2020–21 London Lions season

The 2020–21 BBL season will be the 44th season for the London Lions in the BBL, and 9th under the banner of London Lions.

2020–21 London Lions season
Head Coach	Vince Macaulay
Captain	Joe Ikhinmwin
Stadium	Copper Box Arena, London
BBL results
Ladder	3rd
Wins	8
Losses	2
Uniforms
Home Away

The Lions play their home games at the 6,000 seat Copper Box Arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

Squad

Signings

• On 13 July, 2020, the London Lions announce the two-time BBL MVP, Justin Robinson has signed a two year deal with the club.[1]

• On 14 July, 2020, the London Lions re-signed Captain Joe Ikhinmwin for the 2020–21 BBL season. This will be his eighth season with the Lions.[2]

• On 20 July, 2020, the Lions have brought back veteran guard, Andre Lockhart, for a sixth successive season.[3]

• On 22 July, 2020, the London Lions signed five-year NBA veteran, DeAndre Liggins to the 2020–21 squad.[4]

• On 27 July, 2020, the Lions signed former Sheffield Sharks player Dirk Williams for the 2020–21 squad.[5]

• On 29 July, 2020, the London Lions re-signed Edmir Lucas for the 2020–21 BBL season.[6]

• On 3 August, 2020, the London Lions signed Kervin Bristol after a season in Ukraine. Kervin was a member of the 2018–19 Lions squad.[7] On 21 November, 2020, Kervin Bristol had been de-registered from the team, but remains on staff.

• On 5 August, 2020, the London Lions re-signed British international Jules Dang-Akodo for the 2020–21 BBL season.[8]

• On 6 August, 2020, the Lions have signed young Brit, Kingsley Okoroh for the 2020–21 squad.[9]

• On 10 August, 2020, the London Lions signed Chris Tawiah after a season in Romania. Chris was a member of the 2010–11 Lions squad.[10]

• On 12 August, 2020, the London Lions signed American Kevin Ware for the 2020–21 BBL season.[11]

• On 13 August, 2020, the Lions signed former tennis player and former Leicester Riders player Joshua Ward-Hibbert for the 2020–21 squad.[12]

• On 14 August, 2020, the London Lions signed former Leicester Riders player Shane Walker after a season in Sweden.[13]

• On 20 August, 2020, the London Lions signed six-year NBA veteran, Byron Mullens to the 2020–21 squad.[14]

• On 13 September, 2020, the London Lions signed former Lion Matthew Bryan-Amaning to the 2020–21 squad. Bryan-Amaning was a member of the Lions in 2013.[15] On 13 October, 2020, Bryan-Amaning parted ways with the team.[16]

• On 16 September, 2020, the London Lions signed American Stephen Brown as an injury replacement for Jules Dang-Akodo. Brown will only appear in the Basketball Champions League.[17]

• On 22 October, 2020 the London Lions signed Fahro Alihodžić to the 2020–21 squad.[18]

• On 21 November, 2020, the London Lions signed Orlando Parker for the 2020–21 BBL season.[19]

• On 11 December, 2020, the London Lions signed former Lion Jordan Spencer to the 2020–21 squad. Spencer was a member of the 2018–19 Lions squad.[20]

Roster

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2020–21 London Lions roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 0 Lucas, Edmir (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) F 2 Parker, Orlando (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) G 3 Lockhart, Andre 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) G 5 Ware, Kevin (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 79 kg (174 lb) F 7 Ikhinmwin, Joe (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) F/C 9 Mullens, Byron (IN) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 122 kg (269 lb) G 10 Robinson, Justin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) G 11 Williams, Dirk (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) C 15 Alihodžić, Fahro 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) G 17 Dang-Akodo, Jules 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) G/F 21 Ward-Hibbert, Joshua  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) C 22 Okoroh, Kingsley 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 121 kg (267 lb) G 23 Spencer, Jordan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) C 25 Tawiah, Chris 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) F/C 33 Bristol, Kervin (IN) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) G/F 34 Liggins, DeAndre (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F/C 44 Walker, Shane 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 96 kg (212 lb)	Head coach Vince Macaulay Assistant coach(es) Dave Greenaway Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (IN) Inactive (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 11 December 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Development
C	Chris Tawiah	Byron Mullens	Kingsley Okoroh
PF	Orlando Parker	Fahro Alihodžić	Joshua Ward-Hibbert	Kervin Bristol
SF	DeAndre Liggins	Shane Walker	Joe Ikhinmwin
SG	Kevin Ware	Dirk Williams	Edmir Lucas
PG	Justin Robinson	Andre Lockhart	Jordan Spencer	Jules Dang-Akodo

