# 2021–22 Olimpia Milano season
## Kit

Supplier: Armani / Sponsor: Armani Exchange

## Team
### Players

Two captains have been chosen for the 2021–22 LBA season, Melli and Rodríguez.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
| C | Kyle Hines | Kaleb Tarczewski | Paul Biligha | | |
| PF | Nicolò Melli | Ben Bentil | Giampaolo Ricci | | Dinos Mitoglou (S) |
| SF | Shavon Shields | Luigi Datome | Davide Alviti | | |
| SG | Devon Hall | Troy Daniels | Tommaso Baldasso | Trey Kell | Riccardo Moraschini (S) |
| PG | Sergio Rodríguez | Malcolm Delaney | Jerian Grant | | |
6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players; injured or inactive players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 40 | F | Davide Alviti | 24 | Pallacanestro Trieste | 3 years | June 2024 | 50.000 € | 19 June 2020 |
| 22 | SG | Devon Hall | 25 | Brose Bamberg | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 20 June 2020 |
| 24 | PF | Dinos Mitoglou | 25 | Panathinaikos | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 25 June 2020 |
| 10 | G | Jerian Grant | 28 | Promitheas Patras | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 17 | PF | Giampaolo Ricci | 29 | Virtus Bologna | 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 6 July 2021 |
| 9 | F/C | Nicolò Melli | 30 | Dallas Mavericks | 3 years | June 2024 | Free | 9 July 2021 |
| 30 | SG | Troy Daniels | 29 | Denver Nuggets | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 12 July 2021 |
| 25 | PG | Tommaso Baldasso | 23 | Fortitudo Bologna | 2 years | June 2023 | Undisclosed | 22 November 2021 |
| 50 | F/C | Ben Bentil | 26 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 1 year | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 1 December 2021 |
| 3 | G | Trey Kell | 25 | Pallacanestro Varese | End of the season | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 4 January 2022 |
* ^ In players: Players that signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 40 | F/C | Jeremy Evans | 33 | Panathinaikos | End of contract | Free | 31 May 2021 |
| 10 | G/F | Michael Roll | 34 | Karşıyaka Basket | End of contract | Free | 23 June 2021 |
| 5 | SF | Vladimir Micov | 36 | Budućnost | End of contract | Free | 26 June 2021 |
| 0 | SG | Kevin Punter | 28 | Partizan Belgrade | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 32 | PF | Jeff Brooks | 32 | Reyer Venezia | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 81 | C | Jakub Wojciechowski | 31 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 2 | F/C | Zach LeDay | 27 | Partizan Belgrade | Mutual consent | €150,000 | 6 July 2021 |
| 20 | PG | Andrea Cinciarini | 35 | Reggio Emilia | Transfer | Undisclosed | 10 August 2021 |
| 3 | G | Davide Moretti | 23 | V.L. Pesaro | Loan contract | Undisclosed | 14 August 2021 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 15 | C | Kaleb Tarczewski | 28 | Oklahoma City Blue | 3 + 3 years | June 2023 | Free | 14 March 2017 |
| 21 | G/F | Riccardo Moraschini | 30 | New Basket Brindisi | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 16 July 2019 |
| 19 | C | Paul Biligha | 31 | Reyer Venezia | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 22 July 2019 |
| 13 | PG | Sergio Rodríguez | 35 | CSKA Moscow | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 30 July 2019 |
| 23 | G | Malcolm Delaney | 32 | Barcelona | 2 years | June 2022 | Free | 2 June 2020 |
| 42 | C | Kyle Hines | 34 | CSKA Moscow | 2 years | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 3 June 2020 |
| 70 | F | Luigi Datome | 33 | Fenerbahçe | 3 years | June 2023 | Undisclosed | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 | SF | Shavon Shields | 27 | Baskonia | 1 + 2 years | June 2023 | Free | 9 July 2020 |

### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Ettore Messina | 61 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) | | 3 years | 2022 | 11 June 2019 | |

### On loan

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Moving to | Moving to | Date | Contract | Ends |
| SG | | Giordano Bortolani | 20 | Brescia Leonessa | | Universo Treviso | | 8 July 2021 | 5 years | June 2025 |
| G | | Davide Moretti | 23 | Olimpia Milano | | V.L. Pesaro | | 14 August 2021 | 3+2 years | June 2023 + 2025 |

