2020–21 Aquila Basket Trento season

Main article: Aquila Basket Trento
Aquila Basket Trento
2020-21 season
OwnerAquila Basket Trento 2013 S.R.L.
PresidentLuigi Longhi
Head coachEmanuele Molin
ArenaPalaTrento
LBA8th of 15
PlayoffsQuarterfinals
EuroCupTop 16 (3rd of 4)
SupercupGroup stage (4th of 4)

The 2020–21 season is Aquila Basket Trento's 26th in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Overview

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Dolomiti Energia

EuroCup

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Serie A

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

Dolomiti Energia Trento roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SF 1 United States Martin, Kelvin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 35 – (1989-09-10)10 September 1989
PF 7 Italy Pascolo, Davide 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-12-14)14 December 1990
G/F 8 Italy Conti, Luca 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000
PG 9 Puerto Rico Browne, Gary 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993
PG 10 Argentina Forray, Andrés Pablo (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 38 – (1986-03-20)20 March 1986
SG 11 United States Sanders, Victor 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-02-16)16 February 1995
F/C 14 Italy Mezzanotte, Andrea 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – (1998-04-08)8 April 1998
SG 20 United States Morgan, Jeremy 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995
C 22 United States Williams, JaCorey 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-06-12)12 June 1994
C 23 Italy Ladurner, Maximilian 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – (2001-12-06)6 December 2001
C 25 Italy Lechthaler, Luca 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 38 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986
PF 32 United States Maye, Luke 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1997-03-07)7 March 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Davide Dusmet
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 16 May 2021

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

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C JaCorey Williams Maximilian Ladurner Luca Lechthaler
PF Luke Maye Andrea Mezzanotte Davide Pascolo
SF Kelvin Martin Luca Conti
SG Jeremy Morgan Victor Sanders
PG Gary Browne Andrés Pablo Forray

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

Squad changes

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
11 SG United States Victor Sanders 25 Antwerp Giants Belgium 1 year June 2021 Free 2 July 2020 [1]
20 SG United States Jeremy Morgan 25 Crailsheim Merlins Germany 1 year June 2021 Free 4 July 2020 [2]
8 SF Italy Luca Conti 19 Poderosa Montegranaro Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 6 July 2020 [3]
9 SF Puerto Rico Gary Browne 27 Darüşşafaka Turkey 1 year June 2021 Free 14 July 2020 [4]
32 F United States Luke Maye 23 Wisconsin Herd United States 1 year June 2021 Free 18 July 2020 [5]
22 C United States JaCorey Williams 26 PAOK Greece 1 year June 2021 Free 1 August 2020 [6]
1 SF United States Kelvin Martin 30 New Basket Brindisi Italy 1 year June 2021 Free 14 August 2020 [7]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
13 PG United States Justin Knox 27 Wonju DB Promy South Korea End of contract Free 16 June 2020 [8]
20 G Italy Alessandro Voltolini 18 Assigeco Piacenza Italy On loan Free 16 June 2020 [9][10]
0 F United States Rashard Kelly 24 Gaziantep Basketbol Turkey End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [11]
1 SG United States James Blackmon 25 Beşiktaş Turkey End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [12]
4 PG United States Philippines Aaron Craft 29 Retired End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [13]
9 SG Italy Fabio Mian 28 Vanoli Cremona Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [14]
34 SG Italy Switzerland Matteo Picarelli 19 UMBC Retrievers United States Mutual consent Free 1 July 2020 [15]
5 SF Italy Alessandro Gentile 27 Estudiantes Spain Mutual consent Undisclosed 6 July 2020 [16][17]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG Argentina Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 34 Fulgor Libertas Forlì Italy 9 + 3 year June 2023 Free 22 February 2011 [18][19][20]
25 C Italy Luca Lechthaler 34 Scandone Avellino Italy 5 + 1 years June 2021 Free 6 August 2015 [21]
14 F/C Italy Andrea Mezzanotte 22 Blu Basket Treviglio Italy 4 year June 2022 Free 23 July 2018 [22]
7 PF Italy Davide Pascolo 29 Olimpia Milano Italy 2 + 3 year June 2023 Free 24 July 2018 [23][24]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Start Date Status End Date
Italy Emanuele Molin 60 Aquila Basket Trento (assistant) Italy 1 year June 2021 31 January 2021 [25] Active
Italy Nicola Brienza 39 Pallacanestro Cantù Italy 3 years June 2022 10 June 2019 [26] sacked 31 January 2021 [25]

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Umana Reyer Venezia 6 4 2 462 434 +28 Advance to Final Four
2 De' Longhi Treviso 6 3 3 475 459 +16
3 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 6 3 3 428 467 −39
4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 6 2 4 467 472 −5
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.

Serie A

Regular season

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
6 De' Longhi Treviso 28 14 14 2353 2468 −115 Qualification to Playoffs
7 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 28 14 14 2253 2249 +4
8 Dolomiti Energia Trento 28 13 15 2191 2228 −37
9 Germani Basket Brescia 28 11 17 2299 2389 −90
10 Vanoli Cremona 28 11 17 2370 2395 −25
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 LBA Playoffs
Quarterfinals
13 May 2021
Game 1
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 88–62
(Series: 1-0) 		Aquila Basket Trento Assago (Milan)
17:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26-20, 23-14, 23-17, 26-11
Rai Sport, Eurosport Player Pts: Shields 16
Rebs: Moraschini, Hines 7
Asts: Rodríguez, Shields, Hines 4
PIR: Hines 23 		Boxscore Pts: Browne 16
Rebs: Williams 6
Asts: Sanders 5
PIR: Browne 17 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Andrea Bongiorni, Gianluca Capotorto
14 May 2021
Game 2
 AX Armani Exchange Milano 93–79
(Series: 2-0) 		Aquila Basket Trento Assago (Milan)
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 23-21, 26-14, 24-18, 20-26
Eurosport 2, Eurosport Player Pts: LeDay 19
Rebs: Biligha 6
Asts: Rodríguez 7
PIR: Moraschini, Rodríguez 21 		Boxscore Pts: Morgan 17
Rebs: Williams 8
Asts: Browne 6
PIR: Browne, Morgan, Williams 18 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Lorenzo Baldini, Martino Galasso
16 May 2021
Game 3
 Aquila Basket Trento 65–74
(Series: 0-3) 		AX Armani Exchange Milano Trento
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16-20, 13-16, 16-16, 20-22
Eurosport 2, Eurosport Player Pts: Williams 16
Rebs: Martin, Williams 8
Asts: Sanders 4
PIR: Martin, Williams 17 		Boxscore Pts: Punter 14
Rebs: Moraschini 9
Asts: Rodríguez, Delaney 4
PIR: Moraschini 24 		Arena: BLM Group Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Mark Bartoli, Christian Borgo

Eurocup

Main article: 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

Regular season

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 10 8 2 831 765 +66 Advance to Top 16
2 Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 10 7 3 838 737 +101
3 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 10 6 4 738 713 +25
4 France Nanterre 92 10 4 6 791 806 −15
5 Turkey Frutti Extra Bursaspor 10 3 7 853 907 −54
6 Greece Promitheas 10 2 8 757 880 −123
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 France Metropolitans 92 6 4 2 435 441 −6 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 6 3 3 489 464 +25
3 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 6 3 3 441 446 −5
4 Serbia Partizan NIS 6 2 4 395 409 −14
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

See also

References

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