2020–21 Pallacanestro Cantù season

Main article: Pallacanestro Cantù

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Cantù's 84th in existence and the club's 25th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Cantù

2020-21 season
Owner	Tutti Insieme Cantù S.r.l.
President	Roberto Allievi
Head coach	Piero Bucchi
Arena	PalaDesio
LBA	Relegated to Serie A2 (15th of 15)
Supercup	Group stage (4th of 4)
← 2019–20

Overview

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Players

Current roster

Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0 Gaines, Frank 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-07-07)7 July 1990 PF 1 Thomas, Donte 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 PG 2 Smith, Jaime 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 35 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 G/F 9 Procida, Gabriele 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (2002-06-01)1 June 2002 PF 10 Leunen, Maarty 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 39 – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 PF 11 La Torre, Andrea (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 27 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 G 22 Johnson, Jazz 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1996-09-26)26 September 1996 PF 23 Bayehe, Jordan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 25 – (1999-10-16)16 October 1999 SG 25 Baparapè, Biram 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 27 – (1997-04-25)25 April 1997 G/F 32 Pecchia, Andrea 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1997-11-16)16 November 1997 C 77 Radić, Ivica 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 34 – (1990-09-08)8 September 1990	Head coach Piero Bucchi Assistant coach(es) Marco Gandini Antonio Visciglia Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 10 May 2021

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	Ivica Radić	Jordan Bayehe
PF	Donte Thomas	Maarty Leunen
SF	Andrea Pecchia	Gabriele Procida	Andrea La Torre
SG	Frank Gaines	Biram Baparapè
PG	Jaime Smith	Jazz Johnson

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
1	PF		Donte Thomas	24	Donar Groningen		1 year	June 2021	Free	22 June 2020	[1]
23	PF		Jordan Bayehe	20	Roseto Sharks		2 years	June 2022	Free	27 June 2020	[2]
3	C		Sha'markus Kennedy	22	McNeese State Cowboys		1 year	June 2021	Free	4 July 2020	[3]
2	PG		Jaime Smith	31	Dinamo Sassari		1 year	June 2021	Free	11 July 2020	[4]
8	SG		James Woodard	26	Medi Bayreuth		1 year	June 2021	Free	16 July 2020	[5]
10	PF		Maarty Leunen	34	Fortitudo Bologna		1 year	June 2021	Free	21 July 2020	[6]
22	G		Jazz Johnson	23	Nevada Wolf Pack		1 year	June 2021	Free	29 July 2020	[7]
13	F/C		Kavell Bigby-Williams[Note IN]	25	Fort Wayne Mad Ants		1 year	June 2021	Free	14 December 2020	[8]
0	G		Frank Gaines[Note IN]	30	Bnei Herzliya Basket		1 year	June 2021	Undisclosed	4 January 2021	[9]
77	C		Ivica Radić[Note IN]	30	Anwil Włocławek		1 year	June 2021	Undisclosed	27 March 2021	[10]

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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
13	C		Kevarrius Hayes	23	ASVEL		End of contract	Free	8 June 2020	[11]
22	SG		Jason Burnell	23	Dinamo Sassari		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[12]
10	G		Wes Clark	25	SIG Strasbourg		End of contract	Free	26 June 2020	[13]
27	C		Alessandro Simioni	22	Basket Ravenna		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[14]
0	SG		Rodney Purvis	26	Bergamo Basket 2014		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[15]
1	SG		Cameron Young	23	Cherkaski Mavpy		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[16]
19	PF		Jeremiah Wilson	32	Al-Ittihad Jeddah		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[17]
20	G		Joe Ragland	30	Hapoel Eilat		End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	[18]
8	SG		James Woodard[Note OUT]	26	Peristeri		Transfer	Undisclosed	19 January 2021	[19][20]
13	F/C		Kavell Bigby-Williams[Note OUT]	25	Antwerp Giants		Transfer	Undisclosed	11 March 2021	[21][22]
3	C		Sha'markus Kennedy[Note OUT]	21	Rasta Vechta		Transfer	Undisclosed	1 April 2021	[23][24]

1. ^
   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
25	SG		Biram Baparapè	23	USA Basket Empoli		3 year	June 2021	Free	19 September 2018	[25]
11	PF		Andrea La Torre	23	Amici Udinese		3 year	June 2021	Free	8 November 2018	[26]
32	G/F		Andrea Pecchia	22	Treviglio		1 + 1 year	June 2021	Free	25 June 2019	[27][28]
9	SG		Gabriele Procida	17	Team ABC Cantù		1 + 4 years	June 2024	Free	24 August 2019	[29][30]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Start Date	Status	End date
	Piero Bucchi	62	Virtus Roma		end of the season	June 2021	26 January 2021[31]	active
	Cesare Pancotto	65	Poderosa Montegranaro		2 years	June 2021	11 June 2019[32][33]	Sacked	25 January 2021[34]

Competitions

Supercup

Main article: 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup

Pos	Team v t e	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 counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A

Main article: 2020–21 LBA season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
12	Fortitudo Lavoropiù Bologna	28	10	18	2179	2291	−112
13	Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	28	10	18	2271	2364	−93
14	Openjobmetis Varese	28	10	18	2271	2433	−162
15	Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù	28	9	19	2179	2313	−134	Relegation to Serie A2
16	Virtus Roma	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2021. Source: LBA

See also

• Sports portal
• Italy portal

• 2020–21 LBA season
• 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup

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