S.S. Felice Scandone
Encyclopedia
S.S. Felice Scandone, also known by their sponsorship name of Sidigas Avellino, is a prominent Italian League
professional basketball club that is based in Avellino
, in southern Italy
. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
in the 2007-08 season. The club also won the Italian Basketball Cup
in 2008.
Serie A (basketball)
Lega Basket Serie A is the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball where play determines the national champion. The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals and semifinals series are best-of-five, and...
professional basketball club that is based in Avellino
Avellino
Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the...
, in southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. For past club sponsorship names, see the list below.
History
The team's best yearly result is a 3rd place finish in the Italian LeagueSerie A (basketball)
Lega Basket Serie A is the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball where play determines the national champion. The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 30 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals and semifinals series are best-of-five, and...
in the 2007-08 season. The club also won the Italian Basketball Cup
Coppa Italia di pallacanestro maschile
The Italian Basketball Cup , or Coppa Italia, is an annual professional basketball competition between pro clubs from the Italian League.-History and format:...
in 2008.
Roster
Notable players
| Cristiano Grappasonni 2 seasons: '97-'99 Terry Dozier 1 season: '97-'98 Marco Lokar 1 season: '97-'98 Walter Bond Walter Bond Walter Bond is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'5" shooting guard from the University of Minnesota, Bond was not drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play in 3 NBA seasons. He played for Dallas Mavericks , Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons... 1 season: '97-'98 Cuonzo Martin Cuonzo Martin Cuonzo LaMar Martin is a retired American professional basketball player and is the current head coach of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team.-1986-1990:... 1 season: '97-'98 Sergio Mastroianni 3 seasons: '98-'01 Spencer Dunkley 2 seasons: '98-'99, '00-'01 Steve Burtt Sr. Steve Burtt Sr. Steven Dwayne Burtt is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'2" point guard played in the NBA sporadically from 1984 until 1993... 1 season: '98-'99 Tellis Frank Tellis Frank Tellis Joseph Frank Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. Frank is a 1983 graduate of Lew Wallace High School.... 1 season: '98-'99 Michele Maggioli 2 seasons: '99-'00, '03-'04 Yegor Mescheriakov 1 season: '99-'00 Herbert Jones 1 season: '99-'00 Norman Nolan 1 season: '00-'01 Nate Erdmann Nate Erdmann Nate Erdmann is a 6-5 American former NBA player.He attended the University of Oklahoma. He was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 57th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft as a shooting guard. Erdmann was cut by the Jazz in the Summer League, having not played in a single regular-season game... 1 season: '00-'01 Sérgio Ramos Sérgio Ramos Sérgio Bruno Antunes Selores Ramos is a Portuguese basketball player.He measures 2.00 metres and plays as a Forward . He announced the end of his international career, after Portugal's exit from the EuroBasket 2007... 1 season: '00-'01-  Sidney Johnson 2 seasons: '00-'02 Gregor Hafnar 2 seasons: '00-'02- Dan Callahan 1 season: '00-'01 Tyrone GrantTyrone Grant Tyrone Grant is a retired professional basketball player from the USA whose heritage is from Barbados. Currently he is a member of the Greek club Ilisiakos B.C.. Before that he was a member of the Italian club Reyer Venezia Mestre and of the Israeli club Ironi Ashkelon. He is an effective scorer... 1 season: '01-'02-  Jarod StevensonJarod Stevenson Jarod Cameron Stevenson is an Korean-American professional basketball player. He plays at the small forward position... 1 season: '01-'02 Jamal Robinson 1 season: '01-'02 |
Thalamus McGhee 1 season: '01-'02 Geno Carlisle Geno Carlisle Geno Marcellus Carlisle is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 3", 200-lb. point guard has played in Venezuela, Italy, Spain, Greece, Kuwait, the American Basketball Association and Continental Basketball Association.-Collegiate career:Carlisle began his collegiate basketball... 1 season: '01-'02-  Larry Middleton 3 seasons: '02-'05 David VanterpoolDavid Vanterpool David Vanterpool is a retired American professional basketball player who played for various teams around the globe. An all-around 6 ft 5 in shooting guard-small forward, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection during the Euroleague 2003-04 season, while playing for Euroleague... 1 season: '02-'03-  Dusan Jelic KoutsopoulosDušan Jelic Dušan Jelić is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball player. Like many players from the Balkans during the 1990s, Jelic obtained a Greek citizenship while playing in the country and thus competed under the name Dušan Koutsopoulos, while playing there.-External links:***** *... 1 season: '02-'03 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.... 1 season: '02-'03 Ante Grgurević Ante Grgurevic Ante Grgurevic is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is a 2.00 m tall power forward. He can also play the small forward and center positions if needed.-External links:****... 1 season: '02-'03 Christopher Massie 2 seasons: '03-'05 Nate Green 2 seasons: '03-'05 Harold Jamison Harold Jamison Harold Sherill Jamison is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for BC Politekhnika-Halychyna in Lviv, Ukraine. He is 6'9" and plays the power forward and center positions.... 2 seasons: '03-'04, '06-'07 Arijan Komazec Arijan Komazec Arijan Komazec is a retired Croatian basketball player.He was a member of the Yugoslavian National Team and then the Croatian National Team after gained independence. He was a part of the Croatian team that won the Silver Medal in Barcelona during the 1992 Olympics... 1 season: '03-'04 Damon Williams 1 season: '04-'05 Ignacio "Nacho" Rodilla 1 season: '04-'05 David Young David Young (basketball) David Young is an American basketball player who graduated from Xavier University and North Carolina Central University and was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2004 NBA Draft. He was signed to a contract but waived a month later, before he played in any NBA games... 1 season: '05-'06 Brandon Brown 1 season: '05-'06 Ramel Curry 1 season: '06-'07 Jason Capel Jason Capel Jason Maurice Capel is the 15th and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team. Capel is the youngest head coach in Division I... 1 season: '06-'07 Alex Righetti Alex Righetti Alex Righetti is a basketball player, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*... 1 season: '07-'08 Marques Green Marques Green Marques Oscar Green is a naturalized Macedonian basketball player of American ancestry who is currently playing for Air Avellino in the Italian Basketball League.... 1 season: '07-'08 Devin Smith Devin Smith Devin Michael Smith is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall small forward and Shooting Guard... 1 season: '07-'08 Dee Brown 1 season: '09-'10 |
Sponsorship names
In the past, due to sponsorship deals, it has also been known as:- Pasta Baronia Avellino (1996-97)
- Cirio Avellino (1997-98)
- Select Avellino (1998-99)
- Nicoloro Avellino (1999)
- De Vizia Avellino (1999-02)
- Air Avellino (2002-11)
- Sidigas Avellino (2011-present)