Basket Draghi Novara, also known for sponsorship reasons as Ignis Novara is an Italian

Italy

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 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team from the town of Novara

Novara

Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 105,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is an important crossroads for commercial traffic along the routes from Milan to Turin...

.

In 2007/08 season it will play in the Italian LegADue

LegADue

Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

 (also known as Serie A2, second division of Italian professional basketball).

It has been formed in 2007 when two LegADue

LegADue

Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

 teams, Ignis Castelletto Ticino and Aironi Novara have merged into one new team.

Aironi Basket Novara was established in 1972 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Cimberio Borgomanero (2001-02) , Cimberio Valve Novara (2002-03) and Cimberio Novara (2003-07). Their best result was 4th place in LegADue

LegADue

Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

 in the 2001/02 season.

Ignis Castelletto Ticino

Castelletto sopra Ticino

Castelletto sopra Ticino, also referred to by locals as Castelletto Ticino or just Castelletto, is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km north of Novara.It is the birthplace of immunologist Serafino...

 was established in 1991. Their best result was 14th place in LegADue

LegADue

Legadue or Lega2 is the second-highest division of professional club basketball in Italy since 2001-2002 season...

 in the 2005/06 season.

2008/09 Roster

		Davide Cristelli	Power forward Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
		Mats Levin	Point guard Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
		Luca Bertolini	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
		Philip Martin	Small forward Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
		Marco Sambugaro	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team... /Small forward Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
		Thomas Branca	Point guard Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that... /Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
		Steve Burt	Shooting guard Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

Aironi players

Marc Salyers

Marc Salyers

Marc Douglas Salyers is a professional basketball player. He is a small forward-power forward.-College career:Salyers played college basketball at Samford University with the Samford Bulldogs from 1997–01....

 2 seasons: '01-'03 Horace Jenkins

Horace Jenkins

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 1 season: '01-'02 Damon Thornton 1 season: '01-'02 Trent Whiting 1 season: '02-'03 Dennis Mims

Dennis Mims

Dennis Mims is an American professional basketball player. He is married to a Turkish woman and assumed Turkish citizenship....

 1 season: '02-'03 Sean Colson

Sean Colson

Sean Tyree Colson is an American professional basketball player. A 6'0" point guard, he attended the University of Rhode Island, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Hagerstown Junior College...

 2 seasons: '03-'04, '06-'07 Kevin Braswell 1 season: '03-'04 Brandom Williams 1 season: '03-'04 Massimiliano Monti 1 season: '03-'04 James Collins

James Collins (basketball)

James Edgar Collins is an American professional basketball player whose last team was Indesit Fabriano of the Italian second division in 2006/07 season....

 2 seasons: '04-'06   Donte Mathis 2 seasons: '04-'06 Manuel Vanuzzo 2 seasons: '04-'06 Antonio Smith 1 season: '04-'05 Robert Conley

Robert Conley

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 1 season: '06-'07   Mauricio Aguiar

Mauricio Aguiar

Mauricio Aguiar is a Uruguayan professional basketball player. He is a long time member of the Uruguay national basketball team and is currently playing professionally with Vanoli Soresina of the Italian Serie A...

 1 season: '06-'07

Ignis Castelletto Ticino players

Paolo Conti 2 seasons: '05-'07 Tuukka Kotti 2 seasons: '05-'07 Stefano Rusconi

Stefano Rusconi

Stefano Rusconi is an Italian professional basketball player.The 208 cm center was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round of the 1990 NBA Draft, they have traded his NBA rights to the Phoenix Suns in 1991 for the rights to Miloš Babić...

 2 seasons: '05-'07 Shawnta Rogers

Shawnta Rogers

Shawnta Rogers is an American professional basketball player and former star at The George Washington University of the Atlantic 10 Conference. He attended Lake Clifton High School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was born. A 5' 4" point guard, Rogers was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year...

 1 season: '05-'06 Drake Diener

Drake Diener

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 1 season: '06-'07 Anthony Michael Binetti 1 season: '06-'07