# 2020–21 Vanoli Cremona season

The 2020–21 season is Vanoli Cremona's 22nd in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

## Overview

The 2019-20 season ended with no winners due to the coronavirus pandemic and economical issues started to arise in the club. President Aldo Vanoli called the community for help and, at the end, he found new investors and managed to submit the subscription to the 2020–21 LBA season.
Meanwhile, in this first period of uncertainty, almost all players, except of Topias Palmi, were released. With the hiring of Paolo Galbiati as head coach, Cremona started building the team from the start.
With coach Galbiati the team had a decent performance such that he was renewed until 2023.

## Kit

Supplier: Errea / Sponsor: Vanoli
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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 |
| C | Marcus Lee | Jarvis Williams |
| PF | Daulton Hommes | Andre Donda |
| SF | Fabio Mian | Jaylen Barford |
| SG | David Cournooh | Lazar Trunić |
| PG | T. J. Williams | Giuseppe Poeta |
5+5 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 9 | SG | Fabio Mian | 28 | Aquila Basket Trento | 1+1 years | June 2021 + 2022 | Free | 4 August 2020 |
| 25 | G | David Cournooh | 30 | Virtus Bologna | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 4 August 2020 |
| 8 | PG | Giuseppe Poeta | 34 | Reggio Emilia | 1+1 years | June 2021 + 2022 | Undisclosed | 5 August 2020 |
| 6 | PF | Jarvis Williams | 27 | ZZ Leiden | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 7 August 2020 |
| 4 | SG | Lazar Trunić | 19 | Cremona Sansebasket | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 8 August 2020 |
| 73 | C | Andrea Donda | 20 | Orlandina Basket | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 8 August 2020 |
| 24 | F/C | Marcus Lee | 25 | Sioux Falls Skyforce | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 9 August 2020 |
| 3 | PG | T. J. Williams | 25 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 10 August 2020 |
| 34 | SF | Daulton Hommes | 24 | Austin Spurs | 1 year | June 2021 | Free | 14 August 2020 |
| 0 | SG | Jaylen Barford | 24 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | End of the season | June 2021 | Free | 8 January 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 |
| 21 | G/F | Niccolò De Vico | 25 | Pallacanestro Varese | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 11 June 2020 |
| 23 | G/F | Vojislav Stojanović | 23 | Fortitudo Bologna | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 13 June 2020 |
| 13 | C | Josip Sobin | 30 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | | End of contract | Free | 21 June 2020 |
| 10 | PG | Michele Ruzzier | 27 | Pallacanestro Varese | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 23 June 2020 |
| 45 | F | Nicola Akele | 22 | Universo Treviso Basket | | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 26 June 2020 |
| 1 | SG | Wesley Saunders | 27 | Monaco Basket | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 2 | SG | Jordan Mathews | 26 | Enisey | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 5 | PG | Giacomo Sanguinetti | 30 | N.P.C. Rieti | | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 7 | PG | Travis Diener | 38 | Free agent | Free agent | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 22 | F/C | Ethan Happ | 24 | Fortitudo Bologna | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 10 July 2020 |
| 31 | SG | Topias Palmi | 26 | Free agent | Free agent | Mutual consent | Undisclosed | 12 April 2021 |
* ^ Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| 31 | SG | | Topias Palmi | 25 | Kataja | | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 27 June 2019 | |

#### Coach

Coach Galbiati was extended at the end of January until 2023.
| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| | Paolo Galbiati | 36 | | Pallacanestro Biella | 1+1 + 2 years | June 2023 | 30 July 2020 | | Romeo Sacchetti | 15 June 2017 | 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 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 8 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2191 | 2228 | −37 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 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 | |