Lithuania claims the 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship title

Lithuania claimed the 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship title after beating Spain 77-68 in the Final on Saturday. Mantas Laurencikas top scored with 26 points along with six rebounds and three steals as Lithuania ended a run of four straight Final losses in the competition to be crowned champions for the first time since 2008. Lithuania started…

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Marius Grigonis agrees on terms with Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos announced the signing of Lithuanian swingman Marius Grigonis (198 cm). Last season Grigonis played in Russia for CSKA Moscow, where he averaged 8.5 ppg in 16 Euroleague games. This will be Grigonis’s fifth EuroLeague season. He spent his first four with Zalgiris Kaunas, where he kept growing as a player until exploding in 2020-21…

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Keenan Evans inks with Zalgiris Kaunas

Keenan Evans (190 cm, G) has signed a two-year deal with Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas. Evans played college basketball at Texas Tech University and began his professional career with Grand Rapids and Delaware of the G-League. He came to Europe in 2019 and joined Igokea Laktasi of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with whom he won the…

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Big wins for Lietkabelis and Promitheas in Eurocup Round 14

Round 14 of the 7DAYS EuroCup began with four Tuesday contests in which Lietkabelis, Promitheas, and Cedevita all defeated teams ahead of them in the standings. Group A Lietkabelis Panevezs 93-78 Partizan NIS Belgrade Lietkabelis extended its home-court winning streak to five games as it rolled to a 93-78 victory over Partizan in Group A.…

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Marques Townes to Pieno

Marques Townes (193 cm, G) is on the move to Lithuania. There he will join BC Pieno Zvaigzdes. Pieno started this LKL season with two losses and is looking for Townes to turn things around. Townes started last season in the Spanish ACB. He had returned to Murcia, where he also played the season before.…

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TJ Starks starts pro career in Lithuania

TJ Starks (188 cm, G) finished his college career with impressive numbers. It has landed him his first pro contract. Starks has signed with BC Rytas Vilnius in Lithuania. Starks has signed for the season with a try-out period at the start of the contract. TJ Starks played college basketball at Texas A&M and finished…

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Einaras Tubutis signs in BNXT, ZZ Leiden

Einaras Tubutis (207 cm, F) has signed to play in the newly formed BNXT League, a merger of Belgian and Dutch pro basketball. He will play for Dutch champion ZZ Leiden. Tubutis played last season for Prienai in his home country of Lithuania. Einars Tubutis, 22 years old, has been a member of the Lithuanian…

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Emmanuel Mudiay from NBA to Zalgiris

Emmanuel Mudiay (196 cm, G/F) has signed with BC Zalgiris Kaunas. Zalgiris is the defending LKL champion and plays EuroLeague. Mudiay did not play this past season but played the previous five seasons in the NBA. Only 25 years old, Mudiay played most of his games in Denver but finished with the Utah Jazz last…

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