2019–20 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

Main article: Pallacanestro Reggiana
Pallacanestro Reggiana
2019-20 season
PresidentMaria Licia Ferrarini
Head coachMaurizio Buscaglia
ArenaPalaBigi
LBAseason cancelled (12th)

The 2019–20 season is Reggio Emilia's 46th in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

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.[1] Reggio Emilia ended the championship in 12th position.

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: GrissinBon

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9[2] before the interruption of the championship[3] due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dererk Pardon and Gal Mekel left the team before the early end of the season. The first due to an injury that compromised the rest of the season, while Mekel was transferred to Unicaja Málaga.

Current roster

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 1 United States Johnson-Odom, Darius 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 35 – (1989-09-29)29 September 1989
PG 2 United States Cherry, Will 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 33 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
SF 3 Italy Fontecchio, Simone 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
C 5 United States Pardon, Dererk (*) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 28 – (1996-10-01)1 October 1996
PG 7 Italy Candi, Leonardo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997
PG 8 Italy Poeta, Giuseppe (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 39 – (1985-09-12)12 September 1985
G/F 9 Hungary Vojvoda, Dávid 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 34 – (1990-09-04)4 September 1990
PG 15 Italy Soviero, Jacopo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001
C 22 United States Owens, Josh 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 36 – (1988-12-07)7 December 1988
PF 30 United States Upshaw, Reggie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 29 – (1995-04-07)7 April 1995
G 33 Italy Cipolla, Alessandro 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (2000-02-16)16 February 2000
PF 35 Italy Diouf, Mouhamet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 – (2001-09-10)10 September 2001
PG 99 Israel Mekel, Gal (*) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 36 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Federico Fucà
  • Italy Giuseppe Di Paolo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 5 March 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 Josh Owens
PF Reggie Upshaw Mouhamet Diouf
SF Simone Fontecchio Dávid Vojvoda
SG Darius Johnson-Odom Leonardo Candi Alessandro Cipolla
PG Will Cherry Giuseppe Poeta Jacopo Soviero

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
10 F/C Italy Luca Infante 37 Eurobasket Roma Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 20 June 2019 [4]
8 PG Italy Giuseppe Poeta 33 Auxilium Torino Italy 2 years June 2021 Free 24 June 2019 [5]
5 C United States Dererk Pardon 22 Northwestern Wildcats United States 1 year June 2020 Free 17 July 2019 [6]
3 SF Italy Simone Fontecchio 23 Olimpia Milano Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [7]
9 G/F Hungary Dávid Vojvoda 28 Szolnoki Olaj Hungary 2 years (exit 2020) June 2020 Free 19 July 2019 [8]
30 PF United States Reggie Upshaw 24 Andorra Spain 2 years (exit 2020) June 2020 Free 30 July 2019 [9]
33 G Italy Alessandro Cipolla 19 Aurora Desio Italy 4 years June 2023 Free 31 July 2019 [10]
22 C United States Josh Owens 30 Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 1 year June 2020 Free 10 August 2019 [11]
99 PG Israel Poland Gal Mekel 31 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 2 years (opt-out 2020) June 2021 Free 15 August 2019 [12]
2 PG United States Will Cherry 28 Olympiacos Greece end of season June 2020 Free 26 January 2020 [13]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
4 PG Italy Federico Mussini 23 V.L. Pesaro Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
5 PG United States Bryon Allen 27 Zadar Croatia end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
6 G United States Georgia (country) Michael Dixon 28 Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
8 G/F United States Patrick Richard 29 Cluj Romania end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
9 PF Spain Pablo Aguilar 30 Iberostar Tenerife Spain end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
10 PF Italy Raphael Gaspardo 25 New Basket Brindisi Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
12 F/C France Darel Poirier 21 Windy City Bulls United States end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
14 C Italy Riccardo Cervi 28 Pallacanestro Varese Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
16 C Austria Benjamin Ortner 36 Retired end of contract Free 1 July 2019
18 PG Spain Pedro Llompart 37 Lucentum Alicante Spain end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
19 SF Italy Niccolò De Vico 24 Vanoli Cremona Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [23]
10 F/C Italy Luca Infante 37 Pallacanestro Mantovana Italy transfer Undisclosed 28 January 2020 [24][25]
5 C United States Dererk Pardon 23 Free agent mutual consent Free 3 March 2020 [26]
99 PG Israel Poland Gal Mekel 32 Unicaj Málaga Spain transfer Undisclosed 5 March 2020 [27][28]

Out on loan

  • Italy Federico Bonacini at Pallacanestro Trapani
  • Italy Alessandro Vigori at Pallacanestro Mantovana

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
7 PG Italy Leonardo Candi 22 Fortitudo Bologna Italy 5 year June 2021 Free 22 June 2017 [29]
1 G United States Darius Johnson-Odom 29 Iowa Wolves United States 2 years (out. 2020) June 2021 Free 25 March 2019 [30][31]

From youth team

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
15 PG Italy Jacopo Soviero 19 youth team Youth system 30 January 2020 [32]
SG Italy Carlo Porfilio 18 youth team Youth system 6 March 2020 [33]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy
 Maurizio Buscaglia
55
 Aquila Basket Trento
Italy
3
2022
7 June 2019[34]
Italy
 Stefano Pillastrini 19 May 2019[35] mutual consent

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
10 Openjobmetis Varese 19 9 10 1570 1522 +48
11 S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù 20 9 11 1533 1580 −47
12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 21 9 12 1741 1763 −22 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup
13 De' Longhi Treviso 21 8 13 1620 1664 −44
14 Virtus Roma 21 7 14 1639 1787 −148
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

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