2020–21 Dinamo Sassari season

Dinamo Sassari
2020-21 season
Owner	Polisportiva Dinamo s.r.l.
President	Stefano Sardara
Head coach	Gianmarco Pozzecco
Arena	Palasport Roberta Serradimigni
LBA	5th of 15
0Playoffs	0Quarterfinals
BCL	Play-offs (4th of 4)
Italian Cup	Quarter finals
Supercup	Semifinals
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is Dinamo Sassari's 61st in existence and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Overview

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Lega Basket Serie A

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Basketball Champions League

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Italian Cup

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Supercup

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Players

Current roster

Banco di Sardegna Sassari roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Spissu, Marco	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	29 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995
C	2	Bilan, Miro	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	121 kg (267 lb)	35 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989
F	3	Treier, Kaspar	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	25 – (1999-09-19)19 September 1999
G	4	Pušica, Vasilije	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	29 – (1995-09-12)12 September 1995
G	5	Chessa, Massimo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	36 – (1988-04-30)30 April 1988
SG	6	Krušlin, Filip	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	35 – (1989-03-18)18 March 1989
F/C	7	Happ, Ethan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	28 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996
G/F	8	Devecchi, Giacomo (C)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	39 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985
PG	10	Katić, Toni	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	32 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992
PG	13	Re, Marco Antonio	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	24 – (2000-07-13)13 July 2000
SF	14	Burnell, Jason	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	27 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997
F	20	Bendžius, Eimantas	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	34 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990
C	21	Gandini, Luca	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	39 – (1985-11-07)7 November 1985
G	22	Gentile, Stefano	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	35 – (1989-09-20)20 September 1989

Head coach

Gianmarco Pozzecco

Assistant coach(es)

Edoardo Casalone
Giorgio Gerosa

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 21 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	Inactive
C	Miro Bilan	Luca Gandini
PF	Eimantas Bendžius	Ethan Happ
SF	Jason Burnell	Kaspar Treier	Giacomo Devecchi
SG	Stefano Gentile	Filip Krušlin	Marco Antonio Re
PG	Marco Spissu	Toni Katić	Massimo Chessa	Vasilije Pušica

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

Squad changes

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
14	SF	Jason Burnell	23	Pallacanestro Cantù	1 year	June 2021	Free	12 June 2020	^[1]
4	G	Vasilije Pušica	24	VL Pesaro	1 year	June 2021	Free	23 June 2020	^[2]
23	F/C	Justin Tillman	24	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	1 year	June 2021	Free	24 June 2020	^[3]
3	F	Kaspar Treier	20	Basket Ravenna	3 year	June 2023	Free	3 July 2020	^[4]
6	SG	Filip Krušlin	31	Cedevita Olimpija	1 year	June 2021	Free	4 July 2020	^[5]
20	F	Eimantas Bendžius	30	Rytas Vilnius	1+1 years	June 2021	Free	7 July 2020	^[6]
21	C	Luca Gandini	34	Pallacanestro Varese	1 year	June 2021	Free	15 July 2020	^[7]
10	PG	Toni Katić^{[Note IN]}	28	Cibona	1 year	June 2021	Undisclosed	7 November 2020	^[8]
5	G	Massimo Chessa^{[Note IN]}	32	Napoli Basket	End of season	June 2021	Free	14 January 2021	^[9]
7	F/C	Ethan Happ^{[Note IN]}	24	Fortitudo Bologna	End of season	June 2021	Undisclosed	18 January 2021	^[10]^[11]

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

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
23	C	Dwight Coleby	26	Merkezefendi Basket	End of contract	Free	28 June 2020	^[12]
3	PG	Jaime Smith	30	Pallacanestro Cantù	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[13]
7	SF	Lorenzo Bucarelli	22	Eurobasket Roma	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[14]
9	PF	Paulius Sorokas	28	Chieti Basket 1974	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[15]
11	F	Dwayne Evans	28	Ryukyu Golden Kings	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[16]
15	C	Daniele Magro	33	Brescia Leonessa	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[17]
21	SG	Dyshawn Pierre	26	Fenerbahçe	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[18]
31	SG	Michele Vitali	28	Brose Bamberg	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[19]
55	PG	Curtis Jerrells	33	Anwil Włocławek	End of contract	Free	1 July 2020	^[20]
23	F/C	Justin Tillman^{[Note OUT]}	24	Bursaspor	Transfer	Undisclosed	8 January 2021	^[21]^[22]

