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Dinamo Sassari

2019-20 season
President	Stefano Sardara
Head coach	Gianmarco Pozzecco
Arena	Palasport Roberta Serradimigni
LBA	season cancelled (2nd)
BCL	Round of 16
Coppa Italia	Quarter finals
Supercoppa	Winners
Serie A Champions League
2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season is Dinamo Sassari's 60th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview

Sassari comes from a very successful 2018–19 season both in the Italian league and European league. They won, indeed, the FIBA Europe Cup and for the first time of the history of the club, Sassari added a European level trophy in their palmares.

In Italy, Sassari reached the finals and lost the series at the last best of 4 match, interrupting an incredible series of 15 consecutive wins in the Italian league.

Coach Gianmarco Pozzecco was hired during the 2018-19 season and, since his establishment, he lost only four games in the finals against Reyer Venezia after winning 23 consecutive games amongst Europe Cup and Serie A.

He got his contract extended for the next three years and immediately won the 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup in the new season.

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. Sassari ended the championship in 2nd position.

Kit

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Lega Basket Serie A

Serie A Home

Serie A Away

FIBA Basketball Champions League

Champions League

Champions League

Players

Before the early end of the season Sassari hired Jaime Smith who played for the team the previous year. During his presentation conference, on 3 March, coach Pozzecco declared that Curtis Jerrells wouldn't play anymore for the team but he was never officially released.

Current roster

Banco di Sardegna Sassari roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. 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 PG 3 Smith, Jaime 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 35 – (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 G/F 7 Bucarelli, Lorenzo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1998-03-06)6 March 1998 G/F 8 Devecchi, Giacomo (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 39 – (1985-04-02)2 April 1985 PF 9 Sorokas, Paulius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 F 11 Evans, Dwayne 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 32 – (1992-01-25)25 January 1992 C 15 Magro, Daniele 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 37 – (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 SF 21 Pierre, Dyshawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 G 22 Gentile, Stefano 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 35 – (1989-09-20)20 September 1989 C 23 Coleby, Dwight 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 30 – (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 SG 31 Vitali, Michele 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 33 – (1991-10-31)31 October 1991 PG 55 Jerrells, Curtis 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1987-02-05)5 February 1987	Head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco Assistant coach(es) Edoardo Casalone Giorgio Gerosa Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 16, 2020

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

Depth chart

5+5 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
2	C		Miro Bilan	29	ASVEL		1 year	June 2020	Free	13 July 2019
11	F		Dwayne Evans	27	ratiopharm Ulm		1 year	June 2020	Free	23 July 2019
31	SG		Michele Vitali	27	Andorra		3 years	June 2022	Free	24 July 2019
55	PG		Curtis Jerrells	32	Olimpia Milano		1 year	June 2020	Free	1 August 2019
1	F/C		Jamel McLean	31	Lokomotiv Kuban		1 year	June 2020	Free	28 August 2019
7	SF		Lorenzo Bucarelli	21	Dinamo Cagliari		return from loan	June 2020	Free	28 August 2019
9	PF		Paulius Sorokas	27	Spirou Charleroi		1 year	June 2020	Free	18 September 2019
23	C		Dwight Coleby	26	İTÜ Basket		end of season	June 2020	Free	20 January 2020
3	PG		Jaime Smith	30	Teksüt Bandırma		end of season	June 2020	Free	2 March 2020

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
2	PG		Jaime Smith	29	Bandirma Banvit		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
3	SG		Tyrus McGee	28	Élan Béarnais		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
4	SG		Scott Bamforth	29	Budućnost		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
5	G/F		Terran Petteway	26	Pistoia		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
6	G/F		Justin Carter	32	Chorale Roanne		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
25	PG		Rashawn Thomas	24	Partizan Belgrade		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
35	PF		Ousmane Diop	19	Torino		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
45	C		Jack Cooley	28	Ryukyu Golden Kings		end of contract	Free	1 July 2019
33	PF		Achille Polonara	27	Saski Baskonia		transfer	100.000 €	28 August 2019
1	F/C		Jamel McLean	31	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins		mutual consent	Undisclosed	13 January 2020

Confirmed

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
8	G/F		Giacomo Devecchi	34	Sutor Montegranaro		4 years	June 2023	Free	27 July 2006
21	SG		Dyshawn Pierre	25	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig		1 + 1 + 1 year	June 2020	Free	28 June 2017
0	PG		Marco Spissu	24	Virtus Bologna		3 year	June 2022	return from loan	15 July 2017
22	SG		Stefano Gentile	30	Virtus Bologna		2 + 2 year	June 2021	Free	25 June 2018
15	C		Daniele Magro	32	Pistoia		1 + 1 year	June 2020	Free	1 July 2018

Coach

Nat.	Name	Age.	Previous team		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	Gianmarco Pozzecco	52	Fortitudo Bologna		3	2022	11 February 2019

Competitions

SuperCup

Sassari took part in the 25th edition of the Italian Basketball Supercup as the 2019 LBA Finals runner-up and won the competition against Reyer Venezia.

Serie A

Basketball Champions League

After the successes of the previous year, Dinamo Sassari was promoted to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League as winner of the FIBA Europe Cup.

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Türk Telekom	14	11	3	1173	1075	+98	25	Advance to round of 16
2	Dinamo Sassari	14	11	3	1181	1088	+93	25
3	Filou Oostende	14	8	6	1059	1085	−26	22
4	Lietkabelis	14	7	7	1079	1077	+2	21
5	Baxi Manresa	14	7	7	1095	1069	+26	21
6	Hapoel Holon	14	6	8	1164	1170	−6	20
7	SIG Strasbourg	14	4	10	1082	1155	−73	18
8	Polski Cukier Toruń	14	2	12	1231	1345	−114	16

Playoffs

The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League playoffs start from the round of 16 and is structured on a best-of-three basis until the final four.

Round of 16

Dinamo Sassari

81–84

San Pablo Burgos

The second match was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, where Sassari was coming after two days without training.

San Pablo Burgos

95–80

Dinamo Sassari

Italian Cup

Sassari qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 2nd place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Happy Casa Brindisi.

References

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34. "Nel pitturato arriva Daniele Magro" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 1 July 2018.
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36. "Il commento di Poz e Spissu" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 10 March 2020.

• 2019–20 in Italian basketball by club
• 2019–20 Basketball Champions League