2019–20 Dinamo Sassari season

Main article: Dinamo Sassari
Dinamo Sassari
2019-20 season
PresidentStefano Sardara
Head coachGianmarco Pozzecco
ArenaPalasport Roberta Serradimigni
LBAseason cancelled (2nd)
BCLRound of 16
Coppa ItaliaQuarter finals
SupercoppaWinners
Serie A jersey
Team colours
Serie A
Champions League jersey
Team colours
Champions League

The 2019–20 season is Dinamo Sassari's 60th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

Sassari comes from a very successful 2018–19 season both in the Italian league and European league. They won, indeed, the FIBA Europe Cup and for the first time of the history of the club, Sassari added a European level trophy in their palmares.

In Italy, Sassari reached the finals and lost the series at the last best of 4 match, interrupting an incredible series of 15 consecutive wins in the Italian league.

Coach Gianmarco Pozzecco was hired during the 2018-19 season[1] and, since his establishment, he lost only four games in the finals against Reyer Venezia after winning 23 consecutive games amongst Europe Cup and Serie A.

He got his contract extended for the next three years [2] and immediately won the 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup in the new season.

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[3] Sassari ended the championship in 2nd position.

Kit

Supplier: EYE Sport Wear / Sponsor: Banco di Sardegna

Lega Basket Serie A

Serie A Home jersey
Team colours
Serie A Home
Serie A Away jersey
Team colours
Serie A Away

FIBA Basketball Champions League

Champions League jersey
Team colours
Champions League
Champions League jersey
Team colours
Champions League

Players

Before the early end of the season Sassari hired Jaime Smith who played for the team the previous year. During his presentation conference, on 3 March, coach Pozzecco declared that Curtis Jerrells wouldn't play anymore for the team[4] but he was never officially released.

Current roster

Banco di Sardegna Sassari roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 0 Italy Spissu, Marco 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995
C 2 Croatia Bilan, Miro 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 35 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989
PG 3 United States Smith, Jaime 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 35 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989
G/F 7 Italy Bucarelli, Lorenzo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1998-03-06)6 March 1998
G/F 8 Italy Devecchi, Giacomo (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 39 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985
PF 9 Lithuania Sorokas, Paulius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
F 11 United States Evans, Dwayne 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1992-01-25)25 January 1992
C 15 Italy Magro, Daniele 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 37 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987
SF 21 Canada Pierre, Dyshawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993
G 22 Italy Gentile, Stefano 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 35 – (1989-09-20)20 September 1989
C 23 The Bahamas Coleby, Dwight 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1994-01-16)16 January 1994
SG 31 Italy Vitali, Michele 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991
PG 55 United States Jerrells, Curtis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1987-02-05)5 February 1987
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Edoardo Casalone
  • Italy Giorgio Gerosa
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: April 16, 2020

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 Miro Bilan Dwight Coleby Daniele Magro
PF Dwayne Evans Paulius Sorokas
SF Dyshawn Pierre Lorenzo Bucarelli Giacomo Devecchi
SG Michele Vitali Stefano Gentile
PG Marco Spissu Jaime Smith Curtis Jerrells

