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MEDIA GUIDE
STAGIONE 2021-2022

FRONT OFFICE
SALVATORE TRAINOTTI
General Manager
Salvatore Trainotti has been Aquila
Basket’s general manager since
2007. Starting as a coach with
Aquila’s youth teams, Trainotti has
become the mastermind behind the
club’s quick and constant growth.
Under his guidance as president
of basketball operations, the team
has reached unexpected heights on
the court; thanks to his vision and
managerial skills, Aquila Basket’s
organization and profile have
singificantly improved year after year
as well.
For his efforts in leading Aquila Basket to a fourth place finish
in the standings in their first season in Serie A, Trainotti was
named 2014-15 Serie A General Manager of the Year. It was his
second such honour, having received the Serie A2 award in 2014
after guiding the “bianconeri” to promotion from A2 to A. During
Trainotti’s career as a general manager, Dolomiti Energia Trentino
has appeared in the Serie A playoffs six times in six years, reaching
the Finals twice; and took part five times in EuroCup, where the
club surprisingly reached the semifinals in 2016 and the Top 16
phase three times.
Trainotti was born September 18, 1971. He is a graduate of the
Università degli Studi di Trento with a Master of Economics degree
in Non-Profit, Public and Organizational Management.

ANDREA NARDELLI
Businness Area Coordinator
RUDY GADDO
Sports Director
FRANCESCO COSTANTINO
CIAMPA
Marketing&Communication
Manager
SARA BIASIONI
Sales Manager
MARCELLO OBEROSLER
Press Office
CATERINA MOSNA
Ticketing & Store
ANDREA BONETTI
Fan Data Analytics
MARTINA QUINTARELLI
Marketing&Communication
specialist
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GOVERNANCE
The Dolomiti Energia Trentino governing body has been organized
to create an innovative ownership model. We don’t have a single
owner, instead the club’s ownership is divided into three shares: the
C.A.S.T., the Supporters Trust and the Fondazione Aquila. Our club’s
ownership is structured in a way which balances member democracy,
commercial strategy, corporate social responsibility and sporting
performance.
BRUNO GIAMPIERETTI
Board Member
LUIGI LONGHI
President
MAURIZIO SCOZZI
Board Member
ANDREA PRETTI
Board Member

The “Consorzio Aziendale per lo Sport Trentino”, known as CAST, is a
consortium of more than 60 local enterprises: the CAST is a group of local
companies with a shared passion for basketball, aims of stregthening the local
business community from an economical and social standpoint, while at the
same time responding to the companies’ business needs. About 50 additional
firlms contribute to club’s success with traditional sponsorships.
Trust Aquila was created in 2014 to represent our fans in the ownership of the
club. The supporters association follows the examples of some of the most
relevant European sport clubs such as Bayern Munich and Barcelona. There
are more than 700 active members in the Trust Aquila.
“Fondazione Aquila per lo Sport Trentino”, run by former chairman Giovanni
Zobele and Aquila Basket Trento’s co-founder Marco Angelini, was born with
the goal of preserving the identity and values of the club. The Foundation is
responsible for preserving the club’s heritage and for maintaining the tradition
of Dolomiti Energia Trentino and its several projects in terms of social, sporting
and ethical values. The two biggest projects powered by the Foundation are:
Dolomiti Energia Basketball Academy and Dolomiti Energia Basket Trentino
for No Profit.
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A|X Exchange Armani
Milano
Germani Brescia
Openjobmetis
Varese
Vanoli Basket
Cremona
Bertram Derthona
Tortona
UNAHOTELS
Reggio Emilia
Fortitudo Bologna
Banco di Sardegna
Sassari
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Gevi Napoli
Nutribullet Treviso
Basket
Virtus Segafreedo
Bologna
Allianz Pallacanestro
Trieste
Carpegna Prosciutto
Pesaro
Umana Reyer
Venezia
Happy Casa
Brindisi
SERIE A 2021-22

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Slask Wroclaw
Hamburg Towers
Cedevita Olimpija
Ljubljana
ratiopharm Ulm
Mincidelice JL Bourg
en Bresse
Boulogne
Metropolitans 92
MoraBanc
Andorra
Joventut Badalona
Valencia Basket
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Gran Canaria
Dolomiti Energia
Trentino
Vir

