The 2020–21 KK Crvena zvezda season was the 76th season in the existence of the club. For the season it was referred to as KK Crvena zvezda mts for sponsorship reasons.
The season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Summary Pre-season In May 2020, the 2019–20 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. The Serbian SuperLeague had no start due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the 2020 ABA Super Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 25 August 2020, guard Marko Gušić officially signed a four-year professional contract.
On 8 September 2020, guards Dejan Davidovac and Ognjen Dobrić signed a two-year contract extensions. On 29 September, center Ognjen Kuzmić signed a two-year contract extension.
January On 27 January 2021, center Johnny O'Bryant received a 10-day suspension from the club due to a conflict with head coach Dejan Radonjić during a game against Anadolu Efes.
February On 6 February, it was reported that 10 players were infected with COVID-19. Reportedly, guards Corey Walden, Quino Colom, Langston Hall, and center Landry Nnoko as well as coaching staff members Nikola Birač, Saša Kosović, and Aleksandar Lukman were infected with the virus. On 9 February, head coach Radonjić announced the Zvezda squad for the Radivoj Korać Cup, adding Crvena zvezda U19 players Nikola Šaranović i Milutin Vujičić to the roster. On 10 February, it was reported that one more player was infected with COVID-19. Later that day, it was announced that the infected player is center Duop Reath. Instead of Reath, the club added center O'Bryant to the squad for Radivoj Korać Cup. The Zvezda won its 7th Cup title (10th overall) following a 73–60 win over Mega Soccerbet in the final.
On 23 February, guard Milutin Vujičić officially signed a four-year professional contract. On 24 February, Crvena zvezda signed professional contracts with two more teenagers from their youth system, center Filip Branković and guard Marko Mihailović.
March Following a loss to Olympiacos, the club recorded its 8-in-a-row EuroLeague defeat setting the club's new records for defeats.
Players
Current roster
Players with multiple nationalities Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Ognjen Kuzmić Duop Reath Corey Walden
Depth chart
On loan The following players were on loan during the 2020–21 season. KK Crvena zvezda players out on loanPlayerPositionTeamOn loan since Stefan Lazarević SG/SF FMP December 2017 Stefan Đorđević PF August 2018 Filip Čović PG FMP February 2020 Nikola Jovanović PF/C Igokea August 2020 Lazar Vasić PG FMP Ranko Simović SF Nikola Manojlović SG/SF Tamiš September 2020 Filip Anđušić PF/C Dušan Ristić C Germani Basket Brescia Avtodor Saratov July 2020 – January 2021January 2021 Arijan Lakić PG/SG Vrijednosnice Osijek Borac Čačak December 2019 – May 2021May 2021 Milutin Vujičić PG FMP May 2021
Guard Filip Čović retired from professional basketball in May 2021.
Transactions
Players In
Players Out
Club
Technical staff On 8 June 2020, head coach Dragan Šakota parted ways with the Zvezda due to health issues ending his second spell as a head coach. Two days later, the club named Saša Obradović as the new head coach. On the same day, the head coach Obradović introduced his coaching staff; assistant coaches Milenko Bogićević and Bogdan Karaičić, as well as conditioning coach Duško Marković. Prior to that, assistant coaches from the previous season Andrija Gavrilović and Milenko Topić, as well as conditioning coach Aleksandar Lukman left the staff. The sports director Žarko Čabarkapa left the club after the 2019–20 season.
On 24 December 2020, head coach Obradović and the Zvezda parted ways by mutual consent. Following the departure of coach Obradović, assistant coaches Bogićević and Karaičić and conditioning coach Marković left also. On 25 December, the Zvezda hired Dejan Radonjić as the new head coach. Following Radonjić's arrival conditioning coach Lukman and assistant coach Nikola Birač were added to the coaching staff. Both coaches returned to the Zvezda. On 30 December, the Zvezda added two more assistant coaches to the staff, Goran Bošković and Miodrag Dinić.
The following is the technical staff of Crvena zvezda for the 2020–21 season. Position Staff member General manager Filip Sunturlić Team Manager Nebojša Ilić Head coach Dejan RadonjićAssistant Coaches Goran Bošković Miodrag Dinić Nikola Birač Saša Kosović Conditioning Coach Aleksandar Lukman Physiotherapist Milorad Ćirić Physicians Nebojša Mitrović Boris Gluščević
Uniform Crvena zvezda signed a three-year partnership contract with Adidas on 31 July 2020. Crvena zvezda debuted their new Adidas uniforms for the 2019–20 season after unveiling on 6 September 2020, on the EuroLeague Media Day. The third uniform was unveiled on 8 April 2021.
