# 2019–20 Pallacanestro Varese season

The 2019–20 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 75th in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

The 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone. Varese ended the championship in 10th position.

## Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis
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## Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on January 26 before the interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
L. J. Peak left the team before the official early end of the season, he was transferred to Cluj-Napoca and replaced by Justin Carter that never played for the team.
Jason Clark left earlier as well, in order to join his family in US during the pandemic. Toney Douglas was called to replace him, but, like Carter, he didn't play any games either.

### 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 | Jeremy Simmons | Luca Gandini | |
| PF | Siim-Sander Vene | Nicola Natali | |
| SF | Justin Carter | Gianmarco De Vita | Giancarlo Ferrero |
| SG | Toney Douglas | Ingus Jakovičs | Omar Seck |
| PG | Josh Mayo | Toney Douglas | Matteo Tambone |
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 |
| 3 | SG | L. J. Peak | 23 | Pistoia | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 7 June 2019 |
| 11 | C | Jeremy Simmons | 29 | Poderosa Montegranaro | 1 + 1 year | June 2020 + 2021 | Free | 23 June 2019 |
| 14 | PG | Josh Mayo | 31 | Bonn | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 27 June 2019 |
| 9 | PF | Siim-Sander Vene | 28 | Gran Canaria | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 4 | G/F | Milenko Tepić | 32 | P.A.O.K. | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 21 July 2019 |
| 5 | G/F | Jason Clark | 29 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 25 July 2019 |
| 18 | C | Luca Gandini | 33 | Basket Ravenna | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 28 July 2019 |
| 6 | SF | Gianmarco De Vita | 22 | Pallacanestro Gallaratese | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 16 August 2019 |
| 7 | PG | Ingus Jakovičs | 26 | Ventspils | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 30 August 2019 |
| 10 | C | Riccardo Cervi | 28 | Reggio Emilia | end of the season | June 2020 | Free | 27 November 2019 |
| 1 | G/F | Justin Carter | 32 | Chorale Roanne | end of the season | June 2020 | Free | 30 January 2020 |
| 23 | PG | Toney Douglas | 33 | Estudiantes | end of the season | June 2020 | Free | 2 March 2020 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 2 | SF | Dominique Archie | 31 | Champagne Châlons-Reims | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 4 | SG | Aleksa Avramović | 24 | Unicaja | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 5 | G/F | Christian Gatto | 22 | Robur et Fides Varese | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 7 | C | Antonio Iannuzzi | 28 | New Basket Brindisi | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 10 | G/F | Jean Salumu | 28 | Pistoia | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 11 | SF | Thomas Scrubb | 27 | SIG Strasbourg | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 13 | F/C | Damiano Verri | 33 | Basket Sette Laghi | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 16 | C | Tyler Cain | 31 | Brescia | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 26 | PG | Ronald Moore | 31 | Élan Béarnais | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 4 | G/F | Milenko Tepić | 32 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 6 November 2019 |
| 10 | C | Riccardo Cervi | 28 | Pallacanestro Trieste | | transfer | Undisclosed | 14 January 2020 |
| 3 | SG | L. J. Peak | 23 | Cluj-Napoca | | transfer | Undisclosed | 29 January 2020 |
| 5 | G/F | Jason Clark | 30 | Free agent | Free agent | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 2 March 2020 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 21 | F | Giancarlo Ferrero | 31 | Pallacanestro Trapani | 4 + 2 + 1 years | 2021 + 2022 | Free | 4 July 2015 |
| 15 | PG | Matteo Tambone | 25 | Basket Ravenna | 2 + 2 years | June 2020 | Free | 20 June 2017 |
| 8 | F | Nicola Natali | 31 | Junior Casale Monferrato | 2 + 1 years | June 2020 | Free | 21 June 2017 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Attilio Caja | 58 | Virtus Roma | | 1 + 2 + 3 | 2022 | 23 December 2016 | |

## Competitions
### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Pompea Fortitudo Bologna | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1624 | 1670 | −46 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 9 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1635 | 1665 | −30 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 10 | Openjobmetis Varese | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1570 | 1522 | +48 | |
| 11 | S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1533 | 1580 | −47 | |
| 12 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1741 | 1763 | −22 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |