Totti Turns Down Italy and Roma to Join Basketball Club
Totti said the new role came after he felt valued in the project, as Rome prepares to field two top-flight basketball clubs.
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Totti turns down Italy and Roma to join basketball club
Maxima are one of two clubs in Rome vying to take part in the planned NBA Europe project. Rome is one of the 12 cities being targeted by the NBA for the European league's launch in 2027. "He isn't just a figurehead ambassador or celebrity, he's a genuine part of our project," said Paul Matiasic, a California lawyer who bought the sporting licence of the Brescia club and used it to set up a new team in Rome. "I'm not joking when I say he's our ca…
The former Roma legend will become an advisor to Maxima Roma (basketball) team playing in Serie A, rather than engaging in the revival of the Italian national team.
ROME (ANP/AFP) - Former football player Francesco Totti will be an advisor to Maxima, a new basketball club in Rome. The former AS Roma player and international says he has previously declined offers for positions with the Italian team and AS Roma. Maxima is one of the two basketball clubs...
(Adnkronos) • Return Rome to the center of the Italian and European basketball, creating a project capable of going beyond the simple sporting result. This is the challenge of the Maxima Roma, presented on a terrace overlooking Piazza Venezia in view of the season 2026/27. The team will be engaged in Serie A and EuroCup, with [...]
(Adnkronos) • Return Rome to the center of the Italian and European basketball, giving life to a project capable of going beyond the simple sporting result. This is the challenge of the Maxima Roma, presented on a terrace overlooking Piazza Venezia in view of the season 2026/27. The team will be engaged in Serie A and EuroCup, with [...] L'articolo La Maxima Roma presents itself, with Totti to bring back the basketball of the Capital comes from …
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