The two-time defending champions of Olimpia Milan are approaching a new start. The first practice of the new season is scheduled for Monday 28 August, although several players will be missing, given that five team members are busy with the World Cup and obviously they won’t be available until the official debut, in the Super Cup Read More »
The World Cup starts on Friday 25 September (Italy-Angola tip-off will be at 10:00 Italian time) in three different countries, the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Five players from the Olimpia 2023/24 team will be involved (Nicolò Melli, Pippo Ricci and Stefano Tonut play for Italy; Maodo Lo and Johannes Voigtmann for Germany) plus Gigi Datome, at Read More »
Kentucky University has always been a basketball powerhouse, an iconic institution, surrounded by enormous expectations and often unrealistic pressure. Since, John Calipari took the job as head coach, everything was even more extreme. Calipari’s philosophy is to recruit the best players available; experience and maturity be damned. Since 2013, when Alex Poythress stepped on the Lexington Read More »
Leonardo Okeke, a 2.12 mt tall power forward, who was playing for Joventut Badalona during the last season, has been loaned by Olimpia Milan to Openjobmetis Varese for two seasons. Read More »
Podgorica was still called Titograd in February 1991 when Nikola Mirotic was born. But in 1992, the country’s Capital returned to being Podgorica, which translated means "at the foot of the mountain". It is here that Mirotic, the second son of Ranko and Dragana, the younger brother of Filip, was born. When in 2010 he was Read More »
Olimpia Milan has reached an agreement until 2026 with Nikola Mirotic, born on February 11, 1991, in Podgorica, Montenegro, of Spanish basketball citizenship, a 2.08 mt tall power forward, coming from Barcelona. “I am very happy to become part of this great family of Olimpia Milano and to contribute to the competitiveness of this great team Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until 2025 with Diego Flaccadori, born on 5 April 1996 in Seriano (BG), 1.93 mt tall point guard, coming from Aquila Trento. “Flaccadori is coming to Milan at the right time of his career, he is still young, motivated, but he is also experienced enough. During the last couple of seasons, Read More »
Olimpia Milan wishes all the best to Paul Biligha and his family for the future on and off the basketball court. Biligha spent four seasons with Olimpia and helped the team win two Italian league championships, two Italian Cups and one Supercup, on top of contributing to clinch a EuroLeague's Final Four berth in 2021. During Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until 2024 with Alex Poythress, 2.06, forward-center, born on 6 September 1993 in Savannah, Georgia, of Ivorian origins. “Poythress fits well with the type of team we have in mind, with a high level of physicality among the big men. He is a player who can play two positions and Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement until 2025 with Maodo Lo, a 1.91 mt tall point guard, born on December 31, 1992, in Berlin, coming from three seasons with Alba Berlin. “Maodo Lo is an athletic player, a shooter with great EuroLeague experience under his belt, who we know well and will bring speed, explosiveness and Read More »
