Openjobmetis Varese

City: Varese
Country: Italy
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0 Dominique Johnson SG 191 cm 88 kg 37 yo
1 Oderah Anosike PF, C 203 cm 111 kg 34 yo
3 Eric Maynor PG 191 cm 79 kg 37 yo
4 Aleksa Avramovic PG 192 cm 87 kg 30 yo
5 Norvel Pelle PF 211 cm 32 yo
6 Massimo Bulleri PG 188 cm 85 kg 47 yo
10 Daniele Cavaliero PG 188 cm 83 kg 41 yo
12 Luca Campani C 208 cm 98 kg 35 yo
14 Kristjan Kangur SF, PF 201 cm 100 kg 42 yo
20 Matteo Canavesi PF 204 cm 92 kg 38 yo
21 Giancarlo Ferrero PF 198 cm 97 kg 36 yo
31 Christian Eyenga SF, SG 198 cm 95 kg 35 yo
32 Melvin Johnson PG 191 cm 31 yo
GM 2P% 3P% FT% REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
Worth a Million: the last push that brought Mannion to Milan

2024-11-12

Nico Mannion had just wrapped up his second game of the Italian league season, grinding through a tough 100-106 loss to Trento, the league's unbeaten juggernaut. While Mannion was regrouping, another game was being played behind the scenes – one that could reshape his career. Across the league, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan was knocking on Varese's door.
Nico Mannion to return to Italy, will join Pallacanestro Varese

2023-12-20

After talks with French side LDLC ASVEL stalled, Nico Mannion reconsidered the idea of returning to Italy and found his next destination.  The Italian point guard has reached an agreement with Italian side Pallacanestro Varese, multiple sources confirmed to BasketNews. 
Willie Cauley-Stein signs a deal in Italy

2023-07-31

Former NBA center Willie Cauley-Stein will continue his career in Europe. The 29-year-old has officially agreed on a deal with the Italian team, Pallacanestro Varese. It will be Cauley-Stein's first overseas experience during his eight-year professional career.
Former Australian league champ Chase Buford to take over Varese

2023-07-23

Chase Buford, a former NCAA champion with the Kansas Jayhawks, is expected to be Luis Scola's new coach of choice for Pallacanestro Varese, according to La Prealpina. Buford will succeed Matt Brase who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers a few days ago.
Varese handed a 16-point penalty by Italian Federation

2023-04-13

Openjobmetis Varese have been handed a big point penalty for failing to meet the Italian Basketball League (LBA) requirements. As the Italian Basketball Federation officially announced, the organization has been given a 16-point penalty for this season's competition.
Most interesting Italian league talents that flew under the radar

2023-04-03

The fact that Virtus Segafredo Bologna and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan find themselves at the top of the table of the Italian league is not really surprising. We're talking about two superpowers of Italian basketball, the teams with the biggest budgets in the league and the richest history in this competition.
Italian Basketball Cup 2023: schedule, teams, and format

2023-02-13

All around Europe, it's time for a little break in the domestic leagues, which will be filled by the local cups. Teams will fight for the first domestic title of the season in just a few days. The tension and the excitement that the domestic cups generate are something that can't usually be found during the regular season of the local leagues. 
Worth a Million: the last push that brought Mannion to Milan

2024-11-12

Nico Mannion had just wrapped up his second game of the Italian league season, grinding through a tough 100-106 loss to Trento, the league's unbeaten juggernaut. While Mannion was regrouping, another game was being played behind the scenes – one that could reshape his career. Across the league, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan was knocking on Varese's door.
Nico Mannion to return to Italy, will join Pallacanestro Varese

2023-12-20

After talks with French side LDLC ASVEL stalled, Nico Mannion reconsidered the idea of returning to Italy and found his next destination.  The Italian point guard has reached an agreement with Italian side Pallacanestro Varese, multiple sources confirmed to BasketNews. 
Willie Cauley-Stein signs a deal in Italy

2023-07-31

Former NBA center Willie Cauley-Stein will continue his career in Europe. The 29-year-old has officially agreed on a deal with the Italian team, Pallacanestro Varese. It will be Cauley-Stein's first overseas experience during his eight-year professional career.
Former Australian league champ Chase Buford to take over Varese

2023-07-23

Chase Buford, a former NCAA champion with the Kansas Jayhawks, is expected to be Luis Scola's new coach of choice for Pallacanestro Varese, according to La Prealpina. Buford will succeed Matt Brase who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers a few days ago.
Varese handed a 16-point penalty by Italian Federation

2023-04-13

Openjobmetis Varese have been handed a big point penalty for failing to meet the Italian Basketball League (LBA) requirements. As the Italian Basketball Federation officially announced, the organization has been given a 16-point penalty for this season's competition.
Most interesting Italian league talents that flew under the radar

2023-04-03

The fact that Virtus Segafredo Bologna and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan find themselves at the top of the table of the Italian league is not really surprising. We're talking about two superpowers of Italian basketball, the teams with the biggest budgets in the league and the richest history in this competition.
Italian Basketball Cup 2023: schedule, teams, and format

