2019–20 Pallacanestro Varese season

Main article: Pallacanestro Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
2019-20 season
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coachAttilio Caja
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBAseason cancelled (10th)

The 2019–20 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 75th in existence and the club's 11th 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] Varese ended the championship in 10th position.

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

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 January 26[2] before the interruption of the championship[3] due to the coronavirus pandemic.

L. J. Peak left the team before the official early end of the season, he was transferred to Cluj-Napoca and replaced by Justin Carter that never played for the team.

Jason Clark left earlier as well, in order to join his family in US during the pandemic. Toney Douglas was called to replace him, but, like Carter, he didn't play any games either.

Current roster

Openjobmetis Varese roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G/F 1 United States Carter, Justin (**) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 37 – (1987-04-21)21 April 1987
SG 3 United States Peak, L. J. (*) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996
SG 5 United States Clark, Jason (*) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 35 – (1990-01-16)16 January 1990
SF 6 Italy De Vita, Gianmarco 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-08-04)4 August 1997
PG 7 Latvia Jakovičs, Ingus 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993
F 8 Italy Natali, Nicola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1988-09-01)1 September 1988
PF 9 Estonia Vene, Siim-Sander 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 34 – (1990-11-12)12 November 1990
C 11 United States Simmons, Jeremy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 35 – (1989-08-11)11 August 1989
SG 12 Italy Seck, Omar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 23 – (2001-05-25)25 May 2001
PG 14 United States Mayo, Josh 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 37 – (1987-07-15)15 July 1987
PG 15 Italy Tambone, Matteo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – (1994-05-14)14 May 1994
C 18 Italy Gandini, Luca 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 39 – (1985-11-07)7 November 1985
F 21 Italy Ferrero, Giancarlo (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 36 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
PG 23 United States Douglas, Toney (**) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 38 – (1986-03-16)16 March 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Vincenzo Cavazzana
  • Italy Alberto Seravalli
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  • (**) Joined the team before the
    interruption and never played
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 2, 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 Jeremy Simmons Luca Gandini
PF Siim-Sander Vene Nicola Natali
SF Justin Carter Gianmarco De Vita Giancarlo Ferrero
SG Toney Douglas Ingus Jakovičs Omar Seck
PG Josh Mayo Toney Douglas Matteo Tambone

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
3 SG United States L. J. Peak 23 Pistoia Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 7 June 2019 [4]
11 C United States Jeremy Simmons 29 Poderosa Montegranaro Italy 1 + 1 year June 2020 + 2021 Free 23 June 2019 [5]
14 PG United States Josh Mayo 31 Bonn Germany 2 years June 2021 Free 27 June 2019 [6]
9 PF Estonia Siim-Sander Vene 28 Gran Canaria Spain 1 year June 2020 Free 1 July 2019 [7]
4 G/F Serbia Milenko Tepić 32 P.A.O.K. Greece 1 year June 2020 Free 21 July 2019 [8]
5 G/F United States Jason Clark 29 Skyliners Frankfurt Germany 1 year June 2020 Free 25 July 2019 [9]
18 C Italy Luca Gandini 33 Basket Ravenna Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 28 July 2019 [10]
6 SF Italy Gianmarco De Vita 22 Pallacanestro Gallaratese Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 16 August 2019 [11]
7 PG Latvia Ingus Jakovičs 26 Ventspils Italy 1 year June 2020 Free 30 August 2019 [12][13]
10 C Italy Riccardo Cervi 28 Reggio Emilia Italy end of the season June 2020 Free 27 November 2019 [14]
1 G/F United States Justin Carter 32 Chorale Roanne France end of the season June 2020 Free 30 January 2020 [15]
23 PG United States Toney Douglas 33 Estudiantes Spain end of the season June 2020 Free 2 March 2020 [16]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
2 SF United States Dominique Archie 31 Champagne Châlons-Reims France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
4 SG Serbia Aleksa Avramović 24 Unicaja Spain end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
5 G/F Italy Christian Gatto 22 Robur et Fides Varese Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
7 C Italy Antonio Iannuzzi 28 New Basket Brindisi Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
10 G/F Belgium Jean Salumu 28 Pistoia Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
11 SF Canada United Kingdom Thomas Scrubb 27 SIG Strasbourg France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
13 F/C Italy Damiano Verri 33 Basket Sette Laghi Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [23]
16 C United States Tyler Cain 31 Brescia Italy end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [24]
26 PG United States Ronald Moore 31 Élan Béarnais France end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [25]
4 G/F Serbia Milenko Tepić 32 Iraklis Thessaloniki Greece mutual consent Undisclosed 6 November 2019 [26][27]
10 C Italy Riccardo Cervi 28 Pallacanestro Trieste Italy transfer Undisclosed 14 January 2020 [28][29]
3 SG United States L. J. Peak 23 Cluj-Napoca Romania transfer Undisclosed 29 January 2020 [30][31]
5 G/F United States Jason Clark 30 Free agent mutual consent Undisclosed 2 March 2020 [32]

Confirmed

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
21 F Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 31 Pallacanestro Trapani Italy 4 + 2 + 1 years 2021 + 2022 Free 4 July 2015 [33][34][35]
15 PG Italy Matteo Tambone 25 Basket Ravenna Italy 2 + 2 years June 2020 Free 20 June 2017 [36][37]
8 F Italy Nicola Natali 31 Junior Casale Monferrato Italy 2 + 1 years June 2020 Free 21 June 2017 [38][39]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
 Attilio Caja
58
 Virtus Roma
Italy
1 + 2 + 3
2022
23 December 2016
[40][41][42]

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
8 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 21 11 10 1624 1670 −46 Qualification for Champions League
9 Dolomiti Energia Trento 21 11 10 1635 1665 −30 Qualification for EuroCup
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
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

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