2020–21 Donar (basketball club) season

Donar
2020–21 season
Chairman	Jannes Stokroos
Head coach	Ivan Rudež
Arena	MartiniPlaza
Dutch Basketball League	Scheduled
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Donar season will be the 49th season in the existence of the club. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and Basketball Cup. It will the first season under head coach Ivan Rudež.

Summary

The 2019–20 season was abandoned early in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Donar had qualified for the Cup Final and was second in the DBL standings at the time. The DBL announced that the final against Aris Leeuwarden will be played later in the year 2020.

On 14 April 2020, Donar announced head coach Erik Braal's contract would not be extended in mutual consent. Braal won the most trophies in club history, with seven in total.^[1] On 17 April 2020, Ivan Rudež signed a three-year contract with Donar in the Netherlands.^[2]

Players

Squad information

Donar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	1	Agasi, Nesta	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		23 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000
PG	3	Ogungbemi-Jackson, Jarred	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	32 – (1991-08-11)11 August 1991
PG	5	Williams, Leon	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	32 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991
G	6	Adetunji, Sheyi	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		24 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
SG	7	Lacy, DaVonté	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	31 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993
F	9	Rudež, Damjan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	38 – (1986-06-17)17 June 1986
C	14	Koenis, Thomas (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	34 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
PF	19	Brandwijk, Willem	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	28 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995
SF	21	Caruso, Henry	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	28 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995
F	22	Moreton, Will	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	26 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
F	32	Zuidema, Kjeld	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		22 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001
G/F	33	James, Juwann	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	37 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987
G/F		Watts, Justin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	33 – (1990-07-01)1 July 1990

Head coach

Ivan Rudež

Assistant coach(es)

Jan Stalman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 11 January 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	Thomas Koenis	Juwann James
PF	Damjan Rudež	Willem Brandwijk	Nesta Agasi
SF	Henry Caruso	Will Moreton	Kjeld Zuidema
SG	DaVonté Lacy	Justin Watts
PG	Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	Leon Williams	Sheyi Adetunji

Players with multiple nationalities

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
1	F	Nesta Agasi	19	Donar U21	Free	2021	22 June 2020	^[3]
3	PG	Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson	28	Kataja	Free	2021	5 May 2020	^[4]
7	SF	DaVonté Lacy	27	USC Heidelberg	Free	2021	2 May 2020	^[5]
19	PF	Willem Brandwijk	24	Feyenoord	Free	2022	7 July 2020	^[6]
22	G/F	Will Moreton	22	Stonehill Skyhawks	Free	2021	22 June 2020	^[7]
32	F	Kjeld Zuidema	18	Donar U21	Free	2021	19 June 2020	^[8]
24	G/F	Justin Watts	30	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	Free	2021	15 July 2020	^[9]
33	G/F	Juwann James	33	Fribourg Olympic	Free	2021	16 July 2020	^[10]
21	SF	Henry Caruso	25	Heroes Den Bosch	Free	2021	23 August 2020	^[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
9	SG	Jef de Vries	20	BAL	End of contract	19 June 2020	^[12]
1	PF	Donte Thomas	24	Cantù	End of contract	22 June 2020	^[13]
11	G/F	Shane Hammink	25	Spirou Charleroi	Mutual consent	4 July 2020	^[14]
42	SG	Vernon Taylor	33	Union Neuchâtel	End of contract	6 July 2020	^[15]
7	G/F	Yoeri Hoexum	21	Apollo Amsterdam	End of contract	17 September 2020	^[16]
8	SF	Jason Dourisseau	36		End of contract
24	C	Andrew Smith	27	Science City Jena	End of contract	9 September 2020	^[17]
11	PG	Carrington Love	26	ZZ Leiden	End of contract	23 October 2020	^[18]
33	C	Matt McCarthy	27	CSO Voluntari	End of contract	17 August 2020	^[19]
0	SG	Matt Williams Jr.	26		End of contract
28	F	Jeffrey Sedoc	22		End of contract

