Virtus Bologna, what a blow: Saliou Niang already has his bags in hand

The Serie A loses another star player. After the decision of Quinn Ellis to leave Olimpia Milano to go play in the NCAA, wearing the St. John’s jersey, comes the news that Saliou Niang will also take the same path. A hard blow for Virtus Bologna, which loses an element of enormous quality and with infinite margins for improvement.

Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2025 Draft, the Italian had decided to play with Virtus Bologna to improve further. And, indeed, the improvements were there, so much so that Saliou Niang turned out to be one of the best of the Black Vs’ season.

Now, however, he has chosen to take a further step, which is to put himself on the line in the NCAA. At the moment, two decidedly prestigious colleges would be on his trail, namely North Carolina and Louisiana State University. The economic issue should also be highlighted, since the contract would guarantee him about five million dollars.

In short, these will be the last months, in a Virtus Bologna jersey, for Saliou Niang. The hope of the Vere Nere fans is to finish as well as possible, perhaps bringing home the Scudetto. Then, everyone will go their own way. Saliou Niang’s leads to the United States, to the NCAA.