At Columbia University they called him “Chairman Maodo”. No one knows how the nickname was invented. The first to use it was the "Columbia Spectator", the university student website. It was liked and offered again later during Maodo's career with the Lions. Then it was refreshed at various times after his return to Europe. Thus, Read More »
Olimpia had an excellent scrimmage in Piraeus against Olympiacos, behind closed doors but highly competitive. With a shorthanded roster due to absences and injuries (the opponent was without Nikola Milutinov, Nigel Williams-Goss and Shaquielle McKissic), only three periods of 10 minutes each were played, with the score reset after each period. For the record, the Read More »
Olimpia will close the last week of its true preseason in Athens to face Olympiacos, the European runner-up. On Friday the two teams will have a scrimmage behind closed doors, on Sunday at 8.30pm they will play an official game on the night dedicated to Vassilis Spanoulis, the great EuroLeague all-time leading scorer who played Read More »
During the Cagliari tournament, last weekend, Diego Flaccadori reported a muscle elongation in the adductor of his left thigh which will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Read More »
83-63 was the final score. Olimpia won the Cagliari tournament, beating Dinamo with a twenty points margin after leading for the length of the game. Once more four men scored in double figures, the "usual" three Poythress, Mirotic and Shields plus Devon Hall and a clearly improving Kevin Pangos, with 12 assists. Sassari had to Read More »
When during the final stretch Germany seemed to having stopped to move the ball and really play any team offense, while Serbia was rising from its ashes, again only four points behind, Johannes Voigtmann from the corner made the three that looked to be resolutive. He made another key play when the lead, with 55 Read More »
Olimpia beat Asvel Villeurbanne in the first game of the season against a EuroLeague team in a commanding way, scoring more than ninety points (52 at halftime), and overcoming several adversities just as happened in the first outing of Vigevano. It was the early foul troubles of Nikola Mirotic then the exit of Diego Flaccadori, Read More »
Olimpia returns to the court after Vigevano's debut (against Tortona) and the level of difficulty is getting higher. In Cagliari, in a tournament that is becoming a traditional part of the Milano pre-season, Olimpia faces on Saturday (tip-off at 18:00) a EuroLeague team, Asvel Villeurbanne which has two games under its belt (Roanne and Dijon) Read More »
Alex Poythress and Ismael Kamagate will allow Olimpia to have great depth and a variety of options up front. “They increase our level of physicality a lot - the general manager Christos Stavropoulos said - Poythress obviously has a great career behind him and has won a lot, Kamagate is a young guy who we Read More »
Diego Flaccadori, Giordano Bortolani and Guglielmo Caruso are Olimpia's three new Italian signings, "who are coming to give us freshness and depth - says general manager Christos Stavropoulos - Flaccadori is the experienced, Caruso has great potential and Bortolani is a kid from our academy so we are doubly proud that he is with us. Read More »