2023-02-13

All around Europe, it's time for a little break in the domestic leagues, which will be filled by the local cups. Teams will fight for the first domestic title of the season in just a few days. The tension and the excitement that the domestic cups generate are something that can't usually be found during the regular season of the local leagues. 
NBA in Varese: Houston Rockets system with Luis Scola and Matt Brase at the helm

2022-12-07

Do you remember the movie Moneyball? There is a scene where Brad Pitt, who plays Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland Athletics, argues with the franchise's head scout. The scout does not understand the new policy undertaken by the club, which is so different from the rest of the teams in the league, and Brad Pitt replies, 'Adapt or die.'
The 2022 'City of Cagliari' tournament will feature two EuroLeague teams

2022-08-01

On Saturday, September 10 and Sunday the 11th, the Sardinian public will have the opportunity to attend the 12th edition of the 'City of Cagliari' tournament.  Two EuroLeague teams, Italian champions AX Armani Exchange Milan, and Greek league runners-up Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, will compete in the tourney.
Varese hire a head coach with NBA experience

2022-07-05

Pallacanestro Varese have found their new coach in the NBA. This is Matt Brase, who has held the role of the assistant coach in Houston and Portland, while also being the head coach with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

Luis Scola and Ross Pelligra: a new hope for Varese

2022-07-02

During the pandemic in the spring of 2020, the future for the Italian club Pallacanestro Varese didn't look particularly bright. There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding the club's future, and the financial outlook wasn't exactly encouraging.

Pallacanestro Varese interested in hiring Pablo Prigioni as head coach

2022-06-07

Italian club Pallacanestro Varese is looking for a new head coach, and the majority owner, Luis Scola, is thinking about an old friend for that role.

Mitoglou leads Armani Exchange Milan to an easy win over Varese

2022-03-26

Euroleague side Armani Exchange Milan (19-3) crushed OpenjobMetis Varese (10-13) without too many problems. Coach Messina's side dominated the game from the start and never looked back. The final score was 95-77 (20-6, 34-26, 24-15, 18-30). Milan's total domination continued into the second half with coach Messina's side always keeping at least a 15-point advantage and Varese completely unable to ...
Luis Scola on his project for Varese: 'I have a five-year plan, we have to work on our youth academy'

2022-03-26

Now that the playing days are over, Luis Scola is the CEO of the Italian team Openjobmetis Varese. In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, the former Argentinian legend explained his plan for the team. "There's an internal pact between me and the club", Scola said. "I'm not gonna reveal the details but I'll have the opportunity to buy shares of the club over a certain period of time. Now I ...
Virtus Bologna survive Varese, reach Serie A top

2022-02-06

Virtus Segafredo Bologna (15-3) earned their fifth consecutive Serie A win, catching up with AX Armani Exchange Milan at the top of the standings. The Italian champs topped Openjobmetis Varese (6-11) 81-80 (25-16, 16-32, 18-12, 12-20) in a game that went down to the wire. Varese suffered their first loss after four straight wins and remain third-to-bottom.Coming off a EuroCup home defeat to ...
Fighting through it: Alessandro Gentile opens up about his struggles with anxiety (2)

2022-01-02

Memory works in strange ways. Sometimes we can remember very futile details that happened years ago, while we struggle to remember stuff that happened the week before. Even in basketball, especially nowadays, memory can be really short-term. Remembering the scenario of 8-10 years ago might be really difficult, such is our focus on today and on what might happen in the incoming future. So we will ...
Trey Kell is heading to Milan (1)

2021-12-30

Amidst uncertain COVID times and hit with an injury bug, AX Armani Exchange Milan bought out Trey Kell's contract from Openjobmetis Varese, BasketNews sources confirmed. Emiliano Carchia from Sportando and Yakov Meir from Israel Hayom first reported about advanced negotiations. Later, Carchia was first to report about the done deal. Kell has been one of the brightest players for Varese, averaging ...
The Furious Forward: Alessandro Gentile gets sent off in a clash with referees (1)

2021-12-13

When two passionate teams meet, things can get heated. It was best illustrated in the Italian Lega Basket clash between Openjobmetis Varese and GeVi Napoli Basket when Alessandro Gentile got sent off. Napoli were leading 58-46 in the third quarter when Gentile was called for his second personal foul against Jason Rich while trying to get off the screen. The Italian was not satisfied with the call ...
Melli and Hall pull Milan over Varese

2021-10-10

AX Armani Exchange Milan (3-0) continue their winning streak by winning an away game against Alessandro Gentile's Openjobmetis Varese (1-2) at the Lega Basket Serie A 82-79 (21-19, 19-21, 20-24, 22-15). The match was very close through all four quarters, resulting in 13 lead changes. Milan went into the fourth period with a 4 point deficit (60-64) but displayed tremendous basketball in the final ...
Seasons:   16/17 | 15/16 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11 | 09/10 | 07/08 | 06/07 | 05/06 | 04/05 | 03/04 | 02/03


