2017–18 LBA season explained

Serie A PosteMobile1
Extra Information:1 Sponsored league name, referring to PosteMobile.
T Bg:
  1. 2B2950; border:2px #D3CF9E solid;
T Color:white
Season:2017–18
Champions:EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
(28th title)
Runners Up:Dolomiti Energia Trento
Semifinalists:Germani Basket Brescia
Umana Reyer Venezia
Relegated:Betaland Capo d'Orlando
Teams:16
Games:240 (Regular season)
27 (Playoffs)
Duration:1 October 2017 – 15 June 2018
Tv:Rai Sport, Eurosport[1]
Top Seed:Umana Reyer Venezia
Mvp Link:Lega Basket Serie A MVP
Finals Mvp: Andrew Goudelock[2]
Award4:Best Young Player
Award4 Link:Lega Basket Serie A awards
Award4 N:ITA
Best Coach: Attilio Caja
Ppg:19.3
Ppg N:USA
Rpg:10.2
Rpg N:ITA
Apg:6.2
Apg N:ITA
Pir:20.0
Pir N:ITA
Highest Scoring:Cremona 119–95 Capo d'Orlando
(9 May 2018)
Winning Streak:9 games
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Losing Streak:14 games
Betaland Capo d'Orlando
Biggest Home Win:Reggio Emilia 90–42 Pistoia
(11 November 2017)
Trento 107–59 Capo d'Orlando
(31 March 2018)
Biggest Away Win:Capo d'Orlando 59–91 Venezia
(2 January 2018)
Highest Attendance:12,759
EA7 Milano 91–90 Trento
(13 June 2018)[3]
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017–18 Lega Basket Serie A, was the 96th season of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile,[4] which is highest-tier level professional basketball league in Italy. The regular season started on October 1, 2017, and ended on May 9, 2018, with the playoffs started on May 12 (due to some Italian clubs, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Venezia, are qualifying for the 2018 EuroCup Playoffs and the 2018 Champions League Playoffs) and finished on June 15, 2018.[5]

As in previous years, Molten Corporation provided the official ball for all matches.[6]

Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions. Venezia finished the regular season as top seeded team for the first time in its history.[7]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 28th title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.[8]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season and one promoted from the 2016–17 Serie A2.

Segafredo Virtus Bologna was the promoted club from the Serie A2 Citroën after beating Alma Trieste at game 3 of league's playoffs, and returned in the highest-tier of the Italian basketball league system after just one season of absence.[9]

Virtus Bologna replaced Vanoli Cremona who were relegated during the previous season.[10]

In July 2017, Juvecaserta Basket was excluded by CONI from the 2017–18 LBA season, due to financial issues.[11] Vanoli Cremona was reprieved and took the place of Juvecaserta.[12]

Number of teams by region

Number of teamsRegionTeam(s)
5EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
Germani Basket Brescia
Openjobmetis Varese
Red October Cantù
Vanoli Cremona
2
1New Basket Brindisi
Sidigas Avellino
VL Pesaro
Fiat Torino
Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Betaland Capo d'Orlando
Dolomiti Energia Trento
The Flexx Pistoia
Notes
  • 2016–17 LBA champion.
  • 2016–17 Serie A2 champion.
  • Vanoli Cremona took the place of Pasta Reggia Caserta which was excluded from the 2017-18 LBA season.[13]

    Venues and locations

    TeamHome cityArenaCapacity2016–17 season
    Banco di Sardegna SassariSassariPalaSerradimignialign=right [14] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
    Betaland Capo d'OrlandoPalaSikeliArchivialign=right [15] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
    Dolomiti Energia TrentoTrentoPalaTrentoalign=right [16] Runners-up 2016 playoffs
    Milanalign=right [17] Semifinals 2017 playoffs
    Fiat TorinoTurinPalaRuffinialign=right [18] 11th in Serie A
    Germani Basket BresciaBresciaPalaGeorge[19] align=right [20] 10th in Serie A
    Grissin Bon Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaLand Rover Arena
    (Bologna)    		align=right [21] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
    PalaBigialign=right [22]
    New Basket BrindisiBrindisiPalaPentassugliaalign=right [23] 9th in Serie A
    Openjobmetis VareseVaresePalA2Aalign=right [24] 12th in Serie A
    Red October CantùCantùPalaBancoDesio[25]
    (Desio)    		align=right [26] 14th in Serie A
    Segafredo Virtus BolognaBolognaUnipol Arenaalign=right [27] Serie A2 playoffs winner
    Sidigas AvellinoAvellinoPalaDelMauroalign=right [28] Semifinals 2017 playoffs
    The Flexx PistoiaPistoiaPalaCarraraalign=right [29] Quarterfinals 2017 playoffs
    Umana Reyer VeneziaVeniceTaliercioalign=right [30] LBA Champions
    Vanoli CremonaCremonaPalaRadialign=right [31] 16th in Serie A
    VL PesaroPesaroAdriatic Arenaalign=right [32] 15th in Serie A

