Posts Tagged ‘Rytas’
Juan Palacios signs with Lietuvos Rytas
Colombian Juan Palacios (204 cm) will be adding depth to the roster of Lithuanian team Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius this upcoming 2013-14 season. The 28-year-old Palacios played for JSF Nanterre from France’s ProA. He played 22 games for them after joining the club in January 2013 and averaged 7.4 ppg and 4.6 rpg in 18 minutes…
Read MoreOmar-Sharif Cook to Lietuvos Rytas
Veteran international player Omar-Sharif Cook (188 cm, St. John’s’01) will continue his career in Lithuania this 2013-14. The American guard, who also has Montenegrin citizenship, been signed by Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (LKL). Cook split his 2012-13 season between playing in Spain and in Italy. Omar-Sharif began the 2012-13 season playing for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano…
Read MoreMilenko Tepic signs with Lietuvos Rytas
Serbian Milenko Tepic (200 cm) is a new addition to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius from Lithuania (LKL) this 2013-14 season. Tepic heads to his new team after playing two seasons in Spain for Cajasol Banco Civica Sevilla (Liga Endesa). In 2012-13 he played a dozen games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 3.2 ppg and…
Read MoreZalgiris 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 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 MoreTautvydas Lydeka heads to Vilnius
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (LKL, VTB League, and Euroleague) have added Lithuanian international Tautvydas Lydeka (208 cm) to its roster. This season Lydeka has been playing with Krasnie Krilya in Russia where he competed in the Russian league, the VTB United League, and the Eurochallenge. Court time has been hard to come by this campaign for…
Read MorePatrick O’Bryant moves to Lietuvos Rytas
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL and VTB United) has announced the signing of former NBA center Patrick O’Bryant (213 cm, Bradley’06) from Reno Bighorns (USA, D-League). O’Bryant is signing with Lietuvos Rytas after just a few weeks at Reno, and he will see out the 2012-2013 season in Lithuania. During his 4 games for Reno,…
Read MoreSamardzijski signs with Red Star Belgrade
KK Red Star Telekom (Serbia, A and Adriatic League) has announced the arrival of Predrag Samardzijski (215 cm) from Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania, LKL, VTB United League), the 27-year old Macedonian has been with Rytas since 2011. Samardzijski , in many ways will be returning to his roots after he spent much of his early…
Read MoreTomislav Zubčić leaves Cibona for Lietuvos Rytas
Tomislav Zubčić is leaving Croatian and Adriatic League team KK Cibona. He will sign for Lietuvos Rytas from Lithuania. “There was an option for Zubčić to leave, due to the financial problems of the club. This way, both Zubčić and Cibona are satisfied” said Danijel Lutz, the coach of the team. Behind the scenes however,…
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