borletti" brand was the main sponsor of the team, becoming the first sponsor in the history of Italian sport.
In 1955, after 9 Italian League Championships, Borletti brand leaves Olimpia Milano jersey.
Gabriele Vianello
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Professional career
Vianello was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964.
Nati ...
,
Sandro Riminucci
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Gianfranco Pieri
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Pieri was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964. He a ...
, and
Bill Bradley
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. In
1966
Events January
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, Olimpia won its first FIBA European Champions Cup.
In the 1970s, three teams were fighting across Europe for supremacy: Olimpia Milano,
Ignis Varese
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, and
Real Madrid
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Pallacanestro Varese
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and Olimpia Milano were arch-rivals, as the two cities are 25 miles (40 km) apart. While Milano was a frequent
Italian League
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In the 1970s through the 1980s, the team acquired several notable players, including the Boselli twins (Franco and Dino),
Mike Sylvester
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, Chas Menatti,
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Mike D'Antoni
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John Gianelli
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Roberto Premier
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Bob McAdoo
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Joe Barry Carroll
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Russ Schoene
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Antoine Carr
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head coach
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Dan Peterson led the team back to prominence.
In the 1980s, the team was sold to the Gabetti family. After this, they qualified for nine Serie A championships finals, winning five, with the 1987 team winning the Serie A title, the
1986–87 FIBA European Champions Cup
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(won also in
1988
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Italian Cup
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and the
1987 FIBA Club World Cup
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. This gave the club the coveted "Triple Crown" and the even rarer "Quadruple Crown".
Led by point guard Sasha Djordjević, the team won another
FIBA Korać Cup
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in 1993. Bepi Stefanel purchased the team franchise in 1994, and signed-up notable European players like Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Sandro De Pol, and
Nando Gentile
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. In 1996, the team won the Italian Cup and its 25th Italian National Championship, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the club.
Team management was inconsistent, as ownership groups from 1998 to 2004. Players of the team included
Warren Kidd
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Hugo Sconochini
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and
Petar Naumoski
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. In 2005, owner Corbelli, which bought the club in 2002, from Sergio Tacchini, was flanked by
Adriano Galliani
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(managing director of Italian Football club A.C. Milan),
Massimo Moratti
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, and stylist
Giorgio Armani
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, as sponsor with the Armani Jeans brand. After difficult years, led by coach Lino Lardo, Olimpia reached the national championship Finals, finally being beaten by Climamio Bologna.
On January 25, 2006, in the midst of a disappointing season in the EuroLeague and domestically, Djordjevic was named as the team's new coach. He left as coach after the 2006–07 season, but not before securing Olimpia a berth in the
2007–08 Euroleague
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.
2008–present
In 2008,
Giorgio Armani
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bought the team from Giorgio Corbelli, standing as the only owner, entirely changing the management structure, naming Livio Proli as president, and Lucio Zanca as
general manager
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. Piero Bucchi was chosen to coach the new team, leading Olimpia twice to second place in
LEGA Basket
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, being defeated by
Montepaschi Siena
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in both cases.
In January 2011, after 23 years, coach Dan Peterson came back from retirement to replace Piero Bucchi as head coach. However, his stint at Olimpia Milano this time was quite short: after failing to reach the championship Finals, on June 9, Olimpia Milano announced
Sergio Scariolo
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as new head coach for the 2011–12 season. The first player signed for the 2011–12 season was
Omar Cook
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Danilo Gallinari
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went back to his alma mater, playing 15 games (8 in the Italian League, 7 in EuroLeague): he left the team in December.
Sergio Scariolo
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was replaced by Luca Banchi at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, and the team brought from
Montepaschi Siena
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Kristjan Kangur
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, and
Daniel Hackett
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The team reached the quarterfinals of EuroLeague, 16 years after its last appearance, but the team lost against the eventual league champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv. The team finished in the 1st position the
LEGA Basket
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regular season, and in the 7th game of the playoff's finals, Olimpia won its 26th Italian League championship title, its first after 18 years.
Alessandro Gentile
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, the
captain
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Simone Pianigiani
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Coaching career Pro clubs
Pianigiani was appointed the head coa ...
was hired as the new head coach and on June 15, 2018, Milano went to win his 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the 2018 LBA Finals.
