# 2019–20 Donar (basketball club) season

The 2019–20 Donar season was the 48th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and NBB Cup. Donar also played the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Champions League. It was the fifth season under head coach Erik Braal.
On 12 March 2020, the season was postponed until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 March, the DBL announced to suspend the competition to at least 2 May. On 20 March, the DBL cancelled the rest of the season while naming no champion.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Players with multiple nationalities

* Jason Dourisseau

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Thomas Koenis | Matt McCarthy | |
| PF | Donte Thomas | Andrew Smith | Jeffrey Sedoc |
| SF | Shane Hammink | Jason Dourisseau | Sheyi Adetunji |
| SG | Matt Williams Jr. | Vernon Taylor | Yoeri Hoexum |
| PG | Carrington Love | Leon Williams | Jef de Vries |

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 5 | G | Leon Williams | 27 | Den Helder Suns | Free | 2021 | 25 June 2019 |
| 1 | PF | Donte Thomas | 23 | KTP | Free | 2020 | 4 July 2019 |
| 12 | PG | Carrington Love | 25 | Kangoeroes Mechelen | Free | 2020 | 15 July 2019 |
| 0 | SG | Matt Williams Jr. | 25 | Kymis | Free | 2020 | 15 July 2019 |
| 33 | C | Matt McCarthy | 23 | San Francisco Dons | Free | 2020 | 2 August 2019 |
| 6 | F | Deshawn Freeman | 25 | Worcester Wolves | Free | 2020 | 7 August 2019 |
| 42 | G | Vernon Taylor | 32 | Keravnos | Free | 2020 | 15 October 2019 |
| 25 | PF | Drew Smith | 26 | Södertälje | Free | 2020 | 29 November 2019 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 15 | C | Rienk Mast | 18 | Bradley Braves | | End of contract | 21 January 2019 |
| 12 | PG | Tim Hoeve | 21 | Aris Leeuwarden | | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 0 | F | Grant Sitton | 26 | Rostock Seawolves | | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 33 | C | Drago Pašalić | 35 | ZZ Leiden | | End of contract | 13 August 2019 |
| 44 | G | Arvin Slagter | 33 | – | – | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 33 | G | Sean Cunningham | 32 | – | – | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 5 | SG | Teddy Gipson | 39 | – | – | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 34 | PG | Lance Jeter | 31 | – | – | End of contract | 24 June 2019 |
| 6 | PF | Deshawn Freeman | 25 | Södertälje | | Undisclosed | 29 November 2019 |

## Preseason

Win  Loss

## FIBA Europe Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 5 | 1 | 496 | 410 | +86 | 11 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Spirou | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 467 | +6 | 9 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Donar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 386 | 454 | −68 | 8 | |
| 4 | Phoenix Brussels | 6 | 2 | 4 | 468 | 492 | −24 | 8 | |

### Regular season
## Statistics

Source:

### Dutch Basketball League

| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Donte Thomas | 18 | 27.6 | .556 | .319 | .725 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 15.7 |
| Matt Williams Jr. | 21 | 27.2 | .437 | .424 | .761 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.6 |
| Carrington Love | 22 | 29.3 | .463 | .304 | .667 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| Shane Hammink | 19 | 26.5 | .440 | .349 | .797 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.0 |
| Andrew Smith | 10 | 20.1 | .520 | .400 | .429 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.6 |
| Vernon Taylor | 16 | 22.0 | .423 | .327 | .826 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| Thomas Koenis | 20 | 24.3 | .570 | .190 | .515 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| Matt McCarthy | 22 | 18.3 | .532 | .360 | .765 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.7 |
| Jason Dourisseau | 15 | 21.3 | .494 | .405 | .812 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| Deshawn Freeman | 9 | 16.2 | .475 | .000 | .714 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Leon Williams | 12 | 15.8 | .487 | .200 | .714 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| Sheyi Adetunji | 7 | 5.1 | .500 | .200 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Yoeri Hoexum | 5 | 3.9 | .500 | .000 | .667 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Jef de Vries | 7 | 3.6 | .667 | .667 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Jeffrey Sedoc | 2 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |