2019–20_Olimpia_Milano_season

2019–20 Olimpia Milano season

2019–20 Olimpia Milano season

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The 2019–20 season sees Olimpia Milano competing in both EuroLeague and Lega Basket Serie A. The first is the highest level of European basketball competitions, for which Milano has a license. While in the Italian Serie A, Milano needs a confirmation after having lost the previous year championship in the semifinal against Dinamo Sassari, despite being the favourite team.

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For the second year in a row, Olimpia Milano is sponsored by Armani Exchange.

Overview

The 2019/2020 is a season of big changes and unfortunate epilogue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After having lost in any competitions of the disappointing 2018-19 season, the team first replaces the president Livio Proli[1] with Pantaleo Dell'Orco and then the head Coach Simone Pianigiani. Ettore Messina is called to manage the team for the 2019/2020 season[2]

Messina stated during the press conference of his presentation that the season objectives are to win the Italian Serie A and to reach the EuroLeague playoffs.[3]

The season had a great start in Euroleague with seven wins and only two losses, while in the Italian league Milano struggles to find continuity. Soon the team starts vacillating also in Euroleague where, after the successful run, they manage to lose nine games out of twelve.

Milano ends the first half of the season with a disappointing loss in the derby against Cantù, when Messina expressed his concern[4] about the ongoing season. The management was compelled to some corrective actions by releasing Aaron White[5] and Shelvin Mack,[6] after their unsatisfying performances, and hire Keifer Sykes[7] (who joined the team already in December) and Drew Crawford,[8] the latter only for the Euroleague.

The 2020 was the year of the coronavirus pandemic outbreak that interested first Italy and then spread out all over Europe. The Lega Basket was the first organization that decided to suspend the competition[9] to both comply to the government directives[10] and avoid spreading the virus amongst the players. Meanwhile Real Madrid announced on 12 March that one player was positive to the virus,[11] only six days after the match against Milan. Euroleague followed with the decision of interrupting the competition[12] while Milan decided to voluntarily enter in quarantine.[13]

During the pandemic period, Lombardy was the region in Italy which suffered the most from the coronavirus. The team and the players decided to devolve part of their salary to the region's health care.[14]

On 7 April the FIP, Italian Basketball Federation, declares the end of the season without winners.[15]

The same choice followed for the Euroleague season on 25 May[16] and that concludes Milano's 2019-20 season.

Timeline

Kit

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Lega Basket Serie A

Serie A Home jersey
Serie A Home
Serie A Away jersey
Serie A Away

EuroLeague

Euroleague Home jersey
Euroleague Home
Euroleague Away light jersey
Euroleague Away light
Euroleague Away dark jersey
Euroleague Away dark

Italian Cup

Due to the dramatic events connected to Kobe Bryant, Milano decided to honour him by using in the opening game of the Italian Cup a purple and yellow jersey.[26] The second jersey with a predominant yellow colour and purple sides, was never used.

Italian Cup Home jersey
Italian Cup Home
Italian Cup Away jersey
Italian Cup Away

Team

Players

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

Depth chart

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6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players; injured players)

Squad changes

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Drew Crawford was hired in January,[8] after the injuries in the small forward role of Moraschini[27] and Brooks.[28] His Euroleague escape was used for the transfer. Crawford could be used, though, only in the Euroleague because there was no room left for more foreign players in the roster for the Italian championship, the last spot was taken by Keifer Sykes.

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Confirmed

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Coach

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Youth team

The following players have been called from the youth team and have made their appearance in the championship.

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Preseason players

The following players have joined the team for the preseason matches.[18] Biligha, Brooks and Della Valle where playing in the Italian national team for the World Cup. In the same competition Roll was playing for the Tunisian team. Gudaitis and Nedović[61] were out because of physical condition.

Aleksandr Šaškov is under contract with Milano and last year played on loan for V.L. Pesaro.[62]

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Staff and management

In the current season the team organization introduces a new element in the Italian Basketball where the head coach covers both the role of coach and president.

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Pre-season and friendlies

Friendly training
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Memorial Luciano Giani
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Trofeo Carlo Lovari
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Friendly match
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City of Cagliari international basketball tournament
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Derby of Milan
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Pavlos Giannakopoulos tournament
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Competitions

Overview

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Serie A

The 2019–20 LBA season is made of 17 teams, which means that a team will skip two rounds during the season. Milano will not play in round 15 and round 32.

