Lithuania
Zabian Dowdell added by Lietuvos Rytas
Former Phoenix Suns guard Zabian Dowdell (191 cm, Virginia Tech’07) has been added to the roster of Lithuanian powerhouse Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius for the 2013-14 season. In 2012-13 the 26-year-old Dowdell played for Russian team Enisey Krasnoyarsk (PBL). He represented the club in 18 games in the VTB United League and posted averages of 13.4…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 7, recap
More Last 16 positions were claimed as Round 7 of the Euroleague drew to a close on Friday night, while other clubs got closer and others survived to fight another day. With Thursday night’s games already recorded and the competition moving into its eighth week of the Regular Season, we are starting to see more…
Read MoreEuroleague: Lokomotiv books place in last 16
Euroleague Round 7 kicked off on Thursday with six games around Europe and now that we are deep into the Regular Season the clubs to take part in the Last 16 are booking their places. Last week Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, and reigning champs Olympiacos secured their places in the next round and this week Russian…
Read MoreEuroleague: euro giants qualify for Last 16
Six games held around the continent brought Round 6 of the Euroleague to a close on Friday night in what proved to be another night of exciting action. It was a night of home comforts as five of the games went in favour of host teams, with only one road victory on the night. The…
Read MoreDelininkaitis to Selcuk Universitesi
Turkish TBL team Torku Selcuk Univeritesi Konya has acquired the services of Lithuanian player Tomas Delininkaitis (190 cm) for the 2013-14 season. He has been a long-time member of the Lithuanian National Team, logging stints in 2005-06, 2008-09 and most recently in 2013. He helped his team bag the silver medal in the 2013 Eurobasket…
Read MoreDainius Salenga switches to Budivelnyk
Budivelnyk Kyiv from Ukraine’s Superleague has acquired the services of veteran Lithuanian player Dainius Salenga (197 cm). This is his return to Budivelnyk. He played here for the 2012-13 season. In 42 games Salenga averaged 8.2 ppg and 3.0 rpg for the eventual Ukrainian Superleague Champions of 2013. He also played 14 games for them…
Read MoreEuroleague: Laboral Kutxa downs Lietuvos Rytas
There was a lone Euroleague game last night, but it provided some good basketball action. In Group D we saw Spain’s Laboral Kutxa Vitoria battle Lithuania’s Lietuvos Rytas for the victory, 85-64. Laboral Kutxa reaped the benefits of a recent decision to retain Serbian-Montenegrin player Milko Bjelica (205 cm) for at least one more month.…
Read MoreRimantas Kaukenas to Laboral Kutxa
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria from Spain’s Liga Endesa has brought in Rimantas Kaukenas (192 cm, Seton Hall’00) to strengthen their backcourt. Kaukenas is a Lithuanian player who has been a member of the Lithuanian National Team in 2000-02, 2007-09 and 2012. In 2012-13 he was a member of BC Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania-LKL). Rimantas played in 23…
Read MoreRobertas Bitinas brought in by Planasa NV
Spanish LEB Gold team Planasa Navarra has added Lithuanian guard Robertas Bitinas (182 cm). He is coming in as a replacement for Michael Mokongo, who departed for Monaco. The Lithuanian has spent most of his recent years on home soil and in the last couple of seasons was under contract with S.Marciulionio K.A. Vilnius (NKL).…
Read MoreDerrick Caracter to Pasvalys
Derrick Caracter (206 cm, University of Texas-El Paso’10) has joined Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys (Lithuania, LKL) for the 2013/2014 season. The center has been spending the preseason with Slask Warsaw in the Polish TBL, but he left the team earlier this week. Last season the big man played for Hasharon (Israel-Winner League) where he featured in…
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