2019–20 Pallacanestro Cantù season

Main article: Pallacanestro Cantù

The 2019–20 season is Pallacanestro Cantù's 84th in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Cantù

2019-20 season
President	Davide Marson
Head coach	Cesare Pancotto
Arena	PalaDesio
LBA	season cancelled (11th)
2020–21 →

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.^[1] Cantù ended the championship in 11th position.

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Players

Rodney Purvis was hired before the early conclusion of the season, therefore he didn't play any games with the team.

Current roster

S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Young, Cameron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 SG 9 Procida, Gabriele 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 G 10 Clark, Wes 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1994-12-12)12 December 1994 PF 11 La Torre, Andrea (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 C 13 Hayes, Kevarrius 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 27 – (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 SG 15 Purvis, Rodney (*) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 PF 19 Wilson, Jeremiah 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 36 – (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 G 20 Ragland, Joe 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 SF 22 Burnell, Jason 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997 SG 25 Baparapè, Biram 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 C 27 Simioni, Alessandro 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 26 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998 G/F 32 Pecchia, Andrea 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1997-11-16)16 November 1997	Head coach Cesare Pancotto Assistant coach(es) Marco Gandini Antonio Visciglia Legend (C) Team captain (*) Joined the team before the interruption and never played Injured Roster Updated: February 25, 2020

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Kevarrius Hayes	Alessandro Simioni
PF	Jeremiah Wilson	Andrea La Torre
SF	Jason Burnell	Andrea Pecchia	Gabriele Procida
SG	Joe Ragland	Cameron Young	Biram Baparapè
PG	Wes Clark	Rodney Purvis

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

Squad changes

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
28	SG		Yancarlos Rodriguez	25	Roseto Sharks		1 year	June 2020	Free	20 June 2019	[2]
27	C		Alessandro Simioni	21	Imola		1 year	June 2020	Free	22 June 2019	[3]
32	G/F		Andrea Pecchia	21	Treviglio		1 year	June 2020	Free	25 June 2019	[4]
13	C		Kevarrius Hayes	22	Florida Gators		1 year	June 2020	Free	8 July 2019	[5]
19	PF		Jeremiah Wilson	31	Nantes		1 year	June 2020	Free	11 July 2019	[6]
22	SG		Jason Burnell	22	Jacksonville State Gamecocks		1 year	June 2020	Free	17 July 2019	[7]
10	G		Wes Clark	24	New Basket Brindisi		1 year	June 2020	Free	23 July 2019	[8]
7	SG		Corban Collins	25	BC Luleå		1 year	June 2020	Free	26 July 2019	[9]
9	SG		Gabriele Procida	17	Team ABC Cantù		N/A	N/A	Free	24 August 2019	[10]
1	SG		Cameron Young	23	Quinnipiac Bobcats		1 year	June 2020	Free	6 September 2019	[11]
20	G		Joe Ragland	30	Darüşşafaka		1 year	June 2020	Free	9 December 2019	[12]
0	SG		Rodney Purvis	26	Hapoel Tel Aviv		end of the season	June 2020	Free	25 February 2020	[13]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
0	SG		Frank Gaines	28	Virtus Bologna		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[14]
3	SG		Tony Carr	21	Parma Perm		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[15]
4	G		Gerry Blakes	25	Oldenburg		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[16]
8	SG		Salvatore Parrillo	26	Pallacanestro Orzinuovi		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[17]
9	PF		Shaheed Davis	25	Fukushima Firebonds		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[18]
10	PG		Maurizio Tassone	28	Derthona Basket		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[19]
17	F/C		Luca Pappalardo	19	Scandone Avellino		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[20]
33	PF		Tyler Stone	27	Piratas de Quebradillas		end of contract	Free	May 2019	[21]
41	F/C		Davon Jefferson	32	Capitanes de Arecibo		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019	[22]
7	SG		Corban Collins	25	Blu Basket Treviglio		mutual consent	Undisclosed	18 December 2019	[23][24]
28	SG		Yancarlos Rodriguez	25	Roseto Sharks		transfer	Undisclosed	16 January 2020	[25]

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
25	SG		Biram Baparapè	27	USA Basket Empoli		3 year	June 2021	Free	19 September 2018	[26]
11	PF		Andrea La Torre	27	Amici Udinese		3 year	June 2021	Free	8 November 2018	[27]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Replaces		Date	Type
	Cesare Pancotto	64	Poderosa Montegranaro		1 + 1	2020 + 2021	11 June 2019[28]		Nicola Brienza	28 May 2019[29]	mutual consent

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2019–20 LBA season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
9	Dolomiti Energia Trento	21	11	10	1635	1665	−30	Qualification for EuroCup
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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

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