Born in the United States, with an Italian passport, and once represented in the Italian national team. The business card with which John Petrucelli introduces himself to the Trapani Shark fans is not bad at alland surely the wing guard who arrived at the court of President Valerio Antonini will become one of the favorites of the Granata people. Born on October 27, 1992 in Hicksville, New York, the American basketball player gained various experiences around the world before arriving in Italy at Germani Bresciawhere in the past season he was one of the protagonists of the excellent championship of the Lombards, who will now face as an opponent in the A1 series. In the meantime however he is busy with Gianmarco Pozzecco’s national team, in an attempt to reach the Olympics in the last qualifying tournament underway in Puerto Rico.
Desire to win
“I am really excited to start this new adventure in Trapani where a winning project is being created – says Petrucelli – I want to thank the president for giving me the opportunity to take part in this new adventure. I have heard great things about Trapani, its organization and the affection of its fans: I can’t wait to meet everyone”. And Trapani fans are certainly also waiting to see him at work, after Last season he impressed with the Brescia shirt in the 26 matches playedremaining on the court for an average of 24 minutes per game and scoring 9.6 points, plus 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists. A very respectable record, which earned him a call-up to the national team, thanks to his Italian origins. But Petrucelli’s competitive career includes various experiences: from the Slovakian championship, to the American G-League, then in the 2019-20 season he moved to the top Israeli championship wearing the Hapoel Beer Sheva jersey, then to Germany in Ratiopharm Ulm, before arriving in Brescia two years ago.
The first greetings
Therefore the new face of Trapani Shark is being definedwho in the last few hours also announced the arrival of Riccardo Rossato. But at the same time there are also the first greetings, like that of Matteo Imbròthe author of the decisive basket for promotion to A1 at the end of game 4 against Fortitudo Bologna, who leaves Sicily to join VL Pesaro.
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