. It is one of the oldest teams in the
. Žalgiris is one of 14 European clubs that currently hold
A Licenses, which normally provide their holders with a guaranteed place in the regular-season phase of the Euroleague.
Since the 2011/12 season, Žalgiris plays its home games in the new Žalgiris Arena, built just before the
. Lithuanian "
Logo design: A green and white shield with the sign "BC Žalgiris", a basketball, and the letter "Ž". The club's name commemorates the victorious
Since 1944, BC Žalgiris is the main Lithuanian basketball team to produce top-flight talents for European basketball, such as the
, and many others. The club was first formed from KKI Kaunas players and they won the first Soviet Union title with that name. Club at that time was led by Steponas Butautas,
, Vincas Sercevičius later came Stanislovas Stonkus, Arūnas Lauritėnas. They won the second Soviet Union championship in 1951 and had to wait for 34 years to do it again.
, were the stars of the team in the 1970s but they only managed to finish third couple of times in the Soviet Union championship.
Žalgiris became the dominant force in Soviet Union and in Europe when they added new talents to the team: first came
became the new team coach. But everything changed when the team noticed a talented young kid named
, who was 17 years old 209 cm and he debuted in the club in 1981. He grew about 12 more cm in the next couple of years and could do everything on the court: play defence, assist his teammates with all kind of passes, shoot 3 pointers, dominate inside the paint and was like player from another planet.
) served as a major inspiration for Lithuanian national revival that contributed to the emergence of the
During the 1980s, Žalgiris was competing in the top competitions with top clubs in Europe, such as
and Cibona Zagreb. Stars Sabonis, Kurtinaitis, Chomičius and
led the team to three consecutive Soviet Union National League championships from 1985 till 1987, beating
in the finals. In 1985 the four stars led the team to the
. Despite the loss, Žalgiris participated in
the next year as the Soviet Union champions, reaching the finals and losing to the rival Cibona Zagreb. In 1986, Žalgiris won the
in the finals. Žalgiris was emerging as one of the top clubs in Europe at the time.
In 1987, however, Žalgiris suffered a setback. Biggest star of the club, Arvydas Sabonis, suffered a torn
. Three months later, he tore it again, causing him to miss most of the 1987-88 season. That season, Žalgiris won a silver medal, losing to CSKA Moscow in the Soviet League finals. The next season, Sabonis came back, and the club managed to reach European Cup Winners Cup semifinals and win a silver medal in Soviet League, losing a dramatic finals to BC Budivelnik
Just before the start of 1989-90 season, Žalgiris lost all of its leaders and half of its team: Sabonis, Kurtinaitis, Jovaiša, Chomičius and head coach
Following the mass emigration, Žalgiris renewed their roster with youngsters such as
. Žalgiris, led by Einikis and Lukminas, won their first LKL title in 1994, cruising past Atletas Kaunas 3-1 in a four game series. For Next two years, Žalgiris again dominated LKL tournament and had success participating in the
returned to play for his home team. After finishing with a 9-3 record in the regular season, Žalgiris advanced to the semifinals, but fell to PAOK in the two games series (104–59).
Žalgiris enjoyed the biggest success as a club during 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons. Led by a new generation of great Lithuanian talents
final in Belgrade in 1998.
In 1998-99 season they surprised all Europe. Again coached by
and great Lithuanian talents they went through FIBA Euroleague with 18-4 record and defeted Kinder Bologna 82:74 in the final in
.
was named Euroleague Final Four MVP. Žalgiris allso won LKL and NEBL titles that same season.
After these two great seasons best players of the club went to the richest European clubs and Žalgiris tried to duplicate that feat ever since.
Sabonis became the principal owner of the club in 2003, after having played for many years in the Spanish ACB League and the
. He also came back to play for the club for one last season in 2003-04. He again dominated European competition winning ULEB Euroleague regular season and Top-16 MVP. Žalgiris almost made it to the
, but were stopped by Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., who tied Žalgiris on Derrick Sharp's last second three-pointer at the end of regulation and went on to win in overtime.
Before the 2008–2009 season Žalgiris had a lot of financial difficulties and were looking for the new investor, in 2009 Sabonis sold most of his stake to a local investment group,
, which now holds a 75% interest in the club. Sabonis retained a 21.5% stake in the club; 3% is owned by a minority group, and the remaining 0.5% is owned by the Kaunas City municipality.
