Basket Draghi Novara

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Basket Draghi Novara, also known for sponsorship reasons as Ignis Novara is an Italian professional basketball team from the town of Novara.[1]

In 2007/08 season it will play in the Italian LegADue (also known as Serie A2, second division of Italian professional basketball).

It has been formed in 2007 when two LegADue teams, Ignis Castelletto Ticino and Aironi Novara have merged into one new team.

Aironi Basket Novara was established in 1972 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Cimberio Borgomanero (2001-02) [2], Cimberio Valve Novara (2002-03) [3] and Cimberio Novara (2003-07). [4][5][6][7] Their best result was 4th place in LegADue in the 2001/02 season.

Ignis Castelletto Ticino was established in 1991. Their best result was 14th place in LegADue in the 2005/06 season.

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[edit] 2007/08 Roster

Flag of Italy Davide Cristelli Power forward
Flag of Sweden Mats Levin Point guard
Flag of Italy Luca Bertolini Shooting guard
Flag of the United States Flag of Italy Philip Martin Small forward
Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Marco Sambugaro Shooting guard/Small forward
Flag of Italy Thomas Branca Point guard/Shooting guard
Flag of the United States Steve Burt Shooting guard

[edit] Notable past players

[edit] Aironi players

  • Flag of the United States Marc Salyers 2 seasons: '01-'03
  • Flag of the United States Horace Jenkins 1 season: '01-'02
  • Flag of the United States Damon Thornton 1 season: '01-'02
  • Flag of the United States Trent Whiting 1 season: '02-'03
  • Flag of the United States Dennis Mims 1 season: '02-'03
  • Flag of the United States Sean Colson 2 seasons: '03-'04, '06-'07
  • Flag of the United States Kevin Braswell 1 season: '03-'04
  • Flag of the United States Brandom Williams 1 season: '03-'04
  • Flag of Italy Massimiliano Monti 1 season: '03-'04
  • Flag of the United States James Collins 2 seasons: '04-'06
  • Flag of the United States Flag of Italy Donte Mathis 2 seasons: '04-'06
  • Flag of Italy Manuel Vanuzzo 2 seasons: '04-'06
  • Flag of the United States Antonio Smith 1 season: '04-'05
  • Flag of the United States Robert Conley 1 season: '06-'07
  • Flag of Uruguay Flag of Italy Mauricio Aguiar 1 season: '06-'07

[edit] Ignis Castelletto Ticino players

  • Flag of Italy Paolo Conti 2 seasons: '05-'07
  • Flag of Finland Tuukka Kotti 2 seasons: '05-'07
  • Flag of Italy Stefano Rusconi 2 seasons: '05-'07
  • Flag of the United States Shawnta Rogers 1 season: '05-'06
  • Flag of the United States Drake Diener 1 season: '06-'07
  • Flag of the United States Anthony Michael Binetti 1 season: '06-'07

[edit] References

  1. ^ Team page on the official LegADue website
  2. ^ Novara 2001/02 season page on the official LegADue website
  3. ^ Novara 2002/03 season page on the official LegADue website
  4. ^ Novara 2003/04 season page on the official LegADue website
  5. ^ Novara 2004/05 season page on the official LegADue website
  6. ^ Novara 2005/06 season page on the official LegADue website
  7. ^ Novara 2006/07 season page on the official LegADue website

[edit] External links

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