Preseason

Game log

2020–21 pre-season game log
August: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 30 August @ B.C. Oostende L 91–77 Edmir Lucas (20) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (8) Kevin Ware (7) Versluys Dôme 0–1 2 31 August @ B.C. Oostende W 81–84 DeAndre Liggins (15) Not announced Not announced Versluys Dôme 1–1
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 3 6 September @ Bakken Bears L 105–88 DeAndre Liggins (25) Not announced Not announced Vejlby-Risskov Hallen 1–2
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 4 9 October @ Surrey Scorchers W 89–107 Dirk Williams (41) Not announced Not announced Surrey Sports Park 2–2 5 12 October Bristol Flyers W 96–76 Byron Mullens (27) Chris Tawiah (13) Andre Lockhart (5) University of East London 3–2 6 23 October Sheffield Sharks L 68–89 Kevin Ware (22) Fahro Alihodžić (9) Kevin Ware (5) Copper Box Arena 3–3

Basketball Champions League

Game log

2020–21 season game log
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 22 September @ Neptūnas L 77–73 Matthew Bryan-Amaning (16) Matthew Bryan-Amaning (6) Kevin Ware (4) Arena Botevgrad 0–1

FIBA Europe Cup

Game log

2020–21 season game log
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 26 January @ Anwil Włocławek Withdrawn 2 27 January Fribourg Olympic Withdrawn 3 29 January @ Dnipro Withdrawn 4 N/A Anwil Włocławek Withdrawn 5 N/A @ Fribourg Olympic Withdrawn 6 N/A Dnipro Withdrawn

*Note: FIBA has withdrawn the London Lions from the FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season due to COVID-19 disruptions. All games of the London Lions will be forfeited.[21]

BBL Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newcastle Eagles	6	4	2	539	526	+13	8	Qualification to quarter-finals
2	Leicester Riders	5	3	2	455	422	+33	6
3	London Lions	6	3	3	501	497	+4	6
4	Sheffield Sharks	5	1	4	371	421	−50	2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2020. Source: BBC Sport

Game log

2020–21 season game log
November: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 1 November Newcastle Eagles L 79–89 (OT) Dirk Williams (19) DeAndre Liggins (11) DeAndre Liggins (5) Copper Box Arena 0–1 2 6 November @ Sheffield Sharks L 70–61 DeAndre Liggins (18) Kevin Ware (8) Justin Robinson (3) Ponds Forge 0–2 3 13 November Sheffield Sharks W 88–73 DeAndre Liggins (32) Liggins, Ware (7) Justin Robinson (7) Copper Box Arena 1–2 4 15 November @ Leicester Riders L 97–76 Dirk Williams (20) DeAndre Liggins (8) Dirk Williams (7) Morningside Arena 1–3 5 20 November @ Newcastle Eagles W 79–99 Justin Robinson (23) DeAndre Liggins (14) Kevin Ware (4) Eagles Community Arena 2–3 6 22 November Leicester Riders W 98–89 DeAndre Liggins (26) Kingsley Okoroh (7) Kevin Ware (5) Copper Box Arena 3–3
December: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 7 16 December @ Plymouth Raiders W 80–85 (OT) Dirk Williams (20) Orlando Parker (8) Liggins, Robinson (6) Plymouth Pavilions 4–3
January: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 8 12 January 2021 Manchester Giants W 20–0 N/A N/A N/A National Basketball Performance Centre 5–3 9 24 January 2021 Newcastle Eagles L 77–84 Dirk Williams (19) Kevin Ware (9) Justin Robinson (6) Morningside Arena 5–4

BBL Trophy

Game log

2020–21 season game log
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 11 February 2021 Leicester Riders boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0

BBL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leicester Riders	11	10	1	956	818	+138	20	Qualification to playoffs
2	Newcastle Eagles	11	9	2	980	929	+51	18
3	London Lions	10	8	2	932	828	+104	16
4	Plymouth Raiders	14	7	7	1095	1055	+40	14
5	Sheffield Sharks	11	6	5	895	814	+81	12
6	Manchester Giants	12	5	7	981	1009	−28	10
7	Worcester Wolves	9	4	5	665	723	−58	8
8	Cheshire Phoenix	11	4	7	902	895	+7	8
9	Bristol Flyers	11	4	7	854	888	−34	8
10	Surrey Scorchers	9	2	7	695	809	−114	4
11	Glasgow Rocks	13	2	11	917	1104	−187	4

