Team Check - Dinamo Basket Sassari! - Italy (Othello Hunter)

(Sassari huddle - preseason September 2010 - Othello Hunter far left -image Sassari)

Team: Dinamo Basket Sassari
Country: Italy
League: Serie A
Buckeye: Othello Hunter
Sassari's Roster

Exciting Buckeye big Othello Hunter has been in Sassari, Italy for a month plus now in preparation for competition in the tough Italian League. His new club Dinamo (Forza) Sassari is a newly promoted team in the premier Serie A.

Sassari's team makeup is quite interesting. In the summer they signed Hunter, Travis Diener, & James White..all guys with NBA/D-league and high level Europe (Italy, Greece) experience. Greek forward Dimitris Tsaldaris and Brian Sacchetti have experience in the Serie A, but what is left of the roster consists mostly of guys making that big transition from the B division to the top league, and it is obviously going to take time to get comfortable against these big Italian clubs.

Pre-Season Learning Experiences - The preparation stage has been extremely challenging for Sassari in their first foray into the Lega A. They were dealt a big blow early in the conditioning stage when lead guard to be Travis Diener injured his hamstring. his month + long recovery prompted the team to sign 38! year old Randy Childress. They have played a handful of preseason games and unfortunately have frequently been on the losing end.
Some Pre-season results

• 9.27.2010 - Biella 90 Sassari 76 (Othello Hunter 20 points, James White 25)
• 9.23.2010 - Cantu 78 Sassari 62 (Othello Hunter 18 points, James White 20)
• 9.21.2010 - Varese 91 Sassari 84 (Othello Hunter 26 points, James White 21)
• 9.16.2010 - Cremona 81 Sassari 69 (Othello Hunter 11 pts, White 28, Je'Kel Foster for Cremona had 13 pts)

We don't want to sound like super homers, but from the looks of these boxscores Hunter & White are both hooping out..they look ready for this level (very big gap between those two and the rest in scoring efficiency and percentage). But as a team Sassari is not there yet. Lets hope they can get some offense and defensive balance to compete in the Serie A (Regular Season Schedule)..their fans deserve it..especially for putting out these Othello Hunter training camp videos in September!

Shoutout to Sassari Nation, good luck guys!







(Video from one of the preseason games, it is mostly clips of the opposing team except for an Othello slam early in the video)



(Ford Italia sponsors Sassari)