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5 days ago · Lithuania national team head coach Kazys Maksvytis announced the preliminary roster for the Olympic Qualifying tournament. The extended list includes 16 players, as the Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis leads the way. However, it was recently confirmed that New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas will miss the Olympic Qualifying ...
5 days ago · Valanciunas averaged 12.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the 2023-24 NBA regular season with the New Orleans Pelicans.. The Lithuania preliminary roster for the Olympic Qualifiers includes Domantas Sabonis, Donatas Montiejunas, Rokas Jokubaitis, Lukas Lekavičius, Thomas Dimsa, Deividas Sirvydis, Marius Grigonis, Rokas Giedraitis, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Arnas Butkevičius, Edgaras Ulanovas, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Tadas Sedekerskis, Eimantas Bendžius, Azuolas Tubelis and Motiejus Krivas.
2 days ago · BC Lietuvos rytas symbol Mindaugas Lukauskis returned to the team for his ninth season and helped his long-time team return to the Lithuanian League finals. He was the league's oldest player. On 14 June 2017, it was announced that Rytas had received a wild card to the 2017–18 EuroCup season. [162]
2 days ago · USA men's basketball national team roster. ... 2004, Athens: Bronze (104–96 win over Lithuania in bronze medal game) 2000, Sydney: Gold (85–75 over France)
2 days ago · After missing the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Jose Alvarado made his return for the Puerto Rican national team ahead of this year’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament held at home in San Juan. Playing in two games at the American Qualifiers, one of those by contributing to a 97-87 win against Mexico, he averaged 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists for the national team.
3 days ago · Thompson, who won a gold medal with Team USA in 2016, would need an official release from USA Basketball and approval from FIBA to compete for Team Bahamas. Such clearance isn't expected, especially as Thompson explores free agency options in the NBA. Three more players could be eligible to join the Bahamas, NBA insider Marc Stein previously noted.
2 days ago · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the number one name on a stacked Team Canada roster for the upcoming Olympic Games. The Canadians have a very talented roster full of NBA talent. They achieved direct qualification to the Paris Games by being in the semifinals of the FIBA World Cup last year. They eventually won the bronze medal against the USA.
