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Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional
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team, based in
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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
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s and many junior titles. In 2016, the club was included in the
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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
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managers. Borletti team won 4 consecutive Italian League Championships from 1936 to 1939. 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.


The Simmenthal era (1956-1973)

The team regularly won the Italian League Championship in the 1950s and the 1960s, with players including Gabriele Vianello, Sandro Riminucci, Gianfranco Pieri, and Bill Bradley. In 1966, Olimpia won its first FIBA European Champions Cup. In the 1970s, three teams were fighting across Europe for supremacy: Olimpia Milano,
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, and
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. Pallacanestro Varese and Olimpia Milano were arch-rivals, as the two cities are 25 miles (40 km) apart. While Milano was a frequent
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champion, they were unable to win again the prestigious FIBA European Champions Cup. Late in the 1970s, the quality of the club declined, but Olimpia Milano still managed to win a FIBA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1973, Simmenthal brand leaves Olimpia jersey after 17 years and 10 Italian League Championships.


1974–2007

In the 1970s through the 1980s, the team acquired several notable players, including the Boselli twins (Franco and Dino),
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, Chas Menatti,
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, John Gianelli, Roberto Premier.
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, and Mike Brown. American
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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 (won also in 1988: both finals were won against
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), the
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and the 1987 FIBA Club World Cup. This gave the club the coveted "Triple Crown" and the even rarer "Quadruple Crown". Led by point guard
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, the team won another
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in 1993. Bepi Stefanel purchased the team franchise in 1994, and signed-up notable European players like
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, Sandro De Pol, and Nando Gentile. 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
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. In 2005, owner Corbelli, which bought the club in 2002, from
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, was flanked by
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(managing director of Italian Football club
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),
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(President of rival club
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), NBA star Kobe Bryant, and stylist Giorgio Armani, 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.


2008–present

In 2008, Giorgio Armani 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
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was chosen to coach the new team, leading Olimpia twice to second place in
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, being defeated by
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in both cases. In January 2011, after 23 years, coach
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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
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as new head coach for the 2011–12 season. The first player signed for the 2011–12 season was
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, an American-born play maker, who had played the previous season with Power Electronics Valencia. Owing to the
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, Danilo Gallinari went back to his alma mater, playing 15 games (8 in the Italian League, 7 in EuroLeague): he left the team in December.
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was replaced by
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at the beginning of the 2013–14 season, and the team brought from
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: David Moss,
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, and
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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,
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. The team finished in the 1st position the
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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.
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, the
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of Olimpia, was named MVP of the finals. On June 29, 2017,
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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
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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
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after 29 years ( 1992 Final Four).


Logos

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
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. In 1960, the Palazzo dello Sport della Fiera was abandoned, and Olimpia moved into the original structure of the
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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 Palasport di San Siro was an indoor arena in Milan, Italy. It was primarily used for basketball and volleyball until the PalaSharp opened in 1985. The arena held 18,000 spectators and opened on 31 January 1976. On January 17, 1985, a large snow ...
, 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 Palasport di San Siro was an indoor arena in Milan, Italy. It was primarily used for basketball and volleyball until the PalaSharp opened in 1985. The arena held 18,000 spectators and opened on 31 January 1976. On January 17, 1985, a large snow ...
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 Palatrussardi, later known as PalaVobis, PalaTucker, Mazda Palace and PalaSharp, was an indoor arena located in Milan, Italy. The seating capacity was 8,479 and it hosted concerts and sporting events. It was built in 1985 to replace two pre-exist ...
, where they played through the early 1990s. The club then moved into its current home arena, the
Mediolanum Forum Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is primarily use ...
, which has a seating capacity of 12,700. The club has also played some home games at the 6,700 seat PalaDesio. Recently, the club considered moving back to the newly rebuilt and modernized
PalaLido The Allianz Cloud Arena, formerly known as PalaLido, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the Italy, Italian city of Milan, capital of Lombardy. The arena's primary use is to host basketball and volleyball games, but it can also be ...
(named Allianz Cloud), after it was remodeled, and had its seating capacity expanded. However, the club ultimately decided to continue using the
Mediolanum Forum Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is primarily use ...
as its home arena, due to its much larger seating capacity, as compared to the new
Allianz Cloud The Allianz Cloud Arena, formerly known as PalaLido, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the Italian city of Milan, capital of Lombardy. The arena's primary use is to host basketball and volleyball games, but it can also be used to ...
. However, the new arena is used when
Mediolanum Forum Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is primarily use ...
is unavailable.


