Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 2016, Messina ya ɗauki ɗan gajeren hutu daga San Antonio Spurs, don dawowa a matsayin babban kocin Azzurri, tare da burin cancantar shiga gasar
Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2016 a Rio. Messina ya horar da Italiya a gasar cin kofin Olympics ta duniya ta FIBA ta 2016 a Turin. A gasar cin kofin, Italiya ta yi rashin nasara ga Croatia, don haka ba ta cancanci shiga wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2016 ba. Ya kuma horar da Italiya a gasar EuroBasket ta 2017.