by Editorial Staff
Currently involved with the national team preparing for the Paris Olympics: “An honor to have this opportunity.” The Nigerian pivot of the #steelflowers: «Grateful and grateful to Campobasso, for the support and the great closeness». She was able to confirm her label of ‘Miss double double’, also taking home the title of MVP of the month of October, the first of the year in A1 basketball in pink. The Nigerian pivot Pallas Kunaiyi remains in the La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso staff also for the 2024/25 season and does so with great enthusiasm.
In fact, when talking about his feelings about being confirmed in the rossoblù, the #fioridaiuto totem is very clear. «I am grateful and grateful – she explains – to Campobasso for the great support and closeness they showed me last season, which is why I am really happy to still be part of the team». Entering into what was the last season of the rossoblù which delivered the playoff semi-finals after arriving in fourth place at the end of the regular season, the long Nigerian has a very specific idea of her own: «The team chemistry really helped us – he argues – and supported each other. We understood what our strengths were and we focused on bringing them to the maximum. The big leadership of coach Mimmo Sabatelli and captain Stefania Trimboli was both important and, obviously, must also be considered our secret weapon: the incredible support of our fans.” As for herself, the prizes won and the contribution in terms of figures given to the team, Kunaiyi, as always, makes herself ‘small’ because her basketball philosophy has very clear cornerstones. «Personally I have always thought that there is always room for improvement and, in this sense, the support received from my teammates and our fans did a lot in the last season». Projecting herself on the new season and on what will be a group that will have confirmations and new entries within it, the #fioridsistema member adds that «I certainly can’t wait to meet those who will be the companions in the season to come. In the meantime, you are certain that, with the group of confirmed ones, we are on the right path to continue growing.” A process of improvement which, for Kunaiyi, also involves the great synergy with the rossoblù public. «The Magnolia fans are fantastic and represent one of the keys to our successes. My deep thanks go to them and I hope that we will always be able to make them proud next season too.” In the meantime, together with her teammates from the Nigerian national team, Kunaiyi is working hard in view of the Paris Olympics which will see the basketball tournament begin on 28 July with the first match of her representative team scheduled for the following day at 11am against Australia. «It is always an honor – he explains – to have the opportunity to represent one’s nation in a universal event, even more so the Olympic one, especially for the ideals that are at its basis: that is, making the world a better place. I’m really excited and can’t wait to compete against the best players in the world, hoping to be able to demonstrate that we can, individually and as a team, be an honorable part of this context.” For Kunaiyi, among other things, the transalpine one will be the second consecutive five-circle experience after the one he experienced in 2021 in Tokyo.
