2020–21 Donar season

The 2020–21 Donar season will be the 49th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and Basketball Cup. It will the first season under head coach Ivan Rudež.

Main article: Donar (basketball club)
Donar
2020–21 season
ChairmanJannes Stokroos
Head coachIvan Rudež
ArenaMartiniPlaza
Dutch Basketball LeagueScheduled

Summary

The 2019–20 season was abandoned early in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donar had qualified for the Cup Final and was second in the DBL standings at the time. The DBL announced that the final against Aris Leeuwarden will be played later in the year 2020.

On 14 April 2020, Donar announced head coach Erik Braal's contract would not be extended in mutual consent. Braal won the most trophies in club history, with seven in total.[1] On 17 April 2020, Ivan Rudež signed a three-year contract with Donar in the Netherlands.[2]

Players

Squad information

Donar roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 1 Agasi, Nesta 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000
PG 3 Ogungbemi-Jackson, Jarred 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1991-08-11)11 August 1991
PG 5 Williams, Leon 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G 6 Adetunji, Sheyi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
SG 7 Lacy, DaVonté 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993
F 9 Rudež, Damjan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 34 – (1986-06-17)17 June 1986
C 14 Koenis, Thomas (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 31 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
PF 19 Brandwijk, Willem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995
SF 21 Caruso, Henry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995
F 22 Moreton, Will 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
F 32 Zuidema, Kjeld 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
G/F 33 James, Juwann 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 33 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987
G/F Watts, Justin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1990-07-01)1 July 1990
Head coach

Ivan Rudež

Assistant coach(es)

Jan Stalman

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: 11 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 Thomas Koenis Juwann James
PF Damjan Rudež Willem Brandwijk Nesta Agasi
SF Henry Caruso Will Moreton Kjeld Zuidema
SG DaVonté Lacy Justin Watts
PG Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson Leon Williams Sheyi Adetunji

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsDateSource
1FNesta Agasi19Donar U21Free202122 June 2020[3]
3PGJarred Ogungbemi-Jackson28KatajaFree20215 May 2020[4]
7SFDaVonté Lacy27USC HeidelbergFree20212 May 2020[5]
19PFWillem Brandwijk24FeyenoordFree20227 July 2020[6]
22G/FWill Moreton22Stonehill SkyhawksFree202122 June 2020[7]
32FKjeld Zuidema18Donar U21Free202119 June 2020[8]
24G/FJustin Watts30MKS Dąbrowa GórniczaFree202115 July 2020[9]
33G/FJuwann James33Fribourg OlympicFree202116 July 2020[10]
21SFHenry Caruso25Heroes Den BoschFree202123 August 2020[11]

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeDateSource
9SGJef de Vries20BALEnd of contract19 June 2020[12]
1PFDonte Thomas24CantùEnd of contract22 June 2020[13]
11G/FShane Hammink25Spirou CharleroiMutual consent4 July 2020[14]
42SGVernon Taylor33Union NeuchâtelEnd of contract6 July 2020[15]
7G/FYoeri Hoexum21Apollo AmsterdamEnd of contract17 September 2020[16]
8SFJason Dourisseau36End of contract
24CAndrew Smith27Science City JenaEnd of contract9 September 2020[17]
11PGCarrington Love26ZZ LeidenEnd of contract23 October 2020[18]
33CMatt McCarthy27CSO VoluntariEnd of contract17 August 2020[19]
0SGMatt Williams Jr.26End of contract
28FJeffrey Sedoc22End of contract

Preseason

  Win   Loss

Basketball Champions League

Qualifying round

Dutch Basketball League
Main article: 2020–21 Dutch Basketball League

Regular season

References
  1. "Donar en Braal gaan uit elkaar". Basketball League. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  3. "Nesta Agasi tekent contract bij Donar". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. "Guard Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson naar Donar". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. "Donar heeft Davonte Lacy vastgelegd". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. "Willem Brandwijk naar Donar". Donar.nl. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. "Donar contracteert Will Moreton". Donar.nl. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. "Donar contracteert Kjeld Zuidema". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  9. "Donar signs Justin Watts". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  10. "Juwann James signs with Donar". Sportando. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  12. "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  13. "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.
  14. "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. https://baskets-jena.de/newsarchiv/tickets/tx_news/center-andrew-smith-verstaerkt-die-lange-garde-von-science-city-jena/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=0a4d5632c900e5eab85c1522216be4bb
  18. https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/carrington-love-terug-bij-zz-leiden/
  19. Micinic, Adrian (August 17, 2020). "Matt McCarthy se alătură lui CSO Voluntari". United Hoops (in Romanian). Retrieved October 1, 2020.
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