Lithuania
Zalgiris Kaunas wins Lithuanian title
B.C. Zalgiris Kaunas beat Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 83-65 to cap off a 4-0 sweep of the Finals series to win their third-straight Lithuanian league title. American guard Oliver Lafayette (188 cm, Houston’07) led Zalgris with 18 points and seven assists. The game was pretty close for majority of its duration, but a 17-2 run spearheaded…
Read MorePatrick O’Bryant leaves Vilnius
Patrick O’Bryant (213 cm, Bradley’06) has departed Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL and VTB United) after being cut by the club. The former NBA center has been with Rytas Vilnius since the end of January and he has played 9 LKL games with the team and logged averages of 4.9ppg and 2.3rpg. The American also…
Read MorePapa Dia to leave Siauliai
Papa Dia (208 cm, SMU’11) has reached a mutual agreement with BC Siauliai (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League) to leave the team with immediate effect. The agreement has been reached to end Dia’s stay with Siauliai because the 26-year old forward will not play again this season and has not featured since February 6th when…
Read MoreDespite loss, Ventspils wins BBL trophy
Off the strength of a 69:91 road win over Rudipis Prienai in the first game of the Baltic Basketball League (BBL) championships series, Ventspils was able to capture the title even though they lost the second game, 70:73 at home in Latvia. The guests were forced to sit two key starters for the series, Gediminas…
Read MoreRomualdas Petronis axed by Sakalai
Romualdas Petronis, the coach of Lithuanian LKL club Sakalai Vilnius has been removed from his duties after a poor season with the team. The 49-year old joined with Sakalai in the summer of 2012 but he has failed to bring winning Basketball to the club during the season. Sakalai is currently languishing in the one…
Read MoreZalgiris players threaten strike
Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas continues to struggle financially and the latest blow to the ailing giant is the news
Read MoreRyan Olander moves to Juventus
Ryan Olander (213 cm, Fairfield’2012) has inked a deal with Juventus-LKSK Utenos (Lithuania, LKL and Baltic League). The 23-year old center is in his first season as a pro Basketball player after leaving Fairfield in the summer of 2012. During his last season in college the American played 33 games and averaged 8.8ppg, 4.6rpg, 1.4apg…
Read MoreDirk Bauermann to coach Vilnius
Seasoned coach Dirk Bauermann has been named in the head coach position at Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB League, and Euroleague). Bauermann is of course a hugely experienced head coach who has helmed several top clubs in his native Germany including GHP Bamberg and Bayern Munich in the German BBL. Throughout his career 55-year…
Read MoreSam Muldrow joins Pieno Zvaigzdes
Sam Muldrow (205 cm, South Carolina’11) has signed with Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys (Lithuania, LKL) just hours after confirming his departure from Ukrainian outfit SK Dnipro Azot Dniprodzerzhynsk (Superleague). Muldrow has been playing with Dnipro since the start of the 2012-2013 season and has played 38 games with the team this season and averaged 11.9ppg, 7.6rpg…
Read MoreEuroleague Basketball fines Kaunas for Madrid incident
Last week Euroleague Basketball announced that it would investigate the claims from Spanish giant Real
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