2020–21 Pallacanestro Varese season

Main article: Pallacanestro Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
2020-21 season
OwnerVarese nel cuore s.c. a r.l.
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coachMassimo Bulleri
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBA14th of 15
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 4)

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 76th in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Overview

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Home jersey
Team colours
Home

Players

Current roster

Openjobmetis Varese roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 2 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
C 3 United States Morse, Anthony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 30 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994
F/C 4 Argentina Scola, Luis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 44 – (1980-04-30)30 April 1980
PG 5 Italy De Nicolao, Giovanni 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 28 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996
PG 10 Italy Ruzzier, Michele 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1993-02-09)9 February 1993
G/F 12 Latvia Strautiņš, Artūrs 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-10-23)23 October 1998
C 15 United States Egbunu, John 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1994-10-31)31 October 1994
SF 19 Italy De Vico, Niccolò 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994
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
  • 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
C Anthony Morse John Egbunu
PF Luis Scola Giancarlo Ferrero
SF Artūrs Strautiņš Niccolò De Vico
SG Toney Douglas Anthony Beane
PG Michele Ruzzier Giovanni De Nicolao

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
5 PG Italy Giovanni De Nicolao 24 Fortitudo Agrigento Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 12 June 2020 [1]
12 G/F Latvia Artūrs Strautiņš 21 Pallalcesto Amatori Udine Italy 2 + 1 years June 2022 + 2023 Free 16 June 2020 [2]
19 SF Italy Niccolò De Vico 22 Vanoli Cremona Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 23 June 2020 [3]
10 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 22 Vanoli Cremona Italy 1 + 1 years June 2021 + 2022 Undisclosed 25 June 2020 [4]
11 PF Sweden Denzel Andersson 23 BC Luleå Sweden 1 + 1 years June 2021 + 2022 Free 27 June 2020 [5]
4 F/C Argentina Luis Scola 40 Olimpia Milano Italy 1 + 1 years June 2021 + 2022 Free 1 July 2020 [6]
3 C United States Anthony Morse 26 Andrea Costa Imola Italy 1 years June 2021 Free 8 July 2020 [7]
22 SF United States Jalen Jones[Note IN] 27 Capital City Go-Go United States 1 years June 2021 Undisclosed 9 November 2020 [8]
2 G United States Anthony Beane[Note IN] 26 Virtus Roma Italy 1+1 years June 2021 + 2022 Free 14 December 2020 [9]
15 C United States John Egbunu[Note IN] 26 Busan KT Sonicboom South Korea End of the season June 2021 Free 28 January 2021 [10]
  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 PF Estonia Siim-Sander Vene 29 Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Spain End of contract Free 26 May 2020 [11]
8 F Italy Nicola Natali 31 Pallacanestro Forlì Italy End of contract Free 8 June 2020 [12][13]
14 PG United States Josh Mayo 32 Napoli Basket Italy Mutual consent Undisclosed 21 June 2020 [14]
1 G/F United States Justin Carter 33 Zadar Croatia End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [15]
6 SF Italy Gianmarco De Vita 22 Pallacnestro Castronno Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020
11 C United States Jeremy Simmons 30 Tofaş Bursa Turkey End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [16]
15 PG Italy Matteo Tambone 26 VL Pesaro Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [17]
18 C Italy Luca Gandini 34 Dinamo Sassari Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2020 [18]
12 SG Italy Omar Seck 19 Oleggio Magic Basket Italy Loan contract Undisclosed 17 July 2020 [19]
22 SF United States Jalen Jones[Note OUT] 27 Free agent Mutual consent Undisclosed 8 January 2021 [20]
11 PF Sweden Denzel Andersson[Note OUT] 24 BC Luleå Sweden Mutual consent Free 27 June 2020 [21]
7 PG Latvia Ingus Jakovičs[Note OUT] 27 Budivelnyk Kiyv Ukraine Transfer Undisclosed 24 February 2021 [22][23]
  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
21 F Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 31 Pallacanestro Trapani Italy 4 + 2 + 1 years 2021 + 2022 Free 4 July 2015 [24][25][26]
7 PG Latvia Ingus Jakovičs 27 Ventspils Italy 1 + 1+1 year June 2021 + 2022 Free 30 August 2019 [27][28][29]
23 PG United States Toney Douglas 34 Estudiantes Spain 1 + 1 June 2021 Free 2 March 2020 [30]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy Massimo Bulleri 42 Basket Ravenna Italy 1+1 years June 2021 8 September 2020[31] Italy Attilio Caja 5 September 2020[32] Sacked
Italy Attilio Caja 59 Virtus Roma Italy 3 + 3 years[33][34][35] June 2022 23 December 2016

Unsuccessful deals

The following deal never activated and the player's contract was withdrawn before the beginning of the season.

Signing date Withdrawal date Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Moved to
29 June 2020[36] 9 July 2020[37] G United States Jason Rich 34 Gaziantep Basketbol Turkey 1 year Free agent

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 6 6 0 576 433 +143 Advance to Final Four
2 Germani Basket Brescia 6 3 3 499 515 −16
3 Openjobmetis Varese 6 2 4 500 548 −48
4 S.Bernardo Cantù 6 1 5 444 523 −79
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

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
12 Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna 28 10 18 2179 2291 −112
13 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 28 10 18 2271 2364 −93
14 Openjobmetis Varese 28 10 18 2271 2433 −162
15 Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 28 9 19 2179 2313 −134 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Virtus Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

See also

References

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  23. ^ "Будівельник підсилився латвійським захисником" (in Ukrainian). fbu.ua. 25 February 2021.
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