PESARO While waiting for Simone Zanotti to be made official, yesterday the red and white club, as anticipated in these columns in recent days, made the arrival of Nicola Egidio official. «Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro announces that it has hired Nicola Egidio, who will join Coach Pino Sacripanti’s staff and will collaborate in building the team as assistant general manager».
The target
Born in 1992, his experience in the world of professional basketball began in 2016. «In May 2020 he was chosen, as scouting manager, by Treviso Basket, a club where he remained for two years and with which he qualified for the playoffs in the 2020/21 season. Serie A and the Basketball Champions League in the following season – we read in the club note -. In June 2023 he signs as sporting director with Scafati Basket.” «Pesaro is the history of Italian basketball, no other words are needed – underlined Nicola Egidio -. All that remains is to work hard in order to build the best roster possible.” In the meantime, work continues on the market and Vuelle would be on the trail of play-guard Matteo Imbrò, who won the A2 championship with Trapani, – a team from which he should be leaving, – scoring the decisive basket in game 4 played in Bologna on the Fortitudo pitch. If the red and white club manages to land Matteo Imbrò, they will once again be able to count on a highly experienced player, given that in his career he played as a protagonist in both Serie A1 and A2. Giovanni Vildera, coming out of Trieste, remains in pole position to be able to close the long department. In the meantime Cantù has said goodbye to the athletic trainer Luciano D’Ancicco, and Stefan Nikolic, the Serbian winger from the Italian team, has left the contract that tied him to the Brianza team and is now a free agent.
Cento has announced the continuation of the relationship with Lorenzo Benvenuti until 2026. Rimini has instead made the assistant coach official, he is Sergio Luise. Nardò instead confirmed Antonio Iannuzzi. Vigevano announced his separation from American Ikeon Smith, who averaged 15.6 points and 5.1 rebounds last season.
At work
Avellino has made the arrival of Antonino Sabatino official, while Livorno would be on the trail of the former red and white Ariel Filloy who would like to get closer to home. Now all twenty teams are at work, including Fortitudo which has yet to announce its coach, while in Nardò the former Vuelle coach Luca Dalmonte will still be on the bench, having arrived in Puglia during the current season, where he obtained a well-deserved salvation, thus allowing the Apulian team to participate in the difficult A2 series championship again next season. Yesterday morning a meeting was held between the president of the FIP Giovanni Petrucci and the board of directors of the LNP-National Basketball League. President Petrucci renewed his appreciation for the work of President Francesco Maiorana, the board of directors and the General Secretary of LNP.
The warning
«The League has always worked in the common interest of its members. Comparison between the components is appropriate and can lead to mutual benefit. However, the dialectic that exists between those who hold institutional roles and those who invest in the movement must not linger in exhausting disputes. In relation to some recent episodes (see the criticisms leveled at the LNP by the president of Trapani, ed.) I am certain that the human and professional qualities of the parties involved constitute the best viaticum for reaching a point of balance”.
