Basket Draghi Novara

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.

2008/09 Roster

		Davide Cristelli	Power forward
		Mats Levin	Point guard
		Luca Bertolini	Shooting guard
		Philip Martin	Small forward
		Marco Sambugaro	Shooting guard/Small forward
		Thomas Branca	Point guard/Shooting guard
		Steve Burt	Shooting guard

Notable players

Aironi players

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

Ignis Castelletto Ticino players

Paolo Conti 2 seasons: '05-'07
Tuukka Kotti 2 seasons: '05-'07
Stefano Rusconi 2 seasons: '05-'07
Shawnta Rogers 1 season: '05-'06
Drake Diener 1 season: '06-'07
Anthony Michael Binetti 1 season: '06-'07

References

External links

Official Site