The LBA market has now officially come to life, as usual, with the start of the last two weeks of June. The first real important movements are starting to occur, even if there are some realities that are already very active and others that are still.
Let’s start with those who have moved the most on the market so far, such as Banco di Sardegna Sassari who practically remade the entire team, with the purchase of Sokolowski from Treviso icing on the cake. Like the Sardinians, too Scafati has brought about a real revolution starting from the technical guide, with Marcelo Nicola who will sit on the yellow-blue bench next season. The former Varese Ulaneo it was one of the purchases of President Longobardi’s company who also landed the coup Rob Graya very expert player of European caliber.
Brescia, having said goodbye to Magro, has started the new branded course Peppe Poet with the arrival of the play Ivanovichwhile the most sensational news of yesterday, Thursday 20 June, was the farewell of Nick Melli at Olimpia Milano. In home Varese BasketballMeanwhile, we are waiting to define the positions of Moretti, McDermott and Brown: the captain is a lot Neighbor to stay with an upward renewal, a choice, as we have told you in recent days, influenced not only by Sean’s desire to remain in Varese, but also by a market which, to date, offers truly attractive offers for the Indiana winger, in Europe has not produced any. Then there is the chapter Nico Mannion: he too with each passing day, with an extra foot in red and white at least for the deadline of the European escape in the contract of 30 June but on this, updates will follow in the next few days.
These are all the market movements in LBA so far.
BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI
ARRIVALS
Justin Bibbins, point guard (from Nanterre)
Miralem Halilovic, center (from Galatasaray)
Mattia Udom, winger (from Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Michal Sokolowski, winger (from Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket)
Giovanni Veronesi, winger (from Assigeco Piacenza)
Matteo Tambone, point guard/guard (from Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro)
Luca Vincini, center (from JuVi Cremona)
Stefano Trucchetti, point guard (from College Basket Borgomanero)
Brian Fobbs, guard (from Telekom Basket Bonn)
DEPARTURES
Filip Kruslin, guard (to SIG Strasbourg)
Brandon Jefferson, point guard
Stephane Gombauld, center
Alfonzo McKinnie, winger (at Busan KCC Egis)
Breein Tyree, guard
Kaspar Treier, wing (at Generazione Vincente Napoli Basket)
Ousmane Diop, centre
Luca Gandini, center (retired)
Tommaso Raspino, guard/wing
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Alessandro Cappelletti, point guard
Eimantas Bendzius, winger
Nenad Markovic, head coach
Massimo Bulleri, assistant coach
Massimiliano Oldoini, assistant coach
BERTRAM DERTHONA TORTONA
ARRIVALS
Davide Denegri, point guard/guard (from Vanoli Basket Cremona)
Tommy Kuhse, point guard (from RASTA Vechta)
Giovanni Bassi, assistant coach (from Umana San Giobbe Chiusi)
DEPARTURES
TaShawn Thomas, center (at Le Mans Sarthe Basket)
Riccardo Tavernelli, point guard
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Luca Severini, winger
Arturs Strautins, wing
Leonardo Candi, guard
Kyle Weems, wing
Nicholas Errica, point guard
Lamine Tandia, center
Walter De Raffaele, head coach
DOLOMITES ENERGY TRENTINO
ARRIVALS
Jordan Bayehe, center (from Happy Casa Brindisi)
Andrea Pecchia, wing (from Vanoli Basket Cremona)
Myles Cale, guard (from Hubo Limburg United)
DEPARTURES
Andrejs Grazulis, winger
Mattia Udom, winger (at Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
Davide Alviti, winger
Luca Conti, wing (at Vanoli Basket Cremona)
Kamar Baldwin, point guard/guard (at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz)
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Quinn Ellis, point guard
Toto Forray, guard
Daulton Hommes, wing
Paolo Galbiati, head coach
EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILAN
ARRIVALS
Armoni Brooks, guard (from Ontario Clippers)
DEPARTURES
Devon Hall, guard (at Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul)
Nicolò Melli, winger
Giuseppe Poeta, assistant coach (at Germani Brescia)
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Shavon Shields, wing
Giampaolo Ricci, winger
Maodo Lo, point guard
Nikola Mirotic, winger
Diego Flaccadori, point guard
Guglielmo Caruso, center
Ettore Messina, head coach
EXTRA PISTOIA
ARRIVALS
Luka Brajkovic, center (from Kolossos Rhodes)
Micheal Anumba, guard/forward (from Winthrop Eagles)
Karlis Silins, wing/centre (from BG Gottingen)
Michael Forrest, point guard (from Monthey)
DEPARTURES
Charlie Moore, point guard (to Rio Breogan)
Carl Wheatle, winger (at Umana Reyer Venezia)
Angelo Del Chiaro, center
Nicola Brienza, head coach
Luca Angella, assistant coach