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Virtus Segafreedo
Bologna
Umana Reyer
Venezia
Promitheas Patras
Buducnost VOLI
Podgorica
Frutti Extra
Bursaspor
Partizan NIS
Belgrade
Lokomotiv Kuban
Krasnodar
Turk Telekom
Ankara
EUROCUP 2021-22
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vs Joventut Badalona October 19
at MoraBanc Andorra October 27
vs Lietkabelis Panevezys November 02
at Boulogne Metropolitans 92 November 09
CALENDAR
vs Slask Wroclaw November 17
at Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Dicember 08
at Turk Telekom Ankara December 15
vs Hamburg Towers December 22
at Partizan NIS Belgrade January 12
at Joventut Badalona January 18
vs MoraBanc Andorra January 26
at Lietkabelis Panevezys February 02
vs Boulogne Metropolitans 92 February 08
at Slask Wroclaw March 09
vs Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar March 15
vs Turk Telekom Ankara March 22
at Hamburg Towers March 30
vs Partizan NIS Belgrade April 06

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TECHNICAL STAFF
EMANUELE MOLIN
Head Coach
Recognized as one of the most
experienced and high-regarded
coaches in Europe, Emanuele “Lele”
Molin started his coaching career in
1978 as a youth coach with Basket
Mestre. He then moved to Italian
powerhouse Treviso where he worked
as a youth coach and assistant coach
from 1985 to 2000. “Lele”, working
as an assistant, then followed Italian
coaching legend Ettore Messina to
Virtus Bologna (2000-02), Benetton
Treviso (2002-2005), CSKA Moscow (2005-2009) and Real Madrid
(2009-2011). During his spell in Madrid, Molin was appointed the
team’s head coach after Messina left the team. In the summer
of 2011 he returned to Italy joining Cantù as Andrea Trinchieri’s
assistant coach for two seasons, and was later appointed as
Caserta head coach for 2013-14 season. Before joining Trento, he
worked for UNICS Kazan from 2015 to 2017.
FABIO BONGI
Assistant Coach
DAVIDE DUSMET
Assistant Coach
NICOLÒ GILMOZZI
Video Coordinator

MICHAEL ROBINSON
Team Manager
MATTEO TOVAZZI
Athletic Trainer
GIACOMO BECCUCCI
Physiotherapist
LUCA FRANZOI
Physiotherapist
FABIO DIANA
Doctor
GIORGIO BENIGNI
Orthopedic
LUCA PASOLLI
Doctor
FRANCO JACHEMET
Physiotherapist
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# NAME POS YOB HT NAT
1 Bradford Desonta Guard '96 193cm USA
3 Williams Johnathan Center ‘95 206cm USA
5 Reynolds Cameron Forward '95 201cm USA
8 Conti Luca Forward '00 196cm ITA
10 Forray Toto Play '86 188cm ITA
ROSTER
12 Flaccadori Diego Play '96 193cm ITA
13 Saunders Wesley Guard ‘93 196cm USA
14 Mezzanotte Andrea Forward '98 208cm ITA
23 Ladurner Maximilian Center ‘01 207cm ITA
24 Caroline Jordan Forward ‘95 198cm USA
6 Gaye Talà Guard ‘04 195cm ITA
9 Morina Richard Ygor Play ‘04 190cm ITA
11 Zangheri Lorenzo Guard ‘04 198cm ITA
20 Dell’Anna Lorenzo Forward ‘04 199cm ITA
25 Rudovic Luka Forward ‘03 202cm SLO

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Desonta Bradford joined Trento in 2021…
Went to college in East Tennessee State
where he averaged 15,5 ppg, 5,8 rpg and
3,6 apg as a senior in 2017-18… Played in
Ungary… Joined Brussels in 2019 and he
averaged 11 ppg and 2,0 spg… Went back
to the US during the panedmic and worked
as a basketball assistant coach…
GUARD
193 cm
85 kg
USA
25 y.o.
Desonta BRADFORD

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Johnathan Williams joined Trento in
2021… Went to Missouri and transferred to
Gonzaga for his junior and senior years…
Averaged 13,4 ppg and 8,5 rpg… Played 37
NBA games for the Los Angeles Lakers
and the Washington Wizards… He scored
a career-high 18 points in a W against the
Boston Celtics playing as a Laker… Played
for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the first
part of the 2019-20 season averaging 12,6
ppg and 10,2 rpg… Last season he played
for Galatasaray in Turkey and Niners
Chemnitz in Germany…
CENTER
206 cm
103 kg
USA
26 y.o.
Johnathan WILLIAMS

