# 2021–22 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

The 2020–21 season is Reggio Emilia's 48th in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: UNAHOTELS

## 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 | Mikael Hopkins | Mouhamet Diouf | |
| PF | Justin Johnson | Filippo Baldi Rossi | |
| SF | Osvaldas Olisevičius | Artūrs Strautiņš | |
| SG | Stephen Thompson Jr. | Leonardo Candi | Federico Bonacini |
| PG | Andrea Cinciarini | Bryant Crawford | Tyler Larson |
(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

### Squad changes
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 12 | SF | Artūrs Strautiņš | 22 | Pallacanestro Varese | 1+1 years | June 2022 + 2023 | Free | 4 July 2021 |
| 31 | F | Osvaldas Olisevičius | 28 | Medi Bayreuth | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 10 July 2021 |
| 13 | PG | Bryant Crawford | 24 | Juventus Utena | 2 year | June 2023 (opt. 2022) | Free | 11 July 2021 |
| 1 | G | Stephen Thompson Jr. | 24 | Stella Azzurra Roma | 2 years (opt. 2022) | June 2023 | Free | 16 July 2021 |
| 5 | F/C | Mikael Hopkins | 28 | Cedevita Olimpija | 1 year | June 2022 | Free | 1 August 2021 |
| 20 | PG | Andrea Cinciarini | 35 | Olimpia Milano | 3 years | June 2024 | Undisclosed | 10 August 2021 |
| | G | Tyler Larson | 30 | VL Pesaro | 4 months | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 28 February 2022 |
* ^ In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 77 | SG | Tomáš Kyzlink | 27 | USK Praha | Exit option | Undisclosed | 25 May 2021 |
| 0 | SG | Brynton Lemar | 26 | Enisey Krasnoyarsk | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 3 | SG | Petteri Koponen | 33 | Helsinki Seagulls | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 11 | F | Brandon Taylor | 26 | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 14 | G | Marco Giannini | 19 | Lions Bisceglie | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 15 | C | Frank Elegar | 35 | Napoli Basket | End of contract | Free | 1 July 2021 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 7 | PG | Leonardo Candi | 24 | Fortitudo Bologna | | 5 year | June 2022 | Free | 22 June 2017 |
| 35 | PF | Mouhamet Diouf | 19 | youth team | youth team | | June 2023 | Youth system | September 2019 |
| 32 | G | Federico Bonacini | 22 | Pallacanestro Trapani | | Return from loan | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 8 | PF | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 29 | Virtus Bologna | | 2 years | June 2022 | Undisclosed | 16 July 2020 |
| 23 | PF | Justin Johnson | 24 | Pistoia Basket 2000 | | 1 + 2 years (opt. out 2022) | June 2023 | Free | 19 August 2020 |
| 16 | C | Ibrahima Cham | 17 | youth team | youth team | | | 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 | Source |
| | Attilio Caja | 60 | Pallacanestro Varese | | 2 years | June 2022 | 16 March 2021 | |

### On loan

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving to | Date | Contract | Ends |
| G | Alessandro Cipolla | 21 | Stella Azzurra Roma | Urania Milano | 20 July 2021 | 4 years | June 2024 |
| G | Carlo Porfilio | 20 | Reggio Emilia | Pallacanestro Biella | 28 July 2021 | | |
| PG | Jacopo Soviero | 20 | Bologna Basket 2016 | Pallacanestro Biella | 28 July 2021 | | |

## Competitions
### Supercup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 329 | 281 | +48 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 302 | 284 | +18 | |
| 3 | Fortitudo Bologna | 4 | 0 | 4 | 270 | 336 | −66 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2331 | 2297 | +34 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2541 | 2449 | +92 | 34 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 7 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2409 | 2401 | +8 | 30 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 8 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2408 | 2518 | −110 | 28 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 9 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2390 | 2464 | −74 | 28 | |

### Europe Cup
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Avtodor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 562 | 463 | +99 | 11 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Reggiana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 497 | 457 | +40 | 10 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Casademont Zaragoza | 6 | 2 | 4 | 484 | 515 | −31 | 8 | |
| 4 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 6 | 1 | 5 | 443 | 551 | −108 | 7 | |

#### Second round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Reggiana | 6 | 5 | 1 | 408 | 402 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Quarter Finals |
| 2 | Hakro Merlins Crailsheim | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 453 | +20 | 9 | Advance to Quarter Finals |
| 3 | Telenet Giants Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 4 | 493 | 475 | +18 | 8 | |
| 4 | Kyiv-Basket | 6 | 2 | 4 | 374 | 418 | −44 | 7 | |

#### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 151–143 | Legia Warsaw | 71–68 | 80–75 |

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 164–146 | Bakken Bears | 72–74 | 92–72 |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bahçeşehir Koleji | – | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 20 Apr | 27 Apr |