New Basket Brindisi

New Basket Brindisi
Nickname Stella del sud
Leagues Serie A
Eurocup
Founded 1992
History New Basket Ceglie
1992–2004
New Basket Brindisi
2004–present
Arena PalaPentassuglia
Arena Capacity 3,534
Location Brindisi, Apulia, Italy
Team colors Blue and White          
President Fernando Marino
Head coach Piero Bucchi
Championships 1 LegaDue
2010
1 LegaDue Cup
2012
Website newbasketbrindisi.it
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New Basket Enel Brindisi, also known as Enel Brindisi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Italian basketball based in Brindisi, Apulia. It plays in the first division Serie A as of the 2015-16 season.

Founded in 2004, the well-supported club (who regularly sells out its arena - albeit one of the smallest ones in the league - and sent three thousand fans to Rome for a game)[1] has gradually grown to reach in turn the Serie A, the title playoffs, the EuroChallenge and lastly the Eurocup.

History

Brindisi had in the past been represented by Libertas Brindisi, who played the 1981-82 in the first division and spent nine others in the second division around the same period (including a few with local great Elio Pentassuglia as coach).[2] That side would fold in 1987 whilst another local side, Azzurra Brindisi, played a few seasons in the third division during the 1990s before itself disappearing in 2001. The city was left without a representative in the national divisions, in the meantime, New Basket Ceglie - based in nearby Ceglie Messapica since its 1992 foundation - had been promoted to the fourth division Serie B but was hampered by the lack of a suitable arena in the town (the local Palazzetto dello sport only seating 500). Ceglie then moved to Brindisi's PalaPentassuglia arena that same summer, however the team didn't draw the local public and was sold to Giovanni Di Bella at the end of the season, with the new owner making the move to the city permanent.[3] Also in 2002, Massimo Ferrarese started sponsoring the club under his company's Prefabbricati Pugliesi brand, two years he would buy out Di Bella (who was planning on selling the club to a team in another city) to become the sole owner of the club and form New Basket Brindisi in the process, with Antonio Codiano as its president.[4]

On the court, Brindisi won the Serie B2 regular season and reached the promotion playoffs final as favourites, however they lost the series against Ribera after being beaten 71-104 in the decisive game on 25 May 2005.[3] They were admitted to the Serie B1 in all cases, finishing the 2005-06 season fifth.[5] The next season saw a team led by Uruguayan Alejandro Muro win the regular season but lose in the playoff quarterfinals to Veroli.[3] The promotion goal would finally be attained on 8 June 2008 as Brindisi beat Trapani to reach the championship final (that they would lose to Venezia) and earn a promotion to the LegaDue.[6]

After a transitional season, Brindisi, coached by promotion specialist Giovanni Perdichizzi, won the 2009-10 LegaDue regular season to move up to the first division Serie A.[7] The team did not manage to stay in the elite as they were relegated at the end of a season that saw a lot of roster changes, including Perdichizzi's replacement by Luca Bechi.[5] The offseason saw organisational changes as Ferrarese ceded most of his shares to a newly formed group of twelve local businessmen, staying as honorary president (a post he left in 2014 following disagreements with new owner Fernando Marino).[3][4] Bucchi then led the team to a successful season as they lost only one game during the promotion playoffs, beating Pistoia in the decisive finals game 4 on 14 June 2012 to return to the Serie A.[8] The team had earlier won the LegaDue Cup by beating Fileni BPA Jesi 77-74 in the final.[9]

Its second season in the elite proved better than the first as Brindisi, led by Jonathan Gibson and Jeff Viggiano, qualified for the mid-season Italian Cup final eight and seemed a sure bet for the playoffs before losing ten of its last eleven regular season games to finish twelfth, a position that comfortably guaranteed its Serie A place.[10] The 2013-14 season proved even better, the club finished the first stage of the season in first place (tied on 22 points with Cantù but above on head-to-head record) to again qualify for the Italian Cup.[1] Brindisi reached the Italian Cup semifinals before losing to EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, while its fifth-place finish in the league (conceding the fourth place to Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari when defeated by the side in the final regular season game) qualified it for the playoffs.[10] Though they were swept 3-0 by Sassari it was still a record-breaking season to celebrate for the fans.[11] The 2014-15 season saw the Italian side make its European debut in the third tier EuroChallenge, going all the way to the quarterfinals before getting knocked out by Nanterre.[10] A sixth-place finish in the league saw the Apulians again take part in the playoffs,[10] in which they earned their first ever victory during the quarterfinal series against Grissin Bon Reggion Emilia, leading the tie 2-1 before wasting two chances to go through.[12]

Brindisi received a wild card to be admitted to the European second-tier 2015-16 Eurocup.[13]

Arena

The Palazzetto Nuova Idea (capacity: 2,302) was built in September 1980 and completed only hours before then tenant Pallacanestro Brindisi's (a renamed Libertas) first game of the season. New Basket Ceglie moved into the arena in 2001, starting New Basket Brindisi's tenure (starting from them taking over Ceglie in 2004). Nuova Idea, named after the private company that built and owned it, was renamed PalaPentassuglia (in full:Palazzetto dello Sport "Elio Pentassuglia") in honour of Brindisi stalwart Elio Pentassuglia (deceased in a 1988 car crash) after it came under possession of the municipality sometime later,[1] it is sometimes colloquially referred to as PalaElio.[14]

The venue was not up to the standards of the Serie A when Brindisi entered the league in 2010, as the long projected construction of a new arena had not borne any fruits the PalaPentassuglia's capacity was increased to just over the 3,500 requirement (3,534)[15] amidst a general refurbishment.[16] After the new arena project was finally abandoned in 2014, the municipal authorities announced a new renovation plan for the PalaPentassuglia in October of that year, that would take its capacity to around 6,000 seats whilst modernising the structure, with the work expected to be delivered prior to the 2015-16 season.[17] However, the project soon ran into bureaucratic quagmires and work did not start in earnest until September 2015, where the lighting was updated to answer Eurocup's requirements, the rest of the refurbishment work is now expected to be started in March 2016.[18]

