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2019 Italian Basketball Supercup
The 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup (), also known as Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2019 for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions. Banco di Sardegna Sassari went to win his 2nd Supercup by beating Umana Reyer Venezia 83–80 in the Finals. Curtis Jerrells was named Most valuable player, MVP of the competition. It was played at the PalaFlorio arena in Bari on 21 and 22 September 2019. Participant teams Qualified for the tournament were Vanoli Cremona and New Basket Brindisi, as 2019 Italian Basketball Cup, Italian Cup finalists, Banco di Sardegna Sassari and Umana Reyer Venezia as 2019 LBA Playoffs, LBA Playoffs finalist. Bracket Semifinals Vanoli Cremona vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Happy Casa Brindisi Final Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Umana Reyer Venezia Sponsors SourceLBA Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,473 inhabitants, and an area of over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. Its Metropolitan City of Bari, metropolitan province has 1.2 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica di San Nicola, Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari), Norman-Swabian Castle, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 LBA Finals
The 2019 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2018–19 LBA season, 2018–19 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of 2019 LBA Playoffs, the season's playoffs. The third placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessed home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Taliercio) and the 4th placed Banco di Sardegna Sassari contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 10 to June 22, 2019. These were the second Finals for both Venezia and Sassari of their history. Umana Reyer Venezia won their 4th title by beating Banco di Sardegna Sassari in game 7 of the finals. Austin Daye of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named Lega Basket Serie A Finals MVP, MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs. Road to the finals 2017 Italian Basketball Cup, Italian Basketball Cup Regular season series Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Banks
Adrian Gerard Banks (; born February 9, 1986) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Northwest Mississippi Community College and Arkansas State University. He was the 2011–12 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League. College career Banks played junior college basketball at Northwest Mississippi Community College before moving to Arkansas State University, where he became the seventh player in the history of college to score more than 1,000 points. Professional career Banks moved to Belgium in 2008, signing his first professional contract in 2008, signing with Pepinster, where he played 31 games, averaging 16.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. The following year, he moved to Liège where he played in EuroChallenge. In 2010, he moved to Israeli side Barak Netanya. He closed the year as the top scorer of the League with more than 21.5 points (49.4% two, 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Watt (basketball)
Mitchell Watt (born December 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Toyama Grouses of the B.League. He played college basketball for the University at Buffalo, where he was an All-American and Mid-American Conference (MAC) player of the year. College career Watt, a 6'10" forward- center from Desert Edge High School in Goodyear, Arizona, came to Buffalo to play for coach Reggie Witherspoon. After cracking the starting lineup as a freshman in 2008–09, Watt established himself as one of the top defensive players in the MAC, earning the nickname sWatt. As a sophomore, Watt battled Guillain–Barré syndrome, which limited his effectiveness. His role was largely as a rebounder and defensive stopper his first three years. As a junior, he averaged 8.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game. As a senior, Watt continued his strong defensive play, but also nearly doubled his scoring output. He averaged 16.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bramos
Michalis Antonis "Mike" Bramos (, commonly referred to as Michael Bramos), born 27 May 1987, is a Greek-American former professional basketball player. Born in Harper Woods, Michigan, he played college basketball for Miami University. In his senior season at Miami, Bramos was named MAC Player of the Year. He is a shooting guard-small forward, standing at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), with a 2.13 m (7 ft.) wingspan. High school career Bramos attended Grosse Pointe North High School, in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, where he played high school basketball. College career After high school, Bramos played college basketball at Miami (Ohio) from 2005 to 2009. With the RedHawks, he was named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team in 2008, as a junior. As a senior, he was named to the 2009 All-Mid-American Conference First Team, and he was also named the 2009 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. In his four seasons with Miami, Bramos appeared in 120 games, avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Daye
