{"id":512765,"date":"2026-08-31T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=512765"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:52:13","slug":"peppe-poeta-we-tried-to-keep-nebo-brooks-leday-and-shields-but-they-left-to-earn-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/peppe-poeta-we-tried-to-keep-nebo-brooks-leday-and-shields-but-they-left-to-earn-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppe Poeta: \u201cWe tried to keep Nebo, Brooks, LeDay and Shields, but they left to earn more\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"537\">Peppe Poeta explained to <strong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"340\">Repubblica Milano<\/strong> the philosophy behind the construction of the new <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"409\">Olimpia Milano<\/strong> roster, with the club focusing on players with potential, determination and the ability to fit into the group already in place.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1f7r17r\" data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"588\">Peppe Poeta on Nebo, Brooks, LeDay and Shields<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"759\">Poeta also addressed the departures of <strong data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"690\">Josh Nebo, Malcolm Brogdon, Zach LeDay and Shavon Shields<\/strong>, explaining that Olimpia had attempted to keep the players in Milan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"901\">\u201cWe tried to keep them, but they went elsewhere to earn even four times as much. It is a sign that in Milan we develop players,\u201d Poeta said.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"j2dwr6\" data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"965\">RJ Cole and Darius Thompson lead Olimpia Milano\u2019s backcourt<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1243\">In the backcourt, Poeta is counting on the creativity of <strong data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1035\">RJ Cole<\/strong> and the size and versatility of <strong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1087\">Darius Thompson<\/strong>. <strong data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1103\">Devon Hall<\/strong> is also expected to play an important role, particularly as he takes on some of the leadership responsibilities previously held by Shields.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"pl05es\" data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1294\">Jason Burnell and Leandro Bolmaro bring energy<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1506\">Poeta also praised the energy that <strong data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1348\">Jason Burnell<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1372\">Leandro Bolmaro<\/strong> can bring to the team. The Olimpia coach believes that this type of contribution can make a significant difference in the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1656\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cIn the EuroLeague, you win 50% of the games like that,\u201d Poeta said, referring to the energy and intensity required to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olimpia Milano head coach Peppe Poeta explained the criteria behind the construction of the new roster, highlighting the departures of four key players and the club\u2019s ability to develop talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":511875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-512765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/2026Doniselli18giugno429.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512765"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=512765"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=512765"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=512765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}