Virtus Bologna are getting closer to a contract extension with a 21-year-old point guard Nico Mannion, a few sources confirmed to BasketNews.
Both sides are expected to sign a new contract that would keep Mannion in Bologna until 2025.
The current Mannion deal with Virtus was set to expire after the 2022-23 season.
Last season, 1.88 m Italian playmaker appeared in 16 EuroCup games and averaged 2.1 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists.
In the Italian league, Mannion scored 7.6 points and dished 3.8 assists per game in 15 minutes of action on average.
Mannion was coming off a severe intestinal infection that had physically weakened him and forced him to miss the beginning of the season.
Before, he shined in the Tokyo Olympics, where he averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 assists.
| Virtus Segafredo Bologna | |
Position | Player | Status |
PG | Milos Teodosic | Signed until 2022+1 |
PG | Alessandro Pajola | Signed until 2025 |
PG | Nico Mannion | Signed until 2023 |
PG | Michele Ruzzier | Signed until 2023 |
PG/SG | Daniel Hackett | Signed until 2024 |
SG/PG | Iffe Lundberg (story) | Signed until 2024 |
SG | Marco Belinelli | Signed until 2023 |
SG | Isaia Cordinier | Signed until 2023 |
SF | Kyle Weems | Signed until 2023 |
SF | Awudu Abass | Signed until 2024 |
SF/PF | Leo Menalo (story) | Signed until 2026 |
SF/PF | Semi Ojeleye (story) | Signed until 2024 |
PF/C | Jordan Mickey (story) | Signed until 2023 |
PF/C | Ismael Bako (story) | Signed until 2023 |
C | Gora Camara (story) | Signed until 2023 |
C | Mouhammadou Jaiteh | Signed until 2023 |
C | JaKarr Sampson | Signed until 2023 |
PF/C | Ekpe Udoh | Signed until 2023 |
Coach | Sergio Scariolo | |
Expired contract | Tornike Shengelia, Amedeo Tessitori (will not return), Amar Alibegovic (will not return) | |
Rumored to leave | Kevin Hervey (will not return), Ekpe Udoh (story), Jakar Sampson | |
Interested | Tornike Shengelia, Daquan Jeffries (story) |