Austin Darren Daye (born June 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for Gonzaga before being drafted 15th overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2009 NBA draft. He has played for the Pistons, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Toronto Raptors, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Atlanta Hawks, while also spending time in Russia, Italy and the NBA Development League. Daye won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 2014. With Umana Reyer Venezia, Daye won the Lega Basket Serie A championship in 2019 and the Italian Basketball Cup in 2020; he was also named most valuable player of the 2019 LBA Finals and the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup finals. High school career Daye attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California where he played for coach John Halagan. As a junior in 2005–06, he averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as he named to the All-CIF Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on Max (streaming service), Max and Discovery+. Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television (1984–1990), Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery, Inc., Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015. Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Spissu
Marco Spissu (born February 5, 1995) is an Italian professional basketball player for Basket Zaragoza, Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. Spissu usually plays as point guard. Professional career In July 2016, Spissu was sent on loan to Virtus Bologna of the Serie A2 Basket. With Bologna, he won the Italian LNP Cup and he was named the LNP Cup Finals MVP. After 11 years with Dinamo Sassari, from 2011, Spissu moved in Spain to Unicaja Málaga, signing a two years contract. On August 12, 2021, Unicaja Malaga voids Marco Spissu’s contract after Italian player fails physicals. The Italian Basketball Federation intervened in his favour by stating that his physical conditions were adequate and no injuries has compromised his condition, such that he was called for the 2020 Italy men's Olympic basketball team, Tokyo Olympics. Standing to ''Gazzetta dello sport'', the Italian sport newspaper, the Malaga management team had second thoughts about the deal and used his physical condition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamel McLean
Jamel McLean (born April 18, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career After failing to get drafted at the 2011 NBA draft, Mclean signed with Leuven Bears of Belgium, for the 2011–12 season. On October 5, 2012, he signed a two-month deal with Telenet Oostende of Belgium. After his contract expired, he left Oostende. On January 5, 2013, he signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of Germany for the rest of the season. On June 28, 2013, he re-signed with Telekom Bonn for one more season. On August 5, 2014, McLean signed a one-year contract, with an option for another season, with the German club Alba Berlin. In the 2014–15 season, he was named the Basketball Bundesliga MVP. On July 3, 2015, he opted out of his contract with Alba. On July 9, 2015, McLean signed a two-year contract with Italian club EA7 Emporio Armani Milano. On July 12, 2017, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwayne Evans (basketball)
Dwayne Evans (born January 24, 1992) is an American basketball player for Hiroshima Dragonflies of the Japanese B.League. He was an All-Atlantic 10 Conference college basketball player at Saint Louis University (SLU). College career Evans came to SLU to play for coach Rick Majerus from Neuqua Valley High School in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois and was an immediate impact player for the Billikens, averaging 8.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a freshman and making the Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie team. As a sophomore, Evans made the leap to being a top player in the conference. He then became a first-team All-Atlantic 10 player in both his junior and senior seasons. In addition to conference honors, Evans was named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. As a senior, he averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Professional career Following the close of his college career, Evans was chosen to play in the Reese's college All-Star Game. After going u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Diener
Travis Lyle Diener ( ; born March 1, 1982) is an American-Italian former professional basketball player who last played for Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He also holds Italian citizenship, and has played for the Italian national team at EuroBasket 2013. Career Diener played collegiately at Marquette University, and was a member of the Golden Eagles team that reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2003. Diener was one of three future NBA players from that Golden Eagles team; the others were Dwyane Wade and Steve Novak. Following his college career at Marquette, he was a second-round draft choice (38th overall) of the Orlando Magic in the 2005 NBA draft. Diener made his NBA debut on December 2, 2005, playing 12 minutes and scoring three points in a loss against the Memphis Grizzlies. On June 19, 2007, the Indiana Pacers signed Diener (who was a free agent) to a three-year deal reportedly worth $4.86 million. On July 6, 2009, Diener exercised his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Saunders
Wesley Saunders (born June 16, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Oliveirense of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB). He played college basketball for the Harvard Crimson. Early life Wesley Saunders was born on June 16, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. Saunders lettered in basketball and volleyball at Windward High serving as basketball captain during his senior year. On that season he averaged 20.2 points and 10 rebounds per game and helped his team to win Division IV's state basketball, after winning the State Championship for Division V as a sophomore. College career In his four-year career at Harvard, Saunders averaged 12.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals over 29.8 minutes in 120 games, and averaged career-highs of 16.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists as a senior, earning the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2014 alongside his third All-Ivy League first-team selection. Professional career Westchester Knicks (2015–2016) Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