On June 11, 2019, legend
Ettore Messina
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signed a deal as the new head coach of the club and president of all basketball operations for the following three seasons.
On May 4, 2021, the club reached the
Euroleague Final Four
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Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano logo.svg, (The current non-sponsorship logo of the club).
Logo EA7 Milano.png , (The Emporio Armani era sponsorship logo of the club).
Logo Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano.png , (A previous non-sponsorship logo of the club).
Arenas
Secondary Arenas
Olimpia Milano used the OND Borletti outdoor court of Via Costanza for almost 20 years. In the mid-1940s, they moved to the Palazzo dello Sport della Fiera, which had a seating capacity of 18,000 people, and was then the largest indoor sports arena in Europe, and second only to the
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in
New York City
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. In 1960, the Palazzo dello Sport della Fiera was abandoned, and Olimpia moved into the original structure of the
PalaLido
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, which then had a smaller seating capacity of 3,500, but because of lack of security measures at the time, often was filled with up to 10,000 people.
At the end of the 1970s, Olimpia moved into the newly built
Palasport di San Siro
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, a multi-purpose facility built next to the Meazza Stadium, that was able to hold about 15,000 spectators. In 1985, the roof of the
Palasport di San Siro
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collapsed and Olimpia returned to PalaLido for a season, waiting for the construction of a provisional arena. In 1986, they moved into the recently built 10,045 seat
PalaTrussardi
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, where they played through the early 1990s.
The club then moved into its current home arena, the
Mediolanum Forum
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, which has a seating capacity of 12,700. The club has also played some home games at the 6,700 seat
PalaDesio
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. Recently, the club considered moving back to the newly rebuilt and modernized
PalaLido
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(named Allianz Cloud), after it was remodeled, and had its seating capacity expanded. However, the club ultimately decided to continue using the
Mediolanum Forum
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as its home arena, due to its much larger seating capacity, as compared to the new
Allianz Cloud
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. However, the new arena is used when
Mediolanum Forum
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is unavailable.
Honours
Domestic competitions
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Italian League
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Italian Cup
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*** Regional It ...
2020–21
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Italian Supercup
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: Winners (4):
2016
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2017
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2018
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2020
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: Runners-up (3): 1996, 2014,
2015
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2021
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2020–21
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1988
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1992
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2021
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*
FIBA Saporta Cup
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FIBA Korać Cup
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European Basketball Club Super Cup
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(semi-official, defunct)
: 3rd place (2):
1985
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* January 1
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** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
,
1987
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*
Latin Cup
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FIBA Intercontinental Cup
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: Winners (1):
1987
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McDonald's Championship
The McDonald's Championship (sometimes called the McDonald's Open) was an international men's professional basketball club cup competition that featured a representative of the National Basketball Association (representing North America) agains ...
(defunct)
: 3rd place (2):
1987
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Triple Crown
Triple Crown may refer to:
Sports Horse racing
* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
** Triple Crown Trophy
** Triple Crown Productions
* Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* Tri ...
* Castellanza, Italy Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2007
* Memoriale di Tulio Rochlitzer
: Winners (1): 2007
* Torneo Caorle
: Winners (2): 2007, 2011
* Reggio Emilia, Italy Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2008
* Torneo Lombardia
: Winners (2): 2009, 2016
* Torneo Castelleto Ticino
: Winners (3): 2009, 2018, 2019
* Verona, Italy Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2011
* Trofeo de Ejea de los Caballeros
: Winners (1): 2011
* Belgrade, Serbia Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2014
* Torneo del Circuito della Valtellina
: Winners (1): 2014
* Trofeo Memorial Gianni Brusinelli
: Winners (1): 2016
* Torneo Lovari
: Winners (1): 2017
* Torneo Lucca
: Winners (1): 2019
* Milan, Italy Invitational Game
: Winners (1): 2019
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Retired numbers
Season by season
Top performances in European & Worldwide competitions
Matches against NBA teams
Sponsorship names
Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:
*Borletti (1930–1955)
*Simmenthal (1955–1973)
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Innocenti
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(1973–1975)
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Cinzano
Cinzano () is an Italian brand of vermouth, a brand owned since 1999 by Gruppo Campari.