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| 1992/93 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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Henrikas Giedraitis |
Gintaras Einikis Gintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team...
, Gintautas Šivickas, Erikas Bublys, Rimas KurtinaitisRimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...
, Arūnas VisockasArūnas Visockas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a power forward 200 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Visockas is currently the assistant coach of the Lithuanian basketball team BC Kaunas Triobet...
, Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
, Darius LukminasDarius Lukminas is a Lithuanian former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas...
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, Algirdas Brazys, Vaidas Jurgilas, Tauras Stumbrys, Aurimas Tomas Palšis |
| 1993/94 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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Jaak Salumets |
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, Romanas BrazdauskisRomanas Brazdauskis is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His son, Lukas Brazdauskis, currently plays in BC Lietuvos Rytas.-References:*...
, Erikas Bublys, Adnan Cansin, Arūnas VisockasArūnas Visockas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a power forward 200 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Visockas is currently the assistant coach of the Lithuanian basketball team BC Kaunas Triobet...
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, Algirdas Brazys, Vaidas Jurgilas, Tauras Stumbrys |
| 1994/95 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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, Kęstutis ŠeštokasKęstutis Šeštokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who plays at the power forward position. Currently he is a member of Molėtai Ežerūnas-Karys basketball team. He is the only player who has won the domestic leagues of all three Baltic states...
, Tomas MasiulisTomas Masiulis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career with Statyba Jonava in the second Lithuanian league , however in a year he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played until mid-2002. Later he moved to Montepaschi Siena. After finishing the season with this...
, Arūnas VisockasArūnas Visockas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a power forward 200 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Visockas is currently the assistant coach of the Lithuanian basketball team BC Kaunas Triobet...
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| 1995/96 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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Semifinal |
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, Rimas KurtinaitisRimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...
, Kęstutis ŠeštokasKęstutis Šeštokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who plays at the power forward position. Currently he is a member of Molėtai Ežerūnas-Karys basketball team. He is the only player who has won the domestic leagues of all three Baltic states...
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, Arūnas VisockasArūnas Visockas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a power forward 200 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Visockas is currently the assistant coach of the Lithuanian basketball team BC Kaunas Triobet...
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, Tauras Stumbrys, Darius Sirtautas |
| 1996/97 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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, Veljko Mrsic, Andre Reid, Tauras Stumbrys, Darius Sirtautas |
| 1997/98 |
Champion |
No tournament |
No tournament |
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ChampionEuroCup Basketball 1997–1998 season occurred between September 16, 1997 and April 14, 1998. The final was held at Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia with Kauno Žalgiris defeating Stefanel Milano in front of 5,000 spectators.-Group A:-Group B:...
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, Tauras Stumbrys, Darius Sirtautas |
| 1998/99 |
Champion |
No tournament |
NEBL Champion |
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Champion |
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| 1999/00 |
Finalist |
No tournament |
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| 2000/01 |
Champion |
No tournament |
NEBL Finalist |
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Last 16The inaugural Euroleague season 2000-01 under the new ULEB authority started on October 16, 2000 with a regular season game between hosts Real Madrid and Olympiacos at the Raimundo Saporta Pavilion in Madrid, Spain, and ended with the championship finals game on May 10, 2001, at the PalaMalaguti...
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Algirdas Brazys |
Grigorij Khizhnyak Grigorij Khizhnyak |Nikolaev]], Ukraine) is a Ukrainian basketball player. A dominant defensive force in the paint, the 2.16 m center led the Euroleague in blocks per game for two consecutive years in 2001 and 2002 playing for Žalgiris Kaunas...
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| 2001/02 |
Finalist |
No tournament |
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Algirdas Brazys |
Grigorij Khizhnyak Grigorij Khizhnyak |Nikolaev]], Ukraine) is a Ukrainian basketball player. A dominant defensive force in the paint, the 2.16 m center led the Euroleague in blocks per game for two consecutive years in 2001 and 2002 playing for Žalgiris Kaunas...
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, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
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, Sherman HamiltonSherman Hamilton is a retired Canadian professional basketball player. Hamilton was a longtime member of the Canadian men's national basketball team...
