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 lost 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.
Guard Filip Čović retired from professional basketball in May 2021.
Transactions
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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.
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
