Olimpia hit the ground running in the new season. In Vigevano, Tortona was defeated 96-86, leadingfrom wire-to-wire after scoring 35 points in a surreal first period, with great ball circulation, a lot of open shots, high shooting percentages and solid defense. Obviously, it couldn't last because Tortona improved, the legs got tired, the rotation was Read More »
Alex Poythress has already seen it all. When you've played four years and over 100 games at Kentucky you know what it's like to play under pressure, being accountable to an unlimited fan base, for a charismatic coach, in the eye of the media storm and next to, in practice against, extreme-level players, like Karl-Anthony Read More »
“The credit goes to an act of love, yet another, by Mr. Armani and our President Dell'Orco: without them it would not have been possible to bring Nikola Mirotic here. Then the presence of Ettore Messina is important. On the market it makes my job easier. The negotiation was not long or particularly difficult. It Read More »
“I started to love basketball very early, at 4 or 5 years of age. I was lucky because my grandfather was an official with the Bergamo team, so he brought me to games on Sundays, and then I asked him to start practicing too. Everything started with my grandfather, he was the reason why I Read More »
Nikola Mirotic will wear the number 33 in Milan as he did in Barcelona, but not in Real Madrid or even in the NBA. He will wear the number made legendary in the world basketball community by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and eventually Larry Bird. Maodo Lo stayed with the number of his Alba Berlin years (he Read More »
Nikola Mirotic, Alex Poythress, Maodo Lo, the new Italians coming up and many more topics were touched by Coach Ettore Messina in his customary, traditional media availability at the beginning of the season. The off-season – “I spent some beautiful months, because honestly when you are vacationing after a big win everything is more enjoyable. Read More »
The first field goal made is never to be forgotten. Giordano Bortolani is a born shooter, he has always been ("It's my passion - he confesses -, it is from day one). Your first career basket was like the first time you set foot in the Palalido to play with Olimpia's Under 13 team. Giordano Read More »
The Olimpia Milan preseason will be in an "extrasmall" version this year. On the eve of a potentially very long season and with five players involved in the World Cup, there will be five games that will escort Olimpia to the Brescia Super Cup on 23 and 24 September. Olimpia will make its debut in Vigevano, Read More »
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 »