, Kęstutis MarčiulionisKęstutis Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian basketball player. He is a 6'2" point guard.Kęstutis Marčiulionis played NCAA collegiate basketball at the University of Delaware in the United States...
, Vidas GinevičiusVidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...
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| 2002/03 |
Champion |
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Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 24The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2002–2003 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
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Antanas Sireika Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
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Gintaras Einikis Gintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team...
, Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Darius ŠilinskisDarius Šilinskis is a professional Lithuanian basketball center, who currently plays for Techasas Panevėžys. He is 2.16 m tall and weights 118 kg. In his early professional career he had couple stints with Žalgiris Kaunas.-References:*, FIBA Europe....
, Artūras MasiulisArtūras Masiulis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player whose position is center. He currently plays for CSU Sibiu. On January 13, 2011 he signed a contract with Pieno žvaigždės basketball club.- Achievements :* 2001 year: LKL Champion...
, Tadas KlimavičiusTadas Klimavičius is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He is a Power forward and currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, and Euroleague...
, Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Kornel DavidKornél Dávid is a retired Hungarian professional basketball player. He was the only Hungarian to play in the NBA. He has played for four teams between 1998 and 2001....
, Mindaugas TiminskasMindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team....
, Chris CarrawellChris Carrawell is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round of the 2000 NBA Draft. Carrawell attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep and played collegiately at Duke University.-External links:**...
, Giedrius GustasGiedrius Gustas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays mainly at the point guard position, but he can also play at the shooting guard position...
, Ed CotaEduardo Enrique Cota is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 0", 195-lb. point guard played for Atlas Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. He is currently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....
, Vidas GinevičiusVidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...
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| 2003/04 |
Champion |
No tournament |
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Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 16The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2003–2004 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
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Antanas Sireika Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
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Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Darjuš LavrinovičDarjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
, Arvydas SabonisArvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Artūras Javtokas, Miroslav BericMiroslav "Mića" Berić is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in , Berić played the shooting guard position. A great scorer, he led the 2001 Euroleague in scoring with 23.3 ppg, playing for Partizan Belgrade.Berić has been a regular member of the Yugoslav...
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Simonas SerapinasSimonas Serapinas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who now plays for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German League. He is 1.97 m and weights 98 kg.-Pro career:...
, Mindaugas TiminskasMindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team....
, Ainars BagatskisAinars Bagatskis is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Small Forward position.Bagatskis was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2006 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments.Bagatskis is currently a Latvia national basketball team...
, Giedrius GustasGiedrius Gustas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays mainly at the point guard position, but he can also play at the shooting guard position...
, Ed CotaEduardo Enrique Cota is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 0", 195-lb. point guard played for Atlas Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. He is currently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....
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| 2004/05 |
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BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Champion |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 16The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2004–2005 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
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Antanas Sireika Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
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Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Darjuš LavrinovičDarjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Martynas AndriuškevičiusMartynas Andriuškevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for PAOK Thessaloniki in Greek League.-Pro career:Andriuškevičius was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the 44th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft...
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Simonas SerapinasSimonas Serapinas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who now plays for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German League. He is 1.97 m and weights 98 kg.-Pro career:...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Mindaugas TiminskasMindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team....
, Ainars BagatskisAinars Bagatskis is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Small Forward position.Bagatskis was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2006 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments.Bagatskis is currently a Latvia national basketball team...
, Vidas GinevičiusVidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...
, Robert PackRobert John Pack, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. Nicknamed "Pac-Man", the point guard had a thirteen season career in the NBA, most notably with the Denver Nuggets.-High school and college career:Pack attended...
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| 2005/06 |
Finalist |
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BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Finalist |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 16The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2005–2006 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries...
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Antanas Sireika Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
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Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Darjuš LavrinovičDarjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Darius ŠilinskisDarius Šilinskis is a professional Lithuanian basketball center, who currently plays for Techasas Panevėžys. He is 2.16 m tall and weights 118 kg. In his early professional career he had couple stints with Žalgiris Kaunas.-References:*, FIBA Europe....
, Reggie FreemanReginald "Reggie" Freeman is a retired American professional basketball player.Freeman played NCAA college basketball at the University of Texas. He had a prolific career at Texas, making All-Conference First Team in both his junior and senior seasons. Widely considered a first round draft...
