Lithuania
FIBA Announces New Euro Competition
FIBA announced via a press release that 56 clubs are confirmed to play in a new men’s second-tier club competition which is set to kick-off on October 28. The teams will be geographically placed in two conferences which also takes into account the number of participating teams from each nation. Each conference will consist of seven…
Read MoreU18 European Championships: Four Teams Advance
Volos, Greece – Four teams advance to the quarterfinals of the U18 European Championships, staying undefeated after the second stage of the competition. Both France and Germany advance from Group E after coming up with some very dominant victories. France blazed through Latvia, 91-62 on some solid offensive execution. The duo of Stephane Gombauld and…
Read MoreJohn Shurna inks with Valencia Basket
John Shurna (204 cm, Northwestern’12) has reached an agreement with Valencia Basket (Spain-Liga Endesa) and will be joining the club for the 2015/16 season. John is an American player who also holds a Lithuanian passport. The 25-year-old Shurna spent his 2014/15 season playing for Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul (Turkey-TBL). He played 28 games for his former…
Read MoreSimas Jasaitis to Upea Capo d’Orlando
Upea Capo d’Orlando from the Italian Serie A is bolstering its roster with addition of Simas Jasaitis (202 cm) this 2015/16. Jasaitis is a 32-year-old Lithuanian veteran who has been on the Lithuanian national team in 2004-2012 and again in 2014. His 2014/15 season was spent playing for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania-LKL). He joined the…
Read MoreEvaldas Zabas headed to TU/Rock
Evaldas Zabas (188 cm) has agreed to terms with Estonian club Tartu Ulikool/Rock (Alexela KML) and will be joining them this 2015/16. He is a 27-year-old Canadian-Lithuanian player who was a former member of the Canadian U18 national team and the Lithuanian U20 national team. In 2014/15 Zabas played for Panevezys Lietkabelis (Lithuania-LKL). He played…
Read MoreArturas Milaknis signs with Unics Kazan
Unics Kazan (Russia-VTB) is reinforcing its roster with the addition of Arturas Milaknis (195 cm) this 2015/16 season. Arturas is a 29-year-old Lithuanian player who is a recent member of the Lithuanian national team this 2015. Milaknis has spent most of his professional career playing for Lithuanian mega team, Zalgiris Kaunas (LKL), so this move…
Read MoreDeividas Dulkys pens with Yesilgiresun
Fresh Turkish TBL entrant Yesilgiresun Belidiye is gearing up for the 2015/16 season with some new additions to their roster. One such addition is Lithuanian Deividas Dulkys (195 cm, Florida State’12). He spent his 2014/15 season playing in the Italian Serie A for Umana Reyer Venezia. Deividas logged a total of 41 games for his…
Read MoreEimantas Bendzius to Rio Natura Monbus
Rio Natura Monbus Obradorio CAB (Spain-Liga Endesa) will be bringing in Lithuanian player Eimantas Bendzius (205 cm) for the 2015/16 season. He is coming off a stint with Trefl Sopot (Poland-TBL) in the 2014/15 season. Before that, the young forward spent two seasons playing for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from his home Lithuania’s LKL. In 2013/14…
Read MoreArvydas Eitutavicius released by Anwil
Lithuanian import Arvydas Eitutavicius (188 cm, American’07) has been released by Anwil Wloclawek (Poland-TBL) this 2015. Before his release Arvydas was able to log 25 games for Anwil and averaged 6.8 ppg and 2.0 apg. The 32-year-old guard spent his 2013/14 season on the roster of Neptunas Klaipeda from his home Lithuania’s LKL. He played…
Read MorePetras Balocka added by Grosuplje
GA Grosuplje from Slovenia’s Telemach League has acquired Lithuanian player Petras Balocka (205 cm, Hawaii’10) to strengthen their roster for the postseason. The 28-year-old spent the early part of the 2014/15 season playing for the BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers (Austria-A Bundesliga). In 17 games Balocka was able to produce averages of 11.3 ppg and 8.7…
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