2020–21 KK Cedevita Olimpija season
# 2020–21 KK Cedevita Olimpija season

The 2020–21 season was the second season of KK Cedevita Olimpija since its establishment in 2019. The club competed in the Slovenian League, the Adriatic League, and the EuroCup.

Cedevita Olimpija won their first trophy of the season, the Slovenian Supercup, on 17 September 2020. In May 2021, they won the Slovenian League title after defeating Krka 3–0 in the final.

## Overview

The ABA League Assembly and the Basketball Federation of Slovenia cancelled their respective competitions for the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 July 2020, forward Mikael Hopkins signed a two-year contract extension.

## Players

### Squad information

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

### Players with multiple nationalities

* Tomas Belina
* Ivan Marinković
* Jarrod Jones
* Mangok Mathiang

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| C | Ivan Marinković | Žiga Dimec | Mangok Mathiang |
| PF | Mikael Hopkins | Jarrod Jones | Luka Ščuka |
| SF | Edo Murić | Rion Brown | Rok Radović |
| SG | Jaka Blažič | Alen Hodžić | |
| PG | Kendrick Perry | Luka Rupnik | Dan Duščak |

### Transactions

**Players In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | SG | Aleksa Gatarić | 18 | Cedevita Junior | | Transfer | Undisclosed | 15 May 2020 |
| 3 | PG | Kendrick Perry | 27 | Mega Bemax | | End of contract | 2021 | 23 May 2020 |
| 20 | SF | Alen Hodžić | 27 | Koper Primorska | | Parted ways | 2022 | 29 May 2020 |
| 27 | C | Žiga Dimec | 27 | Koper Primorska | | Parted ways | 2022 | 1 June 2020 |
| 19 | SF | Marko Simonović | 34 | Unicaja Malaga | | Loan return | 2021 | 23 June 2020 |
| 7 | PG | Dan Duščak | 18 | Real Madrid B | | First pro contract | 2024 | 3 July 2020 |
| 9 | C | Mangok Mathiang | 27 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | | End of contract | 2021 | 10 July 2020 |
| 10 | PG | Roko Leni Ukić | 35 | Antibes Sharks | | End of contract | 2021 | 16 July 2020 |
| 4 | SG | Egor Sytnikov | 18 | Youth system | Youth system | First pro contract | 2024 | 1 August 2020 |
| 15 | G/F | Rion Brown | 28 | Tofaş | | End of contract | 2021 | 7 August 2020 |
| 23 | F | Luka Ščuka | 18 | Nova Gorica | | Transfer | 2024 | 24 September 2020 |
| 21 | PF/C | Jarrod Jones | 30 | Darüşşafaka | | End of contract | 2021 | 25 September 2020 |
| 55 | PG | Luka Rupnik | 27 | Casademont Zaragoza | | Transfer | 2022 | 6 December 2020 |

**Players Out**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | G/F | Filip Krušlin | 31 | Dinamo Sassari | | Parted ways | 12 April 2020 |
| 33 | C | Maik Zirbes | 30 | Shabab Al Ahli | | Parted ways | 12 April 2020 |
| 13 | C | Andrija Stipanović | 33 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | | Parted ways | 12 April 2020 |
| 6 | PG | Dominic Artis | 26 | Kolossos Rodou | | Parted ways | 13 April 2020 |
| 21 | PG | Domen Bratož | 27 | Šentjur | | Parted ways | 13 April 2020 |
| — | SG | Aleksa Gatarić | 18 | Cedevita Junior | | Loan | 15 May 2020 |
| 9 | SG | Mirko Mulalić | 32 | Rabotnički | | Parted ways | 28 May 2020 |
| 17 | PF | Saša Zagorac | 36 | Retired | Retired | Parted ways | 28 May 2020 |
| 4 | PF | Martin Krampelj | 25 | GTK Gliwice | | Parted ways | 28 May 2020 |
| 10 | PG | Codi Miller-McIntyre | 25 | Partizan NIS | | End of contract | 30 May 2020 |
| 7 | SG | Petar Vujačić | 20 | Rogaška | | Parted ways | 16 June 2020 |
| 19 | SF | Marko Simonović | 34 | Crvena Zvezda | | Parted ways | 23 June 2020 |
| 30 | G | Issuf Sanon | 20 | Dnipro | | Parted ways | 27 July 2020 |
| 4 | SG | Egor Sytnikov | 18 | Ilirija | | Loan | 11 August 2020 |
| 10 | PG | Roko Leni Ukić | 36 | Split | | Parted ways | 5 January 2021 |

## Club

### Technical Staff

In August 2020, Jan Šentjurc joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach, while Dragiša Drobnjak left.

