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2025-04-14 Chicago Bulls rookie Matas Buzelis has expressed uncertainty about playing for the Lithuanian national team at the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket 2025, despite previously stating his intention to join. The 20-year-old's hesitation stems from a public dispute involving Sacramento Kings center and national team captain Jonas Valanciunas, as well as Lithuania's assistant coach, Tomas Pacesas.
2025-04-08 Lithuanian national team GM Linas Kleiza met with all three Lithuanian NBA players: captain Jonas Valanciunas, Domantas Sabonis and Matas Buzelis. During conversations, Kleiza wondered if he had made a mistake by not going to the United States earlier to meet the country's stars.
2025-03-31 Lithuanian national team assistant coach Rimas Kurtinaitis has confirmed that center Jonas Valanciunas will participate in the upcoming EuroBasket. Conversely, Domantas Sabonis is likely to miss the tournament due to the expected birth of his third child in May, as BasketNews recently reported.
2025-03-27 URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Gytis Blazevicius react to the EuroBasket 2025 draw, identify the group of death, rank the groups by strength, and discuss which teams are most likely to advance to the next stage. Episode partner: Full URBONUS episodes are available on all major audio platforms:
2025-03-27 The Lithuania national team and Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis is expected to miss the upcoming EuroBasket 2025 tournament, according to BasketNews sources. According to BasketNews sources, Sabonis won't represent his country due to personal reasons.
2025-03-19 Lithuania is planning a pre-EuroBasket 2025 friendly game against Luka Doncic and Slovenia, according to Lukas Malinauskas of BasketNews. The match is tentatively set for August 15 in Riga, Latvia, but the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) is considering hosting it in Lithuania instead.
2025-02-23 Longtime Lithuanian national team member Mindaugas Kuzminskas announced his retirement from international basketball today on Instagram. "And this is the end of my journey with the Lithuanian national team," Kuzminskas said.
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2025-04-14 Chicago Bulls rookie Matas Buzelis has expressed uncertainty about playing for the Lithuanian national team at the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket 2025, despite previously stating his intention to join. The 20-year-old's hesitation stems from a public dispute involving Sacramento Kings center and national team captain Jonas Valanciunas, as well as Lithuania's assistant coach, Tomas Pacesas.
2025-04-08 Lithuanian national team GM Linas Kleiza met with all three Lithuanian NBA players: captain Jonas Valanciunas, Domantas Sabonis and Matas Buzelis. During conversations, Kleiza wondered if he had made a mistake by not going to the United States earlier to meet the country's stars.
2025-03-31 Lithuanian national team assistant coach Rimas Kurtinaitis has confirmed that center Jonas Valanciunas will participate in the upcoming EuroBasket. Conversely, Domantas Sabonis is likely to miss the tournament due to the expected birth of his third child in May, as BasketNews recently reported.
2025-03-27 URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Gytis Blazevicius react to the EuroBasket 2025 draw, identify the group of death, rank the groups by strength, and discuss which teams are most likely to advance to the next stage. Episode partner: Full URBONUS episodes are available on all major audio platforms:
2025-03-27 The Lithuania national team and Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis is expected to miss the upcoming EuroBasket 2025 tournament, according to BasketNews sources. According to BasketNews sources, Sabonis won't represent his country due to personal reasons.
2025-03-19 Lithuania is planning a pre-EuroBasket 2025 friendly game against Luka Doncic and Slovenia, according to Lukas Malinauskas of BasketNews. The match is tentatively set for August 15 in Riga, Latvia, but the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) is considering hosting it in Lithuania instead.
2025-02-23 Longtime Lithuanian national team member Mindaugas Kuzminskas announced his retirement from international basketball today on Instagram. "And this is the end of my journey with the Lithuanian national team," Kuzminskas said.
2025-01-07 The annual Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) awards for the best basketball players of the year have concluded, with Domantas Sabonis taking the top honors. The selection of the best Lithuanian male and female basketball players was held for the 17th time, with Sabonis being named the best male player for the fifth time in his career. He previously won the award in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.
2024-11-27 The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) has clarified that no official steps have been taken to naturalize D'Angelo Russell, though Linas Kleiza, managing director of the men's national team, plans to meet with the Los Angeles Lakers guard in early 2025.
2024-11-26 The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) has not taken any steps to naturalize American-born guard D'Angelo Russell or involve him in the Lithuanian national team, per the official announcement.
2024-11-23 It looks like we could finally see a foreigner in Lithuania NT, as D'Angelo Russell confirmed his intentions to play for European powerhouse. In the previous days an official letter has been sent to Lithuania's president to confirm the eligibility of Russell playing for Lithuania, and last night Russell himself started talking about it.