### Staff and management

Team Staff :
| Coaches ||
| Ettore Messina | Head Coach |
| Mario Fioretti | Coach Assistant |
| Gianmarco Pozzecco | Coach Assistant |
| Marco Esposito | Coach Assistant |
| Stefano Bizzozero | Coach Assistant |
| Performance team ||
| Giustino Danesi | Athletic trainer |
| Federico Conti | Athletic trainer |
| Francesco Cuzzolin | Athletic trainer |
| Alessandro Colombo | Physioterapist |
| Claudio Lomma | Physioterapist |
| Marco Monzoni | Physioterapist |
| Andrea Amalto | Osteopath |
| Medical staff ||
| Matteo Acquati | Physician |
| Ezio Giani | Physician |
| Michele Ronchi | Physician |
| Daniele Casalini | Physician |
| Fabrizio Spataro | Nutritionist |
| Giulia Baroncini | Nutritionist |
Management :
| Pantaleo Dell'Orco | President of Board of Directors |
| Ettore Messina | President of Basketball Operations |
| Christos Stavropoulos | General Manager |
| Team Management ||
| Alberto Rossini | Head of team management |
| Filippo Leoni | Team manager |
| Andrea Colombo | Assistant team manager |
| Alessandro Barenghi | Equipment manager |
| Gianluca Solani | Referee officer |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Supercup | 18 September 2021 | 21 September 2021 | Quarterfinals | Runner-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 264 | 217 | +47 | 066.67 |
| Serie A | 25 September 2021 | 5 January 2022 | Regular season | Regular season | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1,093 | 907 | +186 | 092.31 |
| EuroLeague | 30 September 2021 | 16 December 2021 | Regular season | Regular season | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1,200 | 1,150 | +50 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 2,557 | 2,274 | +283 | 075.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie A Regular Season
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2666 | 2364 | +302 | 52 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2465 | 2155 | +310 | 48 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2524 | 2310 | +214 | 42 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 4 | Bertram Derthona Basket | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2418 | 2412 | +6 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2331 | 2297 | +34 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 13 | 12 | 1 | 1093 | 907 | +186 | 7 | 0 | 612 | 480 | +132 | 5 | 1 | 481 | 427 | +54 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### EuroLeague Regular Season
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2275 | 2101 | +174 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2222 | 2045 | +177 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2069 | 1992 | +77 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2181 | 2079 | +102 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2272 | 2209 | +63 | Qualification to playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 16 | 10 | 6 | 1200 | 1150 | +50 | 7 | 2 | 689 | 643 | +46 | 3 | 4 | 511 | 507 | +4 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches
## Statistics

    As of 19 December 2021.

### Individual game highs

| | Total | Player | Opponent |
| Points | 26 | Shavon Shields | vs Olympiacos (26 Nov.) |
| Total Rebounds | 14 | Nicolò Melli | vs Brescia (12 Dec.) |
| Assists | 9 | Sergio Rodríguez | vs Panathinaikos (14 Dec.) |
| Assists | 9 | Sergio Rodríguez | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| Blocks | 3 | Nicolò Melli | @ Varese (10 Oct.) |
| Blocks | 3 | Kyle Hines | vs Olympiacos (26 Nov.) |
| Steals | 6 | Nicolò Melli | @ Fenerbahçe (12 Nov.) |
| Efficiency | 31 | Dinos Mitoglou | vs Treviso (19 Sept.) |
| 2-point field goal percentage | 100% (6/6) | Dinos Mitoglou | vs Venezia (17 Oct.) |
| 3-point field goal percentage | 100% (4/4) | Troy Daniels | vs R.Emilia (14 Nov.) |
| Free throw percentage | 100% (8/8) | Sergio Rodríguez | vs R.Emilia (14 Nov.) |
| Turnovers | 5 | Sergio Rodríguez | @ Fenerbahçe (12 Nov.) |
| Minutes | 37 | Jerian Grant | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| | Total | Player | Opponent |
| 2-point field goals made | 7 | Dinos Mitoglou | vs Sassari (31 Oct.) |
| 2-point field goals made | 7 | Kyle Hines | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 13 | Shavon Shields | vs Olympiacos (26 Nov.) |
| 3-point field goals made | 5 | Sergio Rodríguez | vs Cremona (7 Nov.) |
| 3-point field goals attempted | 11 | Troy Daniels | @ Trieste (19 Dec.) |
| Free throws made | 8 | Nicolò Melli | vs CSKA (30 Sept.) |
| Free throws attempted | 11 | Nicolò Melli | vs CSKA (30 Sept.) |
| Offensive Rebounds | 6 | Nicolò Melli | vs Brescia (12 Dec.) |
| Offensive Rebounds | 6 | Kyle Hines | vs Real Madrid (16 Dec.) |
| Defensive Rebounds | 10 | Dinos Mitoglou | vs Sassari (31 Oct.) |

### Team game highs

| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| Points | 108 | vs Treviso (19 Sept.) |
| Total Rebounds | 49 | vs Sassari (31 Oct.) |
| Assists | 29 | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| Blocks | 7 | vs Treviso (19 Sept.) |
| Steals | 12 | vs Sassari (31 Oct.) |
| Efficiency | 162 | vs Treviso (19 Sept.) |
| 2-point field goal percentage | 73.5% (25/34) | @ B.Munich (26 Oct.) |
| 3-point field goal percentage | 56.5% (13/23) | vs Venezia (17 Oct.) |
| Free throw percentage | 100% (17/17) | @ Varese (10 Oct.) |
| Turnovers | 4 | @ Varese (10 Oct.) |
| Statistic | Total | Opponent |
| 2-point field goals made | 28 | vs Treviso (19 Sept.) |
| 2-point field goals attempted | 46 | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| 3-point field goals made | 15 | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| 3-point field goals attempted | 34 | vs V.Bologna (5 Jan.) |
| Free throws made | 22 | vs R.Emilia (14 Nov.) |
| Free throws attempted | 25 | @ B.Munich (26 Oct.) vs R.Emilia (14 Nov.) |
| Offensive Rebounds | 17 | @ Napoli (25 Sept.) @ Baskonia (8 Oct.) |
| Defensive Rebounds | 35 | vs Sassari (31 Oct.) |