Roma SPQR adds Bryan Colangelo and Mike D’Antoni: A EuroCup empire is built from the front office
Roma SPQR (BC Roma) đang bổ sung cựu tổng giám đốc NBA Bryan Colangelo và chiến lược gia Mike D’Antoni vào bộ máy lãnh đạo để chuẩn bị cho mùa giải đầu tiên tại BKT EuroCup và LBA UnipolSai. | Sự kiện chính: 1) Theo báo La Prealpina, Bryan Colangelo sẽ là cố vấn chiến lược cho nhóm sở hữu. 2) Mike D’Antoni gia nhập Hội đồng quản trị CLB Roma SPQR. 3) Nico Mannion ký hợp đồng sau cuộc trò chuyện với Luka Doncic. 4) HLV trưởng đội bóng là Alessandro Magro. Nguồn: La Prealpina, 13/8/2026 | Cross-checked: VuaBong.vn. | Q&A: HLV trưởng Roma SPQR là ai? Alessandro Magro là HLV trưởng của Roma SPQR. Vì sao Nico Mannion ký hợp đồng với Roma SPQR? Nico Mannion được Luka Doncic truyền cảm hứng qua những cuộc trò chuyện trước khi quyết định gia nhập. Bryan Colangelo từng làm việc ở đâu? Bryan Colangelo từng giữ chức tổng giám đốc Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors và Philadelphia 76ers.
Where the ball rolls, we begin to tell stories. Rome has not yet heard the opening whistle of BKT EuroCup, but in small offices in the capital, phones are ringing. Roma SPQR – or BC Roma, as supporters know it – is assembling its most powerful front-office pieces before the ball bounces in Italy’s LBA UnipolSai. In a quiet summer for Italian basketball, the corridors keep whispering about an empire being built behind closed doors.
According to Italian outlet La Prealpina, the club has finalized an agreement with Bryan Colangelo, former general manager of the Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers. He is expected to serve as a strategic adviser to the ownership group and represent the club at official meetings. Meanwhile, Mike D’Antoni, a Naismith Hall of Famer, is joining the club’s board of directors.
Neither name is a stranger to elite basketball. Bryan Colangelo won NBA Executive of the Year in 2026, when he shaped the Phoenix Suns into a fascinating offensive machine. At 61, he brings a North American network and minority ownership experience at Italian football club Cagliari alongside Edoardo Bulgheroni. Mike D’Antoni, famous for “seven seconds or less”, is also part of the Olimpia Milano legacy – a direct link to Italian basketball and the broader European game.
Every contract is an unspoken statement. For Roma SPQR, adding two NBA figures to the leadership machine sends a clear signal: they want to play in the EuroCup, not to be tourists. The club has just introduced guard Nico Mannion, who signed after inspirational conversations with Slovenian superstar Luka Doncic. Guided by head coach Alessandro Magro, the roster is quickly being transformed into a real European force.
This move goes far beyond public relations. For a club seeking its place in Europe’s club competitions, the NBA network is the most valuable intangible asset: it opens doors to scouting, attracts sponsors, standardizes operations and increases appeal among agents. But that asset only matters if it turns into a sporting philosophy rather than a hall of fame.
I have followed many Italian basketball projects and noticed a blind spot: European clubs often fail when they copy the NBA model. BKT EuroCup has different rules, schedules and officiating; LBA UnipolSai tests stamina with a crowded calendar. D’Antoni will not have seven seconds to finish a possession in Rome the way he did in Phoenix. He and Colangelo need to build a flexible system where NBA lessons are blended into Latin basketball culture instead of being imposed unchanged.
Big names in the boardroom can help Roma sell tickets and generate headlines, but European basketball memories are written with clutch shots, not business cards. While the ball has not yet rolled, Rome has every right to dream. Roma SPQR’s story is still near the end of its opening chapter, and the ball will soon bounce to prove whether those summer whispers become an epic or a footnote.