2016–17 Flamengo Basketball season

Flamengo
2016–17 season
Chairman	Eduardo Bandeira de Mello
Head coach	José Alves Neto
Arena	Ginásio Hélio Maurício ; (capacity: 1,000) ; Tijuca Tênis Clube ; (capacity: 4,500)
Rio de Janeiro State Championship	Champion
NBB	-
FIBA Americas League	-
Home	Away
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season of Flamengo Basketball is the 97th season of the club, and the club's 9th in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). They played the season as the defending champions of the league, holding four consecutive titles.

Offseason

Pre-season

The season

Roster

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Flamengo Basketball roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
C	2	Rollins, Hakeem	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	41 – (1983-06-04)4 June 1983
G/F	4	Machado, Marcelinho (C)	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	49 – (1975-04-12)12 April 1975
G	5	Fischer, Ricardo	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		33 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991
F	6	Felipin	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		26 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998
G	7	Rava, Pedrinho	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		29 – (1995-09-08)8 September 1995
F	8	Bernardo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		26 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998
G/F	9	Lelê	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		28 – (1996-02-27)27 February 1996
G	10	Ramón, Ronald	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	38 – (1986-01-14)14 January 1986
F	11	Marquinhos	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	40 – (1984-05-31)31 May 1984
F/C	12	Mineiro, Rafael	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	36 – (1988-06-03)3 June 1988
F/C	13	Batista, J.P.	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	122 kg (269 lb)	43 – (1981-10-29)29 October 1981
F	14	Amorim, Vitor	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		27 – (1997-01-11)11 January 1997
F	16	Olivinha	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	118 kg (260 lb)	41 – (1983-04-18)18 April 1983
F	17	Danilo	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		26 – (1998-05-16)16 May 1998
C	18	Otte, Emilio	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		27 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
G	19	Silva, Humberto	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		29 – (1995-02-07)7 February 1995
F/C	20	Bispo, Léo	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)		28 – (1996-10-02)2 October 1996
G	21	Heitor	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		26 – (1998-01-21)21 January 1998
F/C	25	Iglesias, Jorge	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)		29 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995
C	34	João Vitor	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)		25 – (1998-12-15)15 December 1998

Head coach

José Alves Neto

Assistant coach(es)

Rodrigo Silva

Team manager

Marcelo Vido

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 8 November 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	LDB Team
C	J.P. Batista	Hakeem Rollins	João Vitor		Otte
PF	Carlos Olivinha	Rafael Mineiro	Léo Bispo	Danilo	Iglesias
SF	Marquinhos Vieira	Marcelinho Machado	Felipin		Amorim
SG	Ronald Ramon	Humberto Silva	Lelê		Bernardo
PG	Ricardo Fischer	Pedrinho Rava			Heitor

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
20	PF	Léo Bispo	20	Pinheiros	Free agency	2017	–	26 July 2016	^[1]
19	SG	Humberto Silva	21	Pinheiros	Free agency	2017	–	7 July 2016	^[2]
5	PG	Ricardo Fischer	25	Bauru	Free agency	2017	–	7 July 2016	^[3]
9	SG	Lelê	20	Southeastern Community College	Free agency	2017	–	26 July 2016	^[4]
7	PG	Pedrinho Rava	21	Macaé Basquete	Free agency	2017	–	26 July 2016	^[5]
2	C	Hakeem Rollins	33	Free agent	Free agency	2017	–	12 January 2017	^[6]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
55	PG	Rafa Luz	24	Saski Baskonia	Free agency	–	5 July 2016	^[7]
24	SG	Jason Robinson	36	Retired	-	–	5 July 2016	^[8]
19	PG	Gegê	25	Rio Claro Basquete	Free agency	–	6 July 2016	^[9]
55	C	Jerome Meyinsse	27	San Lorenzo	Free agency	–	6 July 2016	^[10]
15	PG	Danielzinho	25	Minas Storm	Free agency	–	8 July 2016	^[11]

Pre-season games

Super Four Rio-Nordeste Tournament


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vasco da Gama	3	2	1	226	218	+8	5	Champions
2	Flamengo	3	2	1	247	217	+30	5	-
3	Solar Basquete Cearense	3	1	2	211	227	−16	4
4	Universo Vitória	3	1	2	204	208	−4	4

Source: Basquete Cearense

September 25, 2016	Flamengo	80–840OT	Vasco da Gama*	Ginásio do CFO, Fortaleza
14:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 11–6, 24–18, 25–24, Overtime: 5–9
SporTV	Pts: J.P. Batista 22 Rebs: Olivinha 9 Asts: -	Report	Pts: David Jackson 17 Rebs: Fiorotto 10 Asts: David Jackson 6

September 26, 2016	Universo Vitória	52–76	Flamengo	Ginásio do CFO, Fortaleza
17:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 9–17, 7–28, 15–17
SporTV	Pts: Douglas Kurtz 10 Rebs: Douglas Kurtz 8 Asts: -	Report	Pts: Marcelinho 13 Rebs: Olivinha 10 Asts: -

September 26, 2016	Solar Basquete Cearense	81–91	Flamengo	Ginásio do CFO, Fortaleza
19:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 24–29, 21–17, 15–26
SporTV	Pts: Marcus Toledo 16 Rebs: - Asts: -	Report	Pts: Marcelinho 20 Rebs: - Asts: -

* First basketball game between the two rivals in 9 years

Competitions

Rio de Janeiro State Championship

Regular season standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	510	424	+86	11	Semifinals Playoffs
2	Vasco da Gama	6	5	1	492	445	+47	11
3	Macaé	6	2	4	423	458	−35	8
4	Botafogo	5	0	5	387	485	−98	5

Source: FBERJ

Regular season games

September 22, 2016	Flamengo	78–59	Macaé	Ginásio Hélio Maurício, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 11–12, 30–13, 11–22
	Pts: Marcelinho 17 Rebs: J.P. Batista 5 Asts: Marcelinho 5	Report	Pts: Thiaguinho 14 Rebs: - Asts: -

September 30, 2016	Botafogo	57–79	Flamengo	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by quarter: 12– 29, 12–12, 16–16, 17–22
	Pts: Wesley Russel 16 Rebs: - Asts: -	Report	Pts: J.P. Batista 25 Rebs: J.P. Batista 10 Asts: -

October 3, 2016	Flamengo	77–82	Vasco da Gama*	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by quarter: 25– 18, 19–15, 10–17, 23–32
	Pts: Ronald Ramon, Marquinhos, Ricardo Fischer 14 Rebs: Olivinha 9 Asts: -	Report	Pts: Fiorotto, Nezinho 19 Rebs: - Asts: David Jackson 7

October 6, 2016	Macaé	71–91	Flamengo	Ginásio Juquinha, Macaé
	Scoring by quarter: 23– 14, 19–25, 12–27, 17–25
	Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: -	Report	Pts: Marquinhos 28 Rebs: - Asts: Ricardo Fischer 7

October 11, 2016	Flamengo	92–70	Botafogo	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 26–9, 21–21, 20–27
	Pts: Marcelinho 20 Rebs: - Asts: -	Report	Pts: Abner 17 Rebs: - Asts: -

October 14, 2016	Vasco da Gama	85–93	Flamengo	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
	Scoring by quarter: 20– 26, 17–23, 19–26, 29–18
	Pts: Drudi 24 Rebs: Drudi 8 Asts: Hélio 6	Report	Pts: Olivinha 24 Rebs: Olivinha 7 Asts: Olivinha 5

* First official basketball game between the two rivals in 9 years

Semifinals

(1) Flamengo vs. (4) Botafogo

Game 1

October 17, 2016
20:00 UTC−03:00

Report

Flamengo	79–69	Botafogo
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 15–14, 28–15, 21–22
Pts: Marquinhos 19 Rebs: Marquinhos 7 Asts: Marquinhos 4		Pts: Feliz 14 Rebs: - Asts: -

Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro

Game 2

October 19, 2016
20:00 UTC−03:00

Report

Botafogo	81–89	Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 22–22, 18–18, 19–26
Pts: Wesley Russel 16 Rebs: - Asts: -		Pts: J.P. Batista 21 Rebs: Olivinha 11 Asts: -
Flamengo wins series, 2–0

General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro

Finals

(1) Flamengo vs. (2) Vasco da Gama

Game 1

SporTV

October 24, 2016
21:00 UTC−03:00

Report

Flamengo	89–87	Vasco da Gama
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 21–20, 20–19, 25–23
Pts: Marcelinho 31 Rebs: - Asts: -		Pts: Murilo 24 Rebs: - Asts: Hélio 5

Ginásio Hélio Maurício, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 0 (Closed to the public)

Game 2

Globo Esporte

October 24, 2016
20:00 UTC−03:00

Report

Vasco da Gama	104–98	Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 30–18, 29–31, 28–23
Pts: Hélio 36 Rebs: - Asts: David Jackson 3		Pts: Marcelinho 27 Rebs: - Asts: -

Ginásio Vasco da Gama, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 0 (Closed to the public)

Game 3

SporTV

December 6, 2016
21:00 UTC−03:00

Report

Flamengo	20–0	Vasco da Gama (forfeit)
Scoring by quarter: -, -, -, -
Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: -		Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: -
Flamengo wins series, 2–1

Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro

2016-17 NBB

Regular season standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	28	21	7	2464	2195	+269	49	Quarterfinals Playoffs
2	Mogi das Cruzes	28	20	8	2273	2088	+185	48
3	Franca	28	19	9	2256	2199	+57	47
4	Brasília	28	19	9	2285	2155	+130	47
5	Bauru Basket	28	18	10	2256	2086	+170	46	First Round Playoffs
6	Paulistano	28	16	12	2287	2146	+141	44
7	Vitória	28	16	12	2130	2105	+25	44
8	Pinheiros	28	16	12	2275	2250	+25	44
9	Vasco da Gama	28	14	14	2099	2182	−83	42
10	Campo Mourão	28	13	15	2140	2226	−86	41
11	Basquete Cearense	28	12	16	2116	2184	−68	40
12	Macaé	28	8	20	2117	2212	−95	36
13	Minas Tênis Clube	28	7	21	2146	2332	−186	35
14	Liga Sorocabana	28	6	22	1921	2159	−238	34	Relegation to Liga Ouro
15	Caxias do Sul	28	5	23	2022	2269	−247	33	Relegation to Liga Ouro

Source: LNB – NBB

Regular season games

November 5, 2016	Bauru Basket	97–1000OT	Flamengo	Ginásio Panela de Pressão, Bauru
14:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 16–19, 25–30, 18–15, Overtime: 21–24
Band, SporTV	Pts: Alex 30 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 9 Asts: Alex, Meindl, Gegê 5	Box Score	Pts: Batista 29 Rebs: Olivinha 16 Asts: Ramón 7	Referees: Fernando Serpa, Marcos Antônio Ferreira, Gustavo Mathias

November 8, 2016	Franca	84–85	Flamengo	Pedrocão, Franca
19:30 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–18, 23–24, 31–22
SporTV	Pts: Pedro 19 Rebs: Cipolini 6 Asts: Alexey 4	Box Score	Pts: Marcelinho 25 Rebs: Olivinha 9 Asts: Ramón 6	Referees: Marcos Benito, Maria Claudia Comodaro, Gregorio Lelis

November 17, 2016	Flamengo	96–88	Pinheiros	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
21:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 21–10, 16–24, 31–30
	Pts: Marcelinho 22 Rebs: Olivinha 12 Asts: Marquinhos 4	Box Score	Pts: Holloway 22 Rebs: Holloway 7 Asts: Holloway 5	Attendance: 462 Referees: Jonas Pereira, Leandro Sehnen, Ramiro Inchauspe

