2019–20 ZZ Leiden season

ZZ Leiden
2019–20 season
Chairman	Marcel Verburg
Head coach	Rolf Franke
Arena	Vijf Meihal
Dutch Basketball League	Cancelled
Basketball Cup	Quarter-finalist
FIBA Europe Cup	Second Round
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2019.

The 2019–20 ZZ Leiden season was the 14th season in the existence of the club. The club is known for sponsorship reasons as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden. The club will play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) and NBB Cup. It will also play in the FIBA Europe Cup.

In March, the DBL season was cancelled prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview[edit]

On 5 July 2019, Leiden announced head coach Rolf Franke was returning for a second season.^[1]

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

ZZ Leiden roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
CG	1	Yaëll dos Santos Borges	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	23 – (2001-03-25)25 March 2001
PG	2	Tayler Persons	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	28 – (1995-08-31)31 August 1995
SG	4	Braxton Huggins	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1996-11-30)30 November 1996
PG	5	Marijn Ververs	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998
PF	6	Jarvis Williams	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	31 – (1993-01-21)21 January 1993
PG	7	Twan Polman	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1998-03-10)10 March 1998
PF	8	Sergio De Randamie	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	39 – (1984-07-05)5 July 1984
F	9	Eloi Nimako Sarkodee	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	22 – (2001-07-19)19 July 2001
G	13	Troy Emeka Koehler	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	22 – (2001-07-30)30 July 2001
G/F	18	Worthy de Jong (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	36 – (1988-03-14)14 March 1988
PF	14	Jelle van Heiningen	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1997-10-12)12 October 1997
SF	21	Nuni Omot	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1994-10-03)3 October 1994
F/C	33	Drago Pašalić	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	39 – (1984-06-23)23 June 1984

Head coach

Rolf Franke

Assistant coach(es)

Ferry Steenmetz

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

Johan van der Bent
Jasper Haasnoot

Physiotherapist(s)

Arjen van de Paverd
Erik van der Pot

Team manager

Bart Kriek
Simon Hoogendoorn

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 30 March 2019

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	Jarvis Williams	Drago Pašalić
PF	Josh Cunningham	Sergio De Randamie	Jelle van Heiningen
SF	Worthy de Jong	Yaëll dos Santos Borges	Eloi Nimako Sarkodee
SG	Braxton Huggins	Troy Emeka Koehler	Twan Polman
PG	Tayler Persons	Marijn Ververs

Transactions[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Ends	Date	Source
2	PG	Tayler Persons	23	Ball State Cardinals	Free	2020	17 July 2019	^[2]
4	PG	Braxton Huggins	22	Fresno State Bulldogs	Free	2020	30 July 2019
6	PF	Jarvis Williams	26	HydroTruck Radom	Free	2020	7 August 2019	^[3]
33	C	Drago Pašalić	35	Donar	Free	2020	13 August 2019	^[4]
0	F	Josh Cunningham	23	Dayton University	Free	2020	19 August 2019	^[5]
1	G	Yaëll dos Santos Borges	18	BAL	Free	2020	21 August 2019	^[6]
9	F	Eloi Nimako Sarkodee	18	BAL	Free	Undisclosed	21 August 2019	^[6]
	SF	Nuni Omot	25	MZT Skopje	Free	2020	1 December 2019	^[7]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Date	Source
34	C	Clayton Vette	30	Okapi Aalstar	End of contract	4 June 2019	^[8]
10	PG	Maurice Watson Jr.	26	Forlì 2.015	End of contract	4 June 2019	^[9]
15	SG	Darius Thompson	24	Happy Casa Brindisi	End of contract	20 July 2019
11	PF	Mohamed Kherrazi	29	Landstede Hammers	Mutual consent	12 August 2019	^[10]
14	C	Kenneth Simms	32	Free agent	End of contract
0	F	Josh Cunningham	23	Free agent	End of contract		^[11]

Preseason[edit]

Win Loss

31 August 2019 1	ZZ Leiden	72–84	Filou Oostende	Leiden

	Pts: Huggins 22	Report	Pts: Thompson 16	Arena: Vijf Meihal

2 September 2019 2	Filou Oostende	91–72	ZZ Leiden	Ostend

	Pts: Sylla 14 Rebs: Thompson 11 Asts: Five players 3	Report	Pts: De Jong 27 Rebs: Williams 7 Asts: Ververs 5	Arena: Sleuyter Arena

