New Basket Brindisi

Enel Basket Brindisi
Leagues	Lega Serie A
Founded	1992
History	1950–present
Arena	PalaPentassuglia
Arena Capacity	3,523
Location	Brindisi, Italy
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Antonio Corliano
Head coach	Piero Bucchi
Championships	1 LegADue
Website	newbasketbrindisi.it
Uniforms
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New Basket Enel Brindisi, also known as Enel Brindisi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Italian basketball team playing in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. It plays its matches at PalaPentassuglia (3,523 seats, restored in 2010) in the city of Brindisi in the Apulia region.

History

The basketball team was born in Brindisi in the 1950s under great Italian coach Elio Pentassuglia. Their first participation in the first divison was in 1974 as Libertas. Then in 1980 they returned as Bartolini Brindisi in a team that contained the Americans Otis Howard, Rich Yonakor, Cliff Pondexter and coach Rudy D'Amico, remaining until 1982.

After many years in the minor leagues they were recently acquired by entrepreneur Massimo Ferrarese along with Antonio Corliano, thereafter they won three lower league championships and in 2010 returned the city of Brindisi to the Italian top league after 28 years in the lower divisions. Their return lasted a season but they were again promoted following the 2011-2012 season. In 2014–15 Brindisi made its European debut in the EuroChallenge.

Honours

• LegADue (1):

2010

Season by season ^[1]

2014-15 Roster

Enel Brindisi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 1.0 !PG 0 GEO ! Pullen, Jacob 70001820000000000001.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 700185000000000000085 kg (187 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 2.5 !G/F 2 USA ! Haper, Demonte 70001930000000000001.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-06-21)21 June 1989 4.0 !F 5 GUY ! James, Delroy 70002029999999999992.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002100000000000000100 kg (220 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 2.5 !C/G 7 ITA ! Bulleri, Massimo 70001880000000000001.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 700181000000000000081 kg (179 lb) 7001370000000000000♠37 – (1977-09-10)10 September 1977 2.5 !C/G 8 ITA ! Cournooh, David Reginald 70001870000000000001.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 700183000000000000083 kg (183 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 1.0 !PG 9 ITA ! De Gennaro, Matteo 70001880000000000001.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 700184000000000000084 kg (185 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1997-02-14)14 February 1997 1.0 !PG 12 USA ! Denmon, Marcus 70001910000000000001.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 700184000000000000084 kg (185 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 5.5 !F/C 14 BUL ! Simmons, Cedric 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002107000000000000107 kg (236 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-01-03)3 January 1986 4.0 !F 15 ITA ! Morciano, Francesco 70002000000000000002.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 700195000000000000095 kg (209 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1996-10-29)29 October 1996 4.0 !F 19 ITA ! Zerini, Andrea 70002049999999999992.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002110000000000000110 kg (243 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-10-25)25 October 1988 1.0 !PG 31 USA ! Turner, Elston 70001950000000000001.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 700196000000000000096 kg (212 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-05-06)6 May 1990 6.0 !C 40 Central African Republic ! Mays, James 70002060000000000002.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002104000000000000104 kg (229 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 6.0 !C 50 Nigeria ! Eric, Michael 70002080000000000002.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002109000000000000109 kg (240 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-06-24)24 June 1988	Head coach Piero Bucchi Assistant coach(es) Daniele Michelutti Marco Esposito Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 16, 2015

Notable players

Notable coaches

• Rudy D'Amico (1981–82)
• Massimo Bianchi (2004–05)
• Elio Pentassuglia (1970–82)
• Piero Bucchi (2011)
• Giovanni Perdichizzi (2008–10)
• Paolo Moretti (2007–08)

References

External links

• Official Site (Italian)