Olimpia Milano is turning its attention to Scafati to bolster its frontcourt and accommodate Luca Banchi

Olimpia Milano is looking to the transfer market to strengthen its frontcourt and provide new options for Luca Banchi, who is also dealing with the absence of Devin Booker. The possibility of signing Mike Tobey from Scaligera Verona has definitively fallen through: among the players being tracked by the red-and-white club is Ze’Rik Onyema, an American center born in 2001 who started the season in Scafati, where he averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds.

Onyema’s main strengths are explosiveness, athleticism, and great mobility under the basket. Another factor in his favor is that he is already registered to play in Italy, a condition that would allow Olimpia to sign him without any significant bureaucratic delays.

This signing wouldn’t be one destined to radically change the team’s dynamics. The American center, in fact, comes from a team languishing at the bottom of the standings and, until last season, played in Finland. His signing, however, could provide the boost of energy and aggressiveness that Milan seems to need.

The move would also allow Banchi to lighten the workload of Ousmane Diop, who has put up encouraging performances but must be used with caution given his past physical issues. The Italian big man remains an important asset, especially with the Italian Cup and league playoffs on the horizon. Finally, the arrival of a new center could serve to shake up Moses Wright, who has yet to find consistency and remains an unknown quantity in the Biancorossi’s rotations.