MELLI Nicolo

Date of Birth: 26 Jan 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.05/6'8''

Place of birth: REGGIO EMILIA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : MILAN

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Men ITA Italy	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #02 GER Germany 82 ITA Italy 92	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #15 ITA Italy 83 AUS Australia 86	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #26 ITA Italy 80 NGR Nigeria 71	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #37 ITA Italy 75 FRA France 84	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2017

Nico, Nick (mavs.com, 16 Apr 2021; nba.com, 13 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Olimpia Milano [Italy] since 2021

Ettore Messina [club]; Meo Sacchetti [national]

Position style:

Centre, Power forward (basketball-reference.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His mother Julie Vollertsen was an US volleyball player who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. His brother Enrico has also played professional basketball. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Jul 2021; mavs.com, 16 Apr 2021)

National league:

Lega Basket Serie A [ITA] (nba.nbcsports.com, 10 Jul 2021)

He began playing basketball in Reggio Emilia, Italy. (mavs.com, 16 Apr 2021)

US basketball player Mike Mitchell. (nba.com, 13 Apr 2020)

His grandmother. (nba.com, 13 Apr 2020)

He tries to chew the same brand of gum during his warm up, but does not play the match with the gum in his mouth (nba.com, 13 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Sports teach you a lot of things. One of the biggest is that you have to work every day to reach the goal you set yourself and want to reach. Also, you never take anything for granted. Every day is a new fight to establish yourself." (nba.com, 13 Apr 2020)

General Interest

General
GOING HOME
In July 2021 he signed for Olimpia Milano in Italy, having spent the previous two seasons playing in the NBA for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Dallas Mavericks. He had also played for Olimpia Milano between 2010 and 2015 before moving to Germany, and then Turkey. "There's obviously a lot of happiness coming back six years later to a club that represents so much in my development. I came here as a kid, played my first high-level games, and won an unforgettable championship. I return a different player because of the many beautiful experiences I had abroad and because of the titles that I won with other teams." (nba.nbcsports.com, 10 Jul 2021)

DUAL CITIZNESHIP
He is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States of America. His US mother Julie moved to Italy to play professional volleyball, where she met his father Leopoldo Melli. (mavs.com, 16 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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