2021–22 Pallacanestro Varese season

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Main article: Pallacanestro Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
2021-22 season
OwnerVarese nel cuore s.c. a r.l.
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coach
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBARegular season
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 3)

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 77th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Kit[]

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

Players[]

Current roster[]

Openjobmetis Varese roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 3 United States Kell, Trey 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1996-04-05)5 April 1996
SF 5 Italy Gentile, Alessandro 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1991-11-12)12 November 1991
G 7 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
PF 9 Lithuania 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
PG 10 Italy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996
PG 13 Italy 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 19 – (2002-04-06)6 April 2002
C 15 United States Egbunu, John 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 27 – (1994-10-31)31 October 1994
PF 18 Italy 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2003-03-18)18 March 2003
F 21 Italy Ferrero, Giancarlo (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 33 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
SF 22 United States Jones, Jalen 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1993-05-27)27 May 1993
C 30 Italy 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 22 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999
PG 45 United States Keene, Marcus 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1995-05-06)6 May 1995
Head coach
  • Italy
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Vincenzo Cavazzana
  • Italy Alberto Seravalli
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 7 December 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 John Egbunu Guglielmo Caruso
PF Paulius Sorokas Giancarlo Ferrero Nicolò Virginio
SF Alessandro Gentile Jalen Jones
SG Marcus Keene Anthony Beane Matteo Librizzi
PG Trey Kell Giovanni De Nicolao

(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
5 SF Italy Alessandro Gentile 28 Estudiantes Spain 1 year June 2022 Free 25 June 2021 [1]
30 C Italy 22 Santa Clara Broncos United States 2+1 years June 2023 + 2024 Free 10 July 2021 [2]
3 PG United States Trey Kell 25 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland 1 year June 2022 Free 14 July 2021 [3]
11 SG United States Elijah Wilson 26 Dąbrowa Górnicza Poland 1 year June 2022 Free 19 July 2021 [4]
9 PF Lithuania 28 Italy 1 year June 2022 Free 21 July 2021 [5]
6 PG Italy 27 Italy 3 months December 2021 Free 24 September 2021 [6]
45 PG United States Marcus Keene[Note IN] 26 Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia 1 year June 2022 Free 16 November 2021 [7]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out[]

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
10 PG Italy Michele Ruzzier 23 Virtus Bologna Italy Exit option €15,000 30 June 2021 [8][9]
3 C United States 27 Italy End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [10]
4 F/C Argentina Luis Scola 41 Retired End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [11]
23 SG United States Toney Douglas 35 Iraklis Greece End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [12]
12 G/F Latvia Artūrs Strautiņš 22 Reggio Emilia Italy Exit option Undisclosed 4 July 2020 [13][14]
19 SF Italy Niccolò De Vico 24 Basket Torino Italy Transfer Undisclosed 20 July 2021 [15][16]
11 SG United States Elijah Wilson[Note OUT] 26 Start Lublin Poland Transfer Undisclosed 24 November 2021 [17][18]
6 PG Italy [Note OUT] 27 Italy Mutual consent Undisclosed 7 December 2021 [19][20]
  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
21 F Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 32 Pallacanestro Trapani Italy 4 + 3 years June 2022 Free 4 July 2015 [21][22][23]
5 PG Italy 25 Fortitudo Agrigento Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 12 June 2020 [24]
22 SF United States Jalen Jones 28 Capital City Go-Go United States 1 + 1 years June 2021 Undisclosed 9 November 2020 [25]
2 G United States Anthony Beane 26 Virtus Roma Italy 2 years June 2022 Free 14 December 2020 [26]
15 C United States John Egbunu 26 Busan KT Sonicboom South Korea 1 + 1 years June 2022 Free 28 January 2021 [27][28]

Coach[]

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy 40 Bayern Munich (assistant) Germany 2 years June 2023 15 June 2021[29] Italy Massimo Bulleri 19 May 2021[30] Mutual consent

