# 2020–21 Donar (basketball club) season

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. On 17 April 2020, Ivan Rudež signed a three-year contract with Donar in the Netherlands.

## Players
### Squad information

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 |

### Transactions
#### In

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

### Out

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

## Preseason

Win  Loss

## 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 | Teamvte | 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 |

## Statistics

Source:

### 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 | |