Pallacanestro Pavia was an Italian

Italy

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 team from the town of Pavia

Pavia

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It was established in 1943 in and, in the past, due to sponsorship deals, has also been known as Necchi Pavia (1955-57), Annabella Pavia (1985-1990) and Fernet Branca Pavia (1990-93). It has participated in Serie A

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 in 1948-1958 and 1991-92, the best result was 3rd place in 1956. After the 1994/95 season the team went bankrupt and is currently defunct. A new club, Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia

Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia

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 has been established in 1997 and is considered a successor to Pallacanestro Pavia.

Notable players

Giuseppe Ponzoni 4 seasons: '85-'89 Cedric Hordges 3 seasons: '85-'88 Paolo Boesso 3 seasons: '86-'89 Vittorio Gallinari

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 1 season: '87-'88 Marcel Starks 1 season: '87-'88 George Singleton 1 season: '88-'89 Mike Davis 1 season: '88-'89 Hernan Montenegro 2 seasons: '88-'90 Robert Lock

Rob Lock

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 3 seasons: '89-'92 Domenico Fantin 3 seasons: '89-'91, '92-'93 Stefano Attruia 1 season: '89-'90 Oscar Schmidt

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 3 seasons: '90-'93 Moris Masetti 2 seasons: '90-'92 Danilo Del Cadia 4 seasons: '91-'95 Matteo Minelli 3 seasons: '91-'94 Massimiliano Aldi 1 season: '91-'92 Bob Thornton

Bob Thornton

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 1 season: '92-'93 Giovanni Noli 2 seasons: '93-'95 Zoran Radović

Zoran Radovic

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 1 season: '93-'94 Rod Griffin

Rod Griffin

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 1 season: '93-'94 Andrea Cessel 1 season: '93-'94 Fennis Dembo

Fennis Dembo

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 1 season: '93-'94 David Booth 1 season: '94-'95 Alessandro Angeli 1 season: '94-'95 Randy Allen 1 season: '94-'95