PG/SG Amedeo Della Valle (AX Armani Exchange Milano - Italy)

[Buckskin86]

Amedeo's summer vacation
Amedeo Della Valle isn?t with his Ohio State teammates this summer as they juggle early-morning conditioning workouts, classes and open-gym games on campus.

The sophomore guard returned home a couple of weeks ago to train and play for Italy in the 20-and-under FIBA European Championship. The tournament begins July 9 and ends July 21 in Tallinn, Estonia, across the Baltic Sea from Sweden and Finland.

?Man, I miss the Italian. Locker room is quiet w/o the homie,? Sam Thompson wrote on his Twitter account yesterday.

Della Valle tweeted back that he missed Thompson, too. But he has unfinished business in the tournament.

Two years ago, he was Italy's leading scorer (15.1 points per game) in the 18-and-under championship, but he was injured and could not play in a six-point loss to Serbia in a semifinal and played only two minutes and did not score in a four-point loss to Turkey in the third-place game. The Italians went home without a medal.

Della Valle is hoping to come back to Ohio State with one this summer.

Italy opens pool play July 9 against France. Host Estonia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic also are in its group.

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...g-for-italy-in-u20-european-championship.html

 

[Buckskin86]

Della Valle Happy To Play Role Of Fan Favorite- BSB

 

[Buckskin86]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkiBNWM9q84"]U20M 2013 Italy-France Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byuhBhl6zik"]U20M 2013 Italy-Slovenia Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNklkWKD6Z0"]U20M 2013 Estonia-Italy Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Buckskin86]

Emiliano Carchia ‏@SportandoBasket 4h

Super Amedeo Della Valle with a huge three-pointer almost on the buzzer gives Italy the win over Spain

https://twitter.com/SportandoBasket/status/356781074984075264

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMefPsycpfs"]Basketinside.com: il game winning di Amedeo Della Valle contro la Spagna (Europeo Under 20) - YouTube[/ame]

watch the end for ADV interview...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0rQt8Lnjv0"]U20M 2013 Italy-Spain Highlights - YouTube[/ame]

 

[DZ83CK]

I see the Europeans have very strange habits of creating highlight clips. The pre-game warm-ups and coach yelling at the team are highlights? C'mon now.

 

[DZ83CK]

The one where they highlight the steal at mid-court and missed transition lay-up that follows is another stroke of genius.

 

[DZ83CK]

I just noticed the Spain player whose last name is translates to "10" wears #11. Mind-blowing.

 

[BuckTwenty]

I see the Europeans have very strange habits of creating highlight clips. The pre-game warm-ups and coach yelling at the team are highlights? C'mon now.

I'll give you that, but the highlight reel soundtrack fucking rocks.

 

[DZ83CK]

Standing in the way of Amedeo and Italy getting a medal are these guys:

 

[DZ83CK]

If Italy beats the Russians again tomorrow, they will finish at worst with the Silver medal.

 

[DZ83CK]

Amedeo's Italy team just beat Russia again, so they play Latvia tomorrow for the championship. Guaranteed at least the Silver medal. Amedeo is averaging 12 points in the event, and had 12 in today's game.

 

[DZ83CK]

You might want to add something to the thread title, as Amedeo just won a gold medal in the European U-20 championships and was named tournament MVP. He led Italy in scoring in the tournament.

 

[DZ83CK]

This was Italy's first gold medal in the European U-20 tournament. They last won when there was a U-22 tournament decades ago.

 

[DZ83CK]

ADV had 17 of his 19 points in the championship game in the 4th quarter, 15 in the last 5 minutes of the game to help turn a 52-50 deficit into a 67-60 win.

 

[MaxBuck]

Strong performance. This kid will do some damage in the B1G before he leaves Columbus.