Lega A 2009-10

[P.J.]

These updates are very much appreciated, thanks.

Thanks, you're welcome.

5th week

Caserta-Pesaro 95-81 - Jum. Jones 21 pts + 8 rebs + 4 stls (3/6 2p, 4/5 3p, 3/4 ft), T. Bowers 18 pts + 5 stls (6/14 2p, 0/1 3p, 6/9 ft), A. Michelori 17 pts + 7 rebs + 2 blks + 2 asts in 22' (5/5 2p, 7/7 ft), E. Ere 14 pts + 4 stls (3/6 2p, 2/7 3p, 2/3 ft), F. Di Bella 13 pts (4/5 2p, 1/4 3p, 2/2 ft) ; M. Hicks 26 pts + 7 rebs + 5 stls but also 6 to (6/9 2p, 3/5 3p, 5/6 ft), Marq. Green 12 pts + 4 rebs + 6 asts (0/3 2p, 4/5 3p), E. Williams 11 pts + 6 rebs in 19' (5/8 2p, 1/6 ft), S. Flamini 10 pts (2/2 2p, 2/4 3p, 0/1 ft)

3rd in a row for Caserta (4-1), that confirms to be among the hottest teams in the league despite some problems (Kavaliauskas injured, Doornekamp with the flu). Pesaro started very strong, putting great defensive pressure on the ball and took a significant early lead (6-20). But Caserta reacted, mainly thanks to a mighty performance by Michelori, who came off the bench and provided defensive hustle and a perfect offensive performance (see %), but also Jumaine Jones played a very solid game, he nailed most of his shots and did a good job in the defensive rebounding. Good contribution also from Di Bella, Bowers and Ere (who also defended well), they all stepped up their game in the 2nd half when Caserta went ahead in the score and made the decisive run. Good debut game offensively for Eric Williams, he's far from being in shape but in his limited playtime he did show that Pesaro will have a solid inside game with him (but he desperatley needs to work on his ft %). Michael Hicks (top scorer of the league last year), who's been struggling early in the season, had his best game so far, but his teammates didn't help him that much and at the end he seemed tired and suffered Ere's defense a bit. One more very poor performance by Dusan Sakota, who's not contributing as expected (low shooting %, no rebounds). Pesaro needs to add a player imo, possibly a good scorer, because Williams' health is a concern and actually Hicks is the only stable offensive threat they have.
Caserta's owner confirmed they're close to seal the deal with Maurice Taylor, I think they can be among the revelations of the season, they have a pretty talented and well balanced roster.

BTW: Cremona-Napoli is postponed. Cremona's front office is not very happy with that , because they believe this way Napoli will have the chance to make Traylor debut (he couldn't have played tomorrow due to burocratic delays) and sign the PG they're still searching for...

[P.J.]

The other games

Virtus Bologna-Milano 83-87 (O.T.) - M. Maggioli 17 pts + 7 rebs + 3 stls (6/9 2p, 0/1 3p, 5/5 ft), D. Moss 15 pts + 8 rebs + 7 stls + 4 asts (5/15 2p, 0/3 3p, 5/6 ft), D. Vukcevic 15 pts in 22' (0/3 2p, 4/5 3p, 3/5 ft), L. Hurd 13 pts (4/16 2p, 0/4 3p, 5/10 ft) ; M. Petravicius 16 pts in 20' (6/9 2p, 4/4 ft), A. Acker 16 pts + 5 rebs (2/4 2, 2/3 3p, 6/6 ft), M. Finley 13 pts + 5 asts (3/6 2p, 1/5 3p, 4/4 ft), M. Rocca 11 pts + 8 rebs + 3 stls (4/6 2p, 3/7 ft), S. Mancinelli 11 pts + 4 rebs (5/7 2p, 0/1 3p, 1/2 ft)

Awful one. Patethic shot %, turnovers, mistakes and all the bad things you can imagine. If you have the chance to watch it, be aware that you might start dislike basketball. Good effort for fighter Mason Rocca, but that's it, this game was too ugly to be true.

