2020–21 Donar (basketball club) season

Donar
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jannes Stokroos
Head coach	Ivan Rudež; (August 2020–April 2021); Pete Miller; (April 2021–present)
Arena	MartiniPlaza
Dutch Basketball League	Semifinalists; (lost to Heroes Den Bosch)
DBL Cup	Quarterfinalist; (lost to Yoast United)
FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
	← 2019–20 2021-22 →

The 2020–21 Donar season was the 49th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and Basketball Cup. It was the first season under head coach Ivan Rudež who was fired in April 2021 after disappointing results. He was replaced by Pete Miller. The season ended in more disappointment for Donar, as the team was eliminated early in the 2021 DBL Cup by Yoast United, and later in the playoffs semifinals by Heroes Den Bosch. This season was the first time since 2013 that Donar did not play in the DBL Finals.

Summary

The 2019–20 season was abandoned early in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donar had qualified for the Cup Final and was second in the DBL standings at the time. The DBL announced that the final against Aris Leeuwarden will be played later in the year 2020.

On 14 April 2020, Donar announced head coach Erik Braal's contract would not be extended in mutual consent. Braal won the most trophies in club history, with seven in total.^[1] On 17 April 2020, Ivan Rudež signed a three-year contract with Donar in the Netherlands.^[2]

Players

Squad information

Donar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	1	Agasi, Nesta	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		24 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000
PG	3	Ogungbemi-Jackson, Jarred	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	33 – (1991-08-11)11 August 1991
PG	5	Williams, Leon	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	33 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G	6	Adetunji, Sheyi	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		25 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
SG	7	Lacy, DaVonté	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	31 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993
F	9	Rudež, Damjan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	38 – (1986-06-17)17 June 1986
C	14	Koenis, Thomas (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	34 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
PF/C	19	Brandwijk, Willem	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	29 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995
G/F	21	Caruso, Henry	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	29 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995
SG	22	Moreton, Will	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	26 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
G/F	24	Watts, Justin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	34 – (1990-07-01)1 July 1990
F	32	Zuidema, Kjeld	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		23 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
C	33	James, Juwann	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	37 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987

Head coach

Pete Miller

Assistant coach(es)

Jan Stalman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 11 January 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 1	Bench 2
C	Thomas Koenis	Juwann James
PF	Damjan Rudež	Willem Brandwijk	Nesta Agasi
SF	Henry Caruso	Will Moreton	Kjeld Zuidema
SG	DaVonté Lacy	Justin Watts
PG	Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	Leon Williams	Sheyi Adetunji

Players with multiple nationalities

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
1	F	Nesta Agasi	19	Donar U21	Free	2021	22 June 2020	^[3]
3	PG	Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	28	Kataja	Free	2021	5 May 2020	^[4]
7	SF	DaVonté Lacy	27	USC Heidelberg	Free	2021	2 May 2020	^[5]
19	PF	Willem Brandwijk	24	Feyenoord	Free	2022	7 July 2020	^[6]
22	G/F	Will Moreton	22	Stonehill Skyhawks	Free	2021	22 June 2020	^[7]
32	F	Kjeld Zuidema	18	Donar U21	Free	2021	19 June 2020	^[8]
24	G/F	Justin Watts	30	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	Free	2021	15 July 2020	^[9]
33	G/F	Juwann James	33	Fribourg Olympic	Free	2021	16 July 2020	^[10]
21	SF	Henry Caruso	25	Heroes Den Bosch	Free	2021	23 August 2020	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
9	SG	Jef de Vries	20	BAL	End of contract	19 June 2020	^[12]
1	PF	Donte Thomas	24	Cantù	End of contract	22 June 2020	^[13]
11	G/F	Shane Hammink	25	Spirou Charleroi	Mutual consent	4 July 2020	^[14]
42	SG	Vernon Taylor	33	Union Neuchâtel	End of contract	6 July 2020	^[15]
7	G/F	Yoeri Hoexum	21	Apollo Amsterdam	End of contract	17 September 2020	^[16]
8	SF	Jason Dourisseau	36		End of contract
24	C	Andrew Smith	27	Science City Jena	End of contract	9 September 2020	^[17]
11	PG	Carrington Love	26	ZZ Leiden	End of contract	23 October 2020	^[18]
33	C	Matt McCarthy	27	CSO Voluntari	End of contract	17 August 2020	^[19]
0	SG	Matt Williams Jr.	26		End of contract
28	F	Jeffrey Sedoc	22		End of contract

Preseason

Win Loss

22 August 2020 1	Donar	74–72	Bakken Bears	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 200

23 August 2020 2	Donar	75–71	Bakken Bears	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza

8 September 2020 3	Donar	61–48	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 200

9 September 2020 4	Donar	66–71	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 0

29 September 2020 5	Donar	Cancelled	Eisbären Bremerhaven	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza

29 December 2020 6	Donar	94–64	Den Helder Suns	Groningen

	Pts: Ogungbemi-Jackson 21		Pts: Brace 18	Arena: MartiniPlaza

Basketball Champions League

Qualifying round

22 September 2020 Semi-final	Dnipro	53–88	Donar	Nicosia
	Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 27–10, 14–16, 21–11
	Pts: Lacy 19 Rebs: Caruso 6 Asts: Rudež, Ogungbemi-Jackson 5 PIR: Rudež 20	Boxscore	Pts: Shundel & Zakurdaiev 13 Rebs: Fesenko & Bondarchuk 9 Asts: Tymofeyenko 4 PIR: Bondarchuk, Zakurdaeiv 13	Arena: Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance: 0

