The Italian national team erased a 16-point deficit en route to defeating Serbia on Friday. After the game, Nicolo Melli wanted to make a comment, directly addressing the local press. Talking with the local media in the mixed zone, Melli confronted the headlines that could be seen after their loss to the Dominican Republic in the First Round.
Italy paid tribute to Gigi Datome, who played his last game with the Azzurri jersey in the friendly game against Puerto Rico in Ravenna on Sunday night. Italy won 98-65, while the 36-year-old captain scored 5 points before a home audience of 4.000.
Nicolo Melli is already a veteran but he will make his FIBA World Cup debut later in August despite having 10 years of playing experience for Italy. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, the forward revealed that it's a strange feeling but a pleasant one nonetheless.
The Italian national team erased a 16-point deficit en route to defeating Serbia on Friday. After the game, Nicolo Melli wanted to make a comment, directly addressing the local press. Talking with the local media in the mixed zone, Melli confronted the headlines that could be seen after their loss to the Dominican Republic in the First Round.
Italy paid tribute to Gigi Datome, who played his last game with the Azzurri jersey in the friendly game against Puerto Rico in Ravenna on Sunday night. Italy won 98-65, while the 36-year-old captain scored 5 points before a home audience of 4.000.
Nicolo Melli is already a veteran but he will make his FIBA World Cup debut later in August despite having 10 years of playing experience for Italy. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, the forward revealed that it's a strange feeling but a pleasant one nonetheless.
Italian national team head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco has unveiled the lineup of 16 players who will start the preparations for the FIBA World Cup 2023, which is set to proceed from August 25 to September 10. The first camp (Folgaria Training Camp) is scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 2.
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan star newcomer Shabazz Napier is set to make his EuroLeague debut in Tuesday's Round 22 game against Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Italian team officially announced. Milan says that the club has finalized the procedure to register Napier in the EuroLeague competition.
Nicolo Melli left his mark on EA7 Emporio Armani Milans' home loss to Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (72-82) for EuroLeague Round 10. The Italian forward received a lot of hostile messages from fans of the Turkish team after the game.
Nikola Mirotic remains the best-paid EuroLeague player for the fourth straight year. He is a single EuroLeague star that earns more than the average NBA player. As BasketNews research reveals, three of the four best-paid EuroLeague players are guards. Last year, big men signed six of the ten highest-value contracts. But in the 2022-23 season, only three frontcourt stars are listed in the Top 9.
Three players in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague earned MVP honors in Round 4, as Mike James of AS Monaco and Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus joined Nicolo Melli of EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in achieving a PIR of 29.
After Nicolo Melli shined against Nikola Jokic in the Round of 16 of EuroBasket 2022 earlier this month, the Italian national team's head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco proclaimed the forward to be the best in the world.
Sometimes life can take you to the top and then, in just a couple of days, can really knock you down. That's the essence of many sports, including basketball. It is also a lesson that Italy learned the hard way after their loss in the EuroBasket quarterfinal against France.
After Italy's devastating loss against France in the EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinals, Nicolo Melli did not want to direct attention to the details of the match. Instead, the forward addressed the refereeing issues he saw during the game in the post-game interview with Magenta Sport.
Ahead of Italy's quarter-final game against France, the Italian national team head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco gave compliments to Nicolo Melli once again. This time Pozzecco stated that Melli is among the top players in this EuroBasket, putting him next to Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Luka Doncic.
In July of 2021, I was spending my first official days as a member of the BasketNews.com team. The website had officially begun its experience in the last few days of June, right before the beginning of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Gianmarco Pozzecco took over FIBA EuroBasket 2022 when Italy achieved a huge upset win against the favorite, Serbia. The Italian specialist was ejected from the game, left the court in tears, and later celebrated the victory as nobody did. He fell on his knees ecstatic and jumped on Giannis Antetokounmpo to celebrate with him.
Having lost to Greece and Ukraine, Italy knew that regardless of the outcome of their clash with Great Britain, their fate had been predetermined. As Croatia beat Ukraine, essentially forcing a three-way tie, EuroBasket Group C hosts would end up in fourth place. It's not ideal, but it's still a finish that allows them to compete in the Round of 16 hosted in Berlin this weekend.
With the EuroLeague season coming to an end, the two All-EuroLeague teams were announced last week, creating some buzz as usual.
While for the players involved in the selection, it's always a good recognition for what they did during the season, most of the talks are often dedicated to the ones left out of the two teams.
With Mike James, Shane Larkin, Sasha Vezenkov, Nikola Mirotic, and Walter Tavares forming the All-EuroLeague first team, the All-EuroLeague second team was composed of Vasilije Micic, Kostas Sloukas, Shavon Shields, Vladimir Lucic, and Georgios Papagiannis.
So now it's time to switch the conversation to the names of other players who might have been involved in the selection but, for various reasons, were left out.
Who are the biggest All-EuroLeague teams snubs? Let’s try to find out some candidates.
After a disappointing first part of the season that led to the decision to part ways with coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos, Maccabi Tel Aviv bounced back with coach Avi Even on the bench, winning 8 of the last 10 games played in the regular season and gaining a spot in the EuroLeague playoffs.
Scottie Wilbekin was hands down one of the main factors for that great final part of the season. Once again, the American point guard took most of the team's offensive load on his shoulders and delivered in the most important moments.
We are in that part of the season where we traditionally give the regular season awards, and one of the trickiest areas is the defense. It is a well-known nightmare for those who would like to make their picks with the guidance of statistics because many defensive statistics that are being recorded are not very good indicators of defensive contributions. And when it comes to EuroLeague, the case ...
It was a bad night for AX Armani Exchange Milan. They suffered a heavy loss at home against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and they also lost Nicolo Melli, who picked up a calf injury at the end of the game. The team's captain will remain sidelined for the remainder of the series, according to the club's official announcement. "During yesterday’s game against Efes, Nicolo Melli reported an injury to ...
It was a bad night for AX Armani Exchange Milan. They suffered a heavy loss at home against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, and they might also lose Nicolo Melli, who picked up a calf injury at the end of the game. Head coach Ettore Messina, after the game, looked concerned about the condition of his star player. "It was a very complicated night for us, and on top of that, Nicolò Melli suffered an ...
