The long marathon is over: Pallacanestro Molfetta was the first to cross the finish line for Mauro Stella, the point guard born in ’84 «whose arrival is undoubtedly yet another sign that the club wants to do well again this year», announces Rosario Saracino. The agreement with the seasoned athlete originally from Mesagne, but now Coratino by adoption, 190 centimeters tall, was closed in the last few days after a long job that saw the red and white sporting director at the forefront. «With him – continues Saracino speaking of Stella – I have already worked in the past, moreover by winning a championship in Corato and moving up to Serie B. He is an athlete with great basketball intelligence and who will certainly put his charisma at the service of the team. I’m happy I was able to bring him to Molfetta». And in the end the will of the player prevailed: from the beginning he was attracted by the partnership project of the president Nicola Solimini who will compete in the next single series C championship. «I don’t like talking about myself – Stella’s first words -, I would like others to talk about me, from a human and basketball point of view. I am an athlete who tries to make others feel good, to improve them and to create the right group harmony so that we can work in the best way. I am someone who looks at others first, then at themselves. I’m very motivated and happy.” In short, unseen trust. After all, for him, one of the brightest stars in the Apulian firmament, his curriculum full of successes speaks volumes. Corato, Bisceglie, Ostuni (promoted to Serie A2), Corato, Cagliari, Francavilla, Basket Nord Barese (promoted to A2), San Severo, Bisceglie, Corato, Nardò (promoted to B), Corato, Nardò (promoted to A) and again Corato, a club in which, in ten seasons at PalaLosito, he won two promotions in B: wonderful seasons in which, among Serie A Dilettanti, B, C Silver and C Gold, he won everywhere. Total: six promotions (three in A2, as many in B) which have consecrated the technical depth of an expert athlete, gifted with great tactical sagacity and determination. A true Apulian basketball artist capable of drawing pieces of art with the ball and who wants to continue doing it in Molfetta as well. «I accepted Pavimaro – continues Stella – because I consider President Solimini, on a par with diesse Saracino, a very sincere and loyal person. I would like to spend a year in total harmony in which everyone, in the best possible way, will be able to do their duty. I will be ready, with my teammates, to give 100% to repay the trust of those who have decided to invest in me. I will do it in a very beautiful city, Molfetta, which I know and in a sports facility, the PalaPoli, where I have always played as an opponent». The new red and white athlete, 39 years old, will be the added value of the roster available to coach Giovanni Gesmundo, but he will also act as mother hen for the younger ones. But on the threshold of the “doors” do you think about changing your skin, metabolizing a second life? «I’ll be the greatest of the team and I’ll have to be the first to set an example, especially to the younger ones, from a human and basketball point of view and this gives me great pleasure – he replies -. The advancing age has led me to change my skin, from many points of view, the physical and mental one, as well as the approach to life, not just sports. I can’t lose, I’ve been lucky enough to win many championships in my career and I think that competition, combined with the desire to fight and win, is the basis of everything. In sport and in life, to go ahead and feel good about yourself and with others». To win also in Molfetta and to bring home the seventh retina of his career.
Nicholas Miccione
Molfetta Basketball Press Office
2023-07-30 12:52:19
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