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Lorenzo Saccaggi, guard
Gianluca Della Rosa, point guard
Tommaso Della Rosa, assistant coach
NAPLES BASKETBALL WINNING GENERATION
ARRIVALS
Zach Copeland, guard (from Brose Bamberg)
Kaspar Treier, winger (from Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
Marek Zapalowski, assistant coach
DEPARTURES
Tyler Ennis, point guard (at Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Justin Jaworski, guard
Markel Brown, guard
Tariq Owens, center
Jacob Pullen, point guard
Tomislav Zubcic, winger
Alessandro Lever, winger
Michal Sokolowski (at Banco di Sardegna Sassari)
Cesare Pancotto, assistant coach
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Giovanni De Nicolao, point guard
Stefano Saccoccia, point guard
Andrea Mabor Dut Biar, center
Igor Milicic, head coach
Francesco Cavaliere, assistant coach
GERMANI BRESCIA
ARRIVALS
Nikola Ivanovic, point guard (from Runa Mosca)
Giuseppe Poeta, head coach (from EA7 Emporio Armani Milano)
DEPARTURES
CJ Massinburg, guard (at Bahcesehir Koleji Istanbul)
Alessandro Magro, head coach
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Miro Bilan, center
Jason Burnell, wing
Amedeo Della Valle, guard
John Petrucelli, guard/wing
David Cournooh, point guard/guard
Nicola Akele, winger
GIVOVA SCAFATI BASKETBALL
ARRIVALS
Scott Ulaneo, center (from Openjobmetis Varese)
Federico Miaschi, winger (from Gruppo Mascio Treviglio)
Alessandro Zanelli, point guard (from NutriBullet Treviso Basket)
Rob Gray, guard (from Rio Breogan)
Marcelo Nicola, head coach
Damiano Pilot, assistant coach (from Moncada Agrigento)
Domenico Chiariello, assistant coach (from Marigliano)
DEPARTURES
Demetre Rivers, winger (at Zalgiris Kaunas)
Alessandro Gentile, winger
John Richard Nunge, winger (at Le Portel)
Gerald Robinson, point guard
Gerry Blakes, guard
Aristide Mouaha, winger
Giovanni Pini, winger (at APU Udine)
Julian Gamble, center
Sek Henry, wing
Riccardo Rossato, guard
Matteo Boniciolli, head coach (at Reale Mutua Torino)
Marco Ciarpella, assistant coach
Massimo Costagliola, assistant coach
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
NUTRIBULLET TREVISO BASKETBALL
ARRIVALS
Valerio Mazzola, winger (from Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro)
DEPARTURES
Alessandro Zanelli, point guard (at Givova Scafati Basket)
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Pauly Paulicap, center
Osvaldas Olisevicius, winger
Francesco Vitucci, head coach
Alberto Morea, assistant coach
OPENJOBMETIS VARESE
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
Scott Ulaneo, center (at Givova Scafati Basket)
Michael Gilmore, wing (at Liaoning Flying Leopards)
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Leonardo Okeke, center
Matteo Librizzi, point guard
Nicolò Virginio, winger
Elisee Assui, wing
Marco Legovich, assistant coach
Sean McDermott, wing
DRILLS SHARK
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Amar Alibegovic, winger
Stefano Gentile, point guard
Andrea Diana, head coach
TRIESTE BASKETBALL
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
UMANA REYER VENICE
ARRIVALS
Carl Wheatle, winger (from Estra Pistoia)
Tyler Ennis, point guard (from Hapoel Tel Aviv)
DEPARTURES
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Amedeo Tessitori, center
Davide Casarin, guard
Kyle Wiltjer, wing
Neven Spahija, head coach
UNAHOTELS REGGIO EMILIA
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
Giuseppe Mangone, assistant coach
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Mouhamed Faye, centre
Lorenzo Uglietti, point guard
Michele Vitali, guard
Sasha Grant, wing
Jamar Smith, guard
Matteo Chillo, winger
Dimitris Priftis, head coach
VANOLI BASKETBALL CREMONA
ARRIVALS
Federico Poser, wing/centre (from Reale Mutua Torino)
Luca Conti, winger (from Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Federico Zampini, playmaker (from Unieuro Forlì)
DEPARTURES
Trevor Lacey, guard (at Hapoel Jerusalem)
Corey Davis, point guard (at Calgari Surge)
Davide Denegri, point guard/guard (to Bertram Derthona Tortona)
Andrea Pecchia, winger (at Dolomiti Energia Trentino)
Simone Zanotti, winger
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Paul Eboua, wing/center
Demis Cavina, head coach
Pierluigi Brotto, assistant coach
Carlo Campigotto, assistant coach
VIRTUS SEGAFREDO BOLOGNA
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES
Gabriel Lundberg, point guard/guard (at Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade)
Lassi Tuovi, assistant coach (at Yokohama B Corsairs)
RENEWALS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Marco Belinelli, guard
Isaiah Cordinier, guard
Alessandro Pajola, point guard
Daniel Hackett, point guard
Ognjen Dobric, winger
Devontae Cacok, center
Achille Polonara, winger
Ante Zizic, center
Luca Banchi, head coach
Alessandro Burin
Source Recap of movements on the LBA website
