Mindaugas Kuzminskas of Zenit Saint Petersburg will join the Lithuania national team for the second qualifying match against the Czech Republic in Opava on November 29, according to bench boss Kazys Maksvytis.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas
| Team: |
Zenit Saint Petersburg Lithuania |
| Position: | PF, SF |
| Age: | 32 |
| Height: | 205 cm |
| Weight: | 98 kg |
| Birth place: | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Zenit stipulated that Kuzminskas will present himself at the club's training camp on Tuesday (November 30), per Lithuania national team head coach.
Zenit will play a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague match against Panathinaikos OPAP Athens on the road on Thursday (November 25). Kuzminskas will appear in a national team camp on Saturday.
On November 26, Lithuania will start the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers against Bulgaria at home. Today they are starting the preparation.
The 32-year-old Kuzminskas is averaging 3.8 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 4.5 PIR over 11 EuroLeague games (9.5 minutes of playing time) this season.
Zalgiris Kaunas players Lukas Lekavicius and Edgaras Ulanovas, who were included in the extended list, will not help the team in the second qualifying game versus the Czech Republic. Zalgiris newcomer Regimantas Miniotas will not wear a Lithuanian jersey either in the upcoming window.
"I had to talk to both Zalgiris and the players themselves - we couldn't reach an agreement. We will have to deal without them in this window," the bench boss described the situation.
Full list
Mindaugas Girdziunas - Rytas Vilnius
Arnas Velicka - Napoli Basket
Deividas Gailius - Neptunas Klaipeda
Tomas Dimsa - NutriBullet Treviso
Arnas Butkevicius - Rytas Vilnius
Vytenis Cizauskas - Nevezis-Optibet Kedainiai
Martynas Echodas - Umana Reyer Venice
Mindaugas Kuzminskas - Zenit Sain Petersburg
Gytis Masiulis - Bilbao Basket
Eigirdas Zukauskas - Parma Basket
Margiris Normantas - Rytas Vilnius
Laurynas Birutis - Monbus Obradoiro
Osvaldas Olisevicius - Unahotels Reggio Emilia
Martinas Geben - Brose Bamberg
Eimantas Bendzius - Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
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