2020–21 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

The 2020–21 season is Reggio Emilia's 47th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Reggiana

2020-21 season
Owner	Stefano Landi Veronica Bartoli Enrico San Pietro Graziano Sassi Andrea Baroni
President	Maria Licia Ferrarini
Head coach	Antimo Martino
Arena	PalaBigi
LBA	Regular season
Europe Cup	Round of 16
Italian Cup	Quarter finals
Supercup	Group stage (2nd)

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Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: UNAHOTELS

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Players

Current roster

UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 2 Sutton, Dominique 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 34 – 20 October 1986 SG 3 Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – 13 April 1988 SF 5 Bostic, Josh 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 33 – 12 May 1987 PG 7 Candi, Leonardo (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – 30 March 1997 PF 8 Baldi Rossi, Filippo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – 26 October 1991 G 9 Porfilio, Carlo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – 9 April 2001 PG 11 Taylor, Brandon 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 26 – 1 August 1994 G 14 Giannini, Marco 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – 31 August 2001 C 15 Elegar, Frank 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 34 – 3 December 1986 C 16 Cham, Ibrahima 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 17 – 15 September 2003 PF 23 Johnson, Justin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 24 – 23 May 1996 G 32 Bonacini, Federico 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 22 – 23 January 1999 PF 35 Diouf, Mouhamet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 19 – 10 September 2001 SG 77 Kyzlink, Tomáš 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – 18 June 1993	Head coach Antimo Martino Assistant coach(es) Federico Fucà Alessandro Lotesoriere Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 15 January 2021

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	Frank Elegar	Mouhamet Diouf	Ibrahima Cham
PF	Justin Johnson	Filippo Baldi Rossi
SF	Josh Bostic	Dominique Sutton	Carlo Porfilio
SG	Tomáš Kyzlink	Petteri Koponen	Marco Giannini
PG	Brandon Taylor	Leonardo Candi	Federico Bonacini

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
77	SG		Tomáš Kyzlink	27	Virtus Roma		2 years (opt. out 2021)	June 2022	Free	26 June 2020	[1]
32	G		Federico Bonacini	21	Pallacanestro Trapani		return from loan		Free	1 July 2020
11	F		Brandon Taylor	25	Le Mans Sarthe		1 year	June 2021	Free	10 July 2020	[2]
8	PF		Filippo Baldi Rossi	28	Virtus Bologna		2 years	June 2022	Undisclosed	16 July 2020	[3]
45	G		Jānis Blūms	38	VEF Rīga		1 year	June 2021	Free	28 July 2020	[4]
5	SF		Josh Bostic	33	Arka Gdynia		1 year	June 2021	Free	4 August 2020	[5]
15	C		Frank Elegar	34	Unicaja Málaga		1 year	June 2021	Free	14 August 2020	[6]
23	PF		Justin Johnson	24	Pistoia Basket 2000		1 year	June 2021	Free	19 August 2020	[7]
14	G		Marco Giannini	19	Polisportiva Arena Montecchio (double subscription from youth team)		1 year	June 2021	Free	19 August 2020	[8]
2	SF		Dominique Sutton^[Note IN]	34	Al-Ahli		end of the season	June 2021	Undisclosed	8 January 2021	[9]
3	SG		Petteri Koponen^[Note IN]	32	Bayern Munich		end of the season	June 2021	Free	14 January 2021	[10]

1. ^
   In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
9	G/F		Dávid Vojvoda	29	Alba Fehérvár		exit option	Free	21 April 2020	[11]
30	PF		Reggie Upshaw	25	Maccabi Haifa		exit option	Free	27 May 2020	[12]
22	C		Josh Owens	31	Bahçeşehir		end of contract	Free	30 June 2020	[13]
2	PG		Will Cherry	29	Free agent		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020
3	SF		Simone Fontecchio	24	Alba Berlin		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[14]
15	PG		Jacopo Soviero	19	Bologna Basket 2016		loan contract	Undisclosed	17 July 2020	[15][16]
1	G		Darius Johnson-Odom	31	Orléans Loiret Basket		exit option	Free	21 July 2020	[17]
33	G		Alessandro Cipolla	20	Stella Azzurra Roma		loan contract	Undisclosed	22 July 2020	[18][19]
8	PG		Giuseppe Poeta	34	Vanoli Cremona		transfer	Undisclosed	5 August 2020	[20][21]
45	G		Jānis Blūms^[Note OUT]	38	Free agent		mutual consent	Undisclosed	9 December 2020	[22]