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Cameron Reynolds
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Cameron Blake Reynolds joined Trentino
in 2021… Went to Tulane University of
Louisiana, where he averaged 15,1 ppg
and 6,3 rpg as a senior… Undrafted in
2018 but still played 24 NBA games for
Minnesota, San Antonio and Houston…
Played more than 90 games in G-League
in three seasons… Averaged 16,1 ppg, 4,6
rpg and 1,4 apg in 2020-21 for the Austin
Spurs… Represented USA national team
during the summer preparing the Olympic
Tournament, and scored 5 points against
Argentina in a friendly match…
FORWARD
201 cm
102 kg
USA
26 y.o.
Cameron REYNOLDS

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Has played basketball with Trento youth
teams… Played 44 games in Serie A
and EuroCup and scored 46 points…
Represented Italy at the U16 Eurobasket
2016 competition averaging 15,0 ppg and
7,8 rpg… In 2017, reached the final of the
U18 Italian Championship with Dolomiti
Energia Trentino… Best Team of the
Tournament selection after averaging
15,3 ppg, 9,7 rpg and 4,0 apg in the final
phase… Spent the last two seasons on
loan at Pesaro (Serie A) and Montegranaro
(Serie A2)... Born and raised in Trento…
FORWARD
196 cm
84 kg
ITA
20 y.o.
Luca CONTI

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Team captain since 2013… Joined Trento in
February 2011 and contributed to two club
promotions (2012 and 2014)… All-time
leader in games played for the team (460)…
Single game career highs in Serie A are 21
points, 8 assists, 4 steals... Developed for
12 years in the youth basketball system of
Club Banco Provincia de Buenos Aires…
Arrived in Italy in 2004 and has played
in five different Italian divisions with
Pallacanestro Messina (2004-05), Virtus
Padova (05-06), Jesolo SanDonà (06-08),
Fulgor Libertas Forlì (08-11)…
PLAYMAKER
188 cm
88 kg
ARG
35 y.o.
Toto FORRAY

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Joined Trento in 2014, left in 2019 and
returned in 2021… With Dolomiti Energia
he played 222 official games and scored
1574… Was part of the Italian national
team during the summer of 2017… Single
game career highs in Serie A are 22 points,
5 assists, 6 rebounds… Three-time Serie
A Best Young Player of the Year award
winner (2016, 2017 and 2018)… Captained
Italian U18 and U19 national teams both
in European and World Championship
competitions, averaging 16.1 and 17.6
points per game, respectively… Began as
a youth basketball player with Blu Orobica
Bergamo, then played for Remer Treviglio
in the Italian third division…
PLAYMAKER
193 cm
84 kg
ITA
25 y.o.
Diego FLACCADORI

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Wesley Shyaam Saunders arrived in Trento
in 2021… Studied in Harvard and started
his professional carreer in Europe playing
in Finland… Spent a couple of seasons
paying for Cremona in Serie A (2018-
20) where he averaged 12,4 ppg and 6,3
rpg in 58 Italian League games… Played
briefly for AS Monaco and joined Fortitudo
Bologna in 2020-21… Averaged 13,3 ppg
with the “Effe”… Scored 29 points, his
carreer-high in Italy, against Trento at the
BLM Group Arena in 2018…
FORWARD
196 cm
88 kg
USA
28 y.o.
Wesley SAUNDERS

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Joined Trento in July 2018... Played 92
official games in Serie A and EuroCup
for Trento, scoring 300 points… 18 points
are his career-high in Serie A… In 2017-
18 season playing for Treviglio in Serie A2
he averaged 5.9 points per game... Playing
for Italian national youth teams he won a
silver medal in the U19 World Cup 2017
and a bronze medal in the U18 European
Cup in 2016...
FORWARD
208 cm
89 kg
ITA
23 y.o.
Andrea MEZZANOTTE

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Maximilian Ladurner
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Max Ladurner grew up in Merano playing
with a Dolomiti Energia Basketball
Academy’s affilate team… Moved to Trento
in 2016 and played for the youth sector of
the team until 2020… Won the NextGen
LBA title with Dolomiti Energia Trentino
U18 team in 2019… Debuted with the
senior team in 2020… Played 54 officiali
games and scored 111 points…
CENTER
207 cm
95 kg
ITA
19 y.o.
Maximilian LADURNER

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Jordan Caroline joined Trentino in
2021… Went to Nevada University, where
he averaged 17,0 ppg and 9,6 rpg as a
senior… In the 2019-20 he played for
the South Bay Lakers in the G-League
averaging 11,7 ppg and 8.8 rpg… Later in
the season he joined Hapoel Eilat in Israel
where his numbers were 15,3 ppg and 9.9
rpg… Spent the 2020-21 season in Taiwan
where he averaged 28,0 ppg and 14,4 rpg…
FORWARD
198 cm
107 kg
USA
26 y.o.
Jordan CAROLINE

GUARD
195 cm
80 kg
ITA
17 y.o.
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FORWARD
199 cm
85 kg
ITA
17 y.o.
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190 cm
74 kg
ITA
17 y.o.
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GUARD
198 cm
80 kg
ITA
17 y.o.
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Welcome! The Dolomiti Energia Trentino would like to welcome all members
of the media to the 2021-22 season, our 8th season in Serie A and our 6th in
Eurocup. We ask you to please read this section carefully and thank you in
advance for your anticipated cooperation.
FRANCESCO COSTANTINO
CIAMPA
Marketing&Communication
Manager
costantino.ciampa@aquilabasket.it
MARCELLO OBEROSLER
Press Office
marcello.oberosler@aquilabasket.it
Credentials
Media can get their credentials at
the Media Entry located on the north
side of the arena. The media entrance
opens 75 minutes prior the tip-off.
Press seats
The in-arena press seats are located
on the eastern side of the court
(behind the basket on the opponent’s
bench side, in front of the GRADINATA
CONAD on the map).
Media working room and press
conference room
The media working room is located
close to the in-arena press seats. It
can be reached using the corridor
behind the visitor’s bench.
Photographers
Photographers are seated behind the
advertising panels on both baselines.
Their working area is located in the
last row of the in-arena press seats
or in the media working room.
Internet access
Journalists may access the
internet via WLAN everywhere in
the arena. Journalists will find
login and password information in
the media working room and on
the press seats.
Press conference
A press conference with the head
coaches of both teams will take place
after the game in the media working
room/press conference room located
close to the in-arena press seats.

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DANIELE MONTIGIANI
Photographer
daniele.montigiani@aquilabasket.it
BLM GROUP ARENA Key Info
Dolomiti Energia Trentino plays its home matches at BLM GROUP
ARENA. BLM Group Arena (formerly known as PalaTrento) is a
multi-purpose arena which opened in 2000 and is located on the
south side of Trento. The arena is also home to Trentino Volley,
one of the most highly esteemed and successful Italian volleyball
teams. BLM Group Arena seats up to 4000 spectators.
MEDIA GUIDELINES
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CONTACT INFORMATION
DOLOMITI ENERGIA TRENTINO
Address piazzetta Lunelli, 10 – 38121 Trento (TN), Italy
Phone + 39 0461 931035
Fax + 39 0461 331307
E-mail info@aquilabasket.it
Official website www.aquilabasket.it
Team Management, Traveling & Arena hosting
Michael ROBINSON
Mobile: +39 346 4078607
Email: michael.robinson@aquilabasket.it
Media Director
Marcello OBEROSLER
Mobile :+39 345 5735423
Email: marcello.oberosler@aquilabasket.it
ufficiostampa@aquilabasket.it
Ticketing
Caterina MOSNA
Phone: + 39 0461 931035
Email: ticketing@aquilabasket.it
GAME INFORMATION
Tip-Off 20:00 (usually)
Arena BLM Group Arena – via Fersina, 11
Main Uniform Black-Dark Gray
Reserve Uniform White
Press For press accreditations, please contact our Media Director
Tickets For ticket orders, please contact our Ticketing Manager

Accomodation
Hotel HOTEL ADIGE ****
Address via Pomeranos, 10 | Mattarello - TRENTO
Telephone +39 0461 944545
Fax +39 0461 944520
E-mail info@adigehotel.it
Web www.adigehotel.it
Transportation
Dolomiti Energia Trentino will provide the visiting club with full
transportation by bus for the following transfer:
+ airport – hotel (day of arrival)
+ hotel – arena (2 practices and 1 game)
+ hotel – airport (day of departure)
Verona International Airport
“Valerio Catullo”
From Airport to Hotel
93km (about 60 min)
International Airport
“Milan Bergamo - Orio al Serio”
From Airport to Hotel
175km (about 1h 50min)
Venice International Airport
“Marco Polo”
From Airport to Hotel
215km (about 2h 10min)
From Hotel to “BLM Group Arena”
3,5 km (5 min)
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