# 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.

## Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: UNAHOTELS
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## Players
### Current roster

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 | Frank Elegar | Mouhamet Diouf | Ibrahima Cham |
| PF | Justin Johnson | Filippo Baldi Rossi | |
| SF | Tomáš Kyzlink | Carlo Porfilio | |
| SG | Brynton Lemar | Petteri Koponen | Marco Giannini |
| PG | Brandon Taylor | Leonardo Candi | Federico Bonacini |
6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 77 | SG | Tomáš Kyzlink | 27 | Virtus Roma | 2 years (opt. out 2021) | June 2022 | Free | 26 June 2020 |
| 32 | G | Federico Bonacini | 21 | Pallacanestro Trapani | Eeturn from loan | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 11 | F | Brandon Taylor | 25 | Le Mans Sarthe | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 10 July 2020 |
| 8 | PF | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 28 | Virtus Bologna | 2 years | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 16 July 2020 |
| 45 | G | Jānis Blūms | 38 | VEF Rīga | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 28 July 2020 |
| 5 | SF | Josh Bostic | 33 | Arka Gdynia | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 4 August 2020 |
| 15 | C | Frank Elegar | 34 | Unicaja Málaga | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 14 August 2020 |
| 23 | PF | Justin Johnson | 24 | Pistoia Basket 2000 | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 19 August 2020 |
| 14 | G | Marco Giannini | 19 | Polisportiva Arena Montecchio (double subscription from youth team) | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 19 August 2020 |
| 2 | SF | Dominique Sutton | 34 | Al-Ahli | End of the season | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 8 January 2021 |
| 3 | SG | Petteri Koponen | 32 | Bayern Munich | End of the season | June 2021 | Free | 14 January 2021 |
| 21 | C | Henry Sims | 30 | Incheon Electroland Elephants | End of the season | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 14 February 2021 |
| 0 | SG | Brynton Lemar | 26 | Gaziantep | End of the season | June 2021 | Undisclosed | 14 February 2021 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 9 | G/F | Dávid Vojvoda | 29 | Alba Fehérvár | | Exit option | Free | 21 April 2020 |
| 30 | PF | Reggie Upshaw | 25 | Maccabi Haifa | | Exit option | Free | 27 May 2020 |
| 22 | C | Josh Owens | 31 | Bahçeşehir | | End of contract | Free | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 | PG | Will Cherry | 29 | Free agent | Free agent | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 3 | SF | Simone Fontecchio | 24 | Alba Berlin | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 15 | PG | Jacopo Soviero | 19 | Bologna Basket 2016 | | Loan contract | Undisclosed | 17 July 2020 |
| 1 | G | Darius Johnson-Odom | 35 | Orléans Loiret Basket | | Exit option | Free | 21 July 2020 |
| 33 | G | Alessandro Cipolla | 20 | Stella Azzurra Roma | | Loan contract | Undisclosed | 22 July 2020 |
| 8 | PG | Giuseppe Poeta | 34 | Vanoli Cremona | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 5 August 2020 |
| 45 | G | Jānis Blūms | 38 | Retired | Retired | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 9 December 2020 |
| 5 | SF | Josh Bostic | 33 | Happy Casa Brindisi | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 22 February 2021 |
| 2 | SF | Dominique Sutton | 34 | Al-Ahli | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 26 February 2021 |
| 21 | C | Henry Sims | 31 | Free agent | Free agent | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 30 April 2021 |
* ^ Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 7 | PG | Leonardo Candi | 23 | Fortitudo Bologna | | 5 year | June 2022 | Free | 22 June 2017 |
| 35 | PF | Mouhamet Diouf | 18 | youth team | youth team | | June 2023 | Youth system | September 2019 |
| 9 | SG | Carlo Porfilio | 19 | youth team | youth team | | | Youth system | 6 March 2020 |

#### From youth team

| No. | Pos. | 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.
| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Attilio Caja | 59 | Pallacanestro Varese | | End of the season + 1 year | June 2022 | 16 March 2021 | | Antimo Martino | 15 March 2021 | Sacked |
| | Antimo Martino | 41 | Fortitudo Bologna | | 2 + 1 | June 2023 (opt. out 2022) | 28 May 2020 | | Maurizio Buscaglia | 27 May 2020 | Mutual consent |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### Italian Cup

Reggio Emilia qualified to the 2021 Italian Basketball Cup by ending the first half of the LBA season in the 8th position. They played the quarterfinal against the first ranking AX Armani Exchange Milan.

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 9 | Germani Basket Brescia | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2299 | 2389 | −90 |
| 10 | Vanoli Cremona | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2370 | 2395 | −25 |
| 11 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2122 | 2261 | −139 |
| 12 | Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2179 | 2291 | −112 |
| 13 | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2271 | 2364 | −93 |

### Fiba Europe Cup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 3 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 215 | +12 | 4 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 4 | Egis Körmend | 3 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 265 | −44 | 3 | |