New Basket Enel Brindisi, also known as Enel

Enel

Enel may refer to:*Enel SpA, an Italian electricity company*Enel , a fictional villain in the One Piece manga and anime series*Enel, meaning third in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, cf. Awakening of the Elves...

 Brindisi for sponsorship reason, is a professional Italian team playing in first Italian division Serie A Italian League. It plays its matches at PalaPentassuglia (3,523 seats, restored in 2010) in the city of Brindisi (Puglia Region). Enel Brindisi returned in Serie A after 28 years (last season was 1982/1983), played in the minor leagues. For 2011-2012 season will play in second italian league

History

The basketball was born in Brindisi in the 50s with the great Italian coach Elio Pentassuglia. The first participation in the league was in 1974 with Libertas. Then in 1980 another with Bartolini Brindisi, team where played for the Americans Otis Howard

Otis Howard

Otis Howard is a former forward who played in the National Basketball Association. Howard was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA Draft and began that season as a member of the team...

, Rich Yonakor, Cliff Pondexter

Cliff Pondexter

Clifton Pondexter is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from Fresno, California, Pondexter played at California State University, Long Beach...

 and coach Rudy D'Amico

Rudy D'Amico

Rudy D'Amico is a professional National Basketball Association scout, and former college and professional basketball coach who coached Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague Championship. He scouts for the Orlando Magic....

. After many years in the minor leagues in recent years the entrepreneur Massimo Ferrarese acquired the team with Antonio Corliano ', winning three championships and in 2010 bringing the city of Brindisi

Brindisi

Brindisi is a city in the Apulia region of Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, off the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Historically, the city has played an important role in commerce and culture, due to its position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea. The city...

 in the Italian major league.

2011-2012 roster

Alex Renfroe	PG 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...
Craig Callahan Craig Callahan Craig Callahan is an American professional basketball player, naturalized Italian.-Early life and education:Craig Nicholas Callahan was born in Maquoketa, Iowa on May 26, 1981. He graduated from Cascade High School in Cascade, Iowa. Craig attended college at the University of North Carolina at...	PF 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...
Matteo Formenti	G Guard -Professional occupations:* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street* Life guard, who rescues people from drowning* Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail...
Ebi Ere Ebi Ere Ebi Ere is a US-born Nigerian professional basketball player. He plays shooting guard for the Obradoiro CAB, in the Spanish Liga ACB. He previously played for the Sydney Kings, also of the NBL. Ere won the grand final 2007 with the Brisbane Bullets...	G Guard -Professional occupations:* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street* Life guard, who rescues people from drowning* Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail...
Klaudio Ndoja	PF
Matteo Maestrello	F
Andrea Zerini	PF 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...
Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak Dejan Borovnjak is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is currently a member of the Italian club New Basket Brindisi, playing in Legadue.-External links:* *...	C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
Mitchell Poletti	C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
Alex Simoncelli	PG 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...

Coach:   Piero Bucchi

Notable players

Claudio Malagoli 5 seasons: '80-'85 Joe Crispin Joe Crispin Joseph Steven Crispin is an American professional basketball player, formerly for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA. The 6'0", 185 lb point guard played college basketball at Pennsylvania State University alongside his brother, Jon...  1 seasons: '09-'10 Otis Howard Otis Howard Otis Howard is a former forward who played in the National Basketball Association. Howard was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1978 NBA Draft and began that season as a member of the team...  2 seasons: '81-'82, '82-'83 Cliff Pondexter Cliff Pondexter Clifton Pondexter is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward/center from Fresno, California, Pondexter played at California State University, Long Beach...  1 seasons: '83-'84 Omar Thomas 1 season: '09-'10 Rich Yonakor 2 seasons: '80-'81, '81-'82 Earl Williams Earl Williams Earl Williams may refer to:*Earl Williams , Major League Baseball player, 1928*Earl Williams , Major League Baseball player, 1970–1977...  1 seasons: '83-'84 Tony Zeno Tony Zeno Anthony Michael Zeno is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'8" 210 lb small forward, and played collegiately at Arizona State University and professionally in the NBA and in France, Israel, and most prominently, Italy.Zeno was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round of...  2 seasons: '81-'82, '84-'86 Nikola Radulovic Nikola Radulovic Nikola Radulović is an Italian basketball player, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is 2.07 m and he weighs 104 kg...  2 seasons: '09-'10, '10-'11 Anthony Roberson Anthony Roberson Anthony Roberson is an American professional basketball player who has played for four National Basketball Association teams and four foreign teams in his six-year pro career...  1 seasons: '10-'11 Maurice Taylor Maurice Taylor Maurice De Shawn Taylor is an American professional basketball power forward.-College career:Taylor attended the University of Michigan. The athletic forward, from Henry Ford High School in Detroit, burst onto the national scene during the 1994 Maui Invitational with fellow freshman Maceo Baston...  1 seasons: '10-'11 Yakhouba Diawara Yakhouba Diawara Yakhouba Diawara is a French professional basketball player.He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb shooting guard/small forward. He started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season in the European League, Diawara decided to attend college in the United States...  1 seasons: '10-'11 Cedric Jackson Cedric Jackson Cedric Jackson is an American professional basketball player with the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL. While playing for the Cleveland State University Vikings, he had a game-winning full court shot against the Syracuse University Orange...  1 seasons: '10-'11 Bobby Dixon 1 seasons: '10-'11 Marty Byrnes Marty Byrnes Martin William "Marty" Byrnes is a retired American professional basketball player.Born in, Syracuse, New York, a 6'7" forward from Syracuse University, Byrnes played four seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas...  2 seasons: '84-'85, '85-'86

Coaches

Rudy D'Amico Rudy D'Amico Rudy D'Amico is a professional National Basketball Association scout, and former college and professional basketball coach who coached Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague Championship. He scouts for the Orlando Magic....  - 1981-82 Massimo Bianchi - 2004-05 Elio Pentassuglia - 1970-82 Piero Bucchi - 2011 Giovanni Perdichizzi - 2008-2010 Paolo Moretti - 2007-2008