Siena-Ferrara 89-49 - R. Sato 21 pts + 7 rebs in 24' (5/5 2p, 3/4 3p, 2/2 ft), H. Domercant 12 pts in 19' (1/2 2p, 3/8 3p, 1/1 ft), B. Eze 11 pts + 4 rebs + 2 blks + 3 stls (5/8 2p, 1/2 ft) ; A. Grundy 18 pts (3/6 2p, 3/9 3p, 3/4 ft), H. Jamison 11 pts (5/7 2p, 1/2 ft)

Ferrara kept it alive for 1 half. In the 2nd, was simply crunched by Siena that let the opponents score only 16 miserable points. One more terrific game for Romain Sato, whose numbers are simply amazing so far:
http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=SAT-...2009&team=1173


Treviso-Montegranaro 95-77 - G. Neal 21 pts + 5 rebs (6/10 2p, 3/7 3p), C. Martin 16 pts + 5 rebs + 4 stls + 0 to (3/4 2p, 2/4 3p, 4/6 ft), S. Nicevic 14 pts + 4 rebs (7/9 2p), CJ Wallace 12 pts + 9 rebs + 3 stls + 1 blk + 1 asts (5/6 2p, 2/2 ft), D. Motiejunas 10 pts + 2 stls in 19' (4/6 2p, 2/3 ft) ; G. Brunner 20 pts + 11 rebs (9/12 2p, 2/6 ft), D. Ivanov 16 pts + 8 rebs (7/9 2p, 0/3 3p, 2/6 ft), M. Marquinhos 12 pts + 6 rebs + 3 asts (3/7 2p, 0/5 3p, 6/7 ft)

Easy win for Treviso, that always kept a comfortable lead since the start.
Good for them to see Cartier Martin playing a convincing game at last. Third loss in a row for Montegranaro, I start thinking that giving the PG duties to Maestranzi might be a very bad choice. Man, he's really struggling and what's even worse is they don't even have a real backup fo him...They'd need to add a new PG asap imo.

Roma-Biella 69-73 (O.T.) - I. Jaaber 17 pts + 8 rebs + 3 stls (5/7 2p, 1/7 3p, 4/6 ft), K. Winston 11 pts + 4 rebs (5/10 2p, 0/5 3p, 1/6 ft), H. Toure 10 pts + 9 rebs in 22' (2/3 2p, 0/1 3p, 6/6 ft) ; JT Smith 20 pts (2/6 2p, 4/9 3p, 4/5 ft), P. Aradori 17 pts + 6 rebs (5/8 2p, 1/3 3p, 4/4 ft), M. Soragna 14 pts + 7 rebs (3/4 2p, 2/6 3p, 2/2 ft)

Biella did it again. After kicking Roma out off the playoffs last season, Biella wins again on the road after an OT. Smith+Aradori confirms to be a good scoring duo, but Roma played damn bad and missed too many FT. With this loss they're just 2-3...

Cantù-Teramo 74-69 - Jer. Green 17 pts (4/4 2p, 1/2 3p, 6/6 ft), M. Markoishvili 15 pts + 4 asts (4/8 2p, 1/4 3p, 4/5 ft), N. Mazzarino 12 pts (2/5 2p, 0/4 3p, 8/9 ft), M. Leunen 11 pts + 9 rebs (4/6 2p, 1/4 3p), B. Ortner 11 pt + 5 rebs (5/9 2p, 1/4 ft) ; R. Hoover 13 pts (4/6 3p, 1/2 ft), G. Jurak 10 pts + 5 rebs in 18' (4/4 2p, 0/1 3p, 2/2 ft), G. Poeta 10 pts (2/6 2p, 2/5 3p), D. Diener 10 pts (0/4 2p, 3/6 3p, 1/2 ft)

Still without Othyus Jeffers, Cantù finds a way to win the 4th straight game. Once again Teramo stumbles in the final minutes of the game, missing shots and making bad choices, Poeta is not playing well and the main impression is their coach Capobianco still has to work a lot...


