# 2021–22 Donar (basketball club) season

The 2021–22 Donar season was the 50th season in the existence of the club. The club played its first season in the BNXT League, a newly established league which combines the Belgian and Dutch national leagues.

## Overview

This was the first season under newly hired head coach Matthew Otten, who came over from Yoast United. Otten returned to Donar after playing a on the championship team in 2010. Along with Otten, star point guard Austin Luke came over from United. Additionally, Donar recruited five new foreign players. The team managed to qualify for the regular season after it finished in second place in the qualifying tournament hosted at MartiniPlaza. In the regular season, Donar failed to advance after taking big losses against London Lions and Medi Bayreuth.
In the BNXT League season, Donar stumbled in the first quarter of the season with an opening day loss against Aris Leeuwarden. In early November, two new foreign players were signed in Donte Thomas and Jimmy Gavin. Donar ended the year 2021 with two losses against ZZ Leiden and Yoast United.
On 20 March 2022, Donar won its seventh national Basketball Cup after defeating Heroes Den Bosch in the final, which was played in the MartiniPlaza. In the national playoffs, Donar was swept 0-3 by Heroes. In the BNXT Play-offs, they reached the finals where they lost to ZZ Leiden over two games.

## 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 | Bench 3 |
| C | Thomas Koenis | Lotanna Nwogbo | | |
| PF | Amanze Egekeze | Willem Brandwijk | | Mark Roorda |
| SF | Donte Ingram | Donte Thomas | Kjeld Zuidema | |
| SG | Henry Caruso | Marquis Addison | | |
| PG | Austin Luke | Jimmy Gavin | Leon Williams | Sheyi Adetunji |

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Ends | Date |
| 1 | PG | Austin Luke | 26 | Yoast United | 2022 | 4 June 2020 |
| 2 | G/F | Donte Ingram | 24 | Nelson Giants | 2022 | 12 June 2020 |
| 34 | SG | Marquis Addison | 29 | CSU Sibiu | 2022 | 22 June 2020 |
| 12 | PF | Amanze Egekeze | 25 | BC Gries-Oberhoffen | 2022 | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 | PF | Mark Roorda | 18 | Donar U22 | 2022 | 26 July 2021 |
| 24 | C | Lotanna Nwogbo | 28 | Coruña | 2022 | 26 July 2021 |
| 9 | PG | Jimmy Gavin | 29 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 2022 | 12 November 2021 |
| 0 | PF | Donte Thomas | 25 | Alba Fehérvár | 2022 | 14 November 2021 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 9 | PF | Damjan Rudež | 34 | Retired | Retired | Mutual consent | 28 May 2021 |
| 1 | SF | Nesta Agasi | 20 | Yoast United | | End of contract | 26 June 2021 |
| 3 | PG | Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson | 29 | Bakken Bears | | End of contract | 10 July 2021 |
| 7 | SG | DaVonté Lacy | 28 | Patrioti Levice | | End of contract | 20 July 2021 |
| 22 | SG | Will Moreton | 23 | Albacete | | End of contract | 15 September 2021 |
| 24 | SG | Justin Watts | 31 | | | End of contract | |
| 33 | C | Juwann James | 34 | SAM Massagno | | End of contract | 23 September 2021 |

## BNXT League
### Domestic Phase
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Heroes Den Bosch | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1764 | 1399 | +365 | 38 | Advance to Elite Gold |
| 2 | ZZ Leiden | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1749 | 1331 | +418 | 37 | Advance to Elite Gold |
| 3 | Donar | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1510 | 1271 | +239 | 34 | Advance to Elite Gold |
| 4 | Landstede Hammers | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1612 | 1433 | +179 | 34 | Advance to Elite Gold |
| 5 | Feyenoord | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1549 | 1564 | −15 | 30 | Advance to Elite Gold |

#### Results

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, games had to be played behind closed doors from 12 November. Multiple games were rescheduled to later dates.

### Elite Gold
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Heroes Den Bosch | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2423 | 2132 | +291 | 31 | Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (NL) |
| 6 | Antwerp Giants | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2393 | 2204 | +189 | 31 | Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE) |
| 7 | Donar | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2206 | 2025 | +181 | 30 | Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL) |
| 8 | Mons-Hainaut | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2200 | 2170 | +30 | 30 | Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE) |
| 9 | Landstede Hammers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2228 | 2230 | −2 | 25 | Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL) |

#### Results
### BNXT Playoffs
#### Third Round
#### Finals
## Basketball Cup

On 20 March 2022, Donar won its seventh Dutch Basketball Cup title, tying the record held by Heroes Den Bosch for cup most titles.

### Final
## FIBA Europe Cup
### Qualification tournament

Donar played in the qualification tournament for the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup, and was also awarded to host the tournament. Donar lost the final of the qualification to Benfica, but advanced as a Lucky Loser.

#### Qualification final
### Regular season

Donar was drawn into Group A of the regular season, where it faced three opponents which it never faced before.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Medi Bayreuth | 6 | 5 | 1 | 516 | 443 | +73 | 11 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | London Lions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 501 | 444 | +57 | 11 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Donar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 426 | 463 | −37 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 6 | 0 | 6 | 432 | 525 | −93 | 6 | |

## Statistics

Source:

### BNXT League

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Marquis Addison | 42 | 25.0 | .456 | .380 | .747 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 12.3 |
| Henry Caruso | 32 | 23.3 | .500 | .347 | .683 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 10.3 |
| Lotanna Nwogbo | 27 | 17.1 | .520 | .000 | .663 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 10.3 |
| Donte Ingram | 39 | 20.9 | .452 | .289 | .712 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.2 |
| Jimmy Gavin | 34 | 19.5 | .434 | .370 | .709 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| Amanze Egekeze | 42 | 21.3 | .526 | .355 | .813 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 8.6 |
| Austin Luke | 25 | 24.6 | .385 | .324 | .655 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| Leon Williams | 41 | 27.7 | .457 | .380 | .696 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| Donte Thomas | 34 | 20.6 | .491 | .273 | .543 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| Thomas Koenis | 30 | 19.3 | .601 | .385 | .605 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| Willem Brandwijk | 43 | 18.0 | .519 | .333 | .613 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.7 |
| Sheyi Adetunji | 17 | 9.1 | .239 | .219 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Kjeld Zuidema | 14 | 6.3 | .370 | .125 | .500 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Mark Roorda | 6 | 3.9 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |