It was a shock when guard Amedeo Della Valle elected to go away Ohio State after simply two seasons, coming off the bench every year. But the Alba, Italy native has since had a pleasant skilled profession abroad, enjoying principally in his dwelling nation.
On Thursday, Della Valle, who performs for Italian facet Germani Brescia, took dwelling two main particular person awards. Della Valle was named probably the most helpful participant and the Italian participant of the yr in Lega Basket Serie A. He received the award over different rivals in Marcus Keene (Openjobmetis Varese), Nicolò Melli (A | X Armani Exchange Milan), Kyle Weems (Virtus Segafredo Bologna) and Andrea Cinciarini (UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia).
Della Valle turns into the second consecutive Italian to win the MVP in Lega Basket Serie A and the third in 9 seasons. Stefano Tonut of Reyer Venezia took dwelling the distinction final yr however previous to that, an Italian hadn’t been named the league’s MVP since former Detroit Pistons small ahead Luigi Datome in 2012-13 whereas enjoying for Virtus Roma.
On the best way to successful these awards, Della Valle averaged 18.5 factors, the second most in the league, whereas capturing 46.8 % from the courtroom, 40.5 % from three-point vary and 89.8 % from the free throw line. This virtually made him a part of the elite “50-40-90″ membership. In December, Della Valle set a brand new career-high in factors with 34 in a 94-69 win in opposition to NutriBullet Treviso.
Della Valle additionally averaged 4 assists and a couple of.8 rebounds per sport for Brescia and was third in the league in fouls suffered at 4.8 per sport. His efficiency helped Brescia end third in Lega Basket Serie A with a 21-9 report behind 14 straight wins from December by way of April.
The solely member of Ohio State’s 2012 recruiting class, Della Valle was a three-star prospect and the fortieth ranked level guard in the category. He joined a workforce that already had loads of guard expertise with the likes of Aaron Craft, Lenzelle Smith Jr., Shannon Scott and Kameron Williams already on the roster.
In his two seasons in Columbus, Della Valle performed in 48 video games, averaging 10.4 minutes per contest. When on the courtroom, Della Valle performed his function nicely for Thad Matta‘s workforce, averaging 4 factors, 1.7 rebounds and 0.2 assists per sport for his profession. He shot 37.7 % from the courtroom and 34 % from three level vary.
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Following his sophomore season, Della Valle signed a multi-year cope with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in Italy. He remained there till transferring to Olimpia Milano in the summer season of 2018. Della Valle moved to Spain in 2020, signing with Herbalife Gran Canaria however left the membership after six video games and signed with Buducnost VOLI in Montenegro. He returned to Italy previous to this season to play with Brescia.