Jazz Johnson arrives in Pesaro: "Couldn’t ask for better"

“I’m happy to be here, I know the A2 Series well and at this time I couldn’t have asked for better.” Words and music from the new arrival at Victoria Libertas Pesaro, combo-guard Jaaziel Dante Johnson, presented on Wednesday morning at the Banca di Pesaro convention hall. Clear ideas for ‘Jazz’ who will play with number 2: “I’m here to put myself at the service of the team, a healthy group that is doing something important. I am entering the best team in the league so far, my goal is to contribute to the collective success and integrate myself as soon as possible into a very proven system. The league is very competitive and balanced, I know it well.”

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Doing the honors was the General Manager of Banca di Pesaro, Paolo Benedetti, who said, “I really appreciate the Club’s vision and strategy based from this year on the ‘green line,’ with young people at the center of the corporate and technical project. Young people who, together with the technical staff and all the rest of the group, are proving their value. I would like to emphasize this aspect, which shows foresight on the part of the VL management, CEO Alessandro Dalla Salda, who has carried out an important restructuring from the organizational – sports point of view, and his collaborators Matteo Magi and Nicola Egidio.

“As a bank, we are very happy to host this presentation, which takes place during the week dedicated to the celebrations of the 120th anniversary since the founding of the credit institution serving the city and for so many years on VL’s undershirts,” commented Benedetti.

In contrast, Matteo Magi, Victoria Libertas Director of Operations, “Welcome to Pesaro, ‘Jazz.’ An arrival related to the injury that unfortunately took Kay Felder out of the game. The Company responded promptly to a negative situation, going to strengthen the group that on the field is showing great quality and attachment to the jersey. We immediately pounced on a level profile, going for a sure shot on a category player.”

Sports Director Nicola Egidio stressed, “This operation was carried out on the basis of a clear technical will after losing an important player like Felder; we are working with his agents to terminate his contract. We are staying focused and moving forward game by game, then at the end of the season we will see where we have arrived. We are also in the market for a long man, keeping in mind, however, that the goal is to make an upgrade that consistently improves the department.”