The first semi-final of the City of Cagliari is on Friday at 18.30 with Dinamo facing the Greeks of Paok coached by Cancellieri, while Virtus Bologna will play at 21 against Gran Canaria.
CITY OF CAGLIARI
Second test of the season and first overall at European level for Dinamo who will face in the first semi-final of the XIV° City of Cagliari Friday 6th September at 18.30 the Greeks of Paok Thessalonikicoached by the Italian Massimo Cancellieri, who was Sassari’s opponent several times during his time at Olimpia Milano, and who will participate in the next BCL. Markovic’s team, after having overcome Cremona in the first pre-season friendly in Nuoro, is looking for answers in terms of approach and mentality, facing top-level teams. In the finals on Saturday they will then meet one of Virtus Bologna and Gran Canariawinner two seasons ago of the Europe which is among the most ambitious in Spain, who will compete in the second semi-final of the evening.
Dinamo has won the City of Cagliari three times, the last edition in 2022, while last season Olimpia Milano prevailed in the final against Sassari.
DINAMO DEBRIEF – CREMONA https://www.dinamobasket.com/blog/debrief-dinamo-vs-cremona
NUORO APPLAUDS DINAMO
PAOK
Led by former Trieste and Brindisi Frank Bartley JR con coach Chancellors on the bench, which finds itself with a rebuilt roster. The playmakers have arrived Shavan Reynolds JR dal Keravnos (won cup and championship in Cyprus in 2023-24) and from Lavrio Kostas Papadakis. From Constantia in Romania the wing guard Cedric Anderson JR (son of Cedric Sr who played in the NBA with Cleveland and Golden State, 15.3 points in Romania, left Arizona as a senior), while from Antwerp there is the twenty-five year old Rocky Kreuserwho came out of North Dakota State in 2022 and last year in Antwerp with 9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 36% from 3-point range. The center is Devontae Upsona career around Europe also in Strasbourg and Trieste, last season in Kosovo. II Paok has also signed the center wing from Artland in Germany Jake Forrester (very good in BBL with 12.2 points and 6.2 rebounds as a rookie after leaving St. Louis University in 2023 with the Persians from Katsivel who arrived from AEK. PAOK has in its palmares 2 Greek national titles, 3 Greek Cups, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup and 1 Korac Cup.
VIRTUS BOLOGNA despite the summer corporate events, he has built a very important team to be able to compete in the Euroleague and try to snatch the Scudetto from the Milan jerseys. Coach Luca Banchi, who replaced Scariolo at the beginning of last season, was confirmed. Here too, 15 players in the roster, obviously to understand the choices in terms of the championship (6+6) and the return of injuries to Cacok and Grazulis.
Baraldi treated Napier, in the end he chose the son of art Matt Morgan (father Lamont played for Georgetown in 1980), graduated from Cornell College in Ithaca New York in 2019 with an average of over 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists with 43% from 3-point range (38 points with 9 bombs against Townson), 2nd all-time scorer in the Ivy’s league behind Bill Bradley.
The two summer hits are represented by the confirmation of a big name like Shengeila that can make the difference and that from Efes of a talent like Will Clyburn versatile wing born in 1990 from Detroit Michigan who won the Euroleague as MVP of the finals in 2019 with CSKA Moscow with whom he was from 2017-2022 (serious injury at the end of 2019).
In the middle there is the physicality on the perimeter of the former Venezia Ravyon Tucker, class of 1997 out of Little Rock in Arkansas with coach Danny Walker, he played 50 NBA games without ever managing to get a real contract. Very good in Australia with Melbourne in 2022 and then with Reyer where he demonstrated his athletic and 1vs1 skills.
Equally important confirmation of Cordinierwho played a great Olympics with France. There are also Hackett, Pajola and Belinelliwhile waiting for the recovery of the long ones thank you (fundamental for Banchi also in the national team with Latvia, he can play as a power forward or together with Shengeila, a key player when he returns to 100%) taken from Trento but returning from injury and match on which we are trying to work in perspective. Much is expected from Zizic after the acclimatization of the last season, the former Trento Cooke JR and the former Scafati but also Virtus Bologna Gamble are training with Virtus. As for the quota of Italians to be deployed in the championship, super confirmed Polonara good at carving out a space for himself, as in Vitoria, behind Shengeila, the specialist Visconti from Pesaro, the atypical former Treviso and Brescia player Alone and the former Reggio Emilia player Diouf who has had an experience in Spain.
GRAN CANARIA
A top-level roster with the French international at the helm Albicywhile on the perimeter from Maccabi Tel Aviv arrived the American with Georgian passport Thomasson. Pay attention to the quantity and quality of Caleb Homesleylast year at Tofas. From power forward there is the specialist 3-point shooter John Shurnathere is Polish Urbaniak class 2003 and the French Pierre Pelos. The centers are the expert Mike Tobey ex Red Star, Barcelona and Valencia always in Euroleague and George Conditt IVstill in the G-League in an attempt to snatch an NBA contract and in 2022 in Greece with Promitheas. One of the stars is the small forward Nicolas Brussinoover two meters, a flag of the island with which he won the Eurocup 2023 as a protagonist. The coach is the former great Slovenian player Jaka Lakovic, also seen in Italy. Miguel Salvò and point guard Carlos Alocen They are the two leading Spaniards on the roster.
THE TICKETS. Tickets to attend the City of Cagliari 2024 are available for pre-sale at Box Office Sardegna Viale Regina Margherita, 43 – 09125 – Cagliari – Telephone 070 657428 – boxofficesardegna.it.
ROLL OF HONOUR CITY OF CAGLIARI
2011-Montepaschi Siena
2012-Olympiacos Pireo
2013-Montepaschi Siena
2014-Cape of Orlando
2015-Olympiacos Pireo
2016-Galatasaray
2017-Dynamo Sassari
2018-Dynamo Sassari
2019-Olympia Milan
2020-Olympia Milan
2021-Baskonia
2022-Dinamo Sassari
2023-Olympia Milan
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