    Personnel and sponsorship

    TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
    Banco di Sardegna Sassari Stefano Sardara Eyesportwear Banco di Sardegna
    Betaland Capo d'Orlando Roberto Enzo Sindoni Andrea Mazzon Betaland
    Dolomiti Energia Trento Luigi Longhi Dolomiti Energia
    EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Livio Proli
    Fiat Torino Antonio Forni Paolo Galbiati Spalding Fiat Automobiles
    Germani Basket Brescia Graziella Bragaglio Andrea Diana Erreà Germani Trasporti
    Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Maria Licia Ferrarini Grissin Bon
    New Basket Brindisi Marco Cardillo Bitre Sport Enel
    Openjobmetis Varese Marco Vittorelli Spalding Openjobmetis
    Red October Cantù Marco Sodini Red October Steel Works
    Segafredo Virtus Bologna Macron Segafredo Zanetti
    Sidigas Avellino Giuseppe Sampietro Sidigas
    The Flexx Pistoia Roberto Maltinti Erreà The Flexx
    Umana Reyer Venezia Erreà Umana
    Vanoli Cremona Aldo Vanoli Erreà Ferramenta Vanoli
    VL Pesaro Massimo Galli Consultinvest

    Managerial changes

    TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
    Sacked 22 May 2017[33] Pre-season25 May 2017[34]
    Mutual consent 3 June 2017[35] 29 June 2017[36]
    Paolo Lepore Sacked 9 June 2017[37] 15 June 2017[38]
    15 June 2017[39] 1 July 2017[40]
    Resigned 1 August 2017[41] Kyrylo Bol'shakov 22 August 2017[42]
    Kyrylo Bol'shakov 6 October 2017[43] 13th (0–1) Marco Sodini 6 October 2017[44]
    Sacked 16th (2–8)
    Resigned 15 January 2018[45] 5th (10–5) 16 January 2018[46]
    5 February 2018[47] 6th (10–8) Paolo Galbiati 5 February 2018[48]
    Spiro Leka Sacked 27 March 2018[49] 16th (5–18) Massimo Galli 27 March 2018[50]
    Gennaro Di Carlo 2 April 2018[51] 15th (5–19) Andrea Mazzon 3 April 2018[52]
    Resigned 3 April 2018[53] 9th (12–12) 4 April 2018[54]

    Changes from 2016–17

    As in previous seasons, LBA clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,500 people.[55] From 2017–18 season, all clubs must host their home playoffs matches in arenas with a seating capacity of at least 5,000 people.[56]

    In summer 2016, four Italian teams (Reggio Emilia, Trento, Sassari and Cantù) were forced to withdraw from EuroCup because of the FIBA and Euroleague Basketball controversy.[57] From this season, Italian Basketball Federation will allow LBA clubs to rejoin EuroCup. There will be at least six teams in Europe. One in EuroLeague (Olimpia Milano directly enter the EuroLeague as licensed club), two in EuroCup (but they are negotiating with ECA for a third spot) and three in Basketball Champions League.[58] Lega Basket decided Italian Clubs will be free to choose in which European Cup they want to play, based on final ranking and sports merit.[59]

    Rules

    Each team is allowed either five or seven foreign players under two formulas:

    1. 5 foreigners from countries outside the European Union
    2. 3 foreigners from countries outside the EU, 4 foreigners from EU countries (also including those from countries signatory of the Cotonou Agreement)

    Each club can choose the 5+5 formula, that consists of five Italian players and five foreign players, and the 3+4+5 formula, with five Italian players, three foreigners from countries outside the EU and four foreigners from EU countries or "Cotonou Countries".[60]

    At the end of the season there will be a prize of €500.000,00 for the top three ranked teams, that had chosen the 5+5 formula, considering the playing time of Italian players, and €200.000,00 for those teams that will obtain the best results with their youth sector.[61]

    Regular season

    In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, the last seven qualified teams were eliminated, while the last one qualified team was relegated and replaced by the winner of the playoffs of the second-level Serie A2 Basket. The matchdays were from October 1, 2017 to May 9, 2018.

    Positions by round

    The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.

    Team \ Round1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
    scope=row
    bgcolor=gold1 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 4 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 2 2 2 2 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1
    3 4 2 bgcolor=gold1 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 2 2 2 2
    8 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 2 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 3 2 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
    6 9 4 4 3 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 bgcolor=gold1 bgcolor=gold1 3 2 2 bgcolor=gold1 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
    7 7 12 12 11 12 13 9 12 11 9 8 6 8 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
    bgcolor=#fcc16 14 9 10 8 7 7 8 11 8 12 13 13 13 bgcolor=#fcc16 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 7 6 6 6 6
    13 11 10 9 9 10 10 7 8 7 7 7 9 7 6 6 8 8 10 7 7 9 6 8 6 9 7 7 7 7
    14 15 13 13 10 8 8 11 10 10 13 10 10 10 8 8 7 7 11 8 10 10 11 7 8 10 10 10 10 8
    10 10 6 5 6 6 6 10 7 9 10 9 7 9 7 7 5 5 5 6 8 5 5 5 7 6 8 8 8 9
    4 6 8 7 7 9 11 6 6 6 5 6 8 6 9 9 9 9 7 10 6 6 7 9 10 8 9 9 9 10
    5 5 5 6 5 2 2 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 7 9 10 9 11 11 11 11 11
    11 12 15 15 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 15 14 15 15 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 11 11 11 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
    2 2 7 8 12 11 14 15 14 12 14 14 14 15 13 12 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13
    12 13 14 bgcolor=#fcc16 15 14 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 14 15 14 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14
    9 8 11 11 13 15 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 bgcolor=#fcc16 14 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 15 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 15 15 15
    15 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 14 14 13 9 12 9 13 8 11 11 11 11 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 bgcolor=#fcc16 15 15 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16 bgcolor=#fcc16

    Updated to games played on 9 May 2018
    Source: LBA

    Leader of the Regular Season
    Qualification to Playoffs
    Relegation to Serie A2

    Individual statistics

    As of 9 May 2018.[62]

    Points

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.19.3
    2.18.7
    3.18.7
    4.17.0
    5.16.8

    Assists

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.6.2
    2.5.8
    3.5.4
    4.4.5
    5.4.4

    Steals

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.2.1
    2.1.7
    3.1.7
    4.1.7
    5.1.7

    Rebounds

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.10.2
    2.9.9
    3.8.9
    4.8.9
    5.7.8

    Blocks

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.2.3
    2.1.3
    3.1.2
    4.1.1
    5.1.0

    Valuation

    Rankwidth=180Namewidth=180Teamwidth=40
    1.20.0
    2.19.1
    3.18.3
    4.18.2
    5.18.0

    Awards

    See main article: Lega Basket Serie A awards.

    Finals MVP

    Most Valuable Player

    Best Player Under 22

    Best Coach

    Best Executive

    Round MVP

    RoundPlayerTeam
    1 31 [68]
    2 37 [69]
    3 40 [70]
    4 37 [71]
    5 28 [72]
    Openjobmetis Varese
    6 41 [73]
    7 30 [74]
    8 31 [75]
    9 33 [76]
    10 39 [77]
    11 38 [78]
    12 Darius Johnson-Odom (2) 37 [79]
    13 36 [80]
    14 34 [81]
    15 35 [82]
    16 38 [83]
    17 Cameron Wells (2) 34 [84]
    18 Tyler Cain (2) 32 [85]
    19 30 [86]
    20 32 [87]
    Darius Johnson-Odom (3) Vanoli Cremona
    21 31 [88]
    22 36 [89]
    23 Stan Okoye (2) 30 [90] [91]
    The Flexx Pistoia
    24 33 [92]
    25 32 [93]
    26 Jason Rich (2) 32 [94]
    27 41 [95]
    28 Tyler Cain (3) 28 [96]
    29 34 [97]
    30 Jalen Reynolds (2) 52 [98]

