Ettore Messina on Nicolò Melli: I hope there will be no difficulties

Olimpia Milano coach Ettore Messina gave a long interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Here are some passages.

ON SHIELDS’ CONDITION

‘A little bit better than in Brescia, he’s only partly training with the team after a series of days of rest and therapy. We’ll have to manage his minutes’.

ON BILLY BARON

‘Yes, at the beginning of the playoffs we had thought about a set-up with an extra guard, deciding to sacrifice Voigtmann and play with Ricci as a power forward. In this sense we tried with Baron who was injured again. Will he return? No, it’s a bad season for Billy. And consequently also for us’.

ON NICOLO’ MELLI’S FUTURE

‘Since the end of October both he and his agency have been informed that the will of the ownership, the club and the coach is that he stays. This will is unchanged. I hope there will be no difficulties’.

ON THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE FINALS ON THE FUTURE

‘The moment you start thinking about that, you risk affecting the way you play. We only think about getting on the court’.