By Nikos Vaggelis/vaggelis@eurohoops.net
Almost after 20 years coach Ettore Messina may end up again on the bench of the Italian national team, as “Gazzetta Dello Sport” revealed today.
Coach Simone Pianigiani seems to be on the exit door, the team will fight for a spot in Rio 2016 in one of the three pre-olympic tournaments and the Italian federation wants the top assistant of Greg Popovich for the job. Messina has been also during the late nineties the coach of the Italian national team.