Marco Spissu: Crucial Days After the Painful Rejection—A Serie A Club Is Still Persistent

Napoli Basket is already gearing up for a season that promises to be particularly intense, with the team competing on two fronts—the league and the EuroCup—and a schedule that could exceed fifty games in total. For this reason, management is working to build a deep and versatile roster.

Jasmin Repesa will remain head coach, supported by the young Croatian assistant coach Roko Dominovic. In terms of the roster, the team is expected to maintain the formula of six Italians and six foreign players, with a squad of 13–14 players.

Key players in the project include Leonardo Faggian, Leonardo Totè, and Willy Caruso, while the first new addition was forward John Petrucelli. To round out the Italian contingent, Assane Sankare—a big man born in 2007 from Rimini—remains a strong candidate, while the situation of Marco Spissu continues to be monitored; he recently left Zaragoza after two successful seasons: These are crucial days for the Sardinian’s future, as he is said to have turned down an offer from Dinamo..

The Neapolitan club also has its sights set on Andrej Jakimovski. The forward, born in 2001 in Macedonia but raised playing basketball in Italy, is coming off a strong season with Trento, averaging nearly 10 points per game and shooting 33% from three-point range.