SAM Basket Massagno, for sponsorship reasons Spinelli Massagno, is a professional

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club based in

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.Team profile at ''Eurobasket.com''
/ref> The team currently plays in the

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, the highest professional division in Switzerland. The team plays its home games at the palestra di Nosedo (SEM Nosedo), which has a capacity of 1,000 people. SAM has won two trophies in its history, the national

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in 2023 and the SBL Supercup in 2024.

Honours

* Winners (1): 2022–23 *Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021 SBL Supercup * Winners (1): 2023–24

Notable players

* Clint Chapman

References

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