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Mino Spaccavento

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Basketball players intermediary
Co-founder @btgacademy.italy
Ambassador @scandinavian_elite

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🏀🇮🇹 UNISCITI A BTG ACADEMY!

🚨 NUOVE OPPORTUNITÀ PER GIOVANI GIOCATORI DI MOLFETTA E DINTORNI!

A causa di ritardi nelle procedure di visto di alcuni giocatori internazionali, abbiamo deciso di aprire nuove opportunità per i giovani talenti locali! 🔥

💪 Cosa ti aspetta?

🏀 Allenamenti quotidiani e sviluppo individuale
🌍 Competizioni internazionali – EYBL
🇮🇹 Campionati italiani FIP
📈 Preparazione fisica e sviluppo tecnico
🇺🇸 Opportunità di crescita e percorso verso gli USA
📅 Stagione 2026/2027
🏀 Categorie: U19

🕑 Lunedì – Venerdì | 14:00 – 16:30
📍 Palazzetto G. Panunzio, Via Giovinazzo 24, Molfetta

📩 VUOI FAR PARTE DELLA NOSTRA ACADEMY?
📧 btg.academy.italy@gmail.com
📱 +39 389 205 2359

💙 YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE. taken in Molfetta, Italy by @minospaccavento

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2 days ago

🏀🌍 USA VISA DENIED? YOUR BASKETBALL JOURNEY DOESN’T STOP HERE.

A rejected visa shouldn’t mean a rejected dream. 💭

At BTG Academy in Italy 🇮🇹, we believe that talent deserves opportunities, no matter where you come from.

If you’ve faced difficulties obtaining a US visa, your basketball ambitions still have a place on the international stage.

🌍 WHAT WE OFFER:

🏀 Daily basketball training & individual player development
💪 Strength & conditioning programs
🏆 EYBL & international tournaments
🇮🇹 Opportunities to train and compete in Italian basketball leagues
📈 A competitive environment designed to prepare you for the next level
🤝 A pathway connecting our academy with Italian senior basketball clubs

🔥 8 MONTHS. ONE OPPORTUNITY. UNLIMITED AMBITION.

Your destination may change, but your ambition shouldn’t.

🚨 BTG ACADEMY IS OPENING ITS DOORS TO NEW INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FOR THE 2026–27 SEASON!

Whether you’re looking to develop your skills, gain international experience, or take the next step in your basketball career, we’re ready to welcome motivated players into our program.

📩 SEND US A DM TO APPLY!

DON’T LET A VISA DECIDE YOUR FUTURE. YOUR TALENT HAS NO BORDERS. 🌍🏀

#ncaa #d1 #basketball #college #scholarship by @minospaccavento

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Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not. 🏀

At BTG Academy, we believe young players should be judged by their talent, commitment and willingness to work not by the financial circumstances they were born into.

As we enter Year 2, our goal is to create even more opportunities for young athletes to train, develop, compete, travel and experience basketball at a higher level.

We also want to make the Academy more accessible to players from families with limited financial resources, as well as young athletes from underserved communities, including players from Africa who may otherwise never get this kind of opportunity.

Your support helps us provide coaching, player development, facilities, tournaments, international competition, travel, equipment and opportunities for players who need financial support.

Every contribution matters.

If you can donate, thank you.
If you can’t, sharing this post can still make a real difference.

Swipe through to learn more, and scan the QR code on the final slide to support our GoFundMe.

Help us bridge the gap between talent and opportunity. 💙🏀 taken in Molfetta, Italy by @minospaccavento

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2 months ago

A CHANCE FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 🏀
DIAMO UNA POSSIBILITA AI PIÙ DEBOLI🏀

Hi! We’ve just launched the official GoFundMe for Bridge the Gap Academy.

Our mission is simple: to give more young players access to opportunities they may otherwise never have.

We’re raising €50,000 to help reduce the financial barriers around high-level basketball development, coaching, training, travel, accommodation, equipment and international experiences.

A key part of this mission is also to create opportunities for young athletes from financially disadvantaged families, refugee backgrounds and underserved communities, including players from African countries where access to this kind of development can be extremely limited.

Every contribution matters, no matter the amount.
€10 helps. €25 helps. €50 helps. It all adds up.

And if you’re not in a position to donate, sharing the link can be just as valuable. One share can reach someone who may be able to open a door for one of these young athletes.

If you believe talent deserves an opportunity regardless of where someone comes from or what their family can afford, we’d be incredibly grateful for your support.