Varese-Avellino 74-91 - G. Galanda 19 pts + 8 rebs + 4 asts (6/8 2p, 2/4 3p, 1/1 ft), S. Cotani 16 pts + 5 rebs (3/6 2p, 2/3 3p, 4/6 ft) ; DeM. Nelson 27 pts + 6 rebs + 4 stls (9/13 2p, 1/3 p, 6/6 ft), Dee Brown 17 pts + 8 asts (3/6 2p, 2/9 3p, 5/6 ft), F. Dylewicz 16 pts + 9 rebs (6/8 2p, 1/1 3p, 1/2 ft), S. Szewczyk 11 pts + 7 rebs + 1 blk (3/5 2p, 1/4 3p, 2/2 ft)

Ok, Varese had all kinds of problems (Slay and Morandais injured + other players hurt), but once again Avellino really impressed with his fast-paced spectacular bball. After a slow start, DeMarcus Nelson is now showing not only remarkable offensive skills, but also an all-around attitude, even if the leader of the team remains Dee Brown, no doubt about it. So, Avellino remains at the top as the only undefeated team with Siena (5-0).

[felix_r]

Why didn't Hutson play for Roma?

[P.J.]

Why didn't Hutson play for Roma?

Hutson out with the flu.

Gigli twisted his knee in the 4th quarter, I don't know how serious this injury is, but I really don't think he'll be able to play vs Maccabi.

[l'emigrante]

Ferrara inks Valerio Spinelli

[P.J.]

Serie A - 6th week

Avellino-Ferrara 88-78 OT - Dee Brown 27 pts + 7 rebs + 5 asts + 3 stls (6/12 2p, 1/5 3p, 12/16 ft), C. Troutman 15 pts + 18 rebs (4/12 2p, 7/13 ft), S. Szewczyk 14 pts + 10 rebs + 2 blks (4/6 2p, 2/4 3p, 0/2 ft), A. Porta 10 pts (2/3 2p, 1/4 3p, 3/4 ft) ; L. Jackson 22 pts + 8 rebs + 5 stls + 3 asts (4/7 2p, 2/7 3p, 8/13 ft), A. Grundy 21 pts + 3 stls (4/11 2p, 2/4 3p, 7/10 ft), H. Jamison 19 pts + 7 rebs (8/14 2p, 3/8 ft)




Varese-Virtus Bologna 68-78 - M. Morandais 20 pts + 4 rebs + 1 blk in 25' (1/3 2p, 6/8 3p), Job. Thomas 12 pts (2/3 2p, 2/4 3p, 2/2 ft) ; D. Moss 18 pts + 4 rebs (6/11 2p, 0/1 3p, 6/6 ft), D. Vukcevic 17 pts + 3 stls + 3 asts in 23' (2/4 2p, 4/7 3p, 1/2 ft), L. Hurd 13 pts in 22' (2/4 2p, 1/1 3p, 6/6 ft), V. Sanikidze 12 pts + 15 rebs + 1 blk (6/8 2p, 0/1 3p, 0/2 ft)



Milano-Cantù 73-53 - M. Hall 19 pts + 6 rebs + 3 asts in 23' (2/4 2p, 5/9 3p), S. Mancinelli 14 pts + 6 rebs (7/7 2p, 0/1 3p) ; M. Markoishvili 17 pts + 3 stls (4/7 2p, 3/6 3p), N. Mazzarino 11 pts + 4 stls + 3 asts (2/5 2p, 1/6 3p, 4/4 ft)



Biella-Siena 72-80 - P. Aradori 22 pts + 6 rebs + 4 stls (9/12 2p, 0/5 3p, 4/5 ft), C. Ona Embo 13 pts + 4 asts in 19' (2/2 2p, 3/4 3p), P. Pasco 12 pts + 13 rebs (5/5 2p, 2/5 ft), JT Smith 10 pts + 5 asts (1/7 2p, 2/10 3p, 2/4 ft) ; N. Zisis 24 pts in 23' (4/5 2p, 3/3 3p, 7/7 ft), R. Sato 17 pts + 5 rebs + 3 stls (0/3 2p, 4/7 3p, 5/6 ft), T. McIntyre 16 pts + 4 asts (2/4 2p, 2/7 3p, 6/7 ft), D. Hawkins 10 pts (2/5 2p, 1/1 3p, 3/3 ft)



