Ettore Messina is reportedly heading again to the NBA after ending his lengthy tenure with Olimpia Milan.
In response to Italian newspaper “Repubblica,” the 66-year-old has joined the Atlanta Hawks as a advisor.
The transfer marks one other NBA chapter for Messina, who beforehand labored as a advisor with the Los Angeles Lakers and later served as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs.
His arrival in Atlanta will even reunite him with Hawks head coach Quin Snyder.
Their relationship dates again to CSKA Moscow, the place Snyder labored as an assistant on Messina’s teaching workers earlier than ultimately establishing himself as an NBA head coach.
Messina departed Milan this summer time after holding vital obligations with the membership as each head coach and president of basketball operations.
His subsequent position will reportedly see him break up his time between working with the Hawks and serving as a basketball shade commentator on Italian tv.
The veteran coach stays one of the vital completed figures in European basketball.
Messina has captured 4 EuroLeague championships throughout his profession and most lately guided Milan to the EuroLeague Last 4 in 2021.
He has additionally received seven Italian league championships.
Messina had lately been linked with basketball tasks in Rome focusing on future participation within the EuroLeague and NBA Europe, however his subsequent vacation spot will as an alternative take him immediately again to the NBA.
