2020–21 Brescia Leonessa season

The 2020–21 season is Brescia Leonessa's 12th in existence and the club's 6th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Basket Brescia Leonessa

2020-21 season
Owner	Graziella Bragaglio Matteo Bonetti
President	Graziella Bragaglio
Head coach	Maurizio Buscaglia
Arena	PalaLeonessa
LBA	Regular season
EuroCup	Regular season (6th)
Supercup	Group stage (2nd)

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Players

Current roster

Germani Basket Brescia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 7 Vitali, Luca 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – 9 May 1986 SF 8 Parrillo, Salvatore 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – 1 December 1992 PG 11 Chery, Kenny 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – 24 January 1992 SG 12 Bortolani, Giordano 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – 2 December 2000 PF 19 Wilson, Jeremiah 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – 19 April 1988 F/C 21 Willis, Darral 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – 21 January 1996 SF 22 Crawford, Drew 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – 18 October 1990 F/C 23 Burns, Christian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 35 – 4 September 1985 SG 24 Kalinoski, Tyler 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – 19 December 1992 SF 34 Moss, David (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 37 – 9 September 1983 F 41 Sacchetti, Brian 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – 4 May 1986 C 45 Ancellotti, Andrea 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – 28 March 1988	Head coach Maurizio Buscaglia Assistant coach(es) Giacomo Baioni Matteo Cotelli Gianpaolo Alberti Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 January 2021

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	Darral Willis	Christian Burns	Andrea Ancellotti
PF	Jeremiah Wilson	Brian Sacchetti
SF	Drew Crawford	David Moss
SG	Tyler Kalinoski	Giordano Bortolani	Salvatore Parrillo
PG	Kenny Chery	Luca Vitali

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

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
24	SG		Tyler Kalinoski	27	Bandırma		1 year	June 2021	Free	18 June 2020	[1]
11	PG		Kenny Chery	28	Nanterre 92		1 year	June 2021	Free	27 June 2020	[2]
12	SG		Giordano Bortolani	19	Pallacanestro Biella		2 year loan from Milano	June 2022	Free	1 July 2020	[3]
23	F/C		Christian Burns	34	Olimpia Milano		1 year	June 2021	Free	4 July 2020	[4]
22	SF		Drew Crawford	29	Olimpia Milano		2 years	June 2022	Free	5 July 2020	[5]
8	SF		Salvatore Parrillo	27	Pallacenestro Orzinuovi		1 year	June 2021	Free	13 July 2020	[6]
6	F/C		T. J. Cline	26	Hapoel Holon		1 year	June 2021	Free	22 July 2020	[7]
21	C		Dušan Ristić	24	Astana		1 year loan from Crvena zvezda	June 2021	Free	24 July 2020	[8]
45	C		Andrea Ancellotti	32	Latina Basket		1 year	June 2021	Free	1 August 2020	[9]
16	C		Daniele Magro	33	Dinamo Sassari		2 months	September 2020	Free	1 August 2020	[10]
21	F/C		Darral Willis^[Note IN]	25	Monaco		end of the season	June 2021	Undisclosed	21 January 2021	[11]
19	PF		Jeremiah Wilson^[Note IN]	32	Al-Ittihad Jeddah		end of the season	June 2021	Free	21 January 2021	[12]

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   In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
9	SG		DeAndre Lansdowne	31	SIG Strasbourg		end of contract	Free	8 June 2020	[13]
5	SF		Awudu Abass	27	Virtus Bologna		end of contract	Free	12 June 2020	[14][15]
8	PG		Tommaso Laquintana	24	Pallacanestro Trieste		end of contract	Free	26 June 2020	[16][17]
0	C		Andrea Zerini	31	Napoli Basket		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[18]
2	PG		Travis Trice	27	Galatasaray		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[19]
4	SG		Marco Ceron	28	Scaligera Verona		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[20][21]
30	F		Ken Horton	30	San Pablo Burgos		end of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[22]
18	C		Tommaso Guariglia	22	Assigeco Piacenza		loan contract	Undisclosed	29 July 2020	[23][24]
6	C		Tyler Cain	32	VL Pesaro		transfer	Undisclosed	31 July 2020	[25][26]
16	C		Daniele Magro	33	Eurobasket Roma		end of contract	Free	25 September 2020	[27][28]
6	F/C		T. J. Cline^[Note OUT]	26	Maccabi Tel Aviv		transfer	Undisclosed	24 January 2021	[29][30]
21	C		Dušan Ristić^[Note OUT]	25	Avtodor Saratov		mutual consent	Free	27 January 2021	[31][32]

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   Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
34	SF		David Moss	37	Olimpia Milano		4 + 1 years	June 2021	Free	21 March 2016	[33][34][35]
7	PG		Luca Vitali	34	Vanoli Cremona		1 + 1 + 4 years	June 2022	Free	16 July 2016	[36][37][38]
41	PF		Brian Sacchetti	34	Dinamo Sassari		2 + 3 year	June 2021	Free	1 July 2017	[39][40]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Start Date	Status	End date
	Maurizio Buscaglia	51	Reggio Emilia		1 year	June 2021	1 December 2020[41]	active
	Vincenzo Esposito	50	Dinamo Sassari		2 years	June 2021	26 May 2019[42]	sacked	1 December 2020[43]

Competitions

Supercup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	6	6	0	576	433	+143	Advance to Final Four
2	Germani Basket Brescia	6	3	3	499	515	−16
3	Openjobmetis Varese	6	2	4	500	548	−48
4	S.Bernardo Cantù	6	1	5	444	523	−79