Honours


Domestic competitions

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Italian League The Italic League or Most Holy League was an international agreement concluded in Venice on 30 August 1454, between the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence, and the Kingdom of Naples, following the Tr ...
: Winners (29): 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22 : Runners-up (18): 1934, 1940–41, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 *
Italian Cup Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
: Winners (8): 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1995–96, 2015–16, 2016–17,
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, 2021–22 : Runners-up (2): 1969–70, 2014–15 *
Italian Supercup The Supercoppa Italiana ( en, Italian Super Cup) is an annual football match contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. If the same team wins both the Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in the previous seaso ...
: Winners (4): 2016, 2017, 2018,
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: Runners-up (3): 1996, 2014, 2015,
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European competitions

* EuroLeague : Winners (3): 1965–66, 1986–87, 1987–88 : Runners-up (2): 1966–67, 1982–83 : Semifinalists (3): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1972–73 FIBA European Champions Cup, 1972–73, 1985–86 FIBA European Champions Cup, 1985–86 : 3rd place (2): 1991–92 FIBA European League, 1991–92, 2020–21 EuroLeague, 2020–21 : Final Four (5): 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, 1966, 1967 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, 1967, 1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, 1988, 1992 FIBA European League Final Four, 1992, 2021 EuroLeague Final Four, 2021 *
FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...
(defunct) : Winners (3): 1970–71 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1970–71, 1971–72 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1971–72, 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1975–76 : Runners-up (2): 1983–84 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1983–84, 1997–98 FIBA EuroCup, 1997–98 : Semifinalists (1): 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1976–77 *
FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...
(defunct) : Winners (2): 1984–85 FIBA Korać Cup, 1984–85, 1992–93 FIBA Korać Cup, 1992–93 : Runners-up (2): 1994–95 FIBA Korać Cup, 1994–95, 1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup, 1995–96 : Semifinalists (3): 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup, 1977–78, 1988–89 FIBA Korać Cup, 1988–89, 1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup, 1993–94 * European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct) : 3rd place (2): 1985 III ACB International Tournament "II Memorial Héctor Quiroga", 1985, 1989 VII ACB International Tournament "VI Memorial Héctor Quiroga", 1989 : 4th place (2): 1986 IV ACB International Tournament "III Memorial Héctor Quiroga", 1986, 1987 V ACB International Tournament "IV Memorial Héctor Quiroga", 1987 * Latin Cup (basketball), Latin Cup (defunct) : Winners (1): 1966 Latin Cup (basketball), 1966 : Runners-up (1): 1953 Latin Cup (basketball), 1953


Worldwide competitions

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FIBA Intercontinental Cup The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has b ...
: Winners (1): 1987 FIBA Club World Cup, 1987 : 3rd place (2): 1967 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 1967, 1968 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, 1968 * McDonald's Championship (defunct) : 3rd place (2): 1987 McDonald's Championship, 1987, 1989 McDonald's Championship, 1989


Unofficial

* Triple Crown (basketball), Triple Crown : Winners (1): 1986–87 *Triple Crown (basketball)#"Small Triple Crown", Small Triple Crown : Winners (1): 1971–72


