Matt Rizzetta, founder of Underdog Global Partners, shared insights on the future of Napoli Basketball during a recent episode of Fullcourt Passport. “We bought that club about a year ago. This is our first year as owners. We’re two games out of the playoffs,” he said.
Rizzetta emphasized the city’s potential as a basketball hub. “Naples has a population of three to four million, which I believe would place it in the top half, if not the top 20 percentile of NBA franchises in the United States,” he explained. He also highlighted the connection to Italian-Americans: “There’s 20 million Italian-Americans and almost all of them come from southern Italy and identify with Naples.”
