The Lithuanian 1992 generation is one of the most successful ever in Europe. It all started with the Olympic Youth Festival in 2007 where the team from the Baltic country won the Gold Medal in the U15 category. They won the Gold Medal in 2008 in the U16 category where they dominated the tournament massively […]
A generation of Gold, even without their star
July 22nd, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Arnas Butkevicius·Dovydas Redikas·Edgaras Ulanovas·Egidijus Mockevicius·Jonas Valanciunas·Leo Westermann·Rudy Gobert·Vytenis Cizauskas·Zygimantas Skucas
KK Baltai: Zalgiris reserve struggles in BBL
February 12th, 2012 · No Comments
During the trip to Kaunas for the Nike International Junior Tournament, I had also the opportunity to follow a game of KK Baltai playing University of Tartu in the Baltic League. KK Baltai is in fact the reserve team of Zalgiris Kaunas and one of the several places where the Lithuanian Euroleague team can stack […]
Tags: Edgaras Ulanovas·Kaspars Vecvagars·Mario Delas·Mindaugas Kupsas·Uros Petrovic·Vytenis Cizauskas
FIBA U19 World Championship 2011: the Guards
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments
We start our round-up traditionally with the Guards and take a look at who were the perimeter players that impressed the most during the U19 World Championship. We focused the most on European players but took also a quick look at some of the best non-Europeans in the tournament. Here we go.
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Aleksandar Cvetkovic·Bogic Vujosevic·Dmitry Kulagin·Dovydas Redikas·Grzegorz Grochowski·Hugh Greenwood·Juan Jose Giaveno·Luciano Massarelli·Mateusz Ponitka·Michal Michalak·Vytenis Cizauskas
FIBA U19 World Championship: the Finals
July 10th, 2011 · No Comments
The last day of the FIBA U19 World Championships in Riga has arrived with the big final between Lithuania and Serbia. Thousands of fans were expected to invade the Arena today but there were some other games before the showdown of the two European basketball powerhouses.
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Aleksandar Cvetkovic·Aleksandr Gudumak·Bogdan Bogdanovic·Bogic Vujosevic·Dario Saric·Deividas Pukis·Djordje Drenovac·Dmitry Kulagin·Dovydas Redikas·Edgaras Ulanovas·Franco Giorgetti·Hugh Greenwood·Jonas Valanciunas·Juan Jose Giaveno·Luciano Massarelli·Luka Mitrovic·Marcos Delia·Michal Michalak·Nemanja Besovic·Nikola Siladi·Pablo Perez·Przemyslaw Karnowski·Sergey Karasev·Vladislav Trushkin·Vytenis Cizauskas
FIBA U19 World Championship: 1st round recap
July 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
With the first round done and the second round ahead, it is about time to check what happened in the first three days of the tournament. Without having seen any games, this is of course difficult so that this report is more of an analysis on stats and results while it also features some impressions […]
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Dario Saric·Davis Bertans·Edmunds Dukulis·Egidijus Mockevicius·Janis Timma·Jonas Valanciunas·Kaspars Vecvagars·Nenad Miljenovic·Piotr Niedzwiedzki·Vytenis Cizauskas
FIBA U19 World Championship Preview: Lithuania
June 28th, 2011 · No Comments
One of the main favorites for the Gold Medal is of course the team from Lithuania. Simonas Baranauskas will give us his preview to the team around the Lottery pick Jonas Valanciunas.
Tags: 2011 U19 World Championship·Deividas Pukis·Dovydas Redikas·Edgaras Ulanovas·Jonas Valanciunas·Vytenis Cizauskas·Zygimantas Skucas
U18 European Championship 2010 Division A: the Guards
August 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments
To start our review on the most interesting players of the 2010 European Championship in Vilnius, we attack with the guards of the top 8 teams of the competition. I was not able to follow other team than the Quarter-Final and the relegation teams, the report will only include prospect issued from these 12 nations. […]
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·Alexander Varnakov·Andris Misters·Bogic Vujosevic·Charles Barton·Deividas Pukis·Dmitry Kulagin·Dovydas Redikas·Jonathan Person·Kaspars Vecvagars·Marcus Eriksson·Mathis Keita·Olexandr Prokopenko·Roko Rogic·Thomas Ceci·Toni Katic·Vukasin Petkovic·Vytenis Cizauskas
U18 European Championship 2010: Semi-Finals
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments
The second day in Lithuania started with some sight-seeing in the Old Town and the first decision of the event came when Germany managed to dominate Sweden and avoid relegation. On the other hand, Bulgaria is sure about their future: Division B.
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·2011 U19 World Championship·Alexander Tikhonin·Alexander Varnakov·Andrey Loginov·Bogdan Bogdanovic·Bogic Vujosevic·Bozo Dumic·Dario Saric·Davis Bertans·Deividas Pukis·Djordje Drenovac·Dmitry Kulagin·Dovydas Redikas·Edgaras Ulanovas·Edmunds Dukulis·Janis Timma·Jonas Valanciunas·Karlis Aspitis·Kaspars Vecvagars·Latvia·Linos Chrysikopoulos·Lithuania·Marko Gujanicic·Mateusz Ponitka·Nemanja Besovic·Nikola Siladi·Petar Lambic·Rolandas Jakstas·Russia·Serbia·Sergey Karasev·Stefan Nastic·Vladislav Trushkin·Vukasin Petkovic·Vytenis Cizauskas·Zygimantas Skucas
U18 European Championship Preview
July 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Today starts the U18 European Championship of Division A in Vilnius/Lithuania. The tournament features the highly talented European 1992 generation and even if one of the biggest names in Enes Kanter will not be present, the level of this event will probably be among the best of the whole summer. A lot of Colleges and […]
Tags: 2010 U18 European Championship Division A·Alessandro Gentile·Andrey Loginov·Bill Borekambi·Bogdan Bogdanovic·Can Korkmaz·Daniel Theis·Dario Saric·Davis Bertans·Dennis Kramer·Dmitry Kulagin·Dovydas Redikas·Enes Kanter·Giovanni Pini·Jaime Fernandez·Jan Span·Jonas Valanciunas·Kaspars Vecvagars·Linos Chrysikopoulos·Mathis Keita·Miguel Servera·Nemanja Besovic·Nikola Siladi·Ojars Silins·Pavlin Ivanov·Philipp Neumann·Safak Edge·Tommaso Ingrosso·Viktor Gaddefors·Vyacheslav Bobrov·Vytenis Cizauskas
NIJT 2010: Day 1 (live from Paris)
May 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Today started the Nike International Junior Tournament in Paris. It is the eight edition of this prestigious event that features the most talented U18 Club Teams in Europe. This year, the teams in Paris had to qualify through four different tournaments and the organization gave out 3 other Wildcards next to the defending champion FMP […]
Tags: Alessandro Gentile·Bogdan Bogdanovic·Bojan Radulovic·Danilo Toskovic·Deme Mambaye·Djordje Micic·Dovydas Redikas·Esben Reinholt·Filip Najev·Gabriel Darin·Gezim Morina·Jan Span·Livio Jean-Charles·Luka Pajkovic·Malick Fall·Mathis Keita·NIJT Paris 2010·Pape Amadou Sow·Rafael Freire·Tauras Jogela·Tomas Lekunas·Toni Katic·Vytenis Cizauskas·Yannis Morin