Other Competitions

* 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) *Innocenti (1973–1975) *Cinzano (1975–1978) *Billy (1978–1983) *Simac (1983–1986) *Tracer (1986–1988) *Philips (1988–1993) *Recoaro (1993–94) *Stefanel (1994–1998) *Sony (1998–99) *Adecco (1999–2002) *Pippo (2002–03) *Breil (company), Breil (2003–04) *Armani Jeans (brand), Armani Jeans (2004–2011) *Armani#Emporio Armani, EA7 Emporio Armani (2011–2018) *Armani#Armani Exchange, AX Armani Exchange (2018–present)


Notable players

* #9 Cesare Rubini (1948–1957) * #7 Sergio Stefanini (1949–1955) * #5 Enrico Pagani (1949–1960) * #3 Romeo Romanutti (1950–1958) * #8 Sandro Gamba (1950–1963) * #7 Gianfranco Pieri (1955–1968) * #10 Sandro Riminucci (1956–1970) * #9 Paolo Vittori (1959–1965) * #6 Gabriele Vianello (1962–1967) * #8 Massimo Masini (1963–1974) * #5 Giulio Iellini (1964–1975) * #9 Skip Thoren (1965–1966) * #15 Bill Bradley (1965–1966) * #18, #9 Vittorio Ferracini (1967–1969, 1973–1983) * #6 Giuseppe Brumatti (1967–1977) * #13 Renzo Bariviera (1969–1975) * #18 (Ret) Arthur Kenney (basketball), Art Kenney (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 (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 Dino Meneghin (, ; born 18 January 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghi ...
(1980–1990, 1993–1994) * #10 Roberto Premier (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 (1984–1993) * #13 Ken Barlow (basketball), Ken Barlow (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 ...
(1986–1990) * #13 Ricardo Brown (basketball), Ricky Brown (1987–1988) * #12 Antonello Riva (1989–1994) * #15 Darryl Dawkins (1991–1992) * Antonio Davis (1992–1993) * #4, #19 Aleksandar Đorđević (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 Dejan Bodiroga ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player who is the Chairman of the Euroleague Basketball. During his playing career, he mainly played at the sm ...
(1994–1996) * #7
Gregor Fučka Gregor Fučka (; born 7 August 1971) is a Slovenian-Italian retired professional basketball player and coach. A 215 cm (7' ") forward-center, he was a both a Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000. Professional career Fučka playe ...
(1994–1997) * #5 Ferdinando Gentile (1994–1998) * #15 Rolando Blackman (1995–1996) * #9 Marco Mordente (1996–2000, 2008–2011) * Giorgos Sigalas (1997–1998) * #12 Melvin Booker (1998–1999, 2007–2008) * Massimo Bulleri (2005–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010) * #8 Danilo Gallinari (2006–2008; 2011) * Mindaugas Katelynas (2007–2009) * #14, #34 David Hawkins (basketball), David Hawkins (2008–2009, 2010–2011) * #12 Richard Mason Rocca (2008–2012) * #8 Jonas Mačiulis (2009–2011) * Marijonas Petravičius (2009–2011) * Stefano Mancinelli (2009–2012) * #9, #18 Nicolò Melli (2010–2015) * #15 Ioannis Bourousis (2011–2013) * Malik Hairston (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 ...
(2011–2016) * #23 Keith Langford (2012–2014) * #55 Curtis Jerrells (2013–2014; 2017–2019) * #24 Samardo Samuels (2013–2015) * #13 Milan Mačvan (2015–2017) * #43 Krunoslav Simon (2015–2017) * #21 Rakim Sanders (2016–2017) * Mantas Kalnietis (2016–2018) * #0 Drew Goudelock (2017–2018) * #9 Dairis Bertāns (2017–2019) * #5 Vladimir Micov (2017–2021) * #77 Artūras Gudaitis (2017–2020) * #19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas (2018–2019) * #00 Amedeo Della Valle (2018–2020) * #32 Jeff Brooks (basketball), Jeff Brooks (2018–2021) * #13 Sergio Rodriguez (2019–present) * #42 Kyle Hines (2020–present) * #70 Luigi Datome (2020–present)


Notes


References


External links

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2018-19 LBA team page

2018-19 Euroleague team page
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