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

Game log

2020–21 season game log
December: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 1 3 December @ Newcastle Eagles L 88–79 Justin Robinson (17) Ikhinmwin, Taiwah, Williams (5) Justin Robinson (8) Eagles Community Arena 0–1 2 11 December Plymouth Raiders W 101–95 Orlando Parker (22) Alihodžić, Liggins (5) DeAndre Liggins (11) Copper Box Arena 1–1 3 13 December @ Cheshire Phoenix W 99–110 Orlando Parker (25) Orlando Parker (7) DeAndre Liggins (8) Cheshire Oaks Arena 2–1 4 18 December Manchester Giants W 92–88 Dirk Williams (37) Orlando Parker (9) Kevin Ware (7) Copper Box Arena 3–1 5 21 December Worcester Wolves W 103–71 Orlando Parker (25) Shane Walker (8) Justin Robinson (9) Copper Box Arena 4–1
January: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 6 3 January @ Leicester Riders W 73–74 Dirk Williams (19) Liggins, Parker (11) Liggins, Robinson (7) Morningside Arena 5–1 7 8 January Newcastle Eagles W 109–89 Dirk Williams (24) Chris Tawiah (10) DeAndre Liggins (8) Copper Box Arena 6–1 8 9 January Glasgow Rocks W 91–74 Dirk Williams (17) Orlando Parker (8) DeAndre Liggins (7) Copper Box Arena 7–1 9 15 January @ Bristol Flyers W 70–98 DeAndre Liggins (18) DeAndre Liggins (7) DeAndre Liggins (7) SGS College Arena 8–1
February: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 10 7 February Plymouth Raiders L 75–81 Justin Robinson (15) DeAndre Liggins (12) DeAndre Liggins (9) Copper Box Arena 8–2 11 14 February @ Plymouth Raiders boxscore TBD TBD TBD Plymouth Pavilions 0–0 12 19 February @ Cheshire Phoenix boxscore TBD TBD TBD Cheshire Oaks Arena 0–0 13 24 February @ Worcester Wolves boxscore TBD TBD TBD Worcester Arena 0–0 14 28 February @ Sheffield Sharks boxscore TBD TBD TBD Ponds Forge 0–0
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 15 5 March Bristol Flyers boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 16 7 March Glasgow Rocks boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 17 12 March Manchester Giants boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 18 14 March @ Leicester Riders boxscore TBD TBD TBD Morningside Arena 0–0 19 19 March @ Sheffield Sharks boxscore TBD TBD TBD Ponds Forge 0–0 20 26 March @ Newcastle Eagles boxscore TBD TBD TBD Eagles Community Arena 0–0 21 28 March Worcester Wolves boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 22 31 March Surrey Scorchers boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record 23 10 April @ Bristol Flyers boxscore TBD TBD TBD SGS College Arena 0–0 24 16 April Surrey Scorchers boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 25 23 April Cheshire Phoenix boxscore TBD TBD TBD Copper Box Arena 0–0 26 25 April @ Glasgow Rocks boxscore TBD TBD TBD Emirates Arena 0–0

BBL Playoffs

Game log

2021 playoff game log
TBD: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Record TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 0–0

See also

• 2020–21 British Basketball League season

References

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2. "Eight is great for Joe". British Basketball League. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
3. "Lionheart Lockhart Returns". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
4. "NBA Veteran Liggins In London". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
5. "Dirk Williams In Capital Landing". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
6. "Edmir Lucas Is Fourth Returnee". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
7. "Kervin Bristol Returns To Lions Defence". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
8. "Jules Is Diamond On The Rise". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
9. "Kingsley Is Giant Lion". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
10. "Junior Lion Tawiah Is A Senior Lion". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
11. "Kevin Ware Defies The Odds". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
12. "Anyone For Tennis As Lions Net Josh Ward-Hibbert". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
13. "London Welcomes Walker". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
14. "Byron Mullens Is London's 2nd NBA Star". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
15. "Bryan-Amaning Joins The Pride". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
16. "Matthew Bryan-Amaning, London Lions part ways". Sportando. October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
17. "Brown Is Final Euro Piece". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
18. "Home Is Sweet For Fahro". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
19. "Orlando At Home In London". www.thelondonlions.com. 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
20. "Jordan Spencer makes London Lions return". hoopsfix.com. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
21. "London Lions ruled out from FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season due to COVID-19 disruptions". fiba.basketball. 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

External links

• London Lions (official website)

• British Basketball League (official website)

• Basketball Champions League (official website)

• FIBA Europe Cup (official website)

• FIBA (official website)