Basketball Champions League

NO GM MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF RF PTS EFF
0 Dominique Johnson 6 32:57 15/35
(42.9%)
16/38
(42.1%)
17/18
(94.4%)
4
3.3/0.7
2 0.5 2.3 0 2.2 0 15.8 10.7
1 Oderah Anosike 13 20:47 28/54
(51.9%)
0/1
(0%)
19/33
(57.6%)
8.5
5.8/2.7
0.4 0.6 1.2 0.4 2.2 0 5.8 9
3 Eric Maynor 14 23:41 34/82
(41.5%)
11/35
(31.4%)
24/28
(85.7%)
2.7
2.4/0.4
3.8 0.8 1.9 0.1 1.8 0 8.9 7.1
4 Aleksa Avramovic 13 20:41 37/73
(50.7%)
16/42
(38.1%)
39/52
(75%)
2.2
1.8/0.5
1.8 0.7 1.6 0.2 1.4 0 12.4 8.5
5 Norvel Pelle 13 18:23 31/55
(56.4%)
0/0 27/42
(64.3%)
5.2
3.8/1.4
0.2 0.3 1.3 2.7 3.2 0 6.8 7.8
6 Massimo Bulleri 11 8:45 2/4
(50%)
1/9
(11.1%)
4/4
(100%)
0.6
0.5/0.1
0.7 0 0.9 0 1.5 0 1 -1
10 Daniele Cavaliero 14 22:01 15/43
(34.9%)
17/44
(38.6%)
12/14
(85.7%)
2.1
1.8/0.4
1.2 0.5 1 0 2.6 0 6.6 2.8
12 Luca Campani 5 18:57 8/24
(33.3%)
1/7
(14.3%)
5/8
(62.5%)
2.6
1.2/1.4
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.4 0 4.8 0.2
14 Kristjan Kangur 13 22:40 11/27
(40.7%)
6/23
(26.1%)
14/19
(73.7%)
3.4
2.2/1.2
1 0.4 1.1 0.2 3.5 0 4.2 1.7
20 Matteo Canavesi 6 6:20 2/3
(66.7%)
1/5
(20%)
7/8
(87.5%)
0.5
0.3/0.2
0.3 0.2 0 0.3 1.2 0 2.3 1.5
21 Giancarlo Ferrero 12 18:02 8/27
(29.6%)
6/21
(28.6%)
7/15
(46.7%)
2.1
1.6/0.5
0.6 0.3 1 0 1.7 0 3.4 0.2
31 Christian Eyenga 12 25:43 46/91
(50.5%)
9/28
(32.1%)
33/56
(58.9%)
3.9
2.9/1
1.2 0.7 1.8 0.9 1.9 0 12.7 8.3
32 Melvin Johnson 7 19:30 9/27
(33.3%)
7/34
(20.6%)
8/12
(66.7%)
1.3
1/0.3
0.9 0.4 0.7 0 0.9 0 6.7 0.7
Statistics


2016/2017

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
BCL 14 45.1%
246/545
31.7%
91/287
69.9%
216/309
34.8
25.2/9.6
11.9 4.6 12.9 4.3 - 21 - 70.1


2015/2016

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2013/2014

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2004/2005

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
Records
Seasons:   All | 16/17 | 15/16 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11 | 09/10 | 07/08 | 06/07 | 05/06 | 04/05 | 03/04 | 02/03

Basketball Champions League

Team records - 2016/2017 Season
Personal records - 2016/2017 Season
Efficiency 25 Aleksa Avramovic LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne --
Points 29 Aleksa Avramovic LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne --
Rebounds 17 Oderah Anosike Sportif USAK --
Assists 8 Eric Maynor Sportif USAK --
Steals 3 Norvel Pelle LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne --
Blocks 6 Norvel Pelle Sportif USAK --
2-pointers made 9 Aleksa Avramovic LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne --
3-pointers made 4 Dominique Johnson Sportif USAK --
Free throws made 10 Aleksa Avramovic PAOK mateco --
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency 2016-2017 47.2
Points 2016-2017 70.1
Rebounds 2016-2017 34.8
Assists 2016-2017 11.9
Steals 2016-2017 4.6
Blocks 2016-2017 4.3
2-pointers made 2016-2017 17.6
3-pointers made 2016-2017 6.5
Free throws made 2016-2017 15.4
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency Dominique Johnson
2016/2017
10.7
Points Dominique Johnson
2016/2017
15.8
Rebounds Oderah Anosike
2016/2017
8.5
Assists Eric Maynor
2016/2017
3.8
Steals Eric Maynor
2016/2017
0.8
Blocks Norvel Pelle
2016/2017
2.7
2-pointers made Christian Eyenga
2016/2017
3.8
3-pointers made Dominique Johnson
2016/2017
2.7
Free throws made Aleksa Avramovic
2016/2017
3