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
President	Maria Licia Ferrarini
Head coach	Maurizio Buscaglia
Arena	PalaBigi
LBA	season cancelled (12th)

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] Reggio Emilia ended the championship in 12th position.

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: GrissinBon

Home

Away

Away

Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9th[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

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) 31 – 29 September 1989 PG 2 Cherry, Will 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – 8 February 1991 SF 3 Fontecchio, Simone 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – 12 September 1995 C 5 Pardon, Dererk (*) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 24 – 1 October 1996 PG 7 Candi, Leonardo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – 30 March 1997 PG 8 Poeta, Giuseppe (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 35 – 12 September 1985 G/F 9 Vojvoda, Dávid 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – 4 September 1990 PG 15 Soviero, Jacopo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – 12 January 2001 C 22 Owens, Josh 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – 7 December 1988 PF 30 Upshaw, Reggie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 25 – 7 April 1995 G 33 Cipolla, Alessandro 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 20 – 16 February 2000 PF 35 Diouf, Mouhamet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 19 – 10 September 2001 PG 99 Mekel, Gal (*) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – 4 March 1988	Head coach Maurizio Buscaglia Assistant coach(es) Federico Fucà Giuseppe Di Paolo Legend (C) Team captain (*) Left the team after the last match Injured Roster Updated: 5 March 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart

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)

In

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]

Out

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

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

Confirmed

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

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

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Maurizio Buscaglia	51	Aquila Basket Trento		3	2022	7 June 2019[34]		Stefano Pillastrini	19 May 2019[35]	mutual consent

Competitions

Serie A

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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22. "¡Bienvenido a casa, Pedro Llompart!". fundacionlucentum.com (in Spanish). Fundacion Lucentum. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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31. "Johnson-Odom resta in biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 25 July 2019.
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33. "Primo contratto professionistico per Carlo Porfilio" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 6 March 2020.
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