Two boys born in 2004, two prospects on which the company had had its eye for some time and who had also been protagonists of the last Summer League played at the PalaPuca. There Geko Partenope Sant’Antimo announces the arrival in Sant’Antimo of Gabriele Di Camillo and Andrea D’Apice, who will form an integral part of the national Serie B roster a curriculum already full of experience. Raised in the Stella Azzurra nursery with which he reached the under 14 and under 15 National Finals, in the summer of 2018 he moved to Pallacanestro Trieste with which he continued his youthful career by ringing together two other participations in the national finals, then returned to the capital with Basket Roma, with which he made his debut in C Gold and averaged 15.7 points in the U16 Eccellenza championship. Between 2020 and 2022 he was in Eurobasket with which he made his debut in A2 and played in the Excellence tournaments (11.1 average with the under 19). At the same time he gained experience in Serie C with Fonte Roma, with whom he also played the last season with an average of 8.1ppg. At the end of June he was MVP and top scorer of the PSA Summer League 2023.
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Andrea D’Apice, a pivotal forward with 204 centimeters supplied, has been one of the main prospects of Campania basketball for years.
Raised in the Angri basketball nursery, he has developed his entire career so far with the gray and red club, landing in the first team as early as 2020. At the same time, he played constantly in the youth championships of Excellence, averaging 19 points in the last U19 tournament and resulting decisive in Angrese’s historic victory in the 2021 U20 regional championship. In the 2022-23 season he was an active part of the training that won promotion to Interregional Serie B.
“I am impatient to start this adventure with a new large family like Sant’Antimo – says Gabriele Di Camillo -, I have been in contact with the company for a year already and I have just had the opportunity to see up close everything it has to offer I didn’t have the slightest doubt that it would be my new destination. Obviously, I thank the staff and the whole club for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to make a significant leap up a category, I will give my best to be able to lend a hand to the team and above all learn a lot from players who have more experience than me” .
“I’m very happy to start this new chapter of my sporting life at PSA – says Andrea D’Apice – I can’t wait to get involved and prove my worth, I know it will take sweat and sacrifice but I’m ready to work hard. I’m ready to make myself available to the coach and my teammates.”
“Gabriele Di Camillo is a winger with excellent physique and a good shot both from and out of the blocks – says Marco Gandini-. We also followed him to the Summer League, he has the right attitude and we are sure that with the work and determination that distinguishes him, we can make him a player for this category. Andrea D’Apice is a boy with an important body and physicality – continues the coach-. He comes from C Gold and therefore will have to adapt to a more competitive context and basketball, but we are ready to invest in him, just as he should do in the face of this opportunity.
2023-07-16 11:48:54
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