The following is a list of corporate sponsorship patches on a uniform of Crvena zvezda and uniform designs for the 2020–21 season.
Supplier: Adidas Main sponsor: mts Back sponsor: Idea (top), Soccerbet (bottom) Shorts sponsor: None
Pre-season and friendlies Crvena zvezda played at the 2020 Gloria Cup Basketball Tournament II in Antalya, Turkey which took place from 8–13 September. Afterward, the 2020 Gomelsky Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been played in Moscow, Russia from 16 to 19 September.
Competitions
Overall
Overview
Adriatic League
Regular season
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Note: All times are local CET (UTC+1) as listed by the ABA League. Some games was played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Playoffs
EuroLeague
Regular season
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Note: All times are CET (UTC+1) as listed by EuroLeague. Some games was played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Serbian League
The 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia is the 15th season of the Serbian highest professional basketball league. The Zvezda is the defending champions.
Playoffs
Note: All times are local CET (UTC+1) as listed by the Basketball League of Serbia. Some games will be played behind closed doors (BCD) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.
Radivoj Korać Cup
The 2021 Radivoj Korać Cup is the 19th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The tournament was held in Novi Sad between 11 and 14 February 2021. The club won its 7th Serbian Cup title following a 73–60 win over Mega Soccerbet.
All times are local UTC+1.
Adriatic Supercup
The 2020 ABA Super Cup was scheduled to be the 4th tournament of the ABA Super Cup. On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It would have been played between 20 and 23 September 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Individual awards
ABA League MVP of the Round Round Player 4 Jordan Loyd 22 10 Ognjen Dobrić 25 SF3 Dejan Davidovac 33 F1 Jordan Loyd 23 F2 Ognjen Dobrić 27 F5 Landry Nnoko 28 Source: ABA League
Finals MVP Position Player C Landry Nnoko
Ideal Starting Five Position Player PG Jordan Loyd
Best Defender Position Player G/F Branko Lazić
EuroLeague MVP of the Round Round Player Source 2 Jordan Loyd 34
Serbian League Finals MVP Award Position Player Source SG Ognjen Dobrić
Serbian Cup MVP Award Position Player Source PF Marko Jagodić-Kuridža
Statistics
PlayerLeft during season
Adriatic League Player 31 13 23:00 .542 .386 .864 4.1 1.4 0.9 0.3 8.7 11.5 31 7 23:00 .508 .432 .758 3.5 1.6 0.6 0.4 12.1 12.2 29 17 16:00 .513 .382 .840 1.3 3.2 0.7 0.2 4.9 6.2 19 12 17:00 .614 .476 .829 3.3 1.0 0.5 0.2 7.1 8.6 30 13 12:00 .613 .000 .564 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 4.0 5.9 27 23 19:00 .440 .507 .833 2.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 5.1 5.0 30 26 25:00 .497 .385 .872 2.7 3.2 1.0 0.2 16.0 15.3 20 16 21:00 .552 .000 .632 6.4 0.8 0.6 0.9 7.1 10.7 13 1 9:00 .444 .067 .556 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.1 2.8 1.5 24 1 9:00 .577 .351 .381 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 4.5 3.8 27 10 18:00 .522 .364 .833 2.7 0.8 0.5 0.0 6.2 5.9 19 1 9:00 .455 .412 .818 0.6 2.0 0.3 0.1 2.6 2.9 28 15 21:00 .489 .407 .900 2.2 3.5 1.1 0.0 10.0 10.9 4 0 13:00 .700 .231 .857 1.0 3.5 0.3 0.0 7.3 10.0 7 3 18:00 .400 .261 .762 5.3 1.1 0.6 0.4 10.6 9.6 6 1 17:00 .400 .438 .750 1.0 3.3 0.3 0.0 6.0 4.3 6 1 11:00 .400 .444 .571 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 3.3 3.0 7 0 15:00 .480 .000 .444 4.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 4.0 5.7