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
7	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	18	9	9	1452	1432	+20	Qualification to Playoffs
8	De' Longhi Treviso	18	8	10	1524	1618	−94
9	Germani Basket Brescia	17	7	10	1389	1440	−51
10	UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	18	7	11	1357	1450	−93
11	Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna	16	6	10	1264	1311	−47

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: LBA

Eurocup

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Metropolitans 92	10	7	3	809	786	+23	Advance to Top 16
2	Unicaja	10	7	3	875	811	+64
3	Mornar	10	5	5	788	807	−19
4	Budućnost VOLI	10	5	5	785	785	0
5	ratiopharm Ulm	10	4	6	786	773	+13
6	Germani Brescia	10	2	8	751	832	−81

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

References

1. "Tyler Kalinoski è la nuova guardia della Germani Basket Brescia" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 18 June 2020.
2. "Brescia alza i giri in regia: ufficiale l'acquisto di Kenny Chery" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 27 June 2020.
3. "Brescia sposa la linea verde: Giordano Bortolani arriva in prestito dall'Olimpia Milano" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 1 July 2020.
4. "Big news come true: bentornato a Brescia, Christian Burns" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 4 July 2020.
5. "Stoffa da MVP per il nuovo vestito della Germani: ufficiale l'acquisto di Andrew Crawford" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 5 July 2020.
6. "Energia al servizio della causa biancoblu: la Germani firma Salvatore Parrillo" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 13 July 2020.
7. "Brescia arricchisce il proprio roster: ufficiale l'acquisto di TJ Cline" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 22 July 2020.
8. "Brescia punta sempre più in alto: ecco Ristic, la nuova torre della Germani" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 24 July 2020.
9. "La Germani Brescia completa il proprio roster con Andrea Ancellotti" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 1 August 2020.
10. "Germani Brescia, Daniele Magro aggregato alla prima squadra" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 27 August 2020.
11. "Germani Brescia, novità sotto le plance: ufficiale l'acquisto di Darral Willis" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 21 January 2021.
12. "La Germani Brescia fa il pieno di esperienza: ufficiale l'acquisto di Jeremiah Wilson" (in Italian). pallacanestrobrescia.it. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
13. "DeAndre Lansdowne arrive" (in French). sigstrasbourg.fr. 8 June 2020.
14. "Grazie Abi! Le strade di Brescia e di Awudu Abass si separano" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 12 June 2020.
15. "Benvenuto Abi!" (in Italian). virtus.it. 15 June 2020.
16. "Grazie Tommy! Dopo due stagioni si chiude l'esperienza di Laquintana a Brescia" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 24 June 2020.
17. "Biennale per Laquintana: l'Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste colpisce ancora!" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 24 June 2020.
18. "Mercato GeVi Napoli Basket: arriva la firma di Andrea Zerini" (in Italian). napolibasket.eu. 28 June 2020.
19. "Travis Trice Galatasaray'da!" (in Italian). galatasaray.org. 29 December 2020.
20. "In bocca al lupo, Marco! Brescia è e sarà sempre la tua seconda casa" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 4 August 2020.
21. "Marco Ceron aggregato alla prima squadra" (in Italian). scaligerabasket.it. 4 October 2020.
22. "Ken Horton completa la pintura burgalesa" (in Spanish). sanpabloburgos.com. 6 August 2020.
23. "Tommaso Guariglia in prestito all'Assigeco Piacenza per una stagione" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 29 July 2019.
24. "Assigeco Piacenza: ecco Tommaso Guariglia" (in Italian). uccassigecopiacenza.it. 29 July 2019.
25. "Germani Brescia, risoluzione consensuale del contratto con Tyler Cain" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 31 July 2020.
26. "Tyler Cain è il nuovo centro dalla VL!" (in Italian). victorialibertas.it. 31 July 2020.
27. "Germani Brescia ringrazia Daniele Magro" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 25 September 2020.
28. "DANIELE MAGRO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELL'ATLANTE EUROBASKET ROMA" (in Italian). eurobasketroma.it. 24 November 2020.
29. "Risolto consensualmente il contratto con TJ Cline" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 24 January 2021.
30. "Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv signed TJ Cline". maccabi.co.il. 24 January 2021.
31. "Risolto consensualmente il contratto con Dusan Ristic" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 27 January 2021.
32. "Душан Ристич – в «Автодоре»" (in Russian). avtodor.ru. 27 January 2021.
33. "Ragazzi, non è un sogno..o forse sì? Ecco David Moss!" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 21 March 2016.
34. "Confermato David Moss nel roster 2016/2017 della Serie A!" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 2 July 2016.
35. "Germani Basket Brescia e David Moss insieme per altre due stagioni!" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 2 February 2018.
36. "Luca Vitali è un nuovo giocatore della Germani Basket Brescia!" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 16 July 2016.
37. "Luca Vitali e Brescia ancora insieme: "Orgoglioso del progetto della Leonessa"" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 30 June 2017.
38. "Basket Brescia Leonessa e Luca Vitali insieme a lungo: in biancoblu fino al 2022!" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 7 June 2018.
39. "Per Brian Sacchetti una nuova avventura nel segno della Leonessa" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 1 July 2017.
40. "Brian Sacchetti e la Leonessa, la storia continua: insieme fino al 2021" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 23 August 2018.
41. "Benvenuto coach Maurizio Buscaglia! "Contento e onorato di essere a Brescia"" (in Italian). pallacanestrobrescia.it. 1 December 2020.
42. "Vincenzo Esposito è il nuovo coach della Germani Basket Brescia" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 26 May 2019.
43. "Le strade di Germani Brescia e Vincenzo Esposito si separano" (in Italian). pallacanestrobrescia.it. 1 December 2020.