2020–21 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

The 2020–21 season is Reggio Emilia's 47th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Reggiana
2020-21 season
OwnerStefano Landi
Veronica Bartoli
Enrico San Pietro
Graziano Sassi
Andrea Baroni
PresidentMaria Licia Ferrarini
Head coachAttilio Caja
ArenaPalaBigi
LBA11th of 15
Europe CupQuarterfinals
Italian CupQuarter finals
SupercupGroup stage (2nd of 4)

Overview edit

Kit edit

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Players edit

Current roster edit

UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0   Lemar, Brynton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995
SG 3   Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1988-04-13)13 April 1988
PG 7   Candi, Leonardo (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997
PF 8   Baldi Rossi, Filippo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
G 9   Porfilio, Carlo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-04-09)9 April 2001
PG 11   Taylor, Brandon 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 29 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994
G 14   Giannini, Marco 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2001-08-31)31 August 2001
C 15   Elegar, Frank 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 37 – (1986-12-03)3 December 1986
C 16   Cham, Ibrahima 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-09-15)15 September 2003
PF 23   Johnson, Justin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 27 – (1996-05-23)23 May 1996
G 32   Bonacini, Federico 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1999-01-23)23 January 1999
PF 35   Diouf, Mouhamet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 22 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001
SG 77   Kyzlink, Tomáš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Federico Fucà
  •   Andrea Bonacina

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: 10 May 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Frank Elegar Mouhamet Diouf Ibrahima Cham
PF Justin Johnson Filippo Baldi Rossi
SF Tomáš Kyzlink Carlo Porfilio
SG Brynton Lemar Petteri Koponen Marco Giannini
PG Brandon Taylor Leonardo Candi Federico Bonacini

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes edit

In edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
77 SG   Tomáš Kyzlink 27 Virtus Roma   2 years (opt. out 2021) June 2022 Free 26 June 2020 [1]
32 G   Federico Bonacini 21 Pallacanestro Trapani   Eeturn from loan Free 1 July 2020
11 F   Brandon Taylor 25 Le Mans Sarthe   1 year June 2021 Free 10 July 2020 [2]
8 PF   Filippo Baldi Rossi 28 Virtus Bologna   2 years June 2022 Undisclosed 16 July 2020 [3]
45 G   Jānis Blūms 38 VEF Rīga   1 year June 2021 Free 28 July 2020 [4]
5 SF   Josh Bostic 33 Arka Gdynia   1 year June 2021 Free 4 August 2020 [5]
15 C     Frank Elegar 34 Unicaja Málaga   1 year June 2021 Free 14 August 2020 [6]
23 PF   Justin Johnson 24 Pistoia Basket 2000   1 year June 2021 Free 19 August 2020 [7]
14 G   Marco Giannini 19 Polisportiva Arena Montecchio
(double subscription from youth team)
  1 year June 2021 Free 19 August 2020 [8]
2 SF   Dominique Sutton[Note IN] 34 Al-Ahli   End of the season June 2021 Undisclosed 8 January 2021 [9]
3 SG   Petteri Koponen[Note IN] 32 Bayern Munich   End of the season June 2021 Free 14 January 2021 [10]
21 C   Henry Sims[Note IN] 30 Incheon Electroland Elephants   End of the season June 2021 Undisclosed 14 February 2021 [11]
0 SG     Brynton Lemar[Note IN] 26 Gaziantep   End of the season June 2021 Undisclosed 14 February 2021 [12]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
9 G/F   Dávid Vojvoda 29 Alba Fehérvár   Exit option Free 21 April 2020 [13]
30 PF   Reggie Upshaw 25 Maccabi Haifa   Exit option Free 27 May 2020 [14]
22 C   Josh Owens 31 Bahçeşehir   End of contract Free 30 June 2020 [15]
2 PG   Will Cherry 29 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2020
3 SF   Simone Fontecchio 24 Alba Berlin   End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [16]
15 PG   Jacopo Soviero 19 Bologna Basket 2016   Loan contract Undisclosed 17 July 2020 [17][18]
1 G   Darius Johnson-Odom 34 Orléans Loiret Basket   Exit option Free 21 July 2020 [19]
33 G   Alessandro Cipolla 20 Stella Azzurra Roma   Loan contract Undisclosed 22 July 2020 [20][21]
8 PG   Giuseppe Poeta 34 Vanoli Cremona   Transfer Undisclosed 5 August 2020 [22][23]
45 G   Jānis Blūms[Note OUT] 38 Retired Mutual consent Undisclosed 9 December 2020 [24]
5 SF   Josh Bostic[Note OUT] 33 Happy Casa Brindisi   Transfer Undisclosed 22 February 2021 [25][26]
2 SF   Dominique Sutton[Note OUT] 34 Al-Ahli   Mutual consent Undisclosed 26 February 2021 [27][28]
21 C   Henry Sims[Note OUT] 31 Free agent Mutual consent Undisclosed 30 April 2021 [29]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
7 PG   Leonardo Candi 23 Fortitudo Bologna   5 year June 2022 Free 22 June 2017 [30]
35 PF   Mouhamet Diouf 18 youth team June 2023 Youth system September 2019
9 SG   Carlo Porfilio 19 youth team Youth system 6 March 2020 [31]

