# 2019–20 Dinamo Sassari season

The 2019–20 season is Dinamo Sassari's 60th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

## Overview

Sassari comes from a very successful 2018–19 season both in the Italian league and European league. They won, indeed, the FIBA Europe Cup and for the first time of the history of the club, Sassari added a European level trophy in their palmares.
In Italy, Sassari reached the finals and lost the series at the last best of 4 match, interrupting an incredible series of 15 consecutive wins in the Italian league.
Coach Gianmarco Pozzecco was hired during the 2018-19 season and, since his establishment, he lost only four games in the finals against Reyer Venezia after winning 23 consecutive games amongst Europe Cup and Serie A.
He got his contract extended for the next three years and immediately won the 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup in the new season.
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. Sassari ended the championship in 2nd position.

## Kit

Supplier: EYE Sport Wear / Sponsor: Banco di Sardegna

### Lega Basket Serie A

| Serie A Home | Serie A Away |

### FIBA Basketball Champions League

| Champions League | Champions League |

## Players

Before the early end of the season Sassari hired Jaime Smith who played for the team the previous year. During his presentation conference, on 3 March, coach Pozzecco declared that Curtis Jerrells wouldn't play anymore for the team but he was never officially released.

### 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 | Miro Bilan | Dwight Coleby | Daniele Magro |
| PF | Dwayne Evans | Paulius Sorokas | |
| SF | Dyshawn Pierre | Lorenzo Bucarelli | Giacomo Devecchi |
| SG | Michele Vitali | Stefano Gentile | |
| PG | Marco Spissu | Jaime Smith | Curtis Jerrells |
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 |
| 2 | C | Miro Bilan | 29 | ASVEL | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 13 July 2019 |
| 11 | F | Dwayne Evans | 27 | ratiopharm Ulm | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 23 July 2019 |
| 31 | SG | Michele Vitali | 27 | Andorra | 3 years | June 2022 | Free | 24 July 2019 |
| 55 | PG | Curtis Jerrells | 32 | Olimpia Milano | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 1 August 2019 |
| 1 | F/C | Jamel McLean | 31 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 28 August 2019 |
| 7 | SF | Lorenzo Bucarelli | 21 | Dinamo Cagliari | return from loan | June 2020 | Free | 28 August 2019 |
| 9 | PF | Paulius Sorokas | 27 | Spirou Charleroi | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 18 September 2019 |
| 23 | C | Dwight Coleby | 26 | İTÜ Basket | end of season | June 2020 | Free | 20 January 2020 |
| 3 | PG | Jaime Smith | 30 | Teksüt Bandırma | end of season | June 2020 | Free | 2 March 2020 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 2 | PG | Jaime Smith | 29 | Bandirma Banvit | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 3 | SG | Tyrus McGee | 28 | Élan Béarnais | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 4 | SG | Scott Bamforth | 29 | Budućnost | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 5 | G/F | Terran Petteway | 26 | Pistoia | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 6 | G/F | Justin Carter | 32 | Chorale Roanne | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 25 | PG | Rashawn Thomas | 24 | Partizan Belgrade | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 35 | PF | Ousmane Diop | 19 | Torino | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 45 | C | Jack Cooley | 28 | Ryukyu Golden Kings | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 33 | PF | Achille Polonara | 27 | Saski Baskonia | transfer | 100.000 € | 28 August 2019 |
| 1 | F/C | Jamel McLean | 31 | Nagoya Diamond Dolphins | mutual consent | Undisclosed | 13 January 2020 |

#### Confirmed

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | G/F | Giacomo Devecchi | 34 | Sutor Montegranaro | 4 years | June 2023 | Free | 27 July 2006 |
| 21 | SG | Dyshawn Pierre | 25 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 1 + 1 + 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 28 June 2017 |
| 0 | PG | Marco Spissu | 24 | Virtus Bologna | 3 year | June 2022 | return from loan | 15 July 2017 |
| 22 | SG | Stefano Gentile | 30 | Virtus Bologna | 2 + 2 year | June 2021 | Free | 25 June 2018 |
| 15 | C | Daniele Magro | 32 | Pistoia | 1 + 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 1 July 2018 |

#### Coach

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Source |
| | Gianmarco Pozzecco | 52 | Fortitudo Bologna | | 3 | 2022 | 11 February 2019 | |

## Competitions
### SuperCup

Sassari took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 LBA Finals runner-up and won the competition against Reyer Venezia.

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1719 | 1500 | +219 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 2 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1703 | 1506 | +197 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1707 | 1554 | +153 | Qualification for EuroCup |
| 4 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1687 | 1555 | +132 | Already qualified for EuroLeague |
| 5 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1776 | 1696 | +80 | Qualification for Champions League |

### Basketball Champions League

After the successes of the previous year, Dinamo Sassari was promoted to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League as winner of the FIBA Europe Cup.

#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Türk Telekom | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1173 | 1075 | +98 | 25 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 2 | Dinamo Sassari | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1181 | 1088 | +93 | 25 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 3 | Filou Oostende | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1059 | 1085 | −26 | 22 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 4 | Lietkabelis | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1079 | 1077 | +2 | 21 | Advance to round of 16 |
| 5 | Baxi Manresa | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1095 | 1069 | +26 | 21 | |
| 6 | Hapoel Holon | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1164 | 1170 | −6 | 20 | |
| 7 | SIG Strasbourg | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1082 | 1155 | −73 | 18 | |
| 8 | Polski Cukier Toruń | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1231 | 1345 | −114 | 16 | |

#### Playoffs

The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League playoffs start from the round of 16 and is structured on a best-of-three basis until the final four.

##### Round of 16

* 4 March 2019
* Boxscore
| Dinamo Sassari | 81–84 | San Pablo Burgos |
* Sassari, Italy
The second match was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, where Sassari was coming after two days without training.
* 10 March 2019
* Boxscore
| San Pablo Burgos | 95–80 | Dinamo Sassari |
* Burgos, Spain

### Italian Cup

Sassari qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 2nd place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Happy Casa Brindisi.