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

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
8	G/F	Giacomo Devecchi	35	Sutor Montegranaro	4 years	June 2023	Free	27 July 2006	^[23]
0	PG	Marco Spissu	25	Virtus Bologna	3 year	June 2022	Return from loan	15 July 2017	^[24]^[25]
22	SG	Stefano Gentile	30	Virtus Bologna	2 + 3 year	June 2023	Free	25 June 2018	^[26]^[27]^[28]
2	C	Miro Bilan	30	ASVEL	1 + 1 year	June 2021	Free	13 July 2019	^[29]

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	Gianmarco Pozzecco	47	Fortitudo Bologna		3 years	June 2022	11 February 2019	^[30]^[31]

Competitions

Supercup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	6	4	2	563	484	+79	Advance to Final Four
2	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	4	2	528	470	+58
3	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	6	4	2	498	435	+63
4	Virtus Roma	6	0	6	394	594	−200

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.

Final Four

18 September 2019 Semifinal	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	76–88	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Bologna
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 18-21, 17-22, 17-26
Eurosport	Pts: Bilan 24 Rebs: Bilan 13 Asts: Spissu 6 PIR: Bilan 37	Boxscore	Pts: Abass, Teodosić 13 Rebs: Gamble 8 Asts: Teodosić 6 PIR: Abass 16	Arena: Segafredo Arena Referees: Tolga Sahin, Valerio Grigioni, Denis Quarta

Italian Cup

Sassari qualified to the 2021 Italian Basketball Cup by ending the first half of the LBA season in the 3rd position. They played the quarterfinal against the 6th ranking Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro.

12 February 2021 Quarterfinals	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	110–1150(OT)	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	Assago (Milan)
20:45	Scoring by quarter: 26-24, 27-25, 23-21, 23-29, Overtime: 11-16
Rai Sport, Eurosport	Pts: Bendžius 22 Rebs: Spissu 10 Asts: Spissu 9 PIR: Spissu 34	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 27 Rebs: Filipovity 13 Asts: Robinson 27 PIR: Drell	Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Michele Rossi, Lorenzo Baldini, Christian Borgo

Serie A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
3	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	28	19	9	2397	2168	+229	Qualification to Playoffs
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	28	19	9	2257	2142	+115
5	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	28	18	10	2527	2437	+90
6	De' Longhi Treviso	28	14	14	2353	2468	−115
7	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	28	14	14	2253	2249	+4

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

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

13 May 2021 Game 1	Umana Reyer Venezia	92–910(OT) (Series: 1-0)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Mestre (Venice)
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 14-24, 21-19, 27-20, 19-18, Overtime: 11-10
Rai Sport, Eurosport Player	Pts: Chappell 19 Rebs: Stone 8 Asts: De Nicolao 6 PIR: Stone 23	Boxscore	Pts: Bilan 19 Rebs: Bilan 11 Asts: Spissu 4 PIR: Bilan 34	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Fabrizio Paglialunga

14 May 2021 Game 2	Umana Reyer Venezia	83–78 (Series: 2-0)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Mestre (Venice)
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 16-23, 20-7, 26-24
Rai Sport, Eurosport Player	Pts: Tonut 25 Rebs: Watt 7 Asts: Stone, Watt 4 PIR: Tonut 27	Boxscore	Pts: Happ 14 Rebs: Burnell, Bendžius, Gentile 9 Asts: Spissu 5 PIR: Happ 20	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni

16 May 2021 Game 3	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	75–60 (Series: 1-2)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Sassari
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22-12, 24-14, 15-16, 14-18
Rai Sport, Eurosport Player	Pts: Spissu, Bendžius 13 Rebs: Bilan 7 Asts: Spissu, Burnell 4 PIR: Spissu, Happ 15	Boxscore	Pts: Tonut 17 Rebs: Stone, Daye 7 Asts: Tonut, Daye 3 PIR: Daye 18	Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Tolga Sahin, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Andrea Bongiorni

18 May 2021 Game 4	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	86–73 (Series: 2-2)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Sassari
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 20-6, 11-29, 28-24, 27-14
Rai Sport, Eurosport 2	Pts: Bendžius 25 Rebs: Burnell 8 Asts: Spissu 5 PIR: Bendžius 27	Boxscore	Pts: Jerrells 14 Rebs: Chappell 9 Asts: Chappell 5 PIR: Chappell 19	Arena: PalaSerradimigni Referees: Michele Rossi, Alessandro Martolini, Guido Giovannetti

20 May 2021 Game 5	Umana Reyer Venezia	93–91 (Series: 3-2)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Mestre (Venice)
21:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 24-23, 12-26, 27-28, 30-14
Rai Sport, Eurosport Player	Pts: Daye 20 Rebs: Tonut 7 Asts: Tonut 4 PIR: Tonut, Daye 22	Boxscore	Pts: Bilan 26 Rebs: Bendžius 9 Asts: Spissu, Gentile 5 PIR: Bilan 27	Arena: Taliercio Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Mark Bartoli, Denny Borgioni

Champions League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iberostar Tenerife	6	4	2	552	507	+45	10	Advance to Playoffs
2	Dinamo Sassari	6	4	2	524	529	−5	10	Advance to Playoffs
3	Bakken Bears	6	3	3	523	507	+16	9
4	Galatasaray	6	1	5	495	551	−56	7

Source: Champions League

Play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ERA Nymburk	6	5	1	532	497	+35	11	Advance to Final Eight
2	Casademont Zaragoza	6	4	2	521	522	−1	10	Advance to Final Eight
3	Brose Bamberg	6	2	4	513	504	+9	8
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	1	5	502	545	−43	7

Source: Champions League

References

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^ "Una combo di ferro alla corte di Poz" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 23 June 2020.
^ "Il Banco spicca il volo con Justin Tillman" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 24 June 2020.
^ "Il futuro biancoblu si chiama Kaspar Treier" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 3 July 2020.
^ "Filip Kruslin: un cecchino di sistema" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 4 July 2020.
^ "È una Dinamo dall'IQ europeo: firmato Eimantas Bendzius" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 7 July 2020.
^ "Luca Gandini: esperienza al servizio del Banco" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 15 July 2020.
^ "Toni Katic per il tris croato del Banco" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 7 November 2020.
^ "Massimo Chessa ritorna in maglia Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 14 January 2021.
^ "Massimo Chessa ritorna in maglia Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 14 January 2021.
^ "Ethan Happ completa lo scacchiere biancoblu" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 18 January 2020.
^ "Dwight Coleby Denizli Basket'te" (in Turkish). Yeni Asır. 28 June 2020.
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^ "Firmato Giacomo Devecchi" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 27 July 2006.
^ "Marco Spissu ritorna alla sua Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 15 July 2017.
^ "Marco Spissu con il Banco fino al 2022" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 17 May 2019.
^ "Nella pattuglia biancoblu arriva Stefano Gentile" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 25 June 2018.
^ "Il Banco rilancia: Stefano Gentile a Sassari fino al 2021" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 19 July 2019.
^ "Stefano Gentile sposa la Dinamo fino al 2023" (in Italian). 9 September 2020.
^ "Sotto le plance arriva il gigante Miro Bilan". dinamobasket.com (in Italian). Dinamo Basket. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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^ "Coach Pozzecco alla guida della Dinamo fino al 2022" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 20 September 2019.

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

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

[1] "Il Banco apre le danze: ecco Jason Burnell" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 12 June 2020.

[2] "Una combo di ferro alla corte di Poz" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 23 June 2020.

[3] "Il Banco spicca il volo con Justin Tillman" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 24 June 2020.

[4] "Il futuro biancoblu si chiama Kaspar Treier" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 3 July 2020.

[5] "Filip Kruslin: un cecchino di sistema" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 4 July 2020.

[6] "È una Dinamo dall'IQ europeo: firmato Eimantas Bendzius" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 7 July 2020.

[7] "Luca Gandini: esperienza al servizio del Banco" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 15 July 2020.

