Italian basketball remains in turmoil, perhaps like never before in recent years. So many moves, so many ambitions, so many buzzwords: new ownerships, new arenas, new cities, a new Europe. But as of July 5, before even digging deeper into the individual dossiers, one feeling remains: a lot is moving, and a lot is still unclear.<\/p>\n
The most singular case is Pallacanestro Trieste<\/strong>. In January 2023, Cotogna Sports Group acquired 90% of the club, with Richard de Meo, Connor Barwin, John Jefferies and Paul Matiasic among the faces of the operation. In March 2024, CSG reached 99%, and in August Matiasic took full control of CSG. On June 25, 2026, the majority stake in CSG passed to Newport Holdings LLC<\/strong>, with Connor Barwin becoming president. On the court, however, the market is still frozen, at least in terms of official announcements.<\/p>\n Even more striking is the Pallacanestro Brescia<\/strong> front. Back in the LBA in 2016 as Leonessa, then renamed Pallacanestro Brescia in 2020 with Mauro Ferrari as reference shareholder, the club stated on May 30, 2026: \u201cPallacanestro Brescia remains in Brescia.\u201d Less than a month later, Ferrari himself announced in a dramatic press conference the relocation of the club to Rome, inside Paul Matiasic\u2019s Maxima<\/strong> project.<\/p>\n Maxima Roma will be ratified at the next Federal Council meeting. In the meantime, it already has a place in EuroCup and an agreement with Eur SPA to play at PalaEur in 2026-2027. But pay attention to the wording: the arena will host the club\u2019s \u201cmain home games.\u201d The club inherits Brescia\u2019s registered players, but right now there are very few certainties: Amedeo Della Valle would like to be released, while Miro Bilan has reportedly already enrolled his children in a school in the capital. The logo? Discovered on the EuroCup website.<\/p>\n Another front: Vanoli Cremona<\/strong>. In Serie A since 2009, and effectively owned by Aldo Vanoli since 2011, the club entered the federal procedure in May 2026 to relocate to Rome, within the BC Roma SPQR<\/strong> project linked to former NBA executive Donnie Nelson, Rimas Kaukenas and also Luka Doncic. Here too, however, the public picture is minimal: the name came from La Gazzetta, the logo from the EuroCup website, and Nico Mannion was effectively announced by Doncic. Official website? Not found.<\/p>\n Then there is the infrastructure issue. PalaTiziano<\/strong>, Rome\u2019s historic 3,500-seat Palazzetto dello Sport built in the late 1950s, is expected to host BC Roma SPQR, some Maxima Roma games, Virtus Roma, Luiss Roma and also Roma Club volleyball. A slightly busy calendar, to put it mildly.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Pallacanestro Cant\u00f9<\/strong> has changed its historic logo and is looking toward its new 5,200-seat arena, where it is expected to debut in February 2027, finally returning to Cant\u00f9 after more than ten years in Desio. Pallacanestro Reggiana<\/strong> has also changed logo, but said no to Matiasic\u2019s proposal to acquire its sporting title. Apu Udine did the same. Clear signals, in a market for sporting titles that has never been so alive, and never so delicate.<\/p>\n Reyer Venezia<\/strong> is also looking to the future with its new 10,000-plus-seat arena in the Tessera district, with the farewell to Taliercio expected between the end of the season and the start of the next one. Pallacanestro Varese<\/strong>, instead, is moving on a different level: its partnership with RedBird, the fund that owns AC Milan, indirectly connects it to the huge NBA Europe project expected to start in 2027.<\/p>\n The final paradox is European. After years of \u201cdieting,\u201d Italy will have a record presence: Olimpia Milano and Virtus Bologna in EuroLeague; Napoli Basket, Maxima Roma, BC Roma SPQR, Derthona Basket, Aquila Trento and Reyer Venezia in EuroCup; Pallacanestro Varese and Pallacanestro Reggiana in BCL. Ten teams out of sixteen in Europe. Six in EuroCup, an all-time record for a single domestic league.<\/p>\n The movement is running, then. But it is running through a thick fog: ownerships changing hands, sporting titles moving, logos appearing before official websites, promised or overloaded arenas, historic clubs transforming, cities losing teams and cities gaining two in a matter of weeks. Italian basketball is not standing still. 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