While his son Joseph, seen in A1 in Naples, will go to sign with Gorgan in Iran, Michael Young, legendary player of the Viola branded Panasonic continues his journey as a Coach.
One of the absolute legends in the history of basketball in Reggio Calabria, also winning in the old Champions Cup with Limoges, to the detriment of Benetton Treviso he signed for the College of Biblical Studies for both men’s and women’s basketball.
His story: legendary member of the College of Houston, alongside Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon.
He was taken by Reggio Calabria (90/91, A2) in place of the injured Dan Caldwell, legendary basket machine on the shore of the Strait.
His impact is amazing but it won’t be enough to block Panasonic’s relegation to the first year.
In two years he won promotion to A1 and impressed everyone with his ability to score a lot with impressive markings or men literally on top of him. From 90 to 92 in Reggio Young scores 30.3 pts + 6.5 rb average +53% T2 + 36% T3 + 80% T1. When in the evening of grace he was absolutely unstoppable, reaching the point of writing 63 pts in the individual scoring record book of our championships, in 7th place in every era in the match against Embry’s Cercom Ferrara (here is the link).
After Reggio he was signed by Limoges: in Coach Bozidar Maljkovic’s controlled basketball he had the freedom to create and score and he succeeded.
In 3 years he won 2 FRA Championships + 2 FRA Cups and the 1993 Champions Cup in the final against Treviso.
Returns to Italy in Fabriano: 22.6 pts + 4.6 rb in A2, ends his career after 1 year in Lyon and one in Israel in 1998.
