Olimpia Milano, Messina is the brand new staff for the 2022-23 season

In the course of the newest episode of Space 52’s “Euroleague / Eurocup Particular” broadcast on the Twitch platform, EA7 coach Emporio Armani Milano additionally made an look Ettore Messina, which coated a number of matters, together with final season’s summer season modifications with the arrival of Pangos and Davies. His phrases

“This 12 months we’ve, because of Brandon, a higher presence within the post-low, which we already had with Melli within the championship playoffs in 2022. We’ve got to work in that course there, discover the proper second, combine up the usage of the choice. & rolls with the low publish or off the blocks for a shooter like Brandon. We’ve got a variety of work to do.

I believe he and Pangos have a variety of room to develop. I do not need to be optimistic, however each have and will need to have room for enchancment to get to know their teammates, to know what we need to do and tips on how to run the sport. Certain they’ve completed some good issues to this point, particularly within the final two Euroleague video games away from residence, however they had been already drained in Venice and weren’t very shiny.

We’ve got to search out continuity. Brandon might be extra used to it as a result of he performed a variety of video games final 12 months, whereas Kevin performed little or no final 12 months as a result of he was on the bench in Cleveland, then he went to CSKA however ultimately he did not. He’s a participant who has not performed for 6-7 months, so he has to get better the rhythm of the sport, the behavior of contacts and that’s the reason I’m positive that collectively they will nonetheless develop.“

A 12 months in the past with Pozzecco and at this time with Peppe Poeta, Messina needed in his squad a determine who stepped on the parquet for a very long time as a participant. And he gave his causes for this selection.

“It is one thing I’ve seen completed in America and I used to be very impressed. I have not performed and I haven’t got the power to really feel what a participant feels within the dressing room earlier than a recreation or at a tough second in a recreation, Gianmarco and Peppe, however, are gamers who’ve made the transition from participant to supervisor , they’ve an awesome notion of what the participant can really feel after which they’ve the power to narrate what the participant feels to what the coach feels and thus attempt to make choices or take positions that may be helpful for everybody. There’s a comparability that personally helped me lots to enhance even at my age“.

EA7 coach Emporio Armani, since his arrival in Milan, sought and achieved the arrival of Greek GM Stavropoulos who was at Olympiacos and praised his work, invisible to a lot of the public

“Christos is an individual who has nice qualities, amongst them a steadiness that I would not have and he’s a sensational negotiator, he by no means loses his mood, he is aware of the market and the actual worth of the gamers very properly, he has a superb relationship with the brokers For us he’s an important particular person, we had been fortunate that he agreed to come back and I’m very blissful to work with an individual who cares a lot in regards to the staff and who doesn’t have to be within the entrance row.“.

Ettore Messina additionally joked about Danilo Gallinari and the still-unclosed chance of his return to Olimpia.

“Actually, we by no means talked about it. He had this nice misfortune of getting harm, however up till six months in the past he was a participant who was signing a loopy contract to be an essential determine for the Boston Celtics. We hope that this run will lead him to a full bodily restoration and to play subsequent season. If he is wholesome and trying to end his profession right here, I definitely assume the homeowners will hear very rigorously. The hope is that you just play properly within the NBA and an awesome situation to be an awesome participant in Olympia“.

Messina additionally answered questions in regards to the Euroleague and the brand new report that seems to be consolidating with FIBA ​​(link).