Basket Draghi Novara

Basket Draghi Novara, also known for sponsorship reasons as Ignis Novara is an Italian professional basketball team from the town of Novara.

In 2007/08 season it will play in the Italian LegADue (also known as Serie A2, second division of Italian professional basketball).

It has been formed in 2007 when two LegADue teams, Ignis Castelletto Ticino and Aironi Novara have merged into one new team.

Aironi Basket Novara was established in 1972 and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Cimberio Borgomanero (2001-02) , Cimberio Valve Novara (2002-03) and Cimberio Novara (2003-07). Their best result was 4th place in LegADue in the 2001/02 season.

Ignis Castelletto Ticino was established in 1991. Their best result was 14th place in LegADue in the 2005/06 season.

2007/08 Roster

Davide Cristelli

Power forward

Mats Levin

Point guard

Luca Bertolini

Shooting guard

Philip Martin

Small forward

Marco Sambugaro

Shooting guard/Small forward

Thomas Branca

Point guard/Shooting guard

Steve Burt

Shooting guard

Notable past players

Aironi players

  • Marc Salyers 2 seasons: '01-'03

  • Horace Jenkins 1 season: '01-'02

  • Damon Thornton 1 season: '01-'02

  • Trent Whiting 1 season: '02-'03

  • Dennis Mims 1 season: '02-'03

  • Sean Colson 2 seasons: '03-'04, '06-'07

  • Kevin Braswell 1 season: '03-'04

  • Brandom Williams 1 season: '03-'04

  • Massimiliano Monti 1 season: '03-'04

  • James Collins 2 seasons: '04-'06

  • Donte Mathis 2 seasons: '04-'06

  • Manuel Vanuzzo 2 seasons: '04-'06

  • Antonio Smith 1 season: '04-'05

  • Robert Conley 1 season: '06-'07

  • Mauricio Aguiar 1 season: '06-'07

Ignis Castelletto Ticino players

  • Paolo Conti 2 seasons: '05-'07

  • Tuukka Kotti 2 seasons: '05-'07

  • Stefano Rusconi 2 seasons: '05-'07

  • Shawnta Rogers 1 season: '05-'06

  • Drake Diener 1 season: '06-'07

  • Anthony Michael Binetti 1 season: '06-'07

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