Dinamo Sassari

Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Nickname	Banco (Bank) Biancoblu (White-Blues) Giganti (Giants)
Leagues	LBA FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	23 April 1960 (1960-04-23)
History	Dinamo Sassari (1960–present)
Arena	Palasport Roberta Serradimigni
Capacity	5,000
Location	Sassari, Italy
Team colors	White, Blue
Main sponsor	Banco di Sardegna
President	Stefano Sardara
Team manager	Federico Pasquini
Head coach	Vincenzo Esposito
Team captain	Giacomo Devecchi
Championships	1 Serie A 2 Italian Cup 1 Italian SuperCup
Retired numbers	2 (12, 12)
Website	dinamobasket.com
Uniforms
Home Away Third

Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club plays in the Italian LBA, the highest level club competition in Italian professional basketball.

Dinamo was founded in 1960, and in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Banco Popolare Sassari (1989–90). The club plays in the Serie A (the highest level for the men's basketball competitions in Italy), since 2010.

Dinamo Sassari is notable for being the club in Italian professional basketball to have made the impressive score of 158 points scored in a single game (with no overtimes), during the 1994–95 Serie A2 regular season, versus Pallacanestro Pavia (91);^[1] which is the highest score ever made by any club in Italy.

History

In 1994–95 the Dinamo team scored 158 points in a regular season game without overtimes against Pavia.

In 2010 Dinamo promoted to the Serie A, when it beat Prima Veroli in the Finals of the Playoffs.

In 2012 the club made its debut in Europe, when it played in the EuroCup regular season. The 2013–14 season was one of the most historic ever for the club. Banco di Sardegna Sassari won the Italian Cup, the team's first trophy. Dinamo's star player Travis Diener was named Italian Cup MVP. Later in the season Drake Diener – Travis' cousin – was named Italian League MVP. Dinamo also played in the EuroCup once again, and reached the eight-finals this time around.

Despite the third place and elimination in the Italian League semifinals in 2014, Dinamo was invited to play in the 2014–15 EuroLeague season. After Montepaschi Siena, runner-up in the Italian league, resigned the club received a B license.

In the 2014–15 season, Dinamo won its first Italian League championship. In Game 7 of the Italian League Finals, Sassari won 73–75, on the road against Reggio Emilia.^[2]

Honors

Total titles: 4

Season by season

Players

Retired numbers

The American naturalized-Italian guard Travis Diener was the second player to have his number retired by Dinamo

Dinamo Sassari retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
12		Emanuele Rotondo	Guard	1991–2007
12		Travis Diener	Guard	2010–2014

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Dinamo Sassari roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 5000000000000000000♠0 Spissu, Marco 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001790000000000000♠79 kg (174 lb) 23 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 PG 7000100000000000000♠1 Parodi, Luciano 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 PG 7000200000000000000♠2 Smith, Jaime 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 SG 7000400000000000000♠4 Bamforth, Scott 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1989-08-12)12 August 1989 G/F 7000500000000000000♠5 Petteway, Terran 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 G/F 7000800000000000000♠8 Devecchi, Giacomo (C) 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 C 7001150000000000000♠15 Magro, Daniele 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb) 31 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 F 7001210000000000000♠21 Pierre, Dyshawn 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 G 7001220000000000000♠22 Gentile, Stefano 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1989-09-20)20 September 1989 PF 7001250000000000000♠25 Thomas, Rashawn 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994 PF 7001330000000000000♠33 Polonara, Achille 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 F/C 7001350000000000000♠35 Diop, Ousmane 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 18 – (2000-02-19)19 February 2000 F/C 7001450000000000000♠45 Cooley, Jack 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002124000000000000♠124 kg (273 lb) 27 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991	Head coach Vincenzo Esposito Assistant coach(es) Edoardo Casalone Giorgio Gerosa Athletic trainer(s) Matteo Boccolini Team manager Luca Rossini Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 20, 2018

References

External links

• Official site (in Italian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page