The following was the technical staff of Cedevita Olimpija for the 2020–21 season.

| Position | Staff member |
| - | - |
| General Manager | Davor Užbinec |
| Technical director | Krešimir Novosel |
| Sports Director | Sani Bečirovič |
| Team Manager | Matko Jovanović |
| Head Coach | Jurica Golemac |
| Assistant Coaches | Teo Čizmić |
| Assistant Coaches | Jan Šentjurc |
| Conditioning Coach | Filip Ujaković |
| Physiotherapist | Rok Žagar |
| Physiotherapist | Borut Černilogar |
| Physician | Oskar Zupanc |

Source: Coaches & Staff Archived 2019-08-14 at the Wayback Machine

### Uniform

* Supplier: Adidas
* Main sponsor: Cedevita
* Back sponsor: Triglav (top), Spar (bottom)
* Shorts sponsor: None

| Home | Away | Third |
| - | - | - |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Loss  Void

## Competitions

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovenian League | Matchday 1 | Champions | February 25, 2021 | May 30, 2021 |
| Adriatic League | Matchday 1 | Matchday 26 | September 19, 2020 | May 27, 2021 |
| EuroCup | Matchday 1 | Top16 Round 6 | September 30, 2020 | March 9, 2021 |
| Adriatic Supercup | Never started | Cancelled | None | None |
| Slovenian Cup | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | May 11, 2021 | May 22, 2021 |
| Slovenian Supercup | Final | Winner | September 17, 2020 | September 17, 2020 |

Updated to match played June 7, 2021 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Slovenian League | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 773 | 729 | +44 | 070.00 |
| Slovenian League Playoffs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 597 | 417 | +180 | 100.00 |
| Adriatic League | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 2,116 | 1,947 | +169 | 069.23 |
| EuroCup Regular season | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 838 | 737 | +101 | 070.00 |
| EuroCup Top 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 478 | 486 | −8 | 050.00 |
| Slovenian Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 137 | +46 | 050.00 |
| Slovenian Supercup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 67 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Total | 62 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 5,063 | 4,520 | +543 | 070.97 |

Last updated: June 7, 2021 Source: Competitions

### Slovenian League

The club joined the League in the Championship Group of the 2020–21 season.

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cedevita Olimpija | 10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 729 | +44 | 17 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Krka | 10 | 6 | 4 | 830 | 764 | +66 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Rogaška | 10 | 6 | 4 | 791 | 807 | −16 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Helios Suns | 10 | 5 | 5 | 727 | 709 | +18 | 15 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | GGD Šenčur | 10 | 3 | 7 | 775 | 773 | +2 | 13 | Qualification to playoffs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 773 | 729 | +44 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 343 | +80 | 3 | 2 | 350 | 386 | −36 |

Last updated: April 30, 2021. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |

Last updated: April 30, 2021. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Win  Loss

**Matches**


    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by Slovenian League. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

**Playoffs**


    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by Slovenian League. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

### Adriatic League

**Regular season**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Mornar | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2066 | 1890 | +176 | 45 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Igokea | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1973 | 1846 | +127 | 45 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 5 | Cedevita Olimpija | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2116 | 1947 | +169 | 44 | |
| 6 | Mega Soccerbet | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1996 | 1955 | +41 | 40 | |
| 7 | Partizan NIS | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2003 | 1903 | +100 | 39 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 26 | 18 | 8 | 2116 | 1947 | +169 | 11 | 2 | 1080 | 942 | +138 | 7 | 6 | 1036 | 1005 | +31 |

Last updated: April 28, 2021. Source: Competitive matches

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |

Last updated: April 28, 2021. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Win  Loss

**Matches**


    Note: All times are local CET (UTC+1) as listed by the ABA League. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

### EuroCup

**Regular season: Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 10 | 8 | 2 | 831 | 765 | +66 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 2 | Cedevita Olimpija | 10 | 7 | 3 | 838 | 737 | +101 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 3 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 10 | 6 | 4 | 738 | 713 | +25 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 4 | Nanterre 92 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 791 | 806 | −15 | Advance to Top 16 |
| 5 | Frutti Extra Bursaspor | 10 | 3 | 7 | 853 | 907 | −54 | |
| 6 | Promitheas | 10 | 2 | 8 | 757 | 880 | −123 | |