Preseason

Win Loss

22 August 2020 1	Donar	74–72	Bakken Bears	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 200

23 August 2020 2	Donar	75–71	Bakken Bears	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza

8 September 2020 3	Donar	61–48	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 200

9 September 2020 4	Donar	66–71	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 0

29 September 2020 5	Donar	vs.	Eisbären Bremerhaven	Groningen

				Arena: MartiniPlaza

29 December 2020 6	Donar	94–64	Den Helder Suns	Groningen

	Pts: Ogungbemi-Jackson 21		Pts: Brace 18	Arena: MartiniPlaza

Basketball Champions League

Qualifying round

22 September 2020 Semi-final	Dnipro	53–88	Donar	Nicosia

	Pts: Lacy 19 Rebs: Caruso 6 Asts: Rudez, Ogungbemi-Jackson 5	Boxscore	Pts: Shundel & Zakurdaiev 13 Rebs: Fesenko & Bondarchuk 9 Asts: Tymofeyenko 4	Arena: Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance: 0

24 September 2020 Final	Keravnos	60–57	Donar	Nicosia

		Boxscore		Arena: Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance: 0

Dutch Basketball League

Standings

Regular season

3 October 2020 1	Donar	124–64	Almere Sailors	Groningen
19:30
	Pts: Brandwijk 27 Rebs: Brandwijk 11 Asts: Williams 6 Eff: Brandwijk 34	Boxscore	Pts: Lombardi 13 Rebs: Lombardi, Hersisia 3 Asts: van de Weijenberg, Lombardi 2 Eff: Osepa 14	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 0

References

^ "Donar en Braal gaan uit elkaar". Basketball League. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Nesta Agasi tekent contract bij Donar". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Guard Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson naar Donar". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Donar heeft Davonte Lacy vastgelegd". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Willem Brandwijk naar Donar". Donar.nl. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Donar contracteert Will Moreton". Donar.nl. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Donar contracteert Kjeld Zuidema". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Donar signs Justin Watts". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ "Juwann James signs with Donar". Sportando. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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^ "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.
^ "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ [2]
^ [3]
^ https://baskets-jena.de/newsarchiv/tickets/tx_news/center-andrew-smith-verstaerkt-die-lange-garde-von-science-city-jena/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=0a4d5632c900e5eab85c1522216be4bb
^ https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/carrington-love-terug-bij-zz-leiden/
^ Micinic, Adrian (August 17, 2020). "Matt McCarthy se alătură lui CSO Voluntari". United Hoops (in Romanian). Retrieved October 1, 2020.

External links

Donar website

[1] "Donar en Braal gaan uit elkaar". Basketball League. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[2] "Coach Ivan Rudež voor drie seizoenen vastgelegd" [Coach Ivan Rudež signed for three seasons] (in Dutch). Donar.nl. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[3] "Nesta Agasi tekent contract bij Donar". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[4] "Guard Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson naar Donar". Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[5] "Donar heeft Davonte Lacy vastgelegd". Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[6] "Willem Brandwijk naar Donar". Donar.nl. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[7] "Donar contracteert Will Moreton". Donar.nl. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[8] "Donar contracteert Kjeld Zuidema". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[9] "Donar signs Justin Watts". Sportando. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[10] "Juwann James signs with Donar". Sportando. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

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[12] "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[13] "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.

[14] "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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[17] ttps://baskets-jena.de/newsarchiv/tickets/tx_news/center-andrew-smith-verstaerkt-die-lange-garde-von-science-city-jena/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=0a4d5632c900e5eab85c1522216be4bb

[18] ttps://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/carrington-love-terug-bij-zz-leiden/

[19] Micinic, Adrian (August 17, 2020). "Matt McCarthy se alătură lui CSO Voluntari". United Hoops (in Romanian). Retrieved October 1, 2020.

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v t e Donar
Founded in 1951 • Based in Groningen
Information	Past rosters Players Coaches
Arenas	Korenbeurs Evenementenhal MartiniPlaza
Retired numbers	8 (Jason Dourisseau) 10 (Martin de Vries) 14 (Thomas Koenis)
Seasons	2013–14 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
National championships	1982 2004 2010 2014 2016 2017 2018
NBB Cup titles	2005 2011 2014 2015 2017 2018 2022
Dutch Supercup titles	2014 2016 2018
Rivals	Heroes Den Bosch ZZ Leiden
Media	RTV Noord PodiumTV Donar TV
Main category

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