2020–21 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

Main article: Pallacanestro Reggiana
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)

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

Overview

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: UNAHOTELS

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 United States Lemar, Brynton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995
SG 3 Finland Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 36 – (1988-04-13)13 April 1988
PG 7 Italy Candi, Leonardo (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997
PF 8 Italy Baldi Rossi, Filippo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 33 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
G 9 Italy Porfilio, Carlo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-04-09)9 April 2001
PG 11 United States Taylor, Brandon 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 30 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994
G 14 Italy Giannini, Marco 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2001-08-31)31 August 2001
C 15 United States Virgin Islands Elegar, Frank 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 38 – (1986-12-03)3 December 1986
C 16 The Gambia Cham, Ibrahima 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2003-09-15)15 September 2003
PF 23 United States Johnson, Justin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 28 – (1996-05-23)23 May 1996
G 32 Italy Bonacini, Federico 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1999-01-23)23 January 1999
PF 35 Italy Diouf, Mouhamet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001
SG 77 Czech Republic Kyzlink, Tomáš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Federico Fucà
  • Italy Andrea Bonacina
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 10 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 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

In

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

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
9 G/F Hungary Dávid Vojvoda 29 Alba Fehérvár Hungary Exit option Free 21 April 2020 [13]
30 PF United States Reggie Upshaw 25 Maccabi Haifa Israel Exit option Free 27 May 2020 [14]
22 C United States Josh Owens 31 Bahçeşehir Turkey End of contract Free 30 June 2020 [15]
2 PG United States Will Cherry 29 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2020
3 SF Italy Simone Fontecchio 24 Alba Berlin Germany End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [16]
15 PG Italy Jacopo Soviero 19 Bologna Basket 2016 Italy Loan contract Undisclosed 17 July 2020 [17][18]
1 G United States Darius Johnson-Odom 35 Orléans Loiret Basket France Exit option Free 21 July 2020 [19]
33 G Italy Alessandro Cipolla 20 Stella Azzurra Roma Italy Loan contract Undisclosed 22 July 2020 [20][21]
8 PG Italy Giuseppe Poeta 34 Vanoli Cremona Italy Transfer Undisclosed 5 August 2020 [22][23]
45 G Latvia Jānis Blūms[Note OUT] 38 Retired Mutual consent Undisclosed 9 December 2020 [24]
5 SF United States Josh Bostic[Note OUT] 33 Happy Casa Brindisi Italy Transfer Undisclosed 22 February 2021 [25][26]
2 SF United States Dominique Sutton[Note OUT] 34 Al-Ahli Bahrain Mutual consent Undisclosed 26 February 2021 [27][28]
21 C United States 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

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

From youth team

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

Coach

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

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
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

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

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season
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

Main article: 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup

Regular season

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

Playoffs

23 March 2021
Round of 16
 CSU Sibiu Romania 61–65 Italy 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 Italy 64–71 Romania 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

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