LET’S START here, with a simple question: how do you get to the Final Four in Istanbul in early May? The response is as simple as it is full of responsibilities. We’re talking about responsibilities that this time don’t involve those normally making the decisions – real ones, ...

  MALAGA  Here are green-and-white player report cards: McCalebb 8 Extraordinary start with 7 points and one assist: continues along those lines with 11 points first quarter. Gives his best at the start to pave the road for his teammates. Rowland and Malaga’s other players can’t ta...

  MALAGA. Simone Pianigiani is tired but enthusiastic after Mens Sana’s third, consecutive Top 16 win.  He explains, "We needed to play another great game in order to win – a consistent one on both sides of the court for 40 minutes. Despite the local team’s predicted, aggres...

  SIENA - Pianigiani and the entire staffed planned for tonight’s game with the usual care. This match comes at the end of a 1-day tour de force for Montepaschi. Simone Pianigiani begins, "The fatigue, the games, the travel are beginning to weigh on us a little, but we were well aware of all...

  LAVRINOVIC practiced regularly. That’s good news, though already predicted. He’ll play tonight and complete a roster that needed him in Treviso. Not that things would have gone differently – no one can say that for sure – especially having been faced wtih the skills Venezia sh...

  FROM the snow in Siena, to the cold of Rome to the sun in Malaga. The trip Montepaschi took to get to Andalucia, which is surprisingly close to African, was one through three climates. The outline of Marocco can be clearly seen from an airplane window; the meridian of Algiers an hour before landing i...

  Siena- KSISTOF Lavrinovic was kept at rest during Sunday’s match in Treviso against Venezia. It wasn’t just a matter of precaution. Pianigiani explained it well, “The bus trip would have really been detrimental to him.” The point is that Montepaschi is always forced to travel,...

  SIENA – Now it’s official: the fourth Euroleague Top 16 game between Montepaschi Siena and Unicaja Malaga, originally scheduled for Thursday, February 9th, has been moved up to Wednesday, February 8th at 8 PM. A wise and important decision because the game would have overlapped with Siena...