{{Expand Italian|Nuova A.M.G. Sebastiani Basket Rieti|topic=sport|date=March 2009}} {{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = #E56717 | color2 = #0000A0 | name = Nuova A.M.G. Sebastiani Basket Rieti | nickname = Seba | logo = NSB Napoli Logo.png | imagesize = 150px | leagues = | founded = 1998 | dissolved = 2010 | history = '''Virtus Rieti'''<br>1998-2003<br>'''Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Rieti''' <br>2003-2010 | arena = PalaSojourner ǀ capacity = 2,550 | location = Rieti, Lazio, Italy<br>(1998-2009)<br>Naples, Campania, Italy<br>(2009-2010) | colors = White and Sky-Blue {{color box|white}} {{color box|#007FFF}} | president = Gaetano Papalia | coach = | championships = | website = | h_body = 007FFF | h_pattern_b = _thinsidesonwhite | h_shorts = 007FFF | h_pattern_s = _blanksides2 | a_body = 007FFF | a_pattern_b = _whitesides | a_shorts = 007FFF | a_pattern_s = _whitesides }}
'''Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Rieti''', sometimes designed as NSB, was an Italian professional basketball based in Rieti, Lazio though it played one season (the 2009–10 season, its last) in Naples, Campania.
For past club sponsorship names, see sponsorship names.
==History== The club was considered the successor of AMG Sebastiani Basket (named after Angelo, Mario and Gino Sebastiani, three sportsmen brothers from Rieti, executed by German soldiers in 1944). It had played in the first division Serie A from 1973 to 1983 and the second division Serie A2 from 1983 to 1988, winning the FIBA Korać Cup in 1980 before disappearing in 1997.
In 1998 the side brought the sporting rights of Sant'Antimo to take part in the Serie B2 as Virtus Rieti. Gaetano Papalia became the owner in 2003 and changed its name to Nuova AMG Sebastiani Basket Rieti. The 2006–07 season saw the club win the second division LegaDue to return Rieti to the first division after twenty-four years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilmessaggero.it/RIETI/sebastiani_ritorno_serie_a/notizie/1312559.shtml |title=Sebastiani, otto anni fa, il ritorno in serie A |last=De Santis |first=Juri |date=22 April 2015 |website=IlMessaggero.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=it|trans-title=Sebastiani, eight years ago, the return to Serie A}}</ref>
Rieti finished outside the relegation places for two years but was each year only just admitted to the league due to doubts about its economic situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legabasket.it/news/98875/rieti__i_conti_non_tornano__niente_serie_a |title=Rieti: i conti non tornano, niente serie A |last=Sorrentino |first=Andrea |date=6 July 2008 |website=LegaBasket.it |publisher=Il Messaggero |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Rieti: the numbers do not add up, no Serie A |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031944/http://www.legabasket.it/news/98875/rieti__i_conti_non_tornano__niente_serie_a |url-status=dead }}</ref> That was again the case prior to the 2009–10 season, with the side rejected on 1 July 2009, before being readmitted more than two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2009/07/sport/basket/aventi-diritto-serie-a/rieti-boogna-e-livorno/rieti-boogna-e-livorno.html |title=Fortitudo e Livorno out. Rieti giocherà a Napoli |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 July 2009 |website=Repubblica.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Fortitudo and Livorno out. Rieti will play in Naples}}</ref> At the same occasion it was announced the club would move to Naples to play, though the team retained its name and its legal base in Rieti with the Italian Federation allowing the side to stay one year in Naples, with Papalia then planning on a full transfer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2009/07/20/papalia-ci-chiameremo-napoli-gia-contattato-un.html |title=Papalia: 'Ci chiameremo Napoli, già contattato un coach americano' |last=Sarnataro |first=Dario |date=20 July 2009 |website=Repubblica.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=it |trans-title=Papalia: "We will be called Napoli, I've already contacted an American coach"}}</ref>
The move was undertaken to give the side financial backing that Rieti could not offer, in particular sponsorship, with the club taking the name of sponsor Martos Napoli. In effect in proved the opposite as the club struggled to attract fans and saw its financial problems magnified.<ref name=Addio>{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/basket/2010/04/13/news/napoli_fuori_dal_basket_professionistico-3325467/ |title=Napoli addio: radiata dal mondo professionistico |last=Prestisimone |first=Paolo |date=13 April 2010 |website=Repubblica.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Goodbye Napoli: barred from the professional world}}</ref>
With player salaries unpaid, the team had to play games with players from the youth section,<ref name=Addio /> a situation that saw games finish in large defeats including a 138–37 loss to Virtus Roma in January 2010 that saw Napoli establish an unwanted new record for the biggest points differential ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilmattino.it/articolo.php?id=87207&sez=SPORT |title=Basket, una farsa da record: il Napoli perde di 101 punti. E Meneghin s'infuria |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 January 2010 |website=IlMattino.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Basketball, a record farce: Napoli loses by 1010 points. And Meneghin is furious}}</ref>
The travesty was ended in April 2010, with the club ejected from the league after failing to pay a sum to the Federation (who were waiting for the occasion).<ref name=Addio /> All of team's games were cancelled, including those already played.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fip.it/news.asp?IDNews=2433 |title=Serie A. Annullate tutte le gare della Nuova AMG Sebastiani BK srl |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 April 2010 |website=FIP.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=All the games of the Nuova AMG Sebastiani BK srl are cancelled}}</ref> The club was disaffiliated by the Federation in June 2010 and ceased activities soon after.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fip.it/News.asp?IDNews=2606 |title=Campionato di sviluppo, le Nazionali a Monza, Eurobasket 2013, variazione al Bilancio di previsione |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 June 2010 |website=FIP.it |access-date=23 August 2015 |language=Italian |trans-title=Development league, the national [teams] in Monza, EuroBasket 2013, changed in the budget forecast}}</ref>
==Notable players== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | * {{flagicon|USA}} David Hawkins <small>1 season: '04-'05</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} DeMarco Johnson <small>1 season: '04-'05</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Lee Hunter <small>1 season: '04-'05</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Mobley <small>1 season: '05-'06</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Marcus Melvin <small>2 seasons: '05-'07</small> * {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Troy Smith <small>1 season: '06-'07</small> * {{flagicon|FIN}} Kimmo Muurinen |}
==Sponsorship names== Throughout the years, due to sponsorship, the club had been known as: *'''Tris Rieti''' (2004–05) *'''Noi Sport Monte Terminillo Rieti''' (2005–06) *'''Solsonica Rieti''' (2006–09) *'''Martos Napoli''' (2009–10)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://web.legabasket.it/team/1186/nuova_amg_sebastiani/storia Serie A historical results] {{in lang|it}} Retrieved 23 August 2015 *[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ITA&Team=2103 Eurobasket.com profile]
Category:1998 establishments in Italy Category:2010 disestablishments in Italy Category:Basketball teams established in 1998 Category:Basketball teams in Campania Category:Basketball teams in Lazio Category:Defunct basketball teams in Italy Category:Rieti Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2010