Virtus Bologna: Brandon Taylor ready for the playoffs, debut Sunday at the Segafredo Arena

A team's fortune, it is often said, lies in the play-pivot axis. From this point of view, the Virtus will propose something that they have already seen in Reggio Emilia (in the season of the last Juventus championship). Because Momo Diouf, a black and white player since this season, grew up in the ranks of Reggiana and Brandon Taylor, in the city of the Tricolour, stayed precisely in that interval of time.

Yesterday morning, the player showed up early in the morning in Villalba for the usual medical checks. Everything was fine, to the point that the club has already announced his signing. And perhaps they will present him in the coming days.

Meanwhile, today, Brandon will work out alone in the gym. Dusko Ivanovic He gave the group a day of rest, but Taylor, who will occupy a key role, will have to learn the schemes and mechanisms.

While waiting for the official presentation, Brandon has entrusted the club with his first official statement as a Juventus player. "I'm very happy to be in Bologna and I can't wait to start these playoffs. Forza Virtus!", says Brandon who has played in Spain in recent seasons. Not in a top-level club, but proving to be suitable for european basketball.

Ivanovic will ask him to be a different alternative to the designated directors, Daniel Hackett e Alexander Pajola. Compared to the two 'starters', Brandon will have to be good at ensuring greater danger and some extemporaneous solutions. But he, and the team, will have to be good at getting through the shifts to increase his permanence in the shadow of the Two Towers.

We leave, as planned, on Sunday evening, at 20,45pm, at Segafredo Arena. The encore two days later, again at the Fair, the third stage, this time in the Lagoon, next Friday.

The opponent is the of Reyer Venezia of the former Amedeo Tessitori. At the beginning of the season, Virtus also had an ex. But Rayjon Tucker he left for Greece without leaving too many regrets.

Alessandro Pajola will also be there on Sunday. Captain Futuro has overcome the ankle problem that prevented him from playing the second half of the match against Trapani. But his pain threshold is high, the desire to lend a hand to Virtus is very high, and Ivanovic will be able to count on the faithful player who makes the art of defense one of his strengths.