Let's start once again. This week the Olimpia season officially begins, although this year the preseason will be particularly hard to manage due to the high number of players unavailable because of their involvement with the national teams. On Wednesday, there will be the first practice of the season under Coach Ettore Messina, who is Read More »
To understand Deshaun Thomas’ journey, it is necessary to understand the context in which he grew up, in Indiana. In the United States it is called basketball in 49 states but then there is Indiana where it is something more than a sport. In a lot of communities, it is a reason for living, a Read More »
Signs are all over the place. Unmistakable. His grandfather and his grandmother, both from Slovenia, left the country after WWII choosing the freedom of being separated from families and roots over remaining behind the iron curtain in the then-Yugoslavia. His grandfather, Roman Pangos, went to Italy, Udine, and eventually was transferred to Capua, in a Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement with Deshaun Thomas, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 29, 1991, 2.01 mt tall, coming from Bayern Munich. “Deshaun will bring to our team experience, shooting and versatility: he is the player we were looking for to have more depth and more solutions. We are happy that he Read More »
Franco Casalini left us this morning. He was just 70, he was born on January 1, 1952 in Milan. He was not married, he had no children, he leaves his older brother Paolo behind. But for Franco Casalini Olimpia was family, the family he joined in 1972 when he was only 20 years old. His Read More »
Olimpia Milano agreed on a two-year contract with Kevin Pangos, a Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada, native, born on September 2, 1993, 1.88 mt. tall, formerly with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. “We strongly believe that Kevin Pangos is coming to Milano at exactly the right time: he has high-level EuroLeague experience, he is a proven winner, Read More »
This is a story about a father and son, or maybe two sons, two brothers. Father and Sons. As Cat Stevens used to say. Jim Baron is coming from Brooklyn, where he was born in 1954, and basketball has always been his love. He was a very good guard, good enough to get a scholarship Read More »
Any given Sunday, and evidently even more often, during the warm-up wearing the Olimpia jersey at the Mediolanum Forum, about 15 minutes before the tip-off, Stefano Tonut will hear the notes of Lorenzo Jovanotti's song echoing that is the soundtrack for the historical film of the club’s legacy. Among these, at a certain point, his Read More »
The whole neighborhood gathered around Nazareth that morning to wish him the best. He was only 15 years old, but he was about to leave home and the emotional level was comparable to that of the recruit who leaves the loved ones to go to fight a war in some remote corner of the world. Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement to extend the Devon Hall contract until 2024. “During the first year that we spent together, Devon has shown the qualities on and off the court that we seek in our players. We are confident that over the next few years he will continue to improve and confirm the Read More »