    Playoffs

    See main article: 2018 LBA Playoffs. The LBA playoffs quarterfinals and semifinals were best-of-five, while the finals series were best-of-seven. The playoffs started on May 12, 2018, and finished on June 15, 2018.[99]

    Serie A clubs in European competitions

    Team Competition Progress
    EuroLeague 15th qualified [100]
    EuroCup Top 16 [101] [102] [103] [104]
    Semifinals
    Top 16
    Champions League Regular season [105] [106] [107]
    FIBA Europe Cup Top 16
    bgcolor=#C0C0C0 Runners-up
    bgcolor=#FFD700 Champions

    Supercup

    See main article: 2017 Italian Basketball Supercup.

    The 2017 Italian Supercup, also called Prozis Supercoppa 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd edition of the super cup tournament of the Italian basketball. The Supercup opened the season on 23 and 24 September 2017, and it was contested in the Unieuro Arena in Forlì.[108]

    EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.[109]

    Qualified for the tournament were Banco di Sardegna Sassari, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano,[110] Umana Reyer Venezia and Dolomiti Energia Trento.

    EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Umana Reyer Venezia 82–77. Jordan Theodore led the winners with 29 points on 10-of-17 two-point shots. Andrew Goudelock and Amath M'Baye added 14 while Artūras Gudaitis had 12 and 8 rebounds for Milan. Not enough for Venezia the 14 points each for Michael Jenkins, Dominique Johnson and Michael Bramos and the 13 points of Hrvoje Perić. Coach Simone Pianigiani's guys controlled the game until the final buzzer and lift its second Supercup trophy.[111] Jordan Theodore was named MVP of the competition.[112]

    Cup

    See main article: 2018 Italian Basketball Cup.

    The 50th edition of the Italian Cup, knows as the PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[113] was contested between 16 and 19 February 2017 in the Nelson Mandela Forum, Florence.[114] Eight teams qualified for the Final Eight were Avellino, Brescia, Milano, Venezia, Torino, Cantù, Bologna and Cremona.[115]

    EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.[116]

    Fiat Torino made it to the Italian Cup final after edging Vanoli Cremona in overtime 87–92. Cremona's Simone Fontecchio drove for a layup with 16 seconds to go in the regulation to tie the game at 80-80, and Fiat failed to convert the final possession of the fourth quarter to win the game. But Diante Garrett scored a basket and Sasha Vujačić hit a triple midway through the extra session to give Fiat 83–88, the lead it never relinquished. Garrett finished with 18 points, Vander Blue scored 17, while Vujačić netted 15 points with 7 rebounds. Deron Washington amassed 13 points plus 13 rebounds in victory, while Fontecchio had 16 points in defeat. The second semifinal also went into overtime in which Germani Basket Brescia ousted Red October Cantù 82–87. Luca Vitali collected 19 points and 9 rebounds, while Marcus Landry had 17 points for the winners. Charles Thomas scored 20 points, and Jeremy Chappell amassed 17 points plus 13 rebounds for Cantù.[117]

    In the final game Sasha Vujačić’s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69–67 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club's first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.[118]

