It takes passion and a pinch of imagination to leave the friendly confines of a life in the province of Naples, in Cercola, an enclave with great basketball passion even in Diego Maradona’s country, to move to Turin. As a 13-year old boy. Guglielmo Caruso did it and now that he comes to Olimpia at the Read More »
Olimpia Milano wants to express its gratitude to Tommaso Baldasso for the two seasons spent together. During this time, he gave us his total commitment and was a positive element within the team on top of helping the club win two Italian league championships and one Italian Cup. Olimpia wishes Tommaso all the best for his Read More »
Olimpia Milano has reached an agreement up to the 2027 with Guglielmo Caruso, a 2.08 mt tall power forward and center, born on July 3, 1999, in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio, Naples, and coming from Varese. “We feel like Caruso is an emerging player and a guy with the right personality to fit in our team, Read More »
Over five years in the Italian league, Shavon Shields has played in five championship series. Five consecutive finals are rare to find, five consecutive finals for a foreign player are extremely rare (Mike D'Antoni did it, but only the first three finals were played as a foreign player), five finals in the first five years took Read More »
Olimpia Milano thanks Naz Mitrou-Long for the season spent together that finished with the Italian championship triumph and wishes him all the best for his future both on and off the basketball court. Read More »
Olimpia Milan has reached an agreement to extend Shavon Shields' contract until 2026. “Shavon is a winner, a player of the highest level who in recent years has proven to be perfect for what we intend to continue to build. We are happy that he stays with us for a long time and that he can Read More »
Olimpia Milano wishes all the best to Coach Dan Shamir and thanks him for the season spent together. “Dan was a precious part of our coaching staff and his help was fundamental for us in order to win the championship - Coach Ettore Messina says -. His role in our season will stay indelible. I am happy for the step up Read More »
Olimpia Milano announces that Billy Baron underwent surgery on his right elbow, yesterday. The surgery, which had been scheduled for a few weeks, was performed by Prof. Pederzini with the presence of the club's orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Casalini. In the coming days, the player will begin his physiotherapy recovery program in order to get ready for the next Read More »
Coach Ettore Messina has won his second championship at the helm of Olimpia, it is also the first back-to-back since 1987 for the club. Before him, Giannino Valli, Cesare Rubini and Dan Peterson have been able to win two consecutive championships with the team. “We owe this Scudetto to a ownership that, even in the darkest Read More »
When it counted the most, Olimpia characteristically erected its wall right from the beginning. "We were the aggressors, we didn't wait for them, we went for them," Coach Ettore Messina pointed out. Game 7 was hard-fought, a physical battle as expected, but Olimpia controlled the game wire to wire, trailed only after the first Jordan Mickey's Read More »