, Simonas SerapinasSimonas Serapinas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who now plays for Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German League. He is 1.97 m and weights 98 kg.-Pro career:...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, Ed CotaEduardo Enrique Cota is an American professional basketball player. The 6' 0", 195-lb. point guard played for Atlas Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. He is currently living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina....
, Vidas GinevičiusVidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...
, Larry Ayuso, Kenny AndersonKenneth "Kenny" Anderson is a retired American basketball player. After a college career at Georgia Institute of Technology, he played point guard professionally from 1991 to 2006, mostly in the National Basketball Association....
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| 2006/07 |
Champion |
Winner |
BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Finalist |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 24The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2006-2007 season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on September 14, 2006 in Athens. The competition began on October 24, 2006 at the Olympic...
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Rimantas Grigas Rimantas Grigas is a Lithuanian basketball coach, currently signed with Žalgiris Kaunas.Grigas is currently the head coach for Zalrigis, replacing recently let go Aco Petrović....
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Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Darius ŠilinskisDarius Šilinskis is a professional Lithuanian basketball center, who currently plays for Techasas Panevėžys. He is 2.16 m tall and weights 118 kg. In his early professional career he had couple stints with Žalgiris Kaunas.-References:*, FIBA Europe....
, Hanno MottolaHanno Aleksanteri Möttölä is a Finnish professional basketball player. Möttölä previously played for the Atlanta Hawks in the National Basketball Association , in the power forward position, where he became the first player from Finland to play in the NBA.Möttölä attended the University of Utah in...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Marcelo MachadoMarcelo Magalhães Machado is a Brazilian basketball player with Flamengo in the NBB and the Brazil national basketball team. He was voted MVP of the FIBA Americas Championship 2005....
, Kirk PenneyKirk Samuel Penney is a New Zealander professional basketball player.-University of Wisconsin :...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Vladimir ŠtimacVladimir Štimac , is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Olin Edirne Basket....
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, DeJuan CollinsDeJuan Collins is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" in height and he weighs 190 pounds . Collins is best known as a scorer, also organizing and leading his team's game...
, Marko PopovićMarko Popović may refer to:* Marko Popović , Croatian basketball player* Marko Popović , Montenegrin basketball player* Marko Popović , Serbian soccer player...
, Vidas GinevičiusVidas Ginevičius is a 1.93 m in height, 93 kg in weight, Lithuanian professional basketball point guard, who plays for the Lithuanian team BC Kėdainiai Triobet since 2011.-Pro career:...
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| 2007/08 |
Champion |
Winner |
BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Champion |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 16The Euroleague is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2007–2008 season featured 24 competing teams. The Euroleague Regular Season drew was held on 30 June 2007 in the Jesolo, Italy, during the inaugural Euroleague summer league...
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Rimantas Grigas Rimantas Grigas is a Lithuanian basketball coach, currently signed with Žalgiris Kaunas.Grigas is currently the head coach for Zalrigis, replacing recently let go Aco Petrović....
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Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
, Tanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Goran Jurak Goran Jurak is a Slovenian professional basketball player currently playing for Pallacanestro Biella in Italy....
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Marcus BrownMarcus James Brown is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'4" , he played as a shooting guard. Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. athletes to ever play abroad...
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, DeJuan CollinsDeJuan Collins is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" in height and he weighs 190 pounds . Collins is best known as a scorer, also organizing and leading his team's game...
, Marko PopovićMarko Popović may refer to:* Marko Popović , Croatian basketball player* Marko Popović , Montenegrin basketball player* Marko Popović , Serbian soccer player...
, Damir MarkotaDamir Markota is a Croatian-Swedish professional basketball player at the forward position. He is 2.09 m tall and 118 kg in weight. His style of play has been compared to that of Vladimir Radmanović...
, Mamadou N'DiayeMamadou N'Diaye is a Senegalese professional basketball player. After a college career at Auburn University, in the United States, N'Diaye was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft. He played for the Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles...
, Donatas MotiejūnasDonatas Motiejūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the power forward and center positions. He is nicknamed "D-Mo" by Houston Rockets fans. Motiejūnas was selected twentieth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft....
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| 2008/09 |
Finalist |
Finalist |
BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Finalist |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
Last 24The Euroleague 2008-09 season was the ninth international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe under the ULEB umbrella. The season, which featured 24 teams from 13 different countries, culminated in the 2008-09 Euroleague Final Four at the new O2 World arena in Berlin,...
