Scaligera Basket Verona
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Scaligera Basket Verona is an Italian
Italy
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 basketball
Basketball
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 club based in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, which currently competes in the second-level LegaDue
LegADue
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.

History

The "Scaligera" was first formed in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

 in 1951 and in the nineties reached the Italian top league, where played 10 years gaining respect and trophies both in Italy and in Europe. The club won the Italian Cup in the 1990-91 season, the Italian SuperCup in the 1996-97 season, and the Korać Cup
Korac Cup
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 in the 1997-98 season. In 2002 the club went bankrupt and a subsidiary team was created which regained the name "Scaligera" in 2010 competing again in professional level competitions.

Roster 2011-2012

Dati aggiornati al 1 giugno 2011

Notable players

Lino Lardo Sandro Brusamarello Francesco Fischetto Davide Bonora Aniello Laezza Rodolfo Rombaldoni
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 Giuseppe Brumatti Claudio Capone Paolo Moretti Giampiero Savio Roberto Bullara David Londero Giampaolo Zamberlan Claudio Malagoli Riccardo Morandotti Roberto Dalla Vecchia Vittorio Gallinari
Vittorio Gallinari
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 Riccardo Caneva Giacomo Galanda
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 Matteo Nobile Alessandro Frosini
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 Alessandro Boni Andrea Camata Hansi Gnad
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 David Arigbabu Joachim Jerichow Miroslav Berić
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 Dražen Dalipagić
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 Diego Fajardo Antonio Porta
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 Leo Rautins
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Jay Bilas
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 Scott Meents
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 James Bailey
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 Bill Garnett
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 Russ Schoene
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 Trevor Wilson
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 Tim Kempton
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 Sylvester Gray
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 Corey Crowder
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 Randolph Keys
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 Bill Edwards
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 Henry Williams
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 Ryan Lorthridge
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 Spud Webb
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 Mike Iuzzolino
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 Victor Page
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 Corey Albano Marty Conlon
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 Casey Schmidt Louis Bullock
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 Titus Ivory A.J. Abrams
A.J. Abrams
Adrian Glenn Abrams, Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He is currently a member of Scaligera Basket Verona in Verona, Italy.-High school career:...

 Jeff Trepagnier
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