History
Cinzano vermouths date back to 1757 and the Turin herbal shop of two brothers, Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Stefano Cinzano, who created a new "verm ...
Philips
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Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
(1998–99)
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Adecco
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They directly employ 700,000 people a day ...
Cesare Rubini Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to:
Given name
* Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (1738–1794), an Italian philosopher and politician
* Cesare Airaghi (1840–1896), Italian colonel
* Cesare Arzelà (1847–1912), I ...
(1948–1957)
* #7
Sergio Stefanini
Sergio Stefanini (18 February 1922 – 7 August 2009) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...
Sandro Gamba
Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (born 3 June 1932) is an Italian former professional basketball player and coach. Gamba was a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and was elected as a member in 2006. He ...
(1950–1963)
* #7
Gianfranco Pieri
Gianfranco Pieri (born 6 February 1937) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2007, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Pieri was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964. He a ...
(1955–1968)
* #10
Sandro Riminucci
Alessandro "Sandro" Riminucci (born 26 June 1935) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. His nickname as a player, was "The Blonde Angel", due to his leaping ability. In 2006, he was induced into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame ...
(1956–1970)
* #9
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 196 ...
(1959–1965)
* #6
Gabriele Vianello
Gabriele Vianello (born 6 May 1938) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2011, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Vianello was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964.
Nati ...
(1962–1967)
* #8
Massimo Masini
Massimo Masini (born 9 May 1945) is a former Italian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, he played at the center position. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.
Club career
Masini spent the major p ...
(1963–1974)
* #5
Giulio Iellini
Giulio Iellini (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Iellini won two EuroLeague championships, in 1966 and 1976.
Ital ...
(1964–1975)
* #9
Skip Thoren
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High school
A native of Rockford, Illinois, Thoren attended Rockfor ...
(1965–1966)
* #15
Bill Bradley
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Giuseppe Brumatti
Giuseppe "Pino" Brumatti (19 November 1948 – 21 January 2011) was an Italian professional basketball player. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
During his club career, Brumatti was the FIBA ...
Art Kenney
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Biography
A na ...
(1970–1973)
*
Mike Sylvester
Michael "Mike" Joseph Sylvester (born December 10, 1951) is an American and Italian retired basketball player who is currently coach at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. Due to the United States boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was the ...
(1975–1980)
* #12
Vittorio Gallinari
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He was born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano. During his play ...
(1976–1987)
* #8 (Ret)
Mike D'Antoni
Michael D'Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an Italian-American professional basketball coach and former player who is a coaching advisor for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
While head coach of the Ph ...
(1977–1990)
* #11 (Ret)
Dino Meneghin
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(1980–1990, 1993–1994)
* #10
Roberto Premier
Roberto Premier (born 1958) is an Italian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. At a height of 1.97 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals To ...
(1981–1989)
* #15
Joe Barry Carroll
Joe Barry Carroll (born July 24, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After retiring from basketball, he became a wealth advisor, philanthropist, artist, a ...
(1984–1985)
* #14
Russ Schoene
Russ Schoene (pronounced SHAY-nee; born April 16, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player and former assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Washington.
Schoene starred at the University of Tennessee at Chattanoo ...
(1984–1986)
* #7
Riccardo Pittis
Riccardo Pittis (born 18 December 1968 in Milan, Italy) is a former Italian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, he played at the small forward position. During his basketball playing career, he was nicknamed Acciughino (English: ...
(1984–1993)
* #13
Ken Barlow
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(1986–1987)
* #15
Bob McAdoo
Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. ( ; born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a five-time NBA All-Star and named the NBA Most ...
Antonello Riva
Antonello Riva (born 28 February 1962) is an Italian former professional basketball player. At 1.96 m (6'5"), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "Nembo Kid" (Italian version of ...
(1989–1994)
* #15
Darryl Dawkins
Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he als ...
(1991–1992)
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Antonio Davis
Antonio Lee Davis (born October 31, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also playe ...
(1992–1993)
* #4, #19
Aleksandar Đorđević
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic; sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Ђорђевић, ; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serve ...
