Basket Brescia Leonessa

Basket Brescia Leonessa
Leagues LBA
Founded 2009
Arena PalaGeorge
Arena Capacity 5,500
Location Italy Brescia
Team colors Blue and White
         
Main sponsor Germani Trasporti
President Graziella Bragaglio
Team manager Alessandro Santoro
Head coach Andrea Diana
Website basketbrescialeonessa.it
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Basket Brescia Leonessa, known for sponsorship reasons as Germani Basket Brescia, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Brescia, Lombardy.[1] Founded in 2009, the side plays in the LBA from the 2016–17 season.

Brescia Leonessa won the Serie A2 League after beating Fortitudo Bologna at game 5 of the league's playoffs, and returns in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after 28 years.[2][3]

Current roster

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

Basket Brescia Leonessa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 2 United States Moore, Lee 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 21 – (1995-08-09)9 August 1995
PG 3 Italy Passera, Marco 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 34 – (1982-02-17)17 February 1982
C 4 United States Berggren, Jared 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 – (1990-04-02)2 April 1990
F/C 6 Italy Bruttini, Davide 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1987-02-18)18 February 1987
PG 7 Italy Vitali, Luca 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
SF 8 United States Landry, Marcus 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1985-09-04)4 September 1985
F 23 Italy Burns, Christian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991
SG 31 Italy Vitali, Michele 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991
G 34 United States Moss, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1983-09-09)9 September 1983
G 70 Albania Bushati, Franko 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985
Head coach
  • Italy Andrea Diana
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Massimiliano Giannoni
  • Italy Matteo Cotelli
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: March 22, 2016

Honours

Champions (1): 2015–16

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Team Profile at Eurobasket.com
  2. ↑ "Brescia domina gara 5 e conquista la serie A." [Brescia dominates game 5 and is promoted to Serie A]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gara 5 Finale A2 Citroën, Brescia supera la Fortitudo Bologna e vola in Serie A" [Game 5 A2 Citroën Finals, Brescia is promoted to Serie A after beating the Fortitudo]. basketnet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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