1. ^
   Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
7	PG		Leonardo Candi	23	Fortitudo Bologna		5 year	June 2021	Free	22 June 2017	[23]
35	PF		Mouhamet Diouf	19	youth team			June 2023	Youth system	September 2019
9	SG		Carlo Porfilio	19	youth team				Youth system	6 March 2020	[24]

From youth team

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Transfer fee	Date
9	G		Carlo Porfilio	19	Youth system	September 2020
16	C		Ibrahima Cham	17	Youth system	September 2020
32	G		Federico Bonacini	21	Youth system	September 2020

Coach

Coach Maurizio Buscaglia was replaced by Antimo Martino but his contract was valid until he was called by Brescia for the role of head coach.[25]

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Antimo Martino	41	Fortitudo Bologna		2 + 1	2023 (opt. out 2022)	28 May 2020[26]		Maurizio Buscaglia	27 May 2020[27]	mutual consent

Competitions

Supercup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	6	5	1	490	428	+62	Advance to Final Four
2	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	6	3	3	479	477	+2
3	Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna	6	3	3	506	496	+10
4	Vanoli Cremona	6	1	5	408	482	−74

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
7	De' Longhi Treviso	17	8	9	1434	1510	−76	Qualification to Playoffs
8	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	17	8	9	1412	1412	0
9	UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	17	7	10	1295	1361	−66
10	Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna	15	6	9	1185	1222	−37
11	Germani Basket Brescia	16	6	10	1308	1362	−54

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: LBA

Fiba Europe Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraklis	3	3	0	251	225	+26	6	Advance to round of 16
2	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	3	2	1	232	226	+6	5
3	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	3	1	2	227	215	+12	4
4	Egis Körmend	3	0	3	221	265	−44	3

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

References

1. "Tomáš Kyzlink è il primo acquisto biancorosso" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 26 June 2020.
2. "Ingaggiato Brandon Taylor, è lui il nuovo play" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 10 July 2020.
3. "Filippo Baldi Rossi è biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 16 July 2020.
4. "Unahotels, Ecco Janis Blums" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 28 July 2020.
5. "UNAHOTELS, ingaggiato Josh Bostic" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 4 August 2020.
6. "La UNAHOTELS ha il suo big man: ingaggiato Frank Elegar" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 14 August 2020.
7. "UNAHOTELS, firmato Justin Johnson" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 19 August 2020.
8. "Primo contratto professionistico per Marco Giannini" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 4 September 2020.
9. "UNAHOTELS, ecco Dominique Sutton" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 8 January 2021.
10. "Petteri Koponen è biancorosso!" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 14 January 2021.
11. "Vojvoda nálunk folytatja" (in Hungarian). albakosar.hu. 21 April 2020.
12. "הפורוורד רג'י אפשואו מצטרף לירוקים עד לתום העונה" (in Hebrew). mhbasket.co.il. 27 May 2020.
13. @BKBasketbol (30 June 2020). "Bu sezon pota altımız ona emanet!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "Italienischer Nationalspieler Simone Fontecchio erhält Dreijahresvertrag" (in Italian). albaberlin.de. 7 July 2020.
15. "Soviero estende e va in prestito al Bologna Basket 2016" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 17 July 2020.
16. "Dalla Pallacanestro Reggiana al Bologna Basket 2016: ecco la promessa Jacopo Soviero" (in Italian). bolognabasket2016.it. 17 July 2020.
17. "Darius JOHNSON-ODOM" (in French). orleansloiretbasket.fr. 21 July 2020.
18. "Alessandro Cipolla ceduto in prestito alla Stella Azzurra" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 22 July 2020.
19. "Alessandro Cipolla è un nuovo giocatore della Stella" (in Italian). stellazzurra.it. 22 July 2020.
20. "Risolto il contratto con Giuseppe Poeta" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 5 August 2020.
21. "Giuseppe Poeta è un giocatore della Vanoli Cremona" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 5 August 2020.
22. "Risoluzione consensuale con Janis Blums" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 12 December 2020.
23. "Firmato Leonardo Candi con un accordo quinquennale" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 22 June 2017.
24. "Primo contratto professionistico per Carlo Porfilio" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 6 March 2020.
25. "Risolto il contratto di Maurizio Buscaglia" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 1 December 2020.
26. "Antimo Martino è il nuovo coach" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 28 May 2020.
27. "Maurizio Buscaglia sollevato dall'incarico di capo allenatore" (in Italian). pallacanestroreggiana.it. 27 May 2020.