24 September 2020 Final	Keravnos	60–57	Donar	Nicosia
	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 11–16, 17–17, 11–6
	Pts: Rozzell 20 Rebs: Hunt 10 Asts: Rorie 3 PIR: Hunt 14	Boxscore	Pts: Ogungbemi-Jackson 15 Rebs: James 7 Asts: James 3 PIR: James 15	Arena: Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance: 0

FIBA Europe Cup

Donar was placed in Group F of the regular season of the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup. The tournament was played in a bubble and was co-hosted by Donar and Heroes Den Bosch in the Maaspoort in Den Bosch.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Parma	2	2	0	178	144	+34	4	Advance to round of 16
2	Heroes Den Bosch (H)	2	1	1	162	183	−21	3	Advance to round of 16
3	Donar	2	0	2	179	192	−13	2
4	Borisfen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn^[20]

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

26 January 2021 1	Heroes Den Bosch	99–98	Donar	's-Hertogenbosch
	Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–23, 20–23, 11–10
	Pts: Van der Mars 30 Rebs: Mayfield 10 Asts: Payne 6 PIR: Van der Mars 38	Boxscore	Pts: Ogungbemi-Jackson Rebs: Moreton 6 Asts: Ogungbemi-Jackson 6 PIR: Rudež 27	Arena: Maaspoort Attendance: 0

28 January 2021 2	Donar	81–93	Parma	's-Hertogenbosch
	Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–27, 20–21, 20–19
	Pts: Ogungbemi-Jackson 25 Rebs: Moreton 6 Asts: Lacy 7 PIR: Ogungbemi-Jackson 23	Boxscore	Pts: Savović 23 Rebs: Savović 6 Asts: Williams 6 PIR: Mejeris 22	Arena: Maaspoort Attendance: 0

Dutch Basketball League

Standings

Regular season

3 October 2020 1	Donar	124–64	Almere Sailors	Groningen
19:30
	Pts: Brandwijk 27 Rebs: Brandwijk 11 Asts: Williams 6 Eff: Brandwijk 34	Boxscore	Pts: Lombardi 13 Rebs: Lombardi, Hersisia 3 Asts: van de Weijenberg, Lombardi 2 Eff: Osepa 14	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Source:^[21]

Dutch Basketball League

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	26	28.8	.506	.496	.872	5.0	3.6	0.9	0.2	17.7
DaVonté Lacy	26	24.0	.421	.337	.784	2.5	2.3	1.1	0.1	11.3
Juwann James	20	20.4	.681	.000	.465	3.3	2.0	0.7	0.4	8.9
Leon Williams	25	25.4	.472	.424	.812	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.0	8.8
Henry Caruso	25	21.7	.493	.429	.750	5.7	1.5	0.8	0.0	8.3
Damjan Rudez	25	24.7	.348	.280	.765	3.8	2.8	0.7	0.1	8.0
Justin Watts	19	17.2	.415	.319	.591	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	7.7
Will Moreton	24	17.7	.440	.365	.781	2.7	0.9	1.2	0.2	7.5
Thomas Koenis	15	19.0	.500	.267	.524	5.3	1.1	0.8	0.3	7.1
Willem Brandwijk	24	19.6	.560	.200	.433	5.5	0.7	0.6	0.4	6.6
Sheyi Adetunji	5	4.6	.500	.286	.667	0.0	0.6	1.2	0.0	3.2
Nesta Agasi	11	6.9	.579	.000	.231	2.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	2.3
Kjeld Zuidema	8	5.5	.400	.143	1.000	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.8

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	DBL All-Star Team	29 April	^[22]

References

^ "Donar en Braal gaan uit elkaar". Basketball League. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Nesta Agasi tekent contract bij Donar". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Guard Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson naar Donar". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Donar heeft Davonte Lacy vastgelegd". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Willem Brandwijk naar Donar". Donar.nl. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Donar contracteert Will Moreton". Donar.nl. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Donar contracteert Kjeld Zuidema". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Donar signs Justin Watts". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ "Juwann James signs with Donar". Sportando. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "Henry Caruso naar Donar!".
^ "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.
^ "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "Union Neuchâtel engage l'Américain Vernon Taylor". ArcInfo.
^ "Yoeri Hoexum maakt overstap naar Apollo".
^ "Center Andrew Smith verstärkt die lange Garde von Science City Jena".
^ "Carrington Love terug bij ZZ Leiden".
^ Micinic, Adrian (August 17, 2020). "Matt McCarthy se alătură lui CSO Voluntari". United Hoops (in Romanian). Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "BC Borisfen will not take part in FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season". FIBA. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Donar Groningen Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

Donar website

[1] "Donar en Braal gaan uit elkaar". Basketball League. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[2] "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[3] "Nesta Agasi tekent contract bij Donar". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[4] "Guard Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson naar Donar". Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[5] "Donar heeft Davonte Lacy vastgelegd". Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[6] "Willem Brandwijk naar Donar". Donar.nl. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[7] "Donar contracteert Will Moreton". Donar.nl. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[8] "Donar contracteert Kjeld Zuidema". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[9] "Donar signs Justin Watts". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[10] "Juwann James signs with Donar". Sportando. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[11] "Henry Caruso naar Donar!".

[12] "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[13] "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.

[14] "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[15] "Union Neuchâtel engage l'Américain Vernon Taylor". ArcInfo.

[16] "Yoeri Hoexum maakt overstap naar Apollo".

[17] "Center Andrew Smith verstärkt die lange Garde von Science City Jena".

[18] "Carrington Love terug bij ZZ Leiden".

[19] Micinic, Adrian (August 17, 2020). "Matt McCarthy se alătură lui CSO Voluntari". United Hoops (in Romanian). Retrieved October 1, 2020.

[20] "BC Borisfen will not take part in FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season". FIBA. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[21] "Donar Groningen Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[22] "Historische mega-prijzenoogst voor Nzekwesi". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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