2019–20 Pistoia Basket season

The 2019–20 season is Pistoia Basket's 20th in existence and the club's 8th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Pistoia Basket 2000

2019-20 season
President	Roberto Maltinti
Head coach	Michele Carrea
Arena	PalaCarrara
LBA	season cancelled (15th)

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] Pistoia ended the championship in 15th position.

The management did not renew the participation to the Serie A for the season 2020-21[2] and the team was demoted to the Serie A2.[3]

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Oriora

Home

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Players

Current roster

Oriora Pistoia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Della Rosa, Gianluca (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 24 – 20 August 1996 G 3 Culpepper, Randy 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 31 – 16 May 1989 G/F 5 Petteway, Terran 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – 8 October 1992 PG 10 D'Ercole, Lorenzo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – 11 February 1988 C 12 Brandt, Angus 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 31 – 26 October 1989 SG 13 Salumu, Jean 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 30 – 26 July 1990 PF 15 Landi, Aristide 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 27 – 1 January 1994 C 16 Del Chiaro, Angelo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 19 – 2 March 2001 PF 23 Johnson, Justin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 24 – 23 May 1996 SF 24 Wheatle, Carl 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – 14 March 1998	Head coach Michele Carrea Assistant coach(es) Fabio Bongi Luca Angella Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 28, 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
C	Angus Brandt	Angelo Del Chiaro
PF	Justin Johnson	Aristide Landi
SF	Terran Petteway	Carl Wheatle
SG	Jean Salumu	Gianluca Della Rosa
PG	Randy Culpepper	Lorenzo D'Ercole

5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
24	SF		Carl Wheatle	21	Pallacanestro Biella		2 years	June 2021	Free	19 June 2019	[4]
15	PF		Aristide Landi	25	Virtus Roma		2 years	June 2021	Free	24 June 2019	[5]
23	PF		Justin Johnson	23	Dinamo Cagliari		1 year	June 2020	Free	12 July 2019	[6]
10	PG		Lorenzo D'Ercole	31	Scandone Avellino		1 year	June 2020	Free	15 July 2019	[7]
11	C		Andrea Quarisa	27	Scaligera Verona		2 years	June 2021	Free	18 July 2019	[8]
12	C		Angus Brandt	29	Hawke's Bay Hawks		1 year	June 2020	Free	20 July 2019	[9]
22	PG		Zabian Dowdell	34	Champagne Châlons-Reims		1 year	June 2020	Free	25 July 2019	[10]
5	G/F		Terran Petteway	26	Dinamo Sassari		1 year	June 2020	Free	28 July 2019	[11]
13	SG		Jean Salumu	29	Pallacanestro Varese		1 year	June 2020	Free	16 August 2019	[12]
3	G		Randy Culpepper	30	Prometey Kamianske		end of season	June 2020	Undisclosed	4 February 2020	[13]
16	C		Angelo Del Chiaro	18	Libertas Montale Basket		multi-year		Undisclosed	13 February 2020	[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
0	PG		Riccardo Bolpin	21	Latina Basket		return from loan to Venezia	Free	1 July 2019	[15]
00	PG		Tony Mitchell	29	Trotamundos de Carabobo		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[16]
4	SG		L. J. Peak	23	Pallacanestro Varese		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[17]
5	F/C		Ousman Krubally	31	ESSM Le Portel		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[18]
9	PF		Patrik Auda	29	Boulazac Basket Dordogne		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[19]
11	F/C		Marco Di Pizzo	20	Latina Basket		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[20]
16	C		Andrea Crosariol	34	Retired		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[21]
21	G/F		Blaž Mesiček	22	Mega Bemax		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[22]
23	G		Jake Odum	28	Retired		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
11	C		Andrea Quarisa	27	Aurora Basket Jesi		transfer	Undisclosed	3 February 2020	[23]
22	PG		Zabian Dowdell	35	Rasta Vechta		transfer	Undisclosed	28 February 2020	[24][25]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
2	PG		Gianluca Della Rosa	24	youth team		1 + 1 + 2 years	June 2021	Free	7 December 2017	[26][27][28]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Michele Carrea	37	Pallacanestro Biella (assistant)		2	2021	10 June 2019[29]		Paolo Moretti	12 May 2019[30]	end of contract

Competitions

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
13	De' Longhi Treviso	21	8	13	1620	1664	−44
14	Virtus Roma	21	7	14	1639	1787	−148
15	OriOra Pistoia	21	7	14	1559	1735	−176
16	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	21	6	15	1574	1690	−116
17	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	20	1	19	1583	1849	−266

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

References

1. "Emergenza COVID-19. La FIP dichiara conclusa la stagione 2019/2020 del Campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). fip.it. 7 April 2020.
2. "Comunicato ufficiale della società" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 15 June 2020.
3. "Le parole di Capecchi, Peluffo e Caso in conferenza stampa" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 17 June 2020.
4. "Carl Wheatle è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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6. "Justin Johnson è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
7. "Lorenzo D'Ercole è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 15 July 2019.
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10. "Zabian Dowdell è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
11. "Terran Petteway è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
12. "Jean Salumu è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
13. "Randy Culpepper è un nuovo giocatore dell'OriOra Pistoia!" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 4 February 2019.
14. "Angelo Del Chiaro è un nuovo giocatore della OriOra Pistoia" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 13 February 2019.
15. "Riccardo Bolpin in prestito a Pistoia" (in Italian). reyer.it. 27 June 2018.
16. @trotamundosbbc1 (13 June 2019). "Tony Mitchell es el nuevo tripulante del Expreso" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "L.J. PEAK NUOVA FIRMA PER LA PALLACANESTRO VARESE". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). Pallacanestro Varese. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
18. "Ousman Krubally engages with the ESSM". essm-basket.fr. ESSM Le Portel. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
19. "UN PIVOT EUROPEAN TOUCH AU BBD". boulazac-basket-dordogne.com (in French). Boulazac Basket Dordogne. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
20. "Benacquista, un giovane di talento per il team nerazzurro. Ecco Marco Di Pizzo". latinabasket.it (in Italian). Benacquista Assicurazioni Latina Basket. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
21. "Andrea Crosariol ha deciso di appendere le scarpette al chiodo: farà l'allenatore" (in Italian). basketuniverso.it. 6 August 2019.
22. "MEGA SE POJAČALA ZA NASTAVAK ABA LIGE, U BEOGRAD SLETEO BLAŽ MESIČEK" (in Italian). bcmegabasket.net. 17 October 2019.
23. "L'OriOra Pistoia saluta Andrea Quarisa". pistoiabasket2000.com (in Italian). Pistoia Basket 2000. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
24. "L'OriOra Pistoia saluta Zabian Dowdell" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com.
25. "REAKTION AUF YOUNG-VERLETZUNG: RASTA HOLT DOWDELL!" (in German). rasta-vechta.de.
26. "Tesserato Gianluca Della Rosa" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 7 December 2019.
27. "Rinnovato il contratto con Gianluca Della Rosa" (in Italian). 26 June 2018.
28. "Della Rosa e Martini rinnovano fino a giugno 2021" (in Italian). 5 March 2019.
29. "Il nuovo allenatore è Michele Carrea" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 10 June 2019.
30. "Moretti: "Squadra che ha sempre avuto problemi di chimica e ha perso competitività dopo gli infortuni"" (in Italian). pistoiabasket2000.com. 28 July 2019.