2020–21 Donar season

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.

Main article: Donar (basketball club)

Donar

2020–21 season
Chairman	Jannes Stokroos
Head coach	Ivan Rudež
Arena	MartiniPlaza
Dutch Basketball League	Scheduled

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. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 1 Agasi, Nesta 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2000-07-29)29 July 2000 PG 3 Ogungbemi-Jackson, Jarred 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1991-08-11)11 August 1991 PG 5 Williams, Leon 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991 G 6 Adetunji, Sheyi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999 SG 7 Lacy, DaVonté 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 F 9 Rudež, Damjan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 34 – (1986-06-17)17 June 1986 C 14 Koenis, Thomas (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 30 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 PF 19 Brandwijk, Willem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1995-07-31)31 July 1995 F 22 Moreton, Will 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 G/F 24 Watts, Justin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 F 32 Zuidema, Kjeld 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 G/F 33 James, Juwann 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 33 – (1987-02-10)10 February 1987	Head coach Ivan Rudež Assistant coach(es) Jan Stalman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 16 July 2020

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

Players with multiple nationalities

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	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	2021	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]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
9	SG		Jef de Vries	20	BAL		End of contract	19 June 2020	[11]
1	PF		Donte Thomas	24	Cantù		End of contract	22 June 2020	[12]
8	SF		Jason Dourisseau	36			End of contract
11	G/F		Shane Hammink	25			Mutual consent	4 July 2020	[13]
24	C		Andrew Smith	27			End of contract
11	PG		Carrington Love	26			End of contract
42	SG		Vernon Taylor	33	Union Neuchâtel		End of contract	6 July 2020	[14]
33	C		Matt McCarthy	27			End of contract
0	SG		Matt Williams Jr.	26			End of contract
7	G/F		Yoeri Hoexum	21			End of contract
28	F		Jeffrey Sedoc	22			End of contract

References

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.
11. "BAL strikt Jef de Vries". Basketball League. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
12. "A CANTU' ARRIVA IL PRIMO AMERICANO, È L'ALA DONTE THOMAS" (in Italian). pallacanestrocantu.com. 22 June 2020.
13. "Shane Hammink verlaat Donar". Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

• Donar website