Josh Hart, reigning NBA champion with the New York Knicks, has joined the ownership group of Napoli Basketball. Hart enters the project alongside Matt Hillman, his business partner and co-host of the popular “Roommates” podcast. Hart will also join Napoli Basketball’s board with a strategic role, with both expected to support the club’s sporting, commercial and social growth.
“Napoli is a great comeback story, and in many ways it reminds me of what we have built with the Knicks,” Hart said. “It is a project built on hard work, big dreams and the incredible passion Napoli fans have for their team.” Hart also highlighted the club’s European ambitions: “The fact that this club is already making noise in EuroCup says a lot about its ambitions. The Napoli project is only in the ‘first quarter’, and I am very excited to be part of a program that will do something special in the coming years.”
The ownership group is led by Underdog Global Partners, which acquired Napoli Basketball in 2025, with Predictive VC joining as a minority shareholder in 2026. The club also stated that in August 2026 it received an initial approval to become a new franchise as part of the EuroLeague expansion process. “Josh Hart represents Napoli and the tens of millions of proud Neapolitans around the world,” said Napoli Basketball president and UGP founder Matt Rizzetta. “His dedication, humility and toughness are the values on which the Napoli project is built.”
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