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

Results summary

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Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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First match(es) will be played on 27 September 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

Matches

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy the Serie A games could not be scheduled regularly.[65][66][67][68] An emergency government decree was issued in the night of 7 March, which put at risk the regular prosecution of the competition[69] A following decree[10] established that all the competitions and players gathering had to be suspended until 3 April.

After the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) meeting, the season came to an early end without winners, the following matches were cancelled.[15]

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EuroLeague

League table

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Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results summary

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Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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First match(es) will be played on 3 October 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

Matches

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On 12 March Euroleague decided to suspend the championship[12] after the COVID-19 pandemic all over Europe and some European teams were as well affected.[11] Despite the various attempts to restore the season [72] the executive board decided to definitely cancel the season and the following games were never played.[16]

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Zurich Connect Final Eight

Milano qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 2nd place. They lost the semifinal against Reyer Venezia.

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Statistics

Individual statistics Serie A

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  • Y– Players that come from the youth team
  • L– Players who left the team before the end of the season

Individual statistics Euroleague

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Individual statistics Italian Cup

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Season individual statistics

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Individual game highs

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Team game highs

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References

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  2. "Olimpia's statement regarding Aaron White". olimpiamilano.com. 15 January 2020.
  3. "Olimpia's statement regarding Shelvin Mack". olimpiamilano.com. 16 January 2019.
  4. "Lega Basket, confermata la sospensione del campionato di Serie A". legabasket.it. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. "Il Presidente Conte firma il Dpcm 9 marzo 2020". governo.it. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. "Official Announcement". realmadrid.com. 12 March 2020.
  7. "Euroleague Basketball competitions suspended". euroleaguebasketball.net. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. "Comunicato Olimpia Milano" (in Italian). olimpiamilano.com. 12 March 2020.
  9. "ECA Shareholders Executive Board announces decisions regarding 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons". euroleaguebasketball.net. 25 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  10. "Olimpia, il primo allenamento al "Vismara" e domani i primi tiri" (in Italian). olimpiamilano.com. 19 August 2019.
  11. "Olimpia Milan Official Release". olimpiamilano.com. 8 May 2020.
  12. "Olimpia's statement regarding Riccardo Moraschini". olimpiamilano.com. 13 January 2020.
  13. "Olimpia's statement regarding Jeff Brooks". olimpiamilano.com. 13 January 2020.
  14. "Olimpia signed center Xavi Rey". olimpiamilano.com. 24 September 2019.
  15. @gantepbasketbol (27 January 2020). "Teşekkürler Drew Crawford" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  16. @OlimpiaMI1936 (11 July 2019). "In bocca al lupo Simone!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  19. "Kuzminskas 'docks' at Piraeus!". olympiacosbc.gr. 22 July 2019.
  20. "Il Banco mette a segno "The Shot"" (in Italian). dinamobasket.com. 1 August 2019.
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  22. "辛苦大家久等了!" (in Chinese). weibo.com. 22 August 2019.
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  24. "Here we go: it's Cinciarini's Day". olimpiamilano.com. 9 July 2015.
  25. "Welcome To Milano, Kaleb Tarczewski". olimpiamilano.com. 14 March 2017.
  26. "Olimpia brings Vladimir Micov back to Italy". olimpiamilano.com. 10 July 2017.
  27. "Olimpia is getting bigger with Arturas Gudaitis". olimpiamilano.com. 12 September 2017.
  28. "Olimpia and Gudaitis extend through the 2021 season". olimpiamilano.com. 26 February 2018.
  29. "Olimpia, Jeff Brooks is coming aboard". olimpiamilano.com. 25 June 2018.
  30. "Comunicato dell'Olimpia su Nemanja Nedovic" (in Italian). olimpiamilano.com. 19 August 2019.
  31. "UFFICIALE A - Alexander Shashkov è un nuovo giocatore della VL" (in Italian). pianetabasket.com. 10 October 2018.
  32. "L'Olimpia ringrazia Deividas Dulkys" (in Italian). olimpiamilano.com. 13 September 2019.
  33. "El BAXI Manresa es reforça amb Deividas Dulkys" (in Spanish). basquetmanresa.com. 13 September 2019.
  34. "Serie A, rinviate anche le gare della ottava giornata di ritorno" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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  36. "Coronavirus Emergency: New Prime Ministerial Decree". protezionecivile.gov.it. 8 March 2020.
  37. "Official statement". valenciabasket.com. 4 March 2020.

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