From youth team edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Transfer fee Date
9 G   Carlo Porfilio 19 Youth system September 2020
16 C   Ibrahima Cham 17 Youth system September 2020
32 G   Federico Bonacini 21 Youth system September 2020

Coach edit

Coach Maurizio Buscaglia was replaced by Antimo Martino but his contract was valid until he was called by Brescia for the role of head coach.[32]

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
  Attilio Caja 59 Pallacanestro Varese   End of the season + 1 year June 2022 16 March 2021[33]   Antimo Martino 15 March 2021[34] Sacked
  Antimo Martino 41 Fortitudo Bologna   2 + 1 June 2023 (opt. out 2022) 28 May 2020[35]   Maurizio Buscaglia 27 May 2020[36] Mutual consent

Competitions edit

Supercup edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6 5 1 490 428 +62 Advance to Final Four
2 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 6 3 3 479 477 +2
3 Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 6 3 3 506 496 +10
4 Vanoli Cremona 6 1 5 408 482 −74
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Italian Cup edit

Reggio Emilia qualified to the 2021 Italian Basketball Cup by ending the first half of the LBA season in the 8th position. They played the quarterfinal against the first ranking AX Armani Exchange Milan.

11 February 2021
Quarterfinals
AX Armani Exchange Milano 80–52 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Assago (Milan)
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19-10, 22-12, 18-9, 21-21
Rai Sport, Eurosport Pts: Punter, LeDay 15
Rebs: Shields 9
Asts: Rodríguez 9
PIR: LeDay 20
Boxscore Pts: Baldi Rossi 13
Rebs: Diouf 9
Asts: Baldi Rossi 5
PIR: Baldi Rossi 13
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Mark Bartoli, Fabrizio Paglialunga

Serie A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
9 Germani Basket Brescia 28 11 17 2299 2389 −90
10 Vanoli Cremona 28 11 17 2370 2395 −25
11 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 28 10 18 2122 2261 −139
12 Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 28 10 18 2179 2291 −112
13 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 28 10 18 2271 2364 −93
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Fiba Europe Cup edit

Regular season edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Iraklis 3 3 0 251 225 +26 6 Advance to round of 16
2   UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 3 2 1 232 226 +6 5
3   Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3 1 2 227 215 +12 4
4   Egis Körmend 3 0 3 221 265 −44 3

Playoffs edit

23 March 2021
Round of 16
CSU Sibiu   61–65   UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Oradea, Romania
15:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 19-13, 13-17, 14-18
YouTube Pts: Hardy 15
Rebs: Hardy 10
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 4
PIR: Hardy 28
Boxscore Pts: Lemar 16
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: Taylor 8
PIR: Sims 14
Arena: Arena Antonio Alexe
Referees: Anastasios Manos, Can Mavisu, Kyriacos Christou
25 March 2021
Quarterfinals
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia   64–71   CSM U Oradea Oradea, Romania
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18-21, 16-16, 12-15, 18-19
YouTube Pts: Taylor 16
Rebs: Elegar 6
Asts: Baldi Rossi 3
PIR: Elegar 18
Boxscore Pts: Green 15
Rebs: Marković 6
Asts: Valeika 6
PIR: Green 17
Arena: Arena Antonio Alexe
Referees: Tanel Suslov, Gvidas Gedvilas, Sinsa Prpa

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Ingaggiato Brandon Taylor, è lui il nuovo play" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 10 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Filippo Baldi Rossi è biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 16 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Unahotels, Ecco Janis Blums" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 28 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "UNAHOTELS, ingaggiato Josh Bostic" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 4 August 2020.[permanent dead link]
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