(1992–1994, 2005)
*
Hugo Sconochini
Hugo Ariel Sconochini (born 10 April 1971) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player. He played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.Dejan Bodiroga (1994–1996)
* #7 Gregor Fučka (1994–1997)
* #5
Ferdinando Gentile
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(1994–1998)
* #15
Rolando Blackman
Rolando Antonio Blackman (born February 26, 1959) is a Panamanian-American former professional basketball player. He was a four-time NBA All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks.
Blackman was born in Panama City, Panama, ...
(1995–1996)
* #9
Marco Mordente
Marco Mordente (born January 7, 1979) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Italian national basketball team. He played at the point guard position.
Career
In 1998 while he was playing for Olimpia Milan ...
Melvin Booker
Melvin Jermaine Booker (born August 20, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. A , point guard, he played for the University of Missouri.
Amateur career
Booker was a standout high school player in Moss Point, Mississippi. ...
Danilo Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari (; born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After spending his first four years as a professional in his native Italy, Gallinari was dra ...
Richard Mason Rocca
Richard Mason Rocca (born November 6, 1977) is an American born Italian retired professional basketball player who played for the Italian National Basketball Team.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, his father is of Italian descent. He stands 203 cm ...
(2008–2012)
* #8
Jonas Mačiulis
Jonas Mačiulis (born 10 February 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he mainly plays at the small forward position. As a member of the senior Lithuanian national team, he earned an All-EuroBasket Team sel ...
(2009–2011)
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Marijonas Petravičius
Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center position, but he could also play the power forward position.
Prof ...
Nicolò Melli
Nicolò Melli (born 26 January 1991) is an Italian-American professional basketball player and the team captain for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Italian national team. ...
(2010–2015)
* #15
Ioannis Bourousis
Giannis Bourousis (Greek: Γιάννης Μπουρούσης; born November 17, 1983) is a former Greek professional basketball player who last played for ASK Karditsa of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 7 ft 0.75 in (2.15 m) 270 lb ...
(2011–2013)
*
Malik Hairston
Malik Samory Hairston (born February 23, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard-small forward from the University of Oregon's Ducks, he was chosen in the 2008 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns, who then traded him ...
(2011–2013)
* #25, #5
Alessandro Gentile
Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for APU Udine, Udine of the Serie A2 (basketball), Serie A2. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positi ...
Curtis Jerrells
Curtis Louis Jerrells Jr. (born February 5, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.
High school
Jerrells was a four-year starter ...
Milan Mačvan
Milan Mačvan ( sr, Милан Мачван, born 16 November 1989) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played at the power forward position. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationall ...
(2015–2017)
* #43
Krunoslav Simon
Krunoslav Simon (born 24 June 1985) is a Croatian professional basketball currently playing for Cedevita Junior of the Croatian League.
Professional career
After spending his youth years in KK Maksimir and KK Zrinjevac, Simon joined KK Zagreb ...
(2015–2017)
* #21
Rakim Sanders
Rakim Sanders (born July 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Changwon LG Sakers of the Korean Basketball League. He played college basketball with the Boston College Eagles for three seasons, and with th ...
(2016–2017)
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Mantas Kalnietis
Mantas Kalnietis (born 6 September 1986) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national b ...
Dairis Bertāns
Dairis Bertāns (born September 9, 1989) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Real Betis of the Spanish Liga ACB. Bertāns also plays for the Latvia national basketball team. He is the older brother of Dāvis Bertāns.
Professional c ...
(2017–2019)
* #5
Vladimir Micov
Vladimir Micov ( sr-cyr, Владимир Мицов, born April 16, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he mainly played as a small forward.
Professional career
2001–2009
Micov played for Beop ...
Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (born 19 October 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He also represents the Lithuanian national team. He is 2.05 m (6'8 ") tall, and he can play bo ...
Sergio Rodriguez
Sergio may refer to:
* Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio
* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''Se ...
(2019–present)
* #42
Kyle Hines
Kyle Terrel Hines (born September 2, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He plays at the power forward and center positions.
Hines played college bas ...
(2020–present)
* #70
Luigi Datome
Luigi "Gigi" Datome (born 27 November 1987) is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the small forward and power forward positions. Datome was ...