2024-11-22 On Friday, news broke out in Lithuania about Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell's interest in playing for the Lithuanian national team. His former teammate and now Lithuanian club Zalgiris Kaunas guard Lonnie Walker IV reacted to the news, claiming he'll try to help influence Russell's decision.
2024-11-22 D'Angelo Russell's intention to represent the Lithuanian national team shocked the international basketball world on Friday. The head coach of the biggest Lithuanian team, Zalgiris Kaunas, reacted to the matter. After the win in the EuroLeague against Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, Andrea Trinchieri was asked about the unexpected news.
2024-11-22 Los Angeles Lakers star guard D'Angelo Russell is interested in playing for Lithuania internationally in FIBA tournaments. According to Rokas Pakenas from 15min, Russell has expressed his intention of representing Lithuania. BasketNews sources confirmed this information.
2024-10-01 After years of consistently being named as a candidate, Rimas Kurtinaitis will coach the Lithuanian national team. The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) announced that the 64-year-old specialist will take over the position following Kazys Maksvytis' departure this summer.
2024-09-17 After Lithuania was eliminated from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico, Kazys Maksvytis resigned as head coach of the national team. Lithuania hasn't had a head coach since. However, after the Lithuanian Basketball Federation elections on Tuesday, newly elected President Mindaugas Balciunas confirmed that he sees Rimas Kurtinaitis as the new national team's head coach.
2024-09-17 Mindaugas Balciunas was elected as the new Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LTU Basketball) President. Balciunas' term will last until the end of September 2028. He will replace Vydas Gedvilas after working alongside him as Secretary General in the previous term. The 47-year-old Balciunas beat the former basketball player Robertas Javtokas after receiving 84 out of 147 votes.
2024-08-25 Training camp has started for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, who are ready for a new era. After Dusko Ivanovic's fourth stint as their head coach, Basque team will now be lead by club legend Pablo Laso, returning back home for his first managerial season in Baskonia. Tadas Sedekerskis talked to Noticia de Alava, starting with overall thoughts about upcoming preparations in pre-season.
2024-07-22 Los Angeles Lakers expressed their will to bring Jonas Valanciunas earlier this year, and they will not give up just yet. NBA Insider Brian Windhorst mentioned that seeing Valanciunas in the Lakers jersey remains a possibility. "I would not rule out Jonas Valanciunas eventually ending up on the Lakers this year. That is all I am going to say," Windhorst noted on The Hoop Collective podcast.
2024-07-18 Kazys Maksvytis has stepped down as the head coach of the Lithuanian national team, according to an official video announcement. Maksvytis took over as head coach in September 2021. During his tenure, Lithuania finished 15th in the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 and sixth in the FIBA World Cup 2023.
2024-07-08 The Lithuanian national team will watch the second Olympics in a row on TV, following their loss to hosts Puerto Rico (68-79) in the final of the Olympic Qualifying tournamentin San Juan. It also means that the squad's medal drought will continue, as the last accolade won by the Baltic side came in 2015.
2024-07-07 Jose Alvarado put up a dominant performance and secured Puerto Rico its first appearance in the Olympic basketball tournament since 2004. In the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament final in San Juan, Puerto Rico beat Lithuania 79-68 (19-19, 20-16, 23-15, 17-18) and secured the final spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
2024-07-04 Sacramento Kings and Lithuania national team star Domantas Sabonis plays through an injury in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's unclear what injury exactly bothers Sabonis, but it's in the left leg area. Sabonis himself confirmed that he's not 100% healthy but didn't go into details.
2024-06-23 Marius Grigonis scored 17 points to go along with 2 assists and 1 rebound in 19 minutes, as Lithuania beat Slovenia 92-86 in the two sides' first scrimmage ahead of the Olympic Qualifying tournament.
2024-06-23 Lithuania national team head coach Kazys Maksvytis announced the final 12-man squad for the Olympic Qualifying tournament. After a 92-86 friendly win over Slovenia, Maksvytis thanked Motiejus Krivas, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Rokas Giedraitis and Eimantas Bendzius for their work.
2024-06-23 Lithuania will be deprived of Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis for the friendly game against Slovenia. The announcement came from Lithuania's head coach, Kazys Maksvytis. "For personal reasons, Domantas withdrew from the national team for a couple of days. He worked very well, he fit in well, but now he's gone."
2024-06-16 Lithuania is among the teams gearing up for a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics through the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers Tournament in Puerto Rico.
2024-06-16 Unfortunate news for the Lithuanian national team: Jonas Valanciunas of the New Orleans Pelicans will miss the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifier Tournament. The announcement was made at a press conference attended by BasketNews in Palanga, Lithuania.
2024-05-08 The Lithuanian Basketball Federation and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), the Philippines' basketball federation, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The two countries entered into an agreement “to work together to achieve the various targets and objectives relating to the development of the sport of basketball.”
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