3 September 2019 3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	71–76	ZZ Leiden	Mechelen

	Pts: Coleman 15 Rebs: Kok 10 Asts: Simons	Report	Pts: Persons 24 Rebs: De Jong 11 Asts: De Jong 6

5 September 2019 4	ZZ Leiden	73–65	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Leiden

	Pts: Persons 23 Rebs: De Randamie 13 Asts: De Jong 3	Report	Pts: Clark 15 Rebs: Clark 7 Asts: Simmons 8	Arena: Vijf Meihal

11 September 2019 5	Hamburg Towers	89–86	ZZ Leiden	Hamburg

		Report		Arena: Edel-optics.de Arena

15 September 2019 6	ZZ Leiden	105–67	Apollo Amsterdam	Leiden

	Pts: Cunningham 25 Rebs: Persons 6 Asts: Persons 8	Report	Pts: Hope 14 Rebs: Ondaan 8 Asts: Bottelier, Hope 4	Arena: Vijf Meihal

17 September 2019 7	Novipiù Casale Monferrato	78–70	ZZ Leiden	Casale Monferrato

	Pts: DeShawns Sims 24 Rebs: DeShawn Sims 10 Asts: Chris Roberts 9	Report	Pts: Braxton Huggins 19 Rebs: Jarvis Williams 7 Asts: Tayler Persons 5	Arena: PalaFerraris

18 September 2019 8	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	89–69	ZZ Leiden	Reggio Emilia

	Pts: Reggie Upshaw 19 Rebs: Dávid Vojvoda 7 Asts: Gal Mekel 7	Report	Pts: Tayler Persons 22 Rebs: Talyer Persons 8 Asts: Tayler Persons 4	Arena: PalaBigi

Dutch Basketball Supercup[edit]

As the winners of the 2018–19 NBB Cup, Leiden qualified for its sixth Supercup appearance.

22 September 2019	Landstede Hammers	78–68	ZZ Leiden	Zwolle
13:30 GMT+2	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 25–16, 12–17, 18–20
	Pts: Johnson 26 Rebs: Kherrazi 12 Asts: Kherrazi 6	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Persons 8 Asts: De Jong 7	Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

Dutch Basketball League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

28 September 2019 1	Feyenoord	79–82	ZZ Leiden	Rotterdam
19:45
	Pts: Quentin Snider 20 Rebs: Austin Lawton 9 Asts: Keyshawn Woods 6	Report	Pts: Jarvis Williams 25 Rebs: Tayler Persons 8 Asts: Worthy de Jong 8	Arena: Topsportcentrum Rotterdam

References[edit]

^ "Franke blijft coach bij ZZ Leiden". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "ZZ Leiden trekt Tayler Persons aan". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "ZZ Leiden legt Jarvis Williams vast". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "Leiden sign Drago Pasalic". Sportando. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "ZZ Leiden - Josh Cunningham tekent bij ZZ Leiden". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "ZZ Leiden maakt selectie compleet". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "ZZ Leiden haalt Nuni Omot". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "Vette verlaat ZZ Leiden" [Vette leaves ZZ Leiden]. ZZ Leiden (in Dutch). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
^ "Maurice Watson signs with Pallacanestro Forlì". Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "Landstede Basketbal lijft Mohamed Kherrazi in". landstedebasketbal.nl. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "ZZ Leiden - ZZ Leiden neemt afscheid van Cunningham". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links[edit]

ZZ Leiden website

[1] "Franke blijft coach bij ZZ Leiden". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[2] "ZZ Leiden trekt Tayler Persons aan". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[3] "ZZ Leiden legt Jarvis Williams vast". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[4] "Leiden sign Drago Pasalic". Sportando. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[5] "ZZ Leiden - Josh Cunningham tekent bij ZZ Leiden". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[a-6] "ZZ Leiden maakt selectie compleet". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[7] "ZZ Leiden haalt Nuni Omot". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[8] "Vette verlaat ZZ Leiden" [Vette leaves ZZ Leiden]. ZZ Leiden (in Dutch). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[9] "Maurice Watson signs with Pallacanestro Forlì". Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[10] "Landstede Basketbal lijft Mohamed Kherrazi in". landstedebasketbal.nl. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

[11] "ZZ Leiden - ZZ Leiden neemt afscheid van Cunningham". www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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