🏀❤️ Help us bridge the gap between talent and opportunity.

https://gofund.me/d0d5d7680 by @minospaccavento

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2 months ago

4° Memorial Leo Spaccavento:
Una festa bellissima.
Giocare a basket fra amici e, come ogni anno, divertirci e mangiare assieme nel ricordo di mio padre...non ha prezzo❤️🏀
Grazie ai compari che hanno partecipato🤝
Ci rivediamo l'estate prossima 💯 taken in Asd Pienza boxe by @minospaccavento

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WHY BTG ACADEMY? 🌍🏀

Talent is only part of the equation.

The other part is being seen.

Many players spend years developing in their home country and only start looking abroad after high school. By then, they’re competing for college scholarships and professional contracts against players who have already been part of those markets for years.

At Bridge The Gap Academy, we believe in creating opportunities before that moment arrives.

Through EYBL, international competition, and our extensive network across Italy and beyond, our players don’t just gain experience.

They become visible.

They build relationships.

They enter the basketball ecosystem early.

Nothing is guaranteed in basketball.

But putting yourself in the right environment significantly increases the chances that the right opportunity finds you.

That’s what Bridge The Gap means.

We don’t just develop players.

We connect them to a global basketball network and help bridge the gap between potential and opportunity.

🏀 Applications for the upcoming season are now open.

📍The Player Application Form is available through the link in our bio.

Your next opportunity starts with the environment you choose today. by @minospaccavento

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3 months ago

Vale e Fabio, due ragazzi superlativi.. è stato semplicemente emozionante essere con voi nel giorno più bello della vostra vita e viene dal cuore un immenso grazie per aver voluto condividerlo con noi❤️ un bacio ragazzi, ci vedremo presto, sempre💯 taken in Lago di Bracciano by @minospaccavento

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🏀 BTG ACADEMY — RECRUITMENT OPEN

20+ hours of basketball per week. Professional facilities. Full medical staff. European competition. Academic support. Hotel accommodation.

Born 2007–2012? This is your shot.

📍 Molfetta, Italy
📅 Season 2026–2027

🔗 Apply now — link in bio

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#btgacademy #basketballacademy #basketballitaly #youthbasketball #basketballrecruiting taken in Molfetta, Italy by @minospaccavento

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4 months ago

Ho seguito e visto tutto...tutti.
Tanti amici, ovunque. Un paio davvero SUPER❤️
Ma TUTTO il resto... Davvero obbrobriosamente patetico, falso, artificiale. Improvvisato, sì, da pseudo jolly della nuova politica dei...volti nuovi. Ben vengano, con attinenti competenze però, occhio. I vecchi volponi? Le solite facce? Io ho un pensiero preciso a riguardo.. e lo tengo per me.
Appartengo alle "nuove leve" se non di oggi di domani, sono al lavoro, personalmente da anni, per portare lo sport e le strutture sportive a disposizione dei bambini, soprattutto quelli speciali, GRATUITAMENTE; per esportare il nome di Molfetta in Europa e nel mondo attraverso progetti ed iniziative internazionali che generano turismo e tanto altro.
Volutamente a poche ore dal voto, lo scrivo a voi tutti: votiamo tutti, assolutamente! Votiamo per le CERTEZZE, votiamo Pietro Mastropasqua e, se credete in me, votiamo SPACCAVENTO barrando la lista MOLFETTA AZZURRA by @minospaccavento

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5 months ago

Your future in basketball starts with the choices you make TODAY.

At BTG Academy, we don’t do shortcuts. We build ELITE players through:
🔥 Daily on-court intensity
🔥 Video analysis & basketball IQ
🔥 Professional strength training
🔥 International competition exposure
🔥 Life discipline & language learning

Born 2007-2012? Ready to train different? Ready to think different?

This is your invitation to join Italy’s most committed basketball development program.

🎯 Local & international players welcome
📧 btgacademyitaly@gmail.com
⚡ Spots are limited — don’t wait

Drop a 🏀 if you’re ready to work taken in Molfetta, Italy by @minospaccavento

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7 months ago

🏊‍♂️ Pool session today

At the academy, player development goes beyond basketball.
Our athletes have access to a swimming facility, supervised by a qualified coach.

Swimming is used for:
• cardiovascular conditioning
• active recovery
• coordination
• overall well-being of the players

Taking care of the body is part of taking care of the athlete.
Performance starts with health.

#PlayerWellBeing
#AthleteCare
#HolisticDevelopment
#MoreThanBasketball
#AcademyLife
RecoveryAndPerformance taken in Molfetta, Italy by @minospaccavento

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