2021–22 New Basket Brindisi season

The 2021–22 season is New Basket Brindisi's 30th in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top tier of Italian basketball.

New Basket Brindisi
2021-22 season
OwnerNew Basket Brindisi S.p.A.
PresidentFernando Marino
Head coachFrancesco Vitucci
LBARegular season
BCLRegular season
SupercupSemifinals

Kit edit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Happy Casa

Players edit

Current roster edit

Two captains were appointed for the season: Zanelli was the captain for the Serie A matches, while Chappell for the Champions League.[1]

Happy Casa Brindisi roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 1   Adrian, Nathan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1995-03-21)21 March 1995
SF 5   Gentile, Alessandro 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1992-11-12)12 November 1992
PG 6   Zanelli, Alessandro (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992
SG 9   Visconti, Riccardo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1998-10-08)8 October 1998
PF 10   Gaspardo, Raphael 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1993-08-03)3 August 1993
C 11   Ulaneo, Scott 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1998-06-27)27 June 1998
G 12   Redivo, Lucio 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
PF 14   De Zeeuw, Maxime 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 37 – (1987-04-27)27 April 1987
G 15   Clark, Wes 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 29 – (1994-12-12)12 December 1994
G 17   Guido, Alessandro 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 – (2002-10-03)3 October 2002
SG 21   Chappell, Jeremy (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1987-06-10)10 June 1987
F 22   Udom, Mattia 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1993-11-17)17 November 1993
F/C 33   Perkins, Nick 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 27 – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Alberto Morea
  •   Mattia Consoli

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: February 7, 2022

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

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Nick Perkins Maxime De Zeeuw
PF Nathan Adrian Raphael Gaspardo Scott Ulaneo
SF Alessandro Gentile Riccardo Visconti Mattia Udom
SG Jeremy Chappell Lucio Redivo Wes Clark
PG Josh Perkins Alessandro Zanelli Alessandro Guido

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes edit

In edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
21 G/F   Jeremy Chappell 34 Reyer Venezia   2 years June 2023 Free 12 July 2021 [2]
0 C   Myles Carter 24 Budo Gemli̇k   2 years June 2023 Free 14 July 2021 [3]
11 C   Scott Ulaneo 23 Davenport Panthers   3 years June 2024 Free 16 July 2021 [4]
3 PG   Josh Perkins 25 Partizan Belgrade   1 years June 2022 Free 17 July 2021 [5]
1 PF   Nathan Adrian [es] 26 Mykolaiv   2 years June 2023 Free 19 July 2021 [6][7]
15 PG   Wes Clark 26 Reyer Venezia   2 years June 2023 Free 1 August 2021 [8]
12 G     Lucio Redivo 27 Aguacateros de Michoacán   short term Free 17 August 2021 [9]
14 PF   Maxime De Zeeuw[Note IN] 34 Hapoel Holon   6 months June 2022 Free 27 January 2022 [10]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
3 SF     Felipe Motta 18 Denver Pioneers   Transfer Free 14 May 2021 [11]
00 G/F   Josh Bostic 34 Free agent End of contract Free 1 July 2021
5 F/C     Ousman Krubally 33 Larisa   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [12]
7 SG   D'Angelo Harrison 27 Prometey   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [13]
15 PG   Darius Thompson 26 Lokomotiv Kuban   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [14]
18 C   Riccardo Cattapan 23 Derthona Basket   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [15]
35 F   Derek Willis 26 Joventut Badalona   End of contract Free 1 July 2021 [16]
31 SF   James Bell 29 Anwil Włocławek   Mutual consent Undisclosed 8 July 2021 [17]
0 C   Myles Carter[Note OUT] 24 Keravnos   Mutual consent Undisclosed 24 January 2022 [18]
3 PG   Josh Perkins[Note OUT] 26 Petkim Spor   Mutual consent Undisclosed 7 February 2022 [19]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

Confirmed edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
6 PG   Alessandro Zanelli 29 Legnano Basket Knights   2 + 2 years June 2022 Free 5 June 2018 [20][21]
10 PF   Raphael Gaspardo 27 Reggio Emilia   2 + 2 years June 2023 Free 29 June 2019 [22][23][24]
22 F   Mattia Udom 27 Scaligera Verona   2 years June 2022 Free 20 July 2020 [25]
9 SG   Riccardo Visconti 22 Pallacanestro Mantovana   2 years June 2022 Free 21 July 2020 [26]
17 G   Alessandro Guido 18 youth team Free 25 July 2020 [27]
33 F/C   Nick Perkins 24 Niigata Albirex   1 + 2 year June 2023 Free 9 August 2020 [28][29]

Coach edit

Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Source
  Francesco Vitucci 58 Auxilium Torino   4 + 3 June 2024 14 December 2017 [30][31][32]

Competitions edit

Supercup edit

18 September 2021
Quarterfinals
Happy Casa Brindisi 76–66 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
15:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 16–11, 18–23, 24–18
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX Pts: Perkins N. 21
Rebs: Perkins N. 10
Asts: Perkins J. 3
PIR: Perkins N. 23
Boxscore Pts: Bendžius 17
Rebs: Bendžius, Burnell 6
Asts: Burnell 5
PIR: Bendžius, Burnell 17
Arena: Unipol Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Denis Quarta
20 September 2021
Semifinals
Happy Casa Brindisi 67–72 AX Armani Exchange Milano Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 12–20, 29–10, 11–21
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX Pts: Perkins N., Perkins J. 16
Rebs: Perkins N., Perkins J. 7
Asts: Perkins J. 4
PIR: Perkins N. 17
Boxscore Pts: Mitoglou 13
Rebs: Hines 8
Asts: Rodríguez, Shields 3
PIR: Hines 23
Arena: Unipol Arena
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Lorenzo Baldini, Beniamino Attard

Serie A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 30 14 16 2390 2464 −74 28
10 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2366 2509 −143 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 12 18 2440 2499 −59 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
Source: LBA

Basketball Champion League edit

Regular season edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 6 5 1 523 505 +18 11 Advance to round of 16
2   Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 494 458 +36 10 Advance to play-ins
3   Darüşşafaka 6 2 4 459 470 −11 8
4   Happy Casa Brindisi 6 1 5 464 507 −43 7

References edit

  1. ^ "Co-capitani: Zanelli e Chappell i leader". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Chappell firma fino al 2023". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Myles Carter – Il DS Giofrè: "Un ragazzo che ha fatto bene nella sua prima esperienza da professionista"". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Ulaneo 2024 – Il DS Giofrè: "La sua voglia di lavorare e migliorare sarà utile alla squadra"". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Josh Perkins – Il DS Giofrè: "Lo seguivamo già da qualche anno, finalmente è dei nostri"". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Ingaggiato Nathan Adrian" (Press release) (in Italian). New Basket Brindisi. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Nathan Adrian signs with Brindisi until 2023". Eurohoops.net. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Wes Clark firma fino al 2023". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Accordo con Lucio Redivo". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Accordo con Maxime De Zeeuw". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 27 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Wulbrun Signs Motta for 2021-22". denverpioneers.com. 14 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Στην Λάρισα ο Ουσμάν Κρούμπαλι". esake.gr (in Greek). 14 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Д'Анджело Харрiсон - новий гравець БК "Прометей"!". prometeybc.com (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2021. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  14. ^ ""Локо" подписал контракт с Дариусом Томпсоном" (in Russian). lokobasket.com. 1 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Si rinforza il Derthona: Riccardo Cattapan è un nuovo Leone". derthonabasket.it (in Italian). 19 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Derek Willis, energia i electricitat pel Joventut". penya.com (in Spanish). 14 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Bell dzwoni we Włocławku". kkwloclawek.pl (in Polish). 8 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Happy Casa Brindisi, Myles Carter part ways". Sportando. January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  19. ^ Yahyabeyoglu, Fersu (February 7, 2022). "Petkim tabs Josh Perkins, ex Brindisi". Eurobasket. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
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  21. ^ "#IORESTOABRINDISI – Rinnovo biennale con Alessandro Zanelli" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 25 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Accordo siglato con l'ala italiana Raphael Gaspardo" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 22 July 2019.
  23. ^ "#iorestoaBrindisi – Rinnovo biennale con Gaspardo" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 5 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Raphael Gaspardo estende il contratto fino al 2023" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 30 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Mattia James Udom è un nuovo giocatore biancoazzurro" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 20 July 2020.
  26. ^ "Riccardo Visconti sposa il progetto Happy Casa Brindisi" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 21 July 2020.
  27. ^ "Alessandro Guido entra a far parte del roster della prima squadra" (in Italian). newbasketbrindisi.it. 25 July 2020.
  28. ^ "Nick Perkins completa il roster della Happy Casa Brindisi". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 9 August 2020.
  29. ^ "Nick Perkins rinnova fino al 2023". newbasketbrindisi.it (in Italian). 18 July 2021.
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