EuroLeague
Player 8 0 14:09 .412 .467 .783 0.9 2.5 0.1 0.0 6.6 5.9 33 8 22:39 .566 .378 .780 2.8 1.6 1.0 0.2 7.2 8.3 32 7 18:37 .398 .456 .857 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 8.3 7.0 21 14 16:13 .416 .414 1.000 1.6 2.8 0.8 0.1 5.2 4.1 34 14 18:42 .382 .351 .775 2.9 1.1 0.4 0.1 4.4 4.5 32 25 13:55 .544 .000 .641 3.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.8 6.1 33 23 16:19 .389 .354 .909 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.0 2.7 1.6 29 27 27:20 .519 .311 .906 3.6 3.2 1.2 0.2 17.3 16.5 10 6 20:49 .582 .000 .583 5.2 0.7 0.6 0.7 7.1 9.8 14 3 11:23 .379 .300 .833 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.9 1.5 23 8 13:19 .652 .350 .818 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 4.8 4.0 23 11 18:37 .371 .458 .714 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 5.3 4.7 Did not play 16 7 13:47 .525 .357 .800 1.5 2.1 0.3 0.0 4.3 3.8 Did not play 30 12 23:21 .462 .390 .838 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.1 10.5 9.9 16 2 20:41 .500 .324 .741 5.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 11.3 11.1 9 0 11:16 .563 .455 1.000 0.7 2.0 0.0 0.1 3.9 3.6 3 0 4:20 .000 .500 .000 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.3 9 3 18:51 .645 .000 .588 4.4 0.4 0.4 1.1 5.6 7.6
Serbian SuperLeague Player 7 2 22:51 .529 .370 .875 4.9 2.4 1.7 0.9 8.9 13.7 7 6 27:18 .500 .450 .850 6.0 2.6 1.3 0.0 17.9 19.3 7 7 24:13 .467 .394 1.000 1.3 4.7 1.0 0.0 10.3 11.0 7 5 12:28 .563 .429 .833 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.0 5.9 6.1 6 0 14:12 .933 .000 .800 4.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 6.0 10.7 7 6 19:10 .714 .500 1.000 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.0 5.9 5.3 2 1 10:06 .800 .250 .000 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 5.5 6.5 7 7 18:41 .579 .000 .667 5.6 1.1 0.6 0.6 8.0 11.9 7 1 19:34 .783 .250 .667 3.3 2.6 1.1 0.0 8.7 11.0 5 0 10:17 .538 .429 .800 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 6.2 7.4 7 0 17:42 .364 .300 .714 2.1 1.6 0.9 0.1 4.4 4.4 7 0 15:34 .333 .417 .909 1.7 2.3 0.1 0.0 4.7 5.1 Did not play
Radivoj Korać Cup
Player Not added to the roster 3 0 19:40 .600 .357 .889 2.3 4.3 0.7 0.3 13.7 16.3 3 0 17:57 .333 .500 .600 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 7.3 7.7 Not added to the roster 3 1 19:42 .800 .375 .500 6.7 2.3 1.0 0.0 6.7 13.0 3 3 19:10 .500 .000 .571 6.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 6.0 9.0 3 3 19:56 .600 .667 1.000 2.0 0.7 1.3 0.0 9.0 9.7 3 3 25:32 .583 .286 .857 3.3 2.3 0.7 0.0 14.7 16.0 Not added to the roster 3 0 18:48 .368 .500 .857 5.3 1.3 0.0 0.7 11.7 10.0 2 1 9:55 .667 .000 .500 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.5 Not added to the roster 1 0 13:14 1.000 .400 1.000 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 9.0 11.0 3 2 21:09 .400 .375 .750 3.0 1.3 2.0 0.0 5.3 7.3 Did not play 3 2 18:00 .429 .375 1.000 1.0 3.0 0.7 0.0 6.3 4.7 1 0 11:20 .000 .333 .000 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 Not added to the roster
Head coaches records Head coachCompetition Saša Obradović Adriatic League 10 9 1 816 613 +186 EuroLeague 16 5 11 11791235–56 Total 26 14 12 1995 1865 +130 Dejan Radonjić Adriatic League 16 14 2 1248 1064 +184 ABA League Playoffs 8 5 3 605 568 +37 Serbian League Playoffs 7 6 1 600 471 +129 EuroLeague 18 5 13 1320 1449 –129 Serbian Cup 3 3 0 260 185 +75 Total 52 33 19 4033 3737 +296 Updated:
Notes
See also 2020–21 Red Star Belgrade season
References
External links KK Crvena zvezda official website Crvena zvezda at the Adriatic League Crvena zvezda at the EuroLeague