2019–20 New Basket Brindisi season

The 2019–20 season is New Basket Brindisi's 28th in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

New Basket Brindisi
2019-20 season
PresidentFernando Marino
Head coachFrancesco Vitucci
ArenaPalaPentassuglia
LBAseason cancelled (5th)
BCLRegular season
Coppa ItaliaRunners-up
SupercoppaSemifinals

Brindisi

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.[1] Brindisi ended the championship in 5th position.

Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Happy Casa

Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

Players

Current roster

Happy Casa Brindisi roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 00 United States Brown, John 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1992-01-28)28 January 1992
SG 0 United States Banks, Adrian (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1986-02-09)9 February 1986
G/F 1 United States Martin, Kelvin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1989-09-10)10 September 1989
F 2 United States Sutton, Dominique 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 37 – (1986-10-20)20 October 1986
PG 6 Italy Zanelli, Alessandro 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 31 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992
PF 10 Italy Gaspardo, Raphael 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993
G 12 Italy Campogrande, Luca 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996
SG 15 United States Thompson, Darius 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 28 – (1995-05-04)4 May 1995
C 18 Italy Cattapan, Riccardo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1997-07-05)5 July 1997
PF 33 United States Stone, Tyler 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1991-09-08)8 September 1991
F 35 Italy Ikangi, Iris 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1994-02-21)21 February 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Alberto Morea
  • Italy Mattia Consoli

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: February 9, 2020

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

Depth chart

Brindisi starts the season with the 5+5 format, but in January they pay the so called "luxury tax" of 40 thousand euros, that moves the team to the 6+6 format.[2] In this new format the team can play with one foreign player more, a total of six, in the Italian championship.

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Tyler Stone Riccardo Cattapan
PF John Brown Raphael Gaspardo
SF Kelvin Martin Iris Ikangi Dominique Sutton
SG Adrian Banks Luca Campogrande
PG Darius Thompson Alessandro Zanelli

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

In

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
1SFUnited StatesKelvin Martin29Virtus BolognaItaly1 yearJune 2020Free22 June 2019[3]
35FItalyIris Ikangi25Scaligera VeronaItaly2 years (opt. out 2020)June 2021Free23 June 2019[4]
10PFItalyRaphael Gaspardo25Reggio EmiliaItaly1 yearJune 2020Free29 June 2019[5]
7CItalyAntonio Iannuzzi28VareseItaly1 yearJune 2020Free18 July 2019[6]
18CItalyRiccardo Cattapan22Junior CasaleItaly1 yearJune 2020Free18 July 2019[7]
15SGUnited StatesDarius Thompson24ZZ LeidenNetherlands1 + 1 yearJune 2020Free23 July 2019[8]
12GItalyLuca Campogrande23Scandone AvellinoItaly1 yearJune 2020Free27 July 2019[9]
33PFUnited StatesTyler Stone27Piratas de QuebradillasPuerto Rico1 yearJune 2020Free31 July 2019[10]
4CGermany SerbiaBogdan Radosavljević26ratiopharm UlmGermany2 monthsNovember 2019Free19 September 2019[11]
2FUnited StatesDominique Sutton33Anhui DragonsChina1 yearJune 2020Undisclosed12 December 2019[12]

Out

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
1SFSweden United StatesErik Rush31Fulgor Libertas ForlìItalyend of contractFree1 July 2019[13]
3PFUnited StatesTony Gaffney34Ironi NahariyaIsraelend of contractFree1 July 2019[14]
9G/FItalyRiccardo Moraschini28Olimpia MilanoItalyend of contractFree1 July 2019[15]
10GUnited StatesWes Clark24Pallacanestro CantùItalyend of contractFree1 July 2019[16]
11GUnited StatesDevondrick Walker26Chorale Roanne BasketFranceend of contractFree1 July 2019[17]
13PGUnited StatesPhil Greene26Arka GdyniaPolandend of contractFree1 July 2019[18]
15GItalyNicolò Cazzolato30Valsesia Basket BorgosesiaItalyend of contractFree1 July 2019[19]
18CPoland ItalyJakub Wojciechowski29Legia WarszawaPolandend of contractFree1 July 2019[20]
21SGUnited StatesJeremy Chappell32Reyer VeneziaItalyend of contractFree1 July 2019[21]
4CGermany SerbiaBogdan Radosavljević26Alba BerlinGermanyend of contractFree21 November 2019[22][23]
7CItalyAntonio Iannuzzi28Napoli BasketItalytransferUndisclosed16 January 2020[24][25]

Confirmed

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
6PGItalyAlessandro Zanelli27Legnano Basket KnightsItaly1 + 1 yearJune 2020Free5 June 2018[26]
0SGUnited States IsraelAdrian Banks33Hapoel Tel AvivIsrael2 yearJune 2020Free5 July 2018[27]
00F/CUnited StatesJohn Brown27Universo Treviso BasketItaly1 + 1 yearJune 2020Free5 July 2018[28][29]

Coach

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
Italy
Francesco Vitucci
56
Auxilium Torino
Italy
1 + 3
2022
14 December 2017

Competitions

SuperCup

Brindisi took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 Italian Basketball Cup runner-up. They lost the competition at the semifinal against Reyer Venezia.

21 September 2019
Semifinals
Umana Reyer Venezia 7873 New Basket Brindisi Bari
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 17–14, 31–11, 24–29
Eurosport Pts: Daye 26
Rebs: Bramos, Watt 5
Asts: Daye 4
Boxscore Pts: Banks 23
Rebs: Radivojević 8
Asts: Martin 3
Arena: PalaFlorio

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
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
6 Vanoli Cremona 20 12 8 1627 1617 +10
7 Umana Reyer Venezia 21 11 10 1638 1582 +56 Qualification for EuroCup
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Basketball Champions League

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 14 10 4 1136 1094 +42 24 Advance to round of 16
2 France JDA Dijon 14 9 5 1159 1069 +90 23
3 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 8 6 1143 1146 3 22
4 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta 14 7 7 1068 1079 11 21
5 Hungary Falco Szombathely 14 6 8 1115 1109 +6 20
6 Lithuania Neptūnas 14 6 8 1137 1166 29 20
7 Greece PAOK 14 5 9 1143 1186 43 19
8 Italy Happy Casa Brindisi 14 5 9 1203 1255 52 19

Italian Cup

Brindisi qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 7th place. They lost in the finals against Umana Reyer Venezia.

14 February 2020
Quarter finals
Banco di Sardegna Sassari 8691 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–13, 23–25, 25–27
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Pierre 21
Rebs: Pierre 9
Asts: Evans 5
PIR: Pierre 31
Boxscore Pts: Banks 37
Rebs: Banks 8
Asts: John Brown 4
PIR: Banks 41
Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Mark Bartoli
15 February 2020 Happy Casa Brindisi 7853 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–12, 19–13, 14–16
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Banks 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Brown 26
Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini, Sims 10
Rebs: Daniel, Sims 9
Asts: Sims 2
PIR: Sims 11
Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni
16 February 2020 Umana Reyer Venezia 7367 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 16–22, 16–13, 23–24
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Watt 17
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: Tonut 4
PIR: Watt 19
Boxscore Pts: Banks 27
Rebs: Brown 12
Asts: Thompson 4
PIR: Banks 26
Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni

References

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