Teramo-Caserta 92-85 - V. Amoroso 19 pts + 8 rebs + 5 asts + 2 blks (8/13 2p, 1/3 3p), D. Diener 19 pts + 3 asts (2/3 2p, 5/7 3p), Bob. Jones 11 pts + 5 rebs + 3 stls (3/6 2p, 0/2 3p, 5/6 ft), R. Hoover 10 pts + 4 asts (3/5 3p, 1/2 ft), G. Poeta 10 pts + 6 asts (2/6 2p, 0/1 3p, 6/8 ft), G. Jurak 10 pts + 4 rebs in 16' (3/4 2p, 0/2 3p, 4/6 ft) ; T. Bowers 17 pts 3 asts in 24' (4/4 2p, 3/4 3p), E. Ere (2/4 2p, 3/9 3p, 2/6 ft), F. Di Bella 12 pts + 4 asts (2/5 2p, 2/3 3p, 2/3 ft), A. Michelori 10 pts + 6 rebs (4/7 2p, 2/3 ft), A. Doornekamp 10 pts (2/3 2p, 2/3 3p)



Pesaro-Roma 73-84 - E. Williams 19 pts + 6 rebs (7/16 2p, 5/7 ft), D. Sakota 18 pts + 3 stls (0/1 2p, 4/8 3p, 6/7 ft), D. Cinciarini 11 pts (1/3 2p, 2/2 3p, 3/4 ft) ; K. Winston 14 pts + 6 rebs (1/5 2p, 2/3 3p, 6/6 ft), A. Hutson 13 pts (4/6 2p, 5/6 ft), R. De La Fuente 13 pts (4/5 2p, 1/1 3p, 2/3 ft), I. Jaaber 11 pts (4/6 2p, 1/5 3p), A. Crosariol 10 pts (3/4 2p, 4/5 ft)



Napoli-Montegranaro 51-78 - Dam. Jones 12 pts + 4 asts (3/4 2p, 2/5 3p), R. Traylor 10 pts + 6 rebs (5/10 2p) ; A. Maestranzi 16 pts (1/3 2p, 4/6 3p, 2/2 ft), G. Brunner 12 pts + 12 rebs + 3 stls + 1 blk (6/9 2p), M. Antonutti 11 pts in 15' (2/2 2p, 2/3 3p, 1/1 ft), D. Cavaliero 10 pts + 4 asts (2/3 2p, 2/5 3p)



Cremona-Treviso 95-73 - EJ Rowland 24 pts + 7 stls + 4 asts (7/9 2p, 2/2 3p, 4/4 ft), G. Forbes 20 pts + 10 rebs (8/12 2p, 1/4 3p, 1/2 ft), T. Bell 11 pts (2/2 2p, 2/6 3p, 1/2 ft), V. Sklavos 10 pts (1/3 2p, 2/6 3p, 2/2 ft), M. Cusin 9 pts + 12 rebs (4/7 2p, 0/2 3p, 1/3 ft) ; G. Neal 20 pts (6/9 2p, 2/4 3p, 5/6 ft), D. Kus 13 pts + 4 asts (3/6 2p, 2/4 3p, 1/1 ft), D. Motiejunas 11 pts + 6 rebs (4/5 2p, 0/1 3p, 3/4 ft), C. Martin 10 pts (1/3 2p, 1/5 3p, 5/6 ft)


Some notes...
- An interesting round for point guards. I'll make three names: Dee Brown (Avellino), EJ Rowland (Cremona), Nikos Zisis (Siena).

1) Dee Brown is the league's mvp so far. No doubt about that. Once again, it's him who led Avellino to the OT victory vs Ferrara. And he's the main reason why surprisingly Avellino is still undefeated (6-0).
2) EJ Rowland's stats are quite impressive too, he simply destroyed Treviso as his rating (37) witnesses. Just keep play this way, and your Bulgarian passport will let you earn some great money next year...
3) Biella is often a hard nut to crash at home, even for Siena. So, they needed an unrealistic mighty-performance by Nikos Zisis to get the job done. Waiting for McIntyre to recover from injuries and get in shape, not bad having such a backup (10.8 pts + 14.8 rating in 19.3 mpg).

- Varese-Virtus was such a battle field. Some players were out due to injury (Galanda, Slay; Collins, Blizzard, Fajardo), some others injured during the game (Scoonie Penn), others played hurt (Jobey Thomas), while a couple of players just joined the teams and were far from being in shape (Tusek, Righetti). As a result, I can't remember the last time I saw so many kids on the court in a Serie A game...

- A couple of amazing runs. At the end of the 3rd quarter Napoli-Montegranaro's score was 48-48. Montegranaro outscored Napoli 3-30 in the 4th quarter, so that the final score said 51-78...Caserta was ahead by 15 on the road midway through the 4th quarter (65-80), but then simply melted and Teramo stunned them with an amazing 30-5 run, to win the game (92-85).


- Varese just inked JR Reynolds (last season in France, with Asvel). According to some rumors, Caserta is close to sign French veteran Claude Marquis in order to replace injured Anatanas Kavaliauskas (Maurice Taylor didn't sign because he had a better offer from China). Napoli's still desperately looking for a PG.

[Straight forward]

D. Motiejunas 11 pts + 6 rebs (4/5 2p, 0/1 3p, 3/4 ft)

P.J., It seems that Motiejunas is becoming stable player of the team. Why is he getting only 20 minutes? Is it because of his defence or other reasons?

[P.J.]

P.J., It seems that Motiejunas is becoming stable player of the team. Why is he getting only 20 minutes? Is it because of his defence or other reasons?

Defense is one of the reasons. The kid still needs to improve on the defensive side, he had some problems in the first games, but it seems he's starting to get better from this point of view. I think he's gonna earn minutes as the season progresses, now he's learning a lot from experienced guys like Nicevic, Wallace and Hukic. The other reason is Benetton has some kind of a "platoon system", their coach loves to give all his players an opportunity, so all the players get playtime, but none of them remains too much time on the court.

[P.J.]

Serie A - 7th week

Teramo-Milano 81-83 - G. Jurak 15 pts + 8 rebs in 21' (45 2p, 1/3 3p, 4/6 ft), D. Diener 15 pts + 8 rebs + 4 asts + 1 blk (3/5 2p, 3/8 3p), G. Poeta 14 pts + 4 asts (1/4 2p, 0/2 3p, 12/16 ft), R. Hoover 14 pts + 4 stls (0/1 2p, 4/10 3p, 2/2 ft), V. Amoroso 12 pts + 5 rebs (2/4 2p, 2/5 3p, 2/2 ft) ; M. Rocca 15 pts + 9 rebs (5/5 2p, 5/8 ft), M. Bulleri 14 pts (2/2 2p, 2/5 3p, 4/4 ft), M. Hall 12 pts + 6 rebs + 1 blk + 2 stls + 2 asts (2/2 2p, 2/3 3p, 2/2 ft)


Treviso-Varese 86-94 - G. Neal 22 pts + 3 asts (5/8 2p, 2/6 3p, 6/6 ft), C. Martin 14 pts (5/6 2p, 1/3 3p, 1/2 ft), D. Motiejunas 11 pts + 9 rebs in 22' (3/6 2p, 1/2 3p, 2/3 ft) ; Job. Thomas 27 pts + 4 rebs in 32' (3/5 2p, 5/7 3p, 6/6 ft), N. Martinoni 15 pts + 11 rebs + 3 stls (4/8 2p, 2/3 3p, 1/1 ft), R. Childress 15 pts (2/3 2p, 3/3 3p, 2/2 ft), M. Morandais 15 pts + 4 rebs + 3 stls (2/3 2p, 3/9 3p, 2/2 ft)