    Vander Blue of Torino was named Finals MVP of the competition.[119]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Italian League assembly approves sale of TV rights . 13 July 2017 . Sportando.com . 13 July 2017 . en .
    2. Web site: Andrew Goudelock è l'MVP delle LBA Finals 2018 . 15 June 2018 . Sportando.basketball . 15 June 2018 . it . Andrew Goudelock is 2018 LBA Finals MVP .
    3. Web site: Milano: oltre 10.000 spettatori di media nei playoff . . 19 June 2018 . basketinside.com. 20 June 2018 . it . Milano: over 10.000 average attendance for the playoffs.
    4. Web site: Basket, PosteMobile nuovo title sponsor della Lega di Serie A . . 16 December 2016 . calcioefinanza.it . 14 January 2017 . it . Basketball, PosteMobile new title sponsor of Lega Basket Serie A.
    5. Web site: Ecco il calendario della Serie A 2017-2018 . . 31 July 2016 . sportando.com . 20 August 2017 . it . 2017-2018 Serie A season calendar.
    6. Web site: Lega Basket, rinnovo quadriennale con la Molten . sportando.com . 13 March 2017 . it . Lega Basket, 4-years renew with Molten.
    7. Web site: Umana Reyer Venezia, per la prima volta nella sua storia chiude al primo posto la regular season . Legabasket.it . 11 May 2018 . it . Umana Reyer Venezia, for the first time in its history ended the regular season as top seeded team.
    8. Web site: Domestic leagues roundup: June 15, 2018 . 15 June 2018 . euroleague.net. 16 June 2018 . en.
    9. Web site: La Virtus Bologna vince a Trieste e torna in Serie A. . sportando.com . 20 June 2017 . it . Virtus Bologna wins in Trieste and returns to Serie A.
    10. Web site: La Vanoli retrocede in A2. laprovinciacr.it . 12 May 2017 . it . Vanoli Cremona relegated in Serie A2.
    11. Web site: Juvecaserta verso l'esclusione dal prossimo campionato di Serie A?. . sportando.com . 20 August 2017 . it . Juvecaserta is going to be exclude from next LBA season.
    12. Web site: Vanoli ripescata in serie A1. laprovinciacr.it . 20 August 2017 . it . Vanoli reprieved in Serie A1.
    13. Web site: Il CONI conferma la sentenza: Caserta fuori dalla Serie A . 26 July 2015 . Sportando.com . Rome . 17 July 2015 . it . CONI confirms the sentence: Caserta out of the Serie A.
    14. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1291/ Banco di Sardegna Sassari .
    15. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1297/ Betaland Capo d'Orlando .
    16. http://www.trentinovolley.it/lang/IT/pagine/dettaglio/palatrento,11/la_struttura,8.html/ La struttura, Trentino Volley .
    17. http://www.mediolanumforum.it/it/chisiamo/ CHI SIAMO .
    18. Web site: Palaruffini-Torino . it . 2017-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090510030042/http://www.ituoiconcerti.it/location/120/Palaruffini-Torino.html . 2009-05-10 . dead .
    19. Web site: Montichiari: il PalaGeorge "casa" della Centrale del Latte di Brescia? . https://web.archive.org/web/20161011201535/http://www.ilgazzettinonuovo.it/component/k2/11-giugno/26121-montichiari-il-palageorge-casa-della-centrale-del-latte-di-brescia.html/ . dead . 11 October 2016 . sportando.com . 26 June 2016 . it . Montichiari: will PalaGeorge be Centrale del Latte Brescia's "home"? .
    20. Web site: Semifinali play off, la Centrale gioca sempre fuori casa . giornaledibrescia.it . 29 May 2016 . 14 January 2017 . it . Playoffs Semifinals, the Centrale team still playing away.
    21. Web site: Paladozza BOLOGNA-Ticketone . it . 2022-01-08 . 2018-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181014010325/https://www.ticketone.it/paladozza-bologna.html?doc=venuePage&fun=venue&action=overview&venueGroupId=15233%2F . dead.
    22. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1286/ Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia .
    23. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1294/ Enel Brindisi .
    24. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1293/ Openjobmetis Varese .
    25. Web site: Andrea Mauri: "Desio è un'opportunità, a lavoro per definire il budget" . sportando.com . 20 June 2016 . it . Andrea Mauri: "Desio is an opportunity, at work to define the budget" . https://web.archive.org/web/20160622070631/http://www.sportando.com/it/italia/serie-a/199794/andrea-mauri-desio-e-un-opportunita-a-lavoro-per-definire-il-budget-.html . 22 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
    26. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1295/ Red October Cantù .
    27. http://www.unipolarena.it/agenzie/struttura/ Unipol Arena.
    28. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1287/ Sidigas Avellino .