**Regular season: Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 838 | 737 | +101 | 5 | 0 | 427 | 357 | +70 | 2 | 3 | 411 | 380 | +31 |

Last updated: November 16, 2020. Source: Competitive matches

**Regular season: Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

Last updated: November 16, 2020. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Win  Loss

**Regular season: Matches**


    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroLeague. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

**Top 16: Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 6 | 6 | 0 | 549 | 470 | +79 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Budućnost VOLI | 6 | 3 | 3 | 504 | 495 | +9 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cedevita Olimpija | 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 486 | −8 | |
| 4 | JL Bourg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 473 | 553 | −80 | |

**Top 16: Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 486 | −8 | 2 | 1 | 259 | 253 | +6 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 233 | −14 |

Last updated: March 10, 2021. Source: Competitive matches

**Top 16: Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

Last updated: March 10, 2021. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

Win  Loss

**Top 16: Matches**


    Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroLeague. Some games were played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

### Adriatic Supercup

The 2020 ABA Super Cup was scheduled to be the fourth tournament of the ABA Super Cup. On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly cancelled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It would have been played between 20 and 23 September 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro.

### Slovenian Cup

The 2021 Slovenian Cup will be the 30th season of the national cup tournament. The club will join the tournament in the quarterfinals.

Win  Loss

All times are local UTC+1.

### Slovenian Supercup

The 2020 Slovenian Supercup was the 17th season of the Supercup tournament. It was the club's first appearance in the Supercup.

On 7 September 2020, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia announced that Krka would play in the Supercup, following the withdrawal of Koper Primorska due to roster problems. The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia.

Win  Loss

## Individual awards

### EuroCup

**MVP of the Week**

Top 16 :

| Week | Player | PIR | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Jaka Blažič | 41 | |

### Adriatic League

**MVP of the Round**

| Round | Player | Eff. |
| - | - | - |
| 5 | Jaka Blažič | 31 |
| 7 | Jaka Blažič (2) | 29 |
| 14 | Mikael Hopkins | 39 |
| 26 | Jaka Blažič (3) | 38 |

**MVP of the Month**

| Month | Player |
| - | - |
| 2020 |||
| November | Jaka Blažič |
| 2021 |||
| January | Jaka Blažič (2) |

## Statistics

| Player | Left during the season |
| - | - |

### EuroCup

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaka Blažič | 16 | 16 | 31:18 | .492 | .466 | .744 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 19.5 |
| Rion Brown | 15 | 7 | 26:07 | .510 | .345 | .765 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| Žiga Dimec | 8 | 2 | 8:49 | .471 | — | .429 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Dan Duščak | 3 | 0 | 3:56 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
| Alen Hodžić | 14 | 2 | 13:35 | .538 | .278 | — | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Mikael Hopkins | 16 | 13 | 24:02 | .587 | .111 | .762 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 10.1 |
| Jarrod Jones | 15 | 7 | 24:36 | .473 | .342 | .759 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 8.9 |
| Ivan Marinković | 11 | 4 | 17:03 | .543 | — | .250 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Mangok Mathiang | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Edo Murić | 16 | 12 | 25:59 | .592 | .384 | .571 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| Kendrick Perry | 16 | 16 | 27:52 | .583 | .357 | .738 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 16.1 | 19.2 |
| Rok Radović | 6 | 1 | 5:37 | .250 | .000 | .333 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Luka Rupnik | 8 | 0 | 12:11 | .333 | .417 | .800 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Luka Ščuka | 1 | 0 | 7:38 | 1.00 | — | 1.00 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Roko Ukić | 8 | 0 | 14:42 | .500 | .227 | .889 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 |

Source: EuroCup

### Slovenian Supercup

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaka Blažič | 1 | 1 | 28:04 | .750 | .250 | .420 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 11.0 |
| Rion Brown | 1 | 0 | 6:22 | .666 | .400 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 16.0 |
| Žiga Dimec | 1 | 0 | 09:17 | — | — | .500 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Dan Duščak | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Matic Gorenjc | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Alen Hodžić | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Mikael Hopkins | 1 | 1 | 25:19 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Ivan Marinković | 1 | 1 | 23:42 | .500 | — | .000 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| Mangok Mathiang | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster | Not added to the roster |
| Edo Murić | 1 | 1 | 30:42 | .290 | .250 | 1.000 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 |
| Kendrick Perry | 1 | 1 | 27:45 | .710 | .200 | .780 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 26.0 |
| Rok Radović | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Roko Ukić | 1 | 0 | 13:03 | .000 | — | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | -2.0 |

Source: KZS