Siena-Roma 83-58 - N. Zisis 16 pts + 3 stls in 18' (6/7 2p, 1/1 3p, 1/1 ft), D. Hawkins 15 pts + 4 stls + 3 asts in 22' (5/9 2p, 0/1 3p, 5/5 ft), S. Stonerook 12 pts + 7 rebs + 4 stls + 2 asts (1/1 2p, 3/8 3p, 1/1 ft), R. Sato 11 pts + 6 rebs + 4 asts (2/5 2p, 1/6 3p, 4/4 ft), T. McIntyre 10 pts + 6 rebs (0/1 2p, 3/6 3p, 1/2 ft) ; A. Hutson 12 pts + 8 rebs + 3 stls + 4 asts (5/6 2p, 0/2 3p, 2/3 ft), R. Minard 12 pts in 23' (3/5 2p, 2/2 3p, 0/1 ft)



Virtus Bologna-Avellino 73-55 - P. Koponen 18 pts (3/5 2p, 3/6 3p, 4/4 ft), D. Moss 15 pts + 5 rebs (6/10 2p, 1/2 3p, 0/1 ft), D. Vukcevic 11 + 4 rebs in 17' (2/4 2p, 1/2 3p, 4/4 ft), V. Sanikidze 10 pts + 8 rebs + 1 blk in 24' (2/2 2p, 1/1 3p, 4/4 ft) ; Dee Brown 16 pts (4/8 2p, 2/7 3p, 2/4 ft), C. Troutman 11 pts + 10 rebs + 1 blk + 3 stls (3/11 2p, 0/1 3p, 5/6 ft), D. Lauwers 11 pts (1/1 2p, 2/3 3p, 3/3 ft)


Ferrara-Napoli 66-59 - L. Jackson 16 pts + 6 rebs + 3 stls + 2 asts (5/11 2p, 2/5 3p), A. Grundy 14 pts + 4 rebs + 4 stls (6/11 2p, 0/7 3p, 2/2 ft) ; D. Tsaldaris 15 pts (6/9 2p, 0/5 3p, 3/3 ft), Dam. Jones 12 pts + 5 rebs (3/7 2p, 2/2 3p)


Montegranaro-Pesaro 73-57 - M. Marquinhos 19 pts + 6 stls (5/8 2p, 2/2 3p, 3/3 ft), A. Maestranzi 15 pts + 4 rebs (1/4 2p, 3/6 3p, 4/4 ft), D. Ivanov 12 pts + 9 rebs + 1 blk (6/11 2p, 0/1 ft) ; E. Williams 24 pts + 16 rebs + 4 stls in 29' (10/12 2p, 4/7 ft), S. Van Rossom 16 pts (4/6 2p, 2/5 3p, 2/2 ft)


Cantù-Biella 86-93 - N. Mazzarino 25 pts + 4 asts in 28' (1/2 2p, 5/10 3p, 8/12 ft), B. Ortner 14 pts (5/8 2p, 1/2 3p, 1/2 ft), O. Jeffers 12 pts + 5 rebs + 5 stls (5/9 2p, 0/1 3p, 2/2 ft), M. Leunen 12 pts + 4 asts (1/3 2p, 2/3 3p, 4/4 ft) ; P. Aradori 20 pts + 5 rebs + 5 asts + 3 stls (4/7 2p, 3/6 3p, 3/3 ft), M. Chessa 17 pts in 23' (5/6 3p, 2/2 ft), P. Pasco 14 pts + 9 rebs + 2 blks (5/10 2p, 4/5 ft), C. Ona Embo 13 pts + 3 asts in 23' (2/2 2p, 1/2 3p, 6/7 ft), JT Smith 12 pts + 5 asts (1/3 2p, 2/4 3p, 4/4 ft), S. Schultze 10 pts + 4 rebs (0/2 2p, 3/6 3p, 1/2 ft)


Caserta-Cremona 97-74 - T. Bowers 21 pts + 4 asts + 2 blks (6/8 2p, 1/5 3p, 6/6 ft), Jum. Jones 20 pts + 16 rebs + 2 stls (4/6 2p, 4/6 3p, 0/1 ft), E. Ere 11 pts (1/2 2p, 2/6 3p, 3/4 ft), L. Koszarek 10 pts + 5 rebs in 20' (4/4 2p, 0/2 3p, 2/2 ft), A. Doornekamp 10 pts in 12' (2/2 2p, 2/4 3p) ; G. Forbes 16 pts + 5 rebs (5/9 2p, 2/5 3p, 0/4 ft), EJ Rowland 14 pts + 4 rebs + 3 asts (5/10 2p, 0/2 3p, 4/6 ft), M. Aguiar 12 pts (3/5 2p, 2/3 3p), T. Bell 10 pts (1/2 2p, 2/6 3p, 2/2 ft)

[Visseira]

Gentile leaves Roma

[Picek]

Napoli's US players didn't return to Italy after the hollidays..
there was even an article about it on ESPN..
Tsaldaris signed for Montegranaro, Gabini will do the same with Jesi..
don't know what happened with Skele..
anyway as a result of that Napoli will play with their junior team until the end of the season..
reason?
they want to play in legadue next year and they wouldn't be allowed to do that if they wouldn't play their games..
and there is nothing italian federation can do about them playing with junior team..
result?
they are currently playing at home against Biella..
in 24-th minute it is 39-94
Muurinen and Spipoli who are only senior players left in the team are on the roster but are not playing and will leave the club..

Napoli's board said they will return 2/3 of the price of season ticket to their season ticket holders

edit: Napoli - Biella 54-124 FT

Biella outrebounded those kids 39-14 and managed to make them commit 26 turnovers..

[seksiseppo1]

Muurinen's first season abroad seems to go just fine. Atleast he got good games in the beginning of the season.

Any news about Muurinen's new team? Hopefully he's not coming back to Honka.

[Picek]

Davor Kus scored 10 three pointers yesterday for Benetton..
10/14..
impressive..
what is even more impressive is that both teams hit exactly the same number of threes from the same number of thries, 17-30.
Benetton lost at the end..

[l'emigrante]

Official Sharrod Ford in Ferrara

[Visseira]

Any links for Milano - Biella?

[l'emigrante]

Teramo cut James Thomas. The center has played just five games in Serie A this season and was replaced by Stanescu

[robbe]

I'd be interested to hear from Italian users what they think or have heard about the future of Montepaschi Siena.

If I'm not mistaken, the contracts of Sato, McIntyre and Eze are expiring, three players that have been a key to their success over the last years, especially the first two guys. The contract of Domercant expires as well.

If one of the big clubs really goes after Sato or McIntyre, Siena won't be able to match that. This is a different situation to Panathinaikos', who have the ressources to keep all the key players, but rather comparable to Baskonia's situation last summer.

If McIntyre and Sato leave, will they go after key players from league rivals again - like Gary Neal for example - in order to maintain domestic dominance?

[krikit]

Pallacanestro Cantu beat Napoli by 128-37, ouch.

[Guard]

I'd be interested to hear from Italian users what they think or have heard about the future of Montepaschi Siena.

If I'm not mistaken, the contracts of Sato, McIntyre and Eze are expiring, three players that have been a key to their success over the last years, especially the first two guys. The contract of Domercant expires as well.

If one of the big clubs really goes after Sato or McIntyre, Siena won't be able to match that. This is a different situation to Panathinaikos', who have the ressources to keep all the key players, but rather comparable to Baskonia's situation last summer.

If McIntyre and Sato leave, will they go after key players from league rivals again - like Gary Neal for example - in order to maintain domestic dominance?

They have David Moss who is loaned to Virtus. He is playing a good season there and I think he can really become a important player for Siena. Especially his defense is praised around the league. Too bad he played one of his worst games today AGAINST Siena. I think Siena still trusts on him and in case Sato leaves they already have a solid substitute.
Looking around te league I think Rowland is gonna be an intresting player to follow in the summer market. I really liked him at Eurobasket but now he definitely is convincing me. I never heard of him before but I like what he shows.
Aradori obviously is also a player to follow, he has become a great player this year. One of the leaders in Biella and not by taking 20 shots a game like some Americans around the league need. No, he is shooting an average of just 12 shots for 17.8ppg, thats UNREAL. He also rebounds very well for a SG and can also make plays. I think Siena could make a run for him. defenitely would take him over Domercant.

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