2019–20 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

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.

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

Overview

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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.

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Players

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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

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

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (*) Left the team after the last match
  •   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

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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

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No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
10 F/C   Luca Infante 37 Eurobasket Roma   1 year June 2020 Free 20 June 2019 [4]
8 PG   Giuseppe Poeta 33 Auxilium Torino   2 years June 2021 Free 24 June 2019 [5]
5 C   Dererk Pardon 22 Northwestern Wildcats   1 year June 2020 Free 17 July 2019 [6]
3 SF   Simone Fontecchio 23 Olimpia Milano   1 year June 2020 Free 18 July 2019 [7]
9 G/F   Dávid Vojvoda 28 Szolnoki Olaj   2 years (exit 2020) June 2020 Free 19 July 2019 [8]
30 PF   Reggie Upshaw 24 Andorra   2 years (exit 2020) June 2020 Free 30 July 2019 [9]
33 G   Alessandro Cipolla 19 Aurora Desio   4 years June 2023 Free 31 July 2019 [10]
22 C   Josh Owens 30 Hapoel Jerusalem   1 year June 2020 Free 10 August 2019 [11]
99 PG     Gal Mekel 31 Zenit Saint Petersburg   2 years (opt-out 2020) June 2021 Free 15 August 2019 [12]
2 PG   Will Cherry 28 Olympiacos   end of season June 2020 Free 26 January 2020 [13]
No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
4 PG   Federico Mussini 23 V.L. Pesaro   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [14]
5 PG   Bryon Allen 27 Zadar   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [15]
6 G     Michael Dixon 28 Al Ittihad Alexandria   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [16]
8 G/F   Patrick Richard 29 Cluj   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [17]
9 PF   Pablo Aguilar 30 Iberostar Tenerife   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [18]
10 PF   Raphael Gaspardo 25 New Basket Brindisi   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [19]
12 F/C   Darel Poirier 21 Windy City Bulls   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [20]
14 C   Riccardo Cervi 28 Pallacanestro Varese   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [21]
16 C   Benjamin Ortner 36 Retired end of contract Free 1 July 2019
18 PG   Pedro Llompart 37 Lucentum Alicante   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [22]
19 SF   Niccolò De Vico 24 Vanoli Cremona   end of contract Free 1 July 2019 [23]
10 F/C   Luca Infante 37 Pallacanestro Mantovana   transfer Undisclosed 28 January 2020 [24][25]
5 C   Dererk Pardon 23 Free agent mutual consent Free 3 March 2020 [26]
99 PG     Gal Mekel 32 Unicaj Málaga   transfer Undisclosed 5 March 2020 [27][28]

Out on loan

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

Confirmed

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

From youth team

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

Coach

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

Competitions

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Serie A

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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

References

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