Basket Livorno
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Basket Livorno, also known for sponsorship reasons as TDShop.it Livorno is an Italian basketball club based in Livorno.[1]
In 2007/08 season it will play in the Italian LegADue (also known as Serie A2, second division of Italian professional basketball).
It got relegated from Serie A, the top division, after the 2006/07 season. Their home arena is PalaAlgida. Livorno was represented in the past in Serie A by two other teams, Libertas Livorno and Pallacanestro Livorno. Those teams have merged under the Libertas name in 1991, and the team went bankrupt in 1994. Currently Libertas plays in the lower levels of Italian basketball.
Basket Livorno was established in 1995 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Bini Viaggi Livorno (1996-99), Mabo Livorno (2000-02), Mabo Prefabbricati Livorno (2002-04) and Villaggio Solidago Livorno (2004-05).[2] Their best result so far was 11th place in Serie A in the 2004/05 season.
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[edit] 2007-2008 Roster
5 | Rashad Anderson | Shooting guard/Small forward | |
6 | Mauricio Aguiar | Small forward | |
7 | Matteo Spippoli | Center | |
8 | Marco Giuri | Point guard/Shooting guard | |
9 | Jermaine Boyette | Shooting guard | |
10 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | Point guard | |
13 | Gianni Cantagalli | Point guard | |
14 | Troy Ostler | Power forward | |
18 | Stefano Simeoli | Small forward | |
19 | Andrea Cessel | Center | |
20 | Riccardo Malagoli | Power forward/Center |
[edit] Notable past players
- Walter Santarossa 7 seasons: '96-'03
- Samuele Podestà 4 seasons: '96-'00
- Mario Gigena 3 seasons: '96-'99
- Silvio Gigena 3 seasons: '96-'99
- Alessandro Fantozzi 1 season: '96-'97
- John Turner 1 season: '96-'97
- Dante Calabria 1 season: '96-'97
- Mark Baker 1 season: '97-'98
- Brent Dabbs 1 season: '97-'98
- Ivica Marić 1 season: '98-'99
- Brad Miller 1 season: '98-'99
- Roy Rogers 1 season: '98-'99
- Tellis Frank 1 season: '99-'00
- Myron Brown 1 season: '99-'00
- Luca Garri 4 seasons: '00-'04
- Ken Barlow 2 seasons: '00-'02
- Tyrone Grant 2 seasons: '00-'02
- Miles Simon 1 season: '00-'01
- Rodney Elliott 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Robert Conley 2 seasons: '01-'03
- Tommaso Fantoni 5 seasons: '02-'07
- Antonio Porta 4 seasons: '02-'06
- Keith McLeod 1 season: '02-'03
- Miladin Mutavdžić 1 season: '02-'03
- Charlie Bell 1 season: '03-'04
- Drew Nicholas 1 season: '04-'05
- Preston Shumpert 1 season: '04-'05
- Aloysius Anagonye 1 season: '04-'05
- Paul McPherson 2 seasons: '05-'07
- Chevon Troutman 1 season: '05-'06
- Lucas Recker 1 season: '05-'06
- Alan Daniels 1 season: '06-'07
- Jason Rowe 1 season: '06-'07
- Brandon Hunter 1 season: '06-'07