Milan, Messina chooses Brown: super couple of outsiders with Guduric

An Olympia with strong rear -wheel drive is being born. In the delicate and decisive playmaker roles and Milan guards, he focuses on incisive and spectacular players. This is the case of Lorenzo Brown, 34, last season at Panathinaikos. The Naturalized Spanish American will end the medical examinations today in Milan. Brown, who has just been summoned to the national team by Sergio Scariolo (on the last lap on the bench of Spain), is the first choice of Olimpia to support Mannion and Ellis, who yesterday officially greeted Trento, in the playmaker department. With Brown the package of the creators widens: intelligent player, of character and with great experience. Quality and vision of the game are of the highest level: it has a ball control and a reading capacity from which spectacular games often arise. In the two seasons at Maccabi (2022-2024, with two national titles) he distributed almost 6 average assists per game in Eurolega. In 2023 he was included in the best quintet of the competition and in 2018/19 played 26 games in NBA with the Toronto Raptors, who closed that season with the victory of the title. He also played in Euroleague with Red Star, Kazan and Fenerbahce. With Spain, he won gold to the European Championships in 2022. Also from a realization point of view it is whimsical and reliable. The season just ended in Greece was not his best: with Coach Atama he found little space (although playing almost all games) and in Athens the playing of the last Euroleague, TJ shorts: for both, separating is the most logical solution is coming. At Tel Aviv, Brown had been Josh Nebo’s teammate.

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Under the basket, Nebro will be like a new purchase: his first Milanese season has been marked by injuries. Devin Booker will be the shoulder to him, along the American out of Bayern Munich. In the role of number 4 there will be Leday, back from an excellent season, even if down in the playoffs. To support him, still vacantly, the Olimpia focuses on Vlatko Cancer, Slovenian, 28 years old, 203 centimeters. He played the last 5 seasons in NBA with the Denver Nuggets (143 games, 3.4 points on average and the title in 2023). The goal is to bring it back to Europe. Cancer is a column of the Slovenian national team, with which he won the European Championship of 2017 and marked 11.6 points on average in the 2022. Always in the Long Department, if for Caruso the hypothesis of a future far from Milan, Totè (this year in Naples), is a name that the club would evaluate in the event of its departure, with Diop destined to remain a staple.

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Meanwhile, the Olimpia made official Marko Guduric yesterday, 30 years old, a graft known for some time. The Serbian leaves the Fenerbahce after winning the Grand Slam: Euroleague (19 points in the final), national cup and, a few days ago, also the Turkish championship. Formidable player, a heavy shots man, can cover all the roles of the outsiders thanks to his reading skills. A leader (11 points on average in the last season, with 37.8% from three), will also be able to fill those mental voids that marked the last vintage of Olympia. His first words in red and white: “I am happy, enthusiastic about the opportunity. Milan is a legendary, well organized club, and of which I have heard only in excellent terms. I can’t wait to wear the Olimpia red shirt in front of our fans. The first goal will be to build a link with his companions, essential to win as much as possible”. Among them he will find Captain Shields, in his sixth season in red and white, Brooks, who closed his first European year, Bolmaro, decisive for defensive balances. Captain Ricci has renewed the contract and will find Tonut, and perhaps Flaccadori: the play contract has expired and the situation is still being evaluated.