Current Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Enel Brindisi roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 0 United States Banks, Adrian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1986-02-09)9 February 1986
G 1 United States Reynolds, Scottie 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 28 – (1987-10-10)10 October 1987
G 2 Jamaica Scott, Durand 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1990-02-22)22 February 1990
G 3 Italy Cournooh, David Reginald 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
G 7 United States Harris, Alex 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1986-01-30)30 January 1986
F 9 Italy Cardillo, Marco 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1985-02-03)3 February 1985
PF 10 Montenegro Milošević, Nemanja 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987
C 14 Serbia Gagić, Đorđe 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 25 – (1990-12-28)28 December 1990
G 15 Italy De Gennaro, Matteo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 18 – (1997-02-14)14 February 1997
F 19 Italy Zerini, Andrea 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1988-10-25)25 October 1988
F/C 21 United States Anosike, O. D. 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1991-01-03)3 January 1991
G 33 Italy Marzaioli, Domenico 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 24 – (1991-12-07)7 December 1991
F/C 35 Cameroon Kadji, Kenny 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1988-05-19)19 May 1988
Head coach
  • Italy Piero Bucchi
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Daniele Michelutti
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 30 August 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C O.D. Anosike Đorđe Gagić
PF Kenny Kadji Nemanja Milošević Andrea Zerini
SF Durand Scott Marco Cardillo
SG Adrian Banks Alex Harris Matteo De Gennaro
PG Scottie Reynolds David Cournooh Domenico Marzaioli

Season by season

Season Domestic competitions Domestic cup European competitions
Tier League Pos. Postseason Tier Result Tier League Result
2009–10 2 LegaDue 1 DNP 2 Runner-Up –
2010–11 1 Serie A 16 Relegated - –
2011–12 2 LegaDue 3 Runners-up(P) 2 Winner –
2012–13 1 Serie A 12 - - –
2013–14 1 Serie A 5 Quarterfinalist 1 Semifinalist –
2014–15 1 Serie A 6 Quarterfinalist 1 Semifinalist
3
EuroChallenge QF
2015–16 1 Serie A TBD TBD 1 TBD
2
Eurocup TBD

Honours

Domestic competitions

Notable players

2010's

2000's

Notable coaches

Sponsorship names

Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club has been known as:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Petrelli, Marino (13 January 2014). "Brindisi è regina di inverno. E la città sogna" [Brindisi is winter queen. And the city dreams]. Panorama.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rivestoni Brindisi - stagione 1985/86: storia" [Rivestoni Brindisi - 1985/86 season: history]. LegaBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Piliego, Pierpaolo (22 October 2014). "Dall'idea di prendere il Ceglie alle sfide dal respiro europeo" [From the genesis of taking Ceglie to European matches]. Quotidiano di Puglia (in Italian) (Brindisi).
  4. 1 2 Mandese, Francesca (24 October 2014). "Enel Brindisi, tutto il veleno di Ferrarese: "Umiliato da Marino, ecco perché lascio"" [Enel Brindisi, all of Ferrarese's venom: «[I was] humiliated by Marino, that's why I'm leaving»]. CorrieredelMezzogiorno.corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Breve storia della New Basket Brindisi" [A brief history of New Basket Brindisi]. NewBasketBrindisi]].it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Zarriello, Roberto (9 June 2008). "Basket, Brindisi promosso in serie A dopo ventotto anni" [Basketball, Brindisi promoted to the Serie A after twenty-eight years]. Bari.Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Scibetta, Pietro (17 April 2010). "Brindisi, gioia da serie A. Perdichizzi: "Sono felice"" [Brindisi, Serie A joy. Perdichizzi: "I'm happy"]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Tundo, Andrea (14 June 2012). "Brindisi, la Serie A un anno dopo Pistoia battuta nella finale playoff" [Brindisi, the Serie A one year on. Pistoia beaten in the playoff finals]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Coppa Legadue, trionfa Brindisi" [Legadue Cup, Brindisi triumphs]. CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). 4 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Club Profile: Enel Basket Brindisi". EurocupBasketball.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Mazzone, Giuseppe (23 May 2014). "Playoff basket, gara-3: Brindisi-Sassari 75-82. Dinamo in semifinale" [Basketball playoffs, game 3: Brindisi-Sassari 75-82. Dinamo to the semifinals]. Gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Perchiazzi, Ninni (25 May 2015). "Basket, Enel Brindisi a caccia di un'altra serata carica di storia" [Basketball, Enel Brindisi in the hunt for another historic night]. La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague and Eurocup". Euroleague.net. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Buon compleanno, PalaPentassuglia!" [Happy birthday, PalaPentassuglia!]. NewBasketBrindisi]].it (in Italian). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Campo di gioco (Italian).
  16. ↑ Cuomo, Francesca (27 September 2010). "Palazzetto, è partito il forcing del Comune" [Arena, the municipality's last ditch effort has started]. CorrieredelMezzogiorno.corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  17. ↑ Trinchera, Francesco (8 October 2014). "Quattro milioni di euro per il PalaPentassuglia" [Four million euros for the PalaPentassuglia]. QuotidianodiPuglia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Colelli, Pasquale (4 August 2015). "Ampliamento PalaElio: pronto il bando di gara. Inizio lavori non prima di marzo" [PalaElio upgrade: the notice is given. Construction not to start before March]. BrindisiReport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 August 2015.

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