5+5 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
2 C Croatia Miro Bilan 29 ASVEL France 1 year June 2020 Free 13 July 2019 [5]
11 F United States Dwayne Evans 27 ratiopharm Ulm Germany 1 year June 2020 Free 23 July 2019 [6]
31 SG Italy Michele Vitali 27 Andorra Spain 3 years June 2022 Free 24 July 2019 [7]
55 PG United States Curtis Jerrells 32 Olimpia Milano Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 1 August 2019 [8]
1 F/C United States Jamel McLean 31 Lokomotiv Kuban Russia 1 year June 2020 Free 28 August 2019 [9]
7 SF Italy Lorenzo Bucarelli 21 Dinamo Cagliari Italy return from loan June 2020 Free 28 August 2019 [10]
9 PF Lithuania Paulius Sorokas 27 Spirou Charleroi Belgium 1 year June 2020 Free 18 September 2019 [11]
23 C The Bahamas Dwight Coleby 26 İTÜ Basket Turkey end of season June 2020 Free 20 January 2020 [12]
3 PG United States Jaime Smith 30 Teksüt Bandırma Turkey end of season June 2020 Free 2 March 2020 [13]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
2 PG United States Jaime Smith 29 Bandirma Banvit Turkey end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
3 SG United States Tyrus McGee 28 Élan Béarnais France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
4 SG Kosovo Scott Bamforth 29 Budućnost Montenegro end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
5 G/F United States Terran Petteway 26 Pistoia Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
6 G/F United States Justin Carter 32 Chorale Roanne France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
25 PG United States Rashawn Thomas 24 Partizan Belgrade Serbia end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
35 PF Italy Ousmane Diop 19 Torino Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
45 C United States Jack Cooley 28 Ryukyu Golden Kings Japan end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
33 PF Italy Achille Polonara 27 Saski Baskonia Spain transfer 100.000 € 28 August 2019 [22][23]
1 F/C United States Jamel McLean 31 Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Japan mutual consent Undisclosed 13 January 2020 [24][25]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
8 G/F Italy Giacomo Devecchi 34 Sutor Montegranaro Italy 4 years June 2023 Free 27 July 2006 [26]
21 SG United States Dyshawn Pierre 25 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Germany 1 + 1 + 1 year June 2020 Free 28 June 2017 [27][28][29]
0 PG Italy Marco Spissu 24 Virtus Bologna Italy 3 year June 2022 return from loan 15 July 2017 [30][31]
22 SG Italy Stefano Gentile 30 Virtus Bologna Italy 2 + 2 year June 2021 Free 25 June 2018 [32][33]
15 C Italy Daniele Magro 32 Pistoia Italy 1 + 1 year June 2020 Free 1 July 2018 [34][35]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
 Gianmarco Pozzecco
52
 Fortitudo Bologna
Italy
3
2022
11 February 2019
[1][2]

Competitions

SuperCup

Main article: 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup

Sassari took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 LBA Finals runner-up and won the competition against Reyer Venezia.

21 September 2019
Semifinals
 Vanoli Cremona 94–101(OT) Banco di Sardegna Sassari Bari
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–30, 20–20, 18–21, Overtime: 7–14
Eurosport Pts: Matthew Tiby 25
Rebs: Saunders 6
Asts: Diener 5
PIR: Matthew Tiby, Diener 20 		Boxscore Pts: Evans 18
Rebs: McLean, Evans 9
Asts: Spissu 7
PIR: Evans, Spissu 25 		Arena: PalaFlorio
22 September 2019
Finals
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 83–80(OT) Umana Reyer Venezia Bari
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 19–13, 17–24, 11–21, Overtime: 14–11
Eurosport Pts: Jerrells 19
Rebs: Evans 8
Asts: three players 3
PIR: McLean 21 		Boxscore Pts: Chappell 19
Rebs: Bramos, Watt 7
Asts: Chappell, Stone 3
PIR: Chappell 21 		Arena: PalaFlorio

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 20 18 2 1719 1500 +219 Qualification for EuroCup
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 20 15 5 1703 1506 +197 Qualification for Champions League
3 Germani Basket Brescia 21 14 7 1707 1554 +153 Qualification for EuroCup
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 21 14 7 1687 1555 +132 Already qualified for EuroLeague
5 Happy Casa Brindisi 21 13 8 1776 1696 +80 Qualification for Champions League
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Basketball Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 Basketball Champions League

After the successes of the previous year, Dinamo Sassari was promoted to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League as winner of the FIBA Europe Cup.

Regular season

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Turkey Türk Telekom 14 11 3 1173 1075 +98 25 Advance to round of 16
2 Italy Dinamo Sassari 14 11 3 1181 1088 +93 25
3 Belgium Filou Oostende 14 8 6 1059 1085 −26 22
4 Lithuania Lietkabelis 14 7 7 1079 1077 +2 21
5 Spain Baxi Manresa 14 7 7 1095 1069 +26 21
6 Israel Hapoel Holon 14 6 8 1164 1170 −6 20
7 France SIG Strasbourg 14 4 10 1082 1155 −73 18
8 Poland Polski Cukier Toruń 14 2 12 1231 1345 −114 16
Source: Basketball Champions League

Playoffs

The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League playoffs start from the round of 16 and is structured on a best-of-three basis until the final four.

Round of 16

The second match was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, where Sassari was coming after two days without training.[36]

Italian Cup

Sassari qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 2nd place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Happy Casa Brindisi.

14 February 2020
Quarter finals
 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86–91 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–13, 23–25, 25–27
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Pierre 21
Rebs: Pierre 9
Asts: Evans 5
PIR: Pierre 31 		Boxscore Pts: Banks 37
Rebs: Banks 8
Asts: John Brown 4
PIR: Banks 41 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Mark Bartoli

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