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As the Italian basketball federation announced, Ettore Messina will remain the coach of the Italian national team in Eurobasket 2017.
As he said: “It’s a logical continuation. I want to thank president Petrucci and the federation for their trust and also coach Popovich and general manager RC Buford of the Spurs for my availability. We will do the best job possible for th eupcoming European Championship”.
Messina and Italy couldn’t get the ticket to the Rio Olympics, despite being the hosts to one of the three pre-Olympic qualifying tournaments, however Messina is considered by far the best Italian coach and one of the best ever in Europe.