56-year-old Žarkos Paspaljis won two silver medals at the Olympic Games while representing the national team of Yugoslavia at the time, twice became European and once world champion. There is no shortage of medals in Serbian basketball in the last dozen years either – Serbians since 2009. even played in four major tournament finals, but … Read more
Having spent the last three years in Utena’s UniClub Casino Juventus Ignatius Children moves to another team. According to Krepsinis.net, the 29-year-old, 197-cm-tall forward has agreed with Pasvalis Pieno žvaigdės, where he will form a “number three” tandem with Justus Furmanavičius. In the last Lithuanian Basketball League (“Betsafe-LKL”) season, I. Vaitkus scored 8.3 points, rebounded … Read more
Still without a club breath Velichka finally found a new job. It has been officially announced that the 22-year-old 192 cm tall defenseman has become a teammate of Mindaugas Sušinskas in the Chemnitz “Niners” club. Last season, the Lithuanian defended the honor of Napoli “GeVi” and scored 9.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and collected … Read more
The head coach of the Spanish national team, Sergio Scariolo, announced that he is shortening the list of candidates. The strategist thanked Hector Alderete, Jonathan Barreiro, Alberto Diaz and Miguel Salvo for their work. Hispanic candidates: Alberto Abalde, Dario Brizuela, Lorenzo Brownas, Quino Colomas, Jaime Fernandeza, Rudy Fernandeza, Usmanas Garuba, Franas Guerra, Juancho Hernangomezas, Willy … Read more
The Lithuanian youth national teams, which are usually characterized by their team play, are not short of individual talents this year. July Mantas Rubštavičius became the most productive player of the European U20 Championship, collecting 19.7 points and leading the Lithuanians to silver. He shined most brightly in the quarter-finals, scoring as many as 38 … Read more
The Lithuanian men’s basketball team has a new captain, who will replace Mantas Kalnietis, who held this position until then. It has been announced that interim captain Mario Grigonis is being replaced by center New Orleans Pelicans Jonas Valanciunas. The representative of Panathinaikos Athens will now be vice-captain. The 30-year-old 211 cm tall man made … Read more
In a friendly match, the French national team is at home 89:65 (25:20, 20:19, 26:12, 18:14) crushed the Dutch basketball players. For the winners, Evan Fournier scored 15 points, Rudy Gobert – 12 (9 rebounds), Vincent Poirier – 11 (8 rebounds), Theo Maledon – 9, Elie Okobo – 8, Mouhammadou Jaiteh added 6. Yannick Franke … Read more
Stage II of the third round of the Lithuanian 3×3 Basketball League finished on Sunday in Mariijampole. The winners of the PRO group became the host team – “Sūduva-Mantinga” from Marijampolė, who defeated the “GEALAN” team from Trakai 19:16 in the final of the stage. In the semi-finals, the Marijampolė team beat the VDU basketball … Read more
Next season, the attacks of the Vilnius “Ryto” team can be led by an offensive player who has already played in our country. The “Karfan.is” portal announces that the champions of the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) want to sign a contract with the 27-year-old 182 cm tall Elvaru Fridriksson. 27-year-old 182 cm Iceland 2020-2021 played … Read more
National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Stanislav Medvedenko continues to care for the welfare of his war-torn compatriots. The Ukrainian auctioned off both championship rings he won with the Los Angeles Lakers, and all the money received went to his own Fly High foundation, which takes care of maintaining children’s sports infrastructure in a country that … Read more