Tag: Olimpia Milano
Former NBA big man Luis Scola, who …
Former NBA big man Luis Scola, who spent the 2019/20 season playing for Olimpia Milano, announced on Thursday that he won’t be returning to the Italian club – or any other EuroLeague team – for the ’20/21 campaign. Scola added in a statement that he’ll decide within the next few weeks whether or not to continue his playing career. “I have chosen not to play in the EuroLeague anymore, neither in Milan nor with another team,” Scola said. “I want to thank Olimpia for giving me this opportunity, it was a fun year in which I experienced a good environment where I felt right at home. “On the other hand, I have not decided whether to retire from basketball for good or keep playing in another competition. I’ll make a final decision during the next few weeks.”
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano …
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano players ended their self-isolation. All the players are good and they have been allowed to leave Italy to return to their countries/families. Sergio Rodriguez, Keifer Sykes, Drew Crawford, Nemanja Nedovic and Vlado Micov are expected to going back home
Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina, …
Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina, the former right-hand man for Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, applauded Italy’s efforts to combat the rapid spread of the virus. The country’s updated case numbers are second only to China, where the outbreak began late last fall. The Italian government on Monday restricted movement of all residents, with the prime minister Giuseppe Conte saying “there is no more time” for anything other than full quarantines around the country.“Tough situation,” Messina says, “but (Italy) and Milan are very disciplined. We’ve been hit hard. Unfortunately we are ahead of other countries who are facing now what we faced two weeks ago. Let’s pray and hope for the best.”
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano will …
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano will honor Kobe Bryant in upcoming Italian Cup by wearing special jerseys Giorgio Armani: Honouring him one more time is our way of thanking him for everything he has done for basketball across the globe
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano will …
Emiliano Carchia: Olimpia Milano will honor Kobe Bryant in upcoming Italian Cup by wearing special jerseys Giorgio Armani: Honouring him one more time is our way of thanking him for everything he has done for basketball across the globe
Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina was …
Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina was asked to comment on Kobe Bryant following the latter’s death. Messina was a part of the Lakers coaching staff as consultant in 2011-2012. “You don’t coach Kobe Bryant. You stay in the gym with Kobe Bryant. Which is different,” Messina said when asked if he remembers something from when he coached the late NBA legend.
“There are a lot of stories and …
“There are a lot of stories and everybody has talked a lot these days,” Messina added. “There is nothing special that I can add. Just the respect that everybody has for him and the sense of having lost something very important in your life I think is common to all basketball fans right now.”
“He was a supernatural,” Italian coach …
“He was a supernatural,” Italian coach Ettore Messina, who worked with Bryant as an assistant for the Lakers, told the AP via text message Sunday while traveling with his current club, Olimpia Milano. “To hear him speak and joke in our language and to remember when his father played here and he was a kid drew a lot of people to the NBA,” Messina added. “He was also always very attentive to help Italian kids arriving in the NBA and to help them enter such a tough and competitive world. He also did that with me when I arrived at the Lakers and I’m still very grateful to him for that. It’s very sad that his family has been devastated like this.”