Olimpia Basket Pistoia, also known as Maltinti Pistoia after one of its historic sponsors, was an Italian professional
basketball
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team from the town of
Pistoia
Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...
.
It played in
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
, the Italian top-level professional league, in the 1990s. Their best result was 8th place in the 1992/93 season. It participated in the
Korać Cup in the 1996/97 season. After the 1998/99 season, when they were relegated from Serie A, the team went bankrupt and is currently defunct. Pistoia is currently represented in
LegADue by another team,
Carmatic Pistoia.
The team was established in 1965 and, due to sponsorship deals, was also known as Kleenex Pistoia (1988–94), Madigan Pistoia (1994-96), Rolly Pistoia (1996–97) and Mabo Pistoia (1997-99).
Notable players
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Leon Douglas
Leon Douglas (born August 26, 1954) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) before transitioning to an extensive professional career overseas in Europe. ...
4 seasons: '87-'91
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Joe Bryant 2 seasons: '87-'89
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Andrea Daviddi 2 seasons: '87-'89
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Claudio Crippa 10 seasons: '88-'98
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Ron Rowan 3 seasons: '89-'92
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Luca Silvestrin 3 seasons: '89-'92
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Charles Jones 1 season: '90'-'91
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Dan Gay 3 seasons: '91-'93, '97-'98
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Massimo Minto 5 seasons: '92-'93, '94-'98
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Andrea Forti 3 seasons: '92-'95
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Joe Binion 2 seasons: '92-'94
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Francesco Vescovi 2 seasons: '93-'94, '97-'98
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Tod Murphy 1 season: '93-'94
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Adrian Caldwell
Adrian Bernard Caldwell (born July 4, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1989 to 1997.
An undersized center (basketball), center (2.05 m), Caldwell att ...
1 season: '93-'94
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Stephen Howard 1 season: '94-'95
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Marty Embry
Marty Embry (born March 28, 1964) is an American chef, entrepreneur and former professional basketball player.
Basketball career
At 6'9, 270 lbs., he was drafted out of DePaul University in the 4th round of the 1986 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz ...
1 season: '94-'95
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Irving Thomas 2 seasons: '95-'97
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Davide Ancilotto 1 season: '95-'96
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Ken Barlow 1 season: '95-'96
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Junior Burrough 1 season: '96
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Derrick Taylor
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1 season: '96-'97
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Thomas Burrough 1 season: '96-'97
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Matteo Soragna
Matteo Soragna (born 26 December 1975) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He can switch between all perimeter positions (shooting guard, small forward and point guard).
He was part of the Italian national team that won a silver ...
1 season: '96-'97
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Vincenzo Esposito 1 season: '97-'98
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Ian Lockhart 1 season: '97-'98
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Ed Stokes 1 season: '97-'98
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James Forrest 1 season: '98-'99
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Travis Mays 1 season: '98-'99
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John Turner 1 season: '98-'99
Defunct basketball teams in Italy
Basketball teams established in 1965
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