TRENTO. Young, talented and disciplined. These are the adjectives that seem to best describe Matteo Spanish, one of the jewels of the Aquila Basket market presented today, Wednesday 31 August, at the Juventus club offices. “We are proud to welcome Matteo – he declares President Longhi – which arrives in Trento after one not easy negotiation given the caliber of the companies that competed for it. We are convinced that it is one valuable addition to our roster and that your choice to join us represents further confirmation of the quality and seriousness demonstrated by Dolomiti Energia”.
Spanish lands in Trento later an exciting summer from a basketball point of view. The young born in 2003, in fact, grew up between Blue Star e Real Madridis a veteran of Draft Nbawhere it was chosen by The Minnesota Timberwolvesdeductible with which he participated in the Summer League Nba. Then there were the commitments with the Nationalwho saw him participate in the training of the Azzurri, even reaching touch the call for the Eurobasket 2022 which is held in these weeks. Finally he landed in the Dolomites and he started preparing with his teammates for next season in the black and white jersey.
“I think I made the right choice – Matteo tells the Trentino press -. I had known Dolomiti Energia for some years as one serious company, of great value and that knows how to work. The Aquila proposal seemed to me to be there improve among those that were presented to me during the summer and the relationship with Molinwhom I met in the national team and with whom I immediately shared the plans for next year, both individually and as a group”.
“I’m settling in very well: the city has conquered me and an excellent environment has been created in the team. My main reference is Lele, but I listen to anyone who has any advice for me. Between the players I look specifically at Totowho has experience to sell, and Flacca, who despite being very young has already made a truly remarkable journey. Internationally, however, I’m in love with Luka Doncic: for me it is il player and watching him on the pitch is always a spectacle ”.
“During the year I will try to improve my game even more. I’m a gamer typically offensiveI like to play the pick and rollbut also involve peers with some assists. However, I am aware of the importance of defense in the Aquila mentality and consequently it will be an aspect that I will focus on a lot. Lele expects the from us utmost seriousness and I’m not going to disappoint him ”, he concludes.
The young play will be one central part of the Italian soul that Dolomiti Energia has promised to build this year. In the control room will join the expert captain Forray and Flaccadoribut it will probably also have a chance to be more flexiblea feature that, as the president recalls, is the key of the roster composed by the Juventus club. He adds Long: “There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks about why we haven’t put together a larger roster. The explanation is simple: we preferred to focus on a smaller group, but made up of interchangeable high-level players, able to cover more roles. In our opinion this is the best solution to better face next year. Nobody thinks it will be easybut we are convinced that in this way we will be able to achieve excellent results”.