November 24, 2016	Campo Mourão	69–90	Flamengo	Ginásio Belin Carolo, Campo Mourão
20:15 UTC−03:00
	Pts: Betinho 20 Rebs: Cauê 8 Asts: Betinho 5	Box Score	Pts: Marcelinho 30 Rebs: Olivinha 14 Asts: Ricardo Fischer 8	Attendance: 3.560 Referees: Marcos Benito, Diego Chiconato, Cauan Santos

December 1, 2016	Flamengo	81–74	Liga Sorocabana	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
20:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 21–14, 20–19, 21–22
	Pts: J.P. Batista 22 Rebs: Olivinha 8 Asts: Marcelinho Machado 6	Box Score	Pts: Ted 18 Rebs: Ted 9 Asts: Cafferata 5	Referees: Jonas Pereira, Leandro Sehnen, Ramiro Inchauspe

December 3, 2016	Flamengo	81–72	Paulistano	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
14:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 16–13, 25–24, 20–22
Band	Pts: Marquinhos 19 Rebs: Olivinha 14 Asts: Ricardo Fischer 6	Box Score	Pts: Mogi 17 Rebs: Georginho 9 Asts: Georginho 8

December 10, 2016	Flamengo	85–66	Macaé	Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro
18:00 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 14–20, 27–23, 22–10
Facebook Live	Pts: Marquinhos 23 Rebs: Olivinha 8 Asts: Ricardo Fischer 5	Box Score	Pts: Simmons 17 Rebs: Simmons 8 Asts: Thiaguinho 4	Referees: Jonas Pereira, Davi de Souza, Vinicius da Silva

December 14, 2016	Caxias do Sul	80–104	Flamengo	Ginásio Vasco da Gama, Caxias do Sul
20:05 UTC−03:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 17–20, 22–34, 20–27
	Pts: Arthur 21 Rebs: Stabile 6 Asts: Fred 3	Score	Pts: Marquinhos 26 Rebs: Olivinha 10 Asts: Ronald Ramon 6	Referees: Marcos Ferreira, Fabiano Huber, Fabiola Carraro

FIBA Americas League

Preliminary round

Season records

Competition	Regular season				Playoffs				Totals
Competition	G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT
Rio de Janeiro State Championship	6	5	1	.833	5	4	1	.800	11	9	2	.818
NBB	28	21	7	.750	4	2	2	.500	32	23	9	.719
Totals	34	26	8	.765	9	6	3	.667	43	32	11	.744

Player statistics

NBB regular season

References

^ "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Agora é Mengão!". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Agora é Mengão!". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "Flamengo acerta com Hakeem Rollins". flamengo.com.br. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
^ "Rafael Luz e Jason Robinson não seguem no Flamengo". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Rafael Luz e Jason Robinson não seguem no Flamengo". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Novo caminho". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Carta Aberta a Jerome Meyinsse". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Danielzinho deixa o Flamengo e vai defender o Minas na próxima temporada". odia.ig.com.br. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

External links

Official club website (in Portuguese)
Flamengo Team Profile at New Basket Brazil (in Portuguese)
Flamengo Team Profile at Latinbasket.com (in English)

[1] "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[2] "Agora é Mengão!". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[3] "Agora é Mengão!". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[4] "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[5] "Orgulho da Nação fecha com novos reforços para NBB e LDB". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

[6] "Flamengo acerta com Hakeem Rollins". flamengo.com.br. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-03-24.

[7] "Rafael Luz e Jason Robinson não seguem no Flamengo". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[8] "Rafael Luz e Jason Robinson não seguem no Flamengo". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[9] "Novo caminho". lnb.com.br. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[10] "Carta Aberta a Jerome Meyinsse". flamengo.com.br. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[11] "Danielzinho deixa o Flamengo e vai defender o Minas na próxima temporada". odia.ig.com.br. 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

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