2019–20 Pallacanestro Reggiana season
# 2019–20 Pallacanestro Reggiana season

The 2019–20 season is Reggio Emilia's 46th in existence and the club's 9th 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. Reggio Emilia ended the championship in 12th position.

## Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: GrissinBon

| Home | Away | Away |
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## Players

The team composition is the same as the last game played on February 9 before the interruption of the championship due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dererk Pardon and Gal Mekel left the team before the early end of the season. The first due to an injury that compromised the rest of the season, while Mekel was transferred to Unicaja Málaga.

### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| C | Josh Owens | | |
| PF | Reggie Upshaw | Mouhamet Diouf | |
| SF | Simone Fontecchio | Dávid Vojvoda | |
| SG | Darius Johnson-Odom | Leonardo Candi | Alessandro Cipolla |
| PG | Will Cherry | Giuseppe Poeta | Jacopo Soviero |

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

### Squad changes

**In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | F/C | Luca Infante | 37 | Eurobasket Roma | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 20 June 2019 |
| 8 | PG | Giuseppe Poeta | 33 | Auxilium Torino | 2 years | June 2021 | Free | 24 June 2019 |
| 5 | C | Dererk Pardon | 22 | Northwestern Wildcats | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 17 July 2019 |
| 3 | SF | Simone Fontecchio | 23 | Olimpia Milano | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 18 July 2019 |
| 9 | G/F | Dávid Vojvoda | 28 | Szolnoki Olaj | 2 years (exit 2020) | June 2020 | Free | 19 July 2019 |
| 30 | PF | Reggie Upshaw | 24 | Andorra | 2 years (exit 2020) | June 2020 | Free | 30 July 2019 |
| 33 | G | Alessandro Cipolla | 19 | Aurora Desio | 4 years | June 2023 | Free | 31 July 2019 |
| 22 | C | Josh Owens | 30 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 1 year | June 2020 | Free | 10 August 2019 |
| 99 | PG | Gal Mekel | 31 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 years (opt-out 2020) | June 2021 | Free | 15 August 2019 |
| 2 | PG | Will Cherry | 28 | Olympiacos | end of season | June 2020 | Free | 26 January 2020 |

**Out**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | PG | Federico Mussini | 23 | V.L. Pesaro | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 5 | PG | Bryon Allen | 27 | Zadar | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 6 | G | Michael Dixon | 28 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 8 | G/F | Patrick Richard | 29 | Cluj | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 9 | PF | Pablo Aguilar | 30 | Iberostar Tenerife | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 10 | PF | Raphael Gaspardo | 25 | New Basket Brindisi | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 12 | F/C | Darel Poirier | 21 | Windy City Bulls | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 14 | C | Riccardo Cervi | 28 | Pallacanestro Varese | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 16 | C | Benjamin Ortner | 36 | Retired | Retired | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 18 | PG | Pedro Llompart | 37 | Lucentum Alicante | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 19 | SF | Niccolò De Vico | 24 | Vanoli Cremona | | end of contract | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 10 | F/C | Luca Infante | 37 | Pallacanestro Mantovana | | transfer | Undisclosed | 28 January 2020 |
| 5 | C | Dererk Pardon | 23 | Free agent | Free agent | mutual consent | Free | 3 March 2020 |
| 99 | PG | Gal Mekel | 32 | Unicaj Málaga | | transfer | Undisclosed | 5 March 2020 |

**Out on loan**

* Federico Bonacini at Pallacanestro Trapani
* Alessandro Vigori at Pallacanestro Mantovana

**Confirmed**

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | PG | | Leonardo Candi | 22 | Fortitudo Bologna | | 5 year | June 2021 | Free | 22 June 2017 | |
| 1 | G | | Darius Johnson-Odom | 29 | Iowa Wolves | | 2 years (out. 2020) | June 2021 | Free | 25 March 2019 | |

**From youth team**

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | PG | | Jacopo Soviero | 19 | youth team | youth team | | | Youth system | 30 January 2020 | |
| | SG | | Carlo Porfilio | 18 | youth team | youth team | | | Youth system | 6 March 2020 | |

**Coach**

| Nat. | Name | Age. | Previous team | Previous team | Type | Ends | Date | Replaces | Replaces | Date | Type |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Maurizio Buscaglia | 54 | Aquila Basket Trento | | 3 | 2022 | 7 June 2019 | | Stefano Pillastrini | 19 May 2019 | mutual consent |

## Competitions

### Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 13 | De' Longhi Treviso | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1620 | 1664 | −44 | |
| 14 | Virtus Roma | 21 | 7 | 14 | 1639 | 1787 | −148 | |