    29. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1290/ The Flexx Pistoia .
    30. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1288/ Umana Reyer Venezia .
    31. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1289/ Vanoli Cremona .
    32. http://web.legabasket.it/team/1296/ Consultinvest Pesaro .
    33. Web site: Fiat Torino: ufficiali gli addii di Frank Vitucci e Marco Atripaldi . sportando.com . 26 May 2017 . it . Fiat Torino: Frank Vitucci and Marco Atripaldi official sacked.
    34. Web site: Fiat Torino: Luca Banchi è il nuovo coach. Marco de Benedetto diventa responsabile prima squadra. sportando.com . 26 May 2017 . it . Fiat Torino: Luca Banchi is the new coach. Marco de Benedetti become director of the first team.
    35. Web site: Olimpia Milano, Jasmin Repesa: iniziate le trattative per la rescissione del contratto . . sportando.com . 6 June 2017 . it . Olimpia Milano, Jasmin Repesa: begins negotiations for termination of the contract.
    36. Web site: Olimpia Milano officially name Simone Pianigiani head coach for three seasons . sportando.com . 29 June 2017 . en.
    37. Web site: Vanoli Cremona: Paolo Lepore sollevato dall'incarico di capo allenatore . sportando.com . 9 June 2017 . it . Vanoli Cremona: head-coach Paolo Lepore sacked.
    38. Web site: Vanoli Cremona: ufficiale il triennale per Meo Sacchetti . . sportando.com . 15 June 2017 . it . Vanoli Cremona: three-year contract with Meo Sacchetti.
    39. Web site: Meo Sacchetti, Enel Brindisi part ways . sportando.com . 20 June 2017 . en.
    40. Web site: Enel Brindisi, il coach sarà Sandro Dell'Agnello . . sportando.com . 30 June 2017 . it . Enel Brindisi, Sandro Dell'Agnello is the new coach.
    41. Web site: Pallacanestro Cantù, Carlo Recalcati part ways . . sportando.com . 26 August 2017 . en.
    42. Web site: Kiril Bolshakov to be the head coach of Pallacanestro Cantù again . . sportando.com . 26 August 2017 . en.
    43. Web site: Pallacanestro Cantù, si dimette Bolshakov? . . sportando.com . 6 October 2017 . it. Pallacanestro Cantù, Bolshakov part ways?.
    44. Web site: Pallacanestro Cantù promoted Sodini head coach, relegated Bolshakov to assistant coach position . . sportando.com . 6 October 2017 . en.
    45. Web site: Luca Banchi and Fiat Torino officially part ways . sportando.com . 16 January 2018 . en.
    46. Web site: Fiat Torino hires Carlo Recalcati as head coach . sportando.com . 16 January 2018 . en.
    47. Web site: Carlo Recalcati officially steps down as head coach of Fiat Torin. sportando.com . 6 February 2018 . en.
    48. Web site: Paolo Galbiati named new head coach of Fiat Torino. sportando.com . 6 February 2018 . en.
    49. Web site: Pesaro: salta la panchina di Spiro Leka . sportando.com . 27 March 2018 . it . Pesaro: Spiro Leka steps down as head coach .
    50. Web site: Svolta a Pesaro: Leka esonerato, Galli capo allenatore . basketinside.com . 27 March 2018 . 27 March 2018 . it . Breakthrough in Pesaro: Leka sacked, Galli new head coach.
    51. Web site: Orlandina Basket fires head coach Gennaro Di Carlo . sportando.com . 3 April 2018 . en .
    52. Web site: Orlandina Basket hires Andrea Mazzon as head coach. sportando.com. 3 April 2018. en.
    53. Web site: Federico Pasquini steps down as head coach of Dinamo Sassari . sportando.com . 3 April 2018 . en .
    54. Web site: Dinamo Sassari names Zare Markovski head coach . sportando.com . 4 April 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143655/https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/270297/dinamo-sassari-names-zare-markovski-head-coach.html . 12 June 2018 . dead .
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    69. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 2 MVP: Dallas Moore, Victoria Libertas Pesaro . . 10 October 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    70. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 3 MVP: Darius Johnson-Odom, Vanoli Cremona . . 10 October 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    71. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 4 MVP: Jeremy Chappell, Red October Cantù . . 24 October 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    72. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 5 co-MVPs: Cameron Wells (Varese) and Scott Bamforth (Sassari) . . 30 October 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    73. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 6 MVP: Randy Culpepper, Red October Cantù. . 6 November 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    74. Web site: Serie A 2017-2018, Round 7 MVP: Justin Edwards, Betaland Capo d'Orlando. . 13 November 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    75. Web site: Nic Moore of Brindisi named Serie A Round 8 MVP. . 20 November 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    76. Web site: Jakub Wojciechowski of Orlandina Basket named Serie A Round 9 MVP . . 5 December 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    77. Web site: Tyler Cain of Pallacanestro Varese named Serie A Round 10 MVP . . 11 December 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
