Where to begin from Kyle Hines? From the four years we spent together, the personality and charisma, the presence on and off the court, the style, the professionalism and the records set wearing the Olimpia jersey (appearances in the EuroLeague; offensive rebounds grabbed in the EuroLeague)? Or the victories, the three championships, two Italian Cups, Read More »
Olimpia Milan is thankful to Shabazz Napier for the time we spent together and led to two Italian league championships and wishes all the best to him and his family. Read More »
Osvaldo Bolmaro was an excellent basketball player. He wanted to become a professional player and he came close to fulfill his dream. He would have liked to pass on his passion and ambitions to his son, Leandro. This he succeeded. But not so fast. As a child, Olimpia's 2.00 mt tall point guard Leandro, at Read More »
Kelvin Sampson, his coach at the University of Houston, once said that Armoni Brooks was the classic guy everyone wanted their daughter to marry. The Coach wanted to praise his character, reliability and seriousness: "This is about the way I was raised, I come from a great family and there are traits that they passed Read More »
Olimpia had its first huddle, the first tip-off and the first field goal of its season, the latter scored by David McCormack on a dunk. It was just a scrimmage, against another Italian league team, Varese, at the end of the first week of hard work, Josh Nebo and Ousmane Diop were out, but everything Read More »
At the beginning, the athlete of a large family of Nigerian origins but transplanted to Houston, Texas, was Kimberly. Kim Nebo was the basketball star of the Cypress Lake High School team. She was so good that after scoring 1,292 points over four years she became the school all-time leading scorer. “My older sister was Read More »
Shavon Shields and Pippo Ricci have been name co-captains of Olimpia Milan basketball team for the 2024/25 season. “It’s an honor to be the captain of Olimpia Milano alongside Pippo Ricci. I hope and will try hard to be a captain that makes the club and the fans proud. Now, I’m excited to work towards Read More »
Olimpia's season officially began at 11.30am at the Unipol Forum with the full roster, which is unusual for a first practice. 15 players out of 15 were available and all of them completed the entire training session of approximately 95 minutes. No need to insert aggregates to plug leaks as often happened in the past Read More »
Zach LeDay left his number 2, the one he had in his previous experience in Milan, to pick on 16, a number historically rarely used at Olimpia (Nemanja Nedovic wore it). The idea is to build his own legacy. This is one of the curiosities of the summer, with the numbers chosen or confirmed by Read More »
Two scrimmages, in the Unipol Forum training gym, behind closed doors, against Varese and Brescia, plus four official games of increasing level of difficulties, against Tortona on the road, against Hapoel Jerusalem (among the most competitive teams of the next Eurocup), and finally at the Crete tournament open only to EuroLeague teams. The semi-final will Read More »
