Stefano Tonut released by Venezia, ready to sign with Armani Exchange / News - Basketnews.com

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Stefano Tonut has left Umana Reyer Venezia and is expected to sign with his new team, AX Armani Exchange Milan, at the beginning of July.

Stefano Tonut

Team:Umana Reyer VeneziaPosition:SGAge:28Height:194 cmWeight:90 kgBirth place:ItalyProfileNewsStatistics

The players is currently in Trieste with the Italian national team. On Saturday, Gianmarco Pozzecco will make his debut on the team's bench against Slovenia, before Italy take on the Netherlands on July 4, for the World Cup qualifiers.

According to the latest info, Stefano Tonut could join Armani Milan once he's finished with Italy. The EuroLeague team has already paid a sum of 200,000 euros, accodring to the EuroLeague escape clause on the Italian international's contract.

On Friday evening, Tonut bid farewell to Umana Reyer Venezia with an Instagram post.

"Along this path I have met so many fantastic people, and not seeing them so frequently will make me feel strange," the 28-year-old shooting guard wrote.

"But in saying goodbye I want to say first of all that it would not be right to remember only the championships, the cups and the thousand challenges we have won together in these 7 years. Today I want to remember that we did all this together: club, team and fans, we were one thing."

Tonut registered 9.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 10.2 PIR in 17 EuroCup duels this year. He won two Italian League championships with Venezia (2017, 2019).

He was also an important piece for the Italian national team in Tokyo Olympics. Over 4 contests (26.6 minutes), he averaged 10.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 9.8 PIR. Italy was eliminated in the quarterfinals stage by France.

AX Armani Exchange Milan

Position Player Status SG Jerian Grant Signed until 2023 SG Devon Hall Signeduntil 2023 SG Davide Moretti Signeduntil 2025 SF Shavon Shields Signed until 2023 SF Davide Alviti Signed until 2024 PF Giampaolo Ricci Signed until 2023 PF Luigi Datome Signeduntil 2023 PF Dinos Mitoglou Signeduntil 2024 PF Nicolo Melli Signed until 2024 C Kaleb Tarczewski Signeduntil 2023 C Kyle Hines(story) Signed until 2023 C Brandon Davies(story) Signed until 2024 Coach Ettore Messina Expired contract Sergio Rodriguez, Malcolm Delaney, Troy Daniels, Ricardo Moraschini (not coming back), Paul Biligha, Trey Kell, Ben Bentil Rumored to leave Malcolm Delaney (story), Sergio Rodriguez (story), Dinos Mitoglou (story), Kaleb Tarczewski, Troy Daniels Interested Billy Baron (story), Kevin Pangos, Johannes Voigtmann, Stefano Tonut (story), Amedeo Tessitori (story)

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