    78. Web site: Dario Hunt of Leonessa Brescia named Serie A Round 11 MVP . . 18 December 2017 . Sportando.com. en.
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    80. Web site: Happy Casa Brindisi's Donta Smith named Serie A Round 13 MVP . . 3 January 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    81. Web site: Lamar Patterson of Fiat Torino named Serie A Round 14 MVP . . 9 January 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    82. Web site: Jason Rich of Scandone Avellino named Serie A Round 15 MVP . . 15 January 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    83. Web site: Marcus Slaughter of Virtus Bologna named Serie A Round 16 MVP . . 23 January 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    84. Web site: Cameron Wells of Pallacanestro Varese named Serie A Round 17 MVP . . 30 January 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    85. Web site: Varese's Tyler Cain named Serie A Round 18 MVP . . 6 February 2018 . Sportando.com. en.
    86. Web site: Reggio Emilia's Amedeo Della Valle named Serie A Round 19 MVP . . 12 February 2018 . Sportando.com . en .
    87. Web site: Sasha Vujacic and Darius Johnson-Odom named Serie A Round 20 co-MVPs . . 6 March 2018 . Sportando.com . en .
    88. Web site: Sassari forward Achille Polonara named Serie A Round 21 MVP . . 6 April 2018 . Sportando.com . en .
    89. Web site: Pallacanestro Varese forward Stanley Okoye named Serie A Round 22 MVP . . 19 March 2018 . Sportando.com . en .
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    93. Web site: Vuelle Pesaro's Taylor Braun named Serie A Round 25 MVP . . 9 April 2018 . Sportando.com . en . 9 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223839/https://sportando.basketball/en/italy/serie-a/270837/vuelle-pesaro-s-taylor-braun-named-serie-a-round-25-mvp.html#refresh_ce . 16 July 2018 . dead .
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    95. Web site: Grissin Bon's Jalen Reynolds named Serie A Round 27 MVP. . 24 April 2018. sportando.basketball. en.
    96. Web site: Pallacanestro Varese's Tyler Cain named Serie A Round 28 MVP. . 2 May 2018. sportando.basketball. en.
    97. Web site: Scandone Avellino's Kyrylo Fesenko named Serie A Round 29 MVP. . 7 May 2018. sportando.basketball. en.
    98. Web site: Jalen Reynolds of Pallacanestro Reggiana named Serie A Round 30 MVP. . 10 May 2018. sportando.basketball. en.
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    108. Web site: Forlì ospiterà la Supercoppa Italiana il 23 e 24 settembre . . 12 July 2017 . Sportando.com . 13 July 2017 . it . Forlì will host the Italian Supercup on 23 and 24 September.
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    110. Web site: PosteMobile Final Eight: vince la EA7 Emporio Armani . . 19 February 2017 . Legabasket.it . 20 February 2017 . it . PosteMobile Final Eight: EA7 Emporio Armani wins.
    111. Web site: Theodore trascina Milano alla seconda Supercoppa, Venezia battuta 82-77 . 24 September 2017 . Sportando.com . 24 September 2017 . it . Theodore leads Milano to win the second Supercup, Venezia beat 82-77.
    112. Web site: Jordan Theodore è l'MVP della Prozis Supercoppa LBA 2017 . . 24 September 2017 . Sportando.com . 24 September 2017 . it . Jordan Theodore is the MVP of the Prozis Superoppa LBA 2017.
    113. Web site: Presentato l'accordo di sponsorizzazione tra LBA e PosteMobile . 22 December 2016 . Legabasket.it . 22 December 2016 . it . The sponsorship agreement between LBA and PosteMobile has been presented.
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    117. Web site: National cups roundup: February 17, 2018 . 18 February 2018 . euroleague.net . 18 February 2018 . en .
    118. Web site: National cups roundup: February 18, 2018 . 18 February 2018 . euroleague.net . 19 February 2018 . en .
    119. Web site: Vander Blue è l'MVP delle Final Eight di Firenze . . 18 February 2018 . Sportando.com . it . Vander Blue named MVP of the Final Eight in Florence .

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