[8] "Toni Katic per il tris croato del Banco" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 7 November 2020.

[9] "Massimo Chessa ritorna in maglia Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 14 January 2021.

[10] "Massimo Chessa ritorna in maglia Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 14 January 2021.

[11] "Ethan Happ completa lo scacchiere biancoblu" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 18 January 2020.

[12] "Dwight Coleby Denizli Basket'te" (in Turkish). Yeni Asır. 28 June 2020.

[13] "UN COLPO DA NOVANTA: JAIME SMITH TORNA A VESTIRE LA MAGLIA CANTURINA" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 11 July 2020.

[14] "COLPO DELL'ATLANTE EUROBASKET ROMA: ARRIVA LORENZO BUCARELLI" (in Italian). eurobasketroma.it. 16 August 2020.

[15] "Chieti Basket 1974: arriva Paulius Sorokas" (in Italian). sportando.basketball. 17 August 2020.

[16] "Dwayne Evans (ドウェイン・エバンス)選手 Kim Tillie (キム・ティリ)選手契約(新規)のお知らせ" (in Italian). goldenkings.jp. 25 August 2020.

[17] "Germani Brescia, Daniele Magro aggregato alla prima squadra" (in Italian). basketbrescialeonessa.it. 27 August 2020.

[18] "Dyshawn Pierre Fenerbahçe Beko'da" (in Turkish). fenerbahce.org. 8 July 2020.

[19] "Ein Italiener und ein Amerikaner für Brose: Michele Vitali und Chase Fieler werden Bamberger" (in German). brosebamberg.de. 28 July 2020.

[20] "Experience Of The Left Hand - Curtis Jerrels". kkwloclawek.pl. 6 January 2021.

[21] @BsBasketbol (8 January 2021). "MARİAL SHAYOK ve JUSTİN TİLMANN BURSASPOR'DA" (Tweet) (in Turkish) – via Twitter.

[22] "La Dinamo saluta Justin Tillman" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 9 January 2021.

[23] "Firmato Giacomo Devecchi" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 27 July 2006.

[24] "Marco Spissu ritorna alla sua Dinamo" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 15 July 2017.

[25] "Marco Spissu con il Banco fino al 2022" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 17 May 2019.

[26] "Nella pattuglia biancoblu arriva Stefano Gentile" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 25 June 2018.

[27] "Il Banco rilancia: Stefano Gentile a Sassari fino al 2021" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 19 July 2019.

[28] "Stefano Gentile sposa la Dinamo fino al 2023" (in Italian). 9 September 2020.

[29] "Sotto le plance arriva il gigante Miro Bilan". dinamobasket.com (in Italian). Dinamo Basket. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[30] "Sulla panchina della Dinamo arriva Gianmarco Pozzecco" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 11 February 2019.

[31] "Coach Pozzecco alla guida della Dinamo fino al 2022" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 20 September 2019.

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v t e 2020–21 Basketball Champions League
Champions	San Pablo Burgos
Runners-up	Pınar Karşıyaka
Third	Casademont Zaragoza
Fourth	Strasbourg
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	ERA Nymburk Hapoel Holon Iberostar Tenerife Nizhny Novgorod
Eliminated in the Round of 16	Group I Group J Group K Group L AEK Brose Bamberg Dinamo Sassari Happy Casa Brindisi Igokea Tofaş Türk Telekom VEF Riga
Eliminated in the Regular Season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Bakken Bears Cholet Darüşşafaka Tekfen Falco Filou Oostende Fortitudo Bologna Galatasaray Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem JDA Dijon Keravnos Limoges CSP Peristeri RETAbet Bilbao Rytas Start Lublin Tsmoki-Minsk
Eliminated in the Qualifying rounds	Anwil Włocławek Balkan Belfius Mons-Hainaut Dnipro Donar Fribourg Olympic Hapoel Tel Aviv Iraklis London Lions Neptūnas Sporting CP U-BT Cluj Napoca

Overview

Kit

Lega Basket Serie A

Basketball Champions League

Italian Cup

Supercup

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes

In

Out

Confirmed

Coach

Competitions

Supercup

Final Four

Italian Cup

Serie A

Regular season

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Champions League

Regular season

Play-offs

See also

References