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
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.
Summary
Pre-season
In May 2020, the 2019–20 season was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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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
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.
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
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
. 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
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. 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
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Duop Reath
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Corey Walden
Depth chart
On loan
The following players were on loan during the 2020–21 season.
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
Milenko Topić (; born 6 March 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
A power forward, Topić spent most of his professional career playing in the YUBA League, representing Profikolor, BFC Beočin ...
, 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.
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
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(top), Soccerbet (bottom)
*Shorts sponsor: ''None''
Pre-season and friendlies
Crvena zvezda played at the 2020 Gloria Cup Basketball Tournament II in Antalya
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, 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
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, Russia from 16 to 19 September.
Competitions
Overall
Overview
Adriatic League
Regular season
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
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) 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
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) 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
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) 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
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Adriatic Supercup
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.Podgorica
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, Montenegro.
Individual awards
ABA League
; MVP of the Round
Source
ABA League
; Finals MVP
; Ideal Starting Five
;Best Defender
EuroLeague
; MVP of the Round
Serbian League
; Finals MVP Award
Serbian Cup
; MVP Award
Statistics
Adriatic League
EuroLeague
Serbian SuperLeague
Radivoj Korać Cup