Competitions[]

Supercup[]

Main article: 2021 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 4 0 350 304 +46 Advance to Final Eight
2 Vanoli Cremona 4 1 3 319 337 −18
3 Openjobmetis Varese 4 1 3 299 327 −28
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A[]

Main article: 2021–22 LBA season
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
12 Umana Reyer Venezia 12 5 7 927 938 −11
13 Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro 12 4 8 919 951 −32
14 Vanoli Cremona 12 3 9 953 1007 −54
15 Fortitudo Kigili Bologna 12 3 9 961 984 −23 Relegation to Serie A2
16 Openjobmetis Varese 12 3 9 938 1073 −135
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: LBA

References[]

  1. ^ "ALESSANDRO GENTILE TORNA IN ITALIA. È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "GUGLIELMO CARUSO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ "TREY KELL É IL NUOVO PLAYMAKER DELLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ELIJAH WILSON È BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "BENVENUTO PAULIUS SOROKAS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "ANDREA AMATO NUOVO INNESTO PER LA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ "MARCUS KEENE È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA OPENJOBMETIS". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "MICHELE RUZZIER ESCE DAL CONTRATTO CON IL CLUB BIANCOROSSO" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 30 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Michele Ruzzier nuovo acquisto di Virtus Segafredo Bologna". virtus.it (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Colpaccio Bakery: dalla massima serie italiana arriva Anthony Morse". bakerybasket.it (in Italian). 17 July 2021.
  11. ^ "LUIS SCOLA NUOVO AMMINISTRATORE DELEGATO DEL CLUB BIANCOROSSO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 20 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Στον ΗΡΑΚΛΗ ο Toney Douglas". iraklis-bc.gr (in Greek). 22 August 2021.
  13. ^ "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO CON ARTŪRS STRAUTIŅŠ". pallacanestrovarese.it. 4 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Arturs Strautins torna in biancorosso". pallacanestroreggiana.it. 4 July 2020.
  15. ^ "RISOLTO IL CONTRATTO CON NICCOLÒ DE VICO". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 20 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Niccolò De Vico è un nuovo giocatore della Reale Mutua Basket Torino". baskettorinoofficial.com (in Italian). 20 July 2020.
  17. ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE TRA ELIJAH WILSON E PALLACANESTRO VARESE". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 29 November 2021.
  18. ^ @StartLublin (24 November 2021). "ELIJAH WILSON nowym zawodnikiem Czerwono-Czarnych!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE TRA ANDREA AMATO E PALLACANESTRO VARESE". pallacanestrovarese.it (in Italian). 7 December 2021.
  20. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: ANDREA AMATO". pallacanestronardo.it (in Italian). 7 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Varese, Giancarlo Ferrero Has Officially Signed up". pallacanestrovarese.it. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Giancarlo Ferrero with the Red & Whites Once More". pallacanestrovarese.it. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Giancarlo Ferrero Extends His Contract with Varese". pallacanestrovarese.it. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Giovanni De Nicolao È Un Nuovo Giocatore Della Openjobmetis". pallacanestrovarese.it. 12 June 2020.
  25. ^ "JALEN JONES NUOVO INNESTO PER LA OPENJOBMETIS VARESE" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 9 November 2020.
  26. ^ "ANTHONY BEANE È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA OPENJOBMETIS" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 14 December 2020.
  27. ^ "JOHN EGBUNU NUOVA FIRMA PER LA OPENJOBMETIS VARESE" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 28 January 2021.
  28. ^ "JOHN EGBUNU È ANCORA BIANCOROSSO" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 22 July 2021.
  29. ^ "ADRIANO VERTEMATI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA PALLACANESTRO VARESE" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 15 June 2021.
  30. ^ "SI SEPARANO LE STRADE DI VARESE E MASSIMO BULLERI" (in Italian). pallacanestrovarese.it. 19 May 2021.
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