Virtus Basket Padova is pleased to announce that the young youth player born in 2004 Mark Ius He will be one of the big men in Neroverde’s squad for the 2023/2024 season in the Serie B national championship.
Marco Ius, a talented 204cm power forward born at Pallacanestro Trieste’s youth level, is one of the brightest prospects of his age and was the winner of the April Colli cup This rewards the most promising young basketball player in Trieste. In recent seasons he shone with the Giuliana team jersey in the youth championships and most notably played as a protagonist in the Next Gen Cup 2022/2023, finishing with 10.4 rebounds and over 22 points per game (in a high by 34 points) and led his team to the semi-finals of the tournament. Last season, not only was he included in the Trieste first team with four LBA call-ups, but he also competed in the C-Gold Championship with Cus Trieste and showed all his skills, collecting 20 appearances and averaging 13 scored .9 points. At the same time, last year he led Pallacanestro Trieste’s U19 National Excellence Team with personality, resulting in the team’s best player for tying his boots with 22 points and twice managing to break the 30-point mark (34 and 36 respectively). Points). with Vicenza and Mestre).
The DG Nicola Bernardi comments on his arrival: “As a club we are very happy about the arrival of Marco, who is unanimously recognized as the best young player in basketball from Trieste. The fact that Pallacanestro Trieste has decided to entrust his basketball growth to Virtus is a testament and a recognition of what has been done in recent years in the promotion of young people. In fact, as a company and technical staff, we have always firmly believed in young people working on their development with great planning. I’m confident that Marco will demonstrate all his skills on the pitch, which will prove to be a pleasant surprise in the league and a valuable incentive for our unders who will play with him in the first team.”
Mark Iuswhich can already show numerous convocations to the national youth rallies looks like this: “I am very happy to arrive in Padua, a place that I have always been interested in and where I want to continue to mature in basketball and face a championship that is completely new to me. I chose Virtus Padova because the club gave me the belief in myself and I felt it was the right reality for my development, as testified by Riccardo Venier and Leonardo Marangon, with whom I played in the youth team and in the national team shared the space. Personally, I would also like to get involved on the pitch and be able to make my contribution to the team. In fact, being able to play in a championship at an important level like the National Serie B will be a big boost for me this year.”
The young basketball school Trieste, with the first words in black and green, comes to the following conclusion: “I’m sure I can learn a lot from my new team and department mates like Ferrari, Bianconi and Molinaro who have a lot of experience. Last year I watched a lot of Virtus games and followed the results throughout the season: I saw a really well-trained team and was always positively impressed by the type of dynamic and fast play they put on, both in attack and in defence brought the place. My goal now will be to fit into this system as best as possible and bring my contribution to the team, always with the goal of doing my best and winning.”