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Gintaras Krapikas Gintaras Krapikas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a member of the Lithuanian national team that won a bronze medal in Barcelona's 1992 Summer Olympics....
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Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
, Loren WoodsLoren Woods is an American professional basketball player, currently playing with Zob Ahan Isfahan BC in the Iranian Basketball Super League...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Tomas MasiulisTomas Masiulis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career with Statyba Jonava in the second Lithuanian league , however in a year he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played until mid-2002. Later he moved to Montepaschi Siena. After finishing the season with this...
, Tadas KlimavičiusTadas Klimavičius is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He is a Power forward and currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, and Euroleague...
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Darius ŠilinskisDarius Šilinskis is a professional Lithuanian basketball center, who currently plays for Techasas Panevėžys. He is 2.16 m tall and weights 118 kg. In his early professional career he had couple stints with Žalgiris Kaunas.-References:*, FIBA Europe....
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
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| 2009/10 |
Finalist |
Finalist |
BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
Champion |
Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
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Darius Maskoliūnas Darius Maskoliūnas ; born January 6, 1971) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player. Now basketball coach, politician.Since January 6, 2007 was an assistant coach at Žalgiris Kaunas...
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Mirza Begić Mirza Begić is a Slovenian professional basketball player of Bosnian origin. He is 7 ft 3 in tall and he can play at Center. He is currently playing with the pro club Real Madrid in Spain.-Pro career:Begić began his career playing with the Sloboda Dita Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, Travis WatsonTravis Watson is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m power forward, he led the 2007-08 Euroleague in rebounds with 9.7 per game playing for Armani Jeans Milano.- Amateur career :...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Tadas KlimavičiusTadas Klimavičius is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He is a Power forward and currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, and Euroleague...
, Mario DelašMario Delaš is a Croatian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Šiauliai.- Biography :Mario Delaš made his professional debut in KK Split during the 2006-07 season. In January 2010, he signed a contract with BC Žalgiris for the next three-and-half seasons...
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Martynas PociusMartynas Pocius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, playing for Real Madrid in the Euroleague and Liga ACB. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team.-Early life and high school:...
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Marcus BrownMarcus James Brown is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'4" , he played as a shooting guard. Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. athletes to ever play abroad...
, Aleksandar ĆapinAleksandar Ćapin is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is a point guard and he is 186 cm tall and he weighs 84 kg.-Pro career:...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, Siim-Sander VeneSiim-Sander Vene is an Estonian professional basketballer. Vene started his senior club career in 2005 at the age of 14 in TTÜ KK. In 2006 he went to play in the Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school in Lithuania. From there he moved to Kaunas TRIOBET and eventually to Lithuanian powerhouse Žalgiris...
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| 2010/11 |
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BBL Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
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Euroleague Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
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Ilias Zouros Ilias Zouros is a Greek professional basketball coach. He has been a head coach in the Euroleague, and also of the senior men's Greek national basketball team.-Club coaching career:...
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Mirza Begić Mirza Begić is a Slovenian professional basketball player of Bosnian origin. He is 7 ft 3 in tall and he can play at Center. He is currently playing with the pro club Real Madrid in Spain.-Pro career:Begić began his career playing with the Sloboda Dita Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, Boban MarjanovićBoban Marjanović is a Serbian professional basketball player...
, Travis WatsonTravis Watson is an American professional basketball player. A 2.03 m power forward, he led the 2007-08 Euroleague in rebounds with 9.7 per game playing for Armani Jeans Milano.- Amateur career :...
, Omar SamhanOmar Samhan is an American professional basketball center for the Žalgiris Kaunas of the Euroleague. Formerly, Samhan played college basketball for the St. Mary's Gaels, where he was a 2010 All-American honorable mention, and played for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA's summer league...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Tadas KlimavičiusTadas Klimavičius is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He is a Power forward and currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, and Euroleague...
, Trent PlaistedTrent Michael Plaisted is an American basketball player, formerly of Brigham Young University. He averaged 15.6 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game in the 2007–2008 season, his junior year at BYU...
, Mindaugas KuzminskasMindaugas Kuzminskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for BC Žalgiris in the Lithuanian Basketball League, the Baltic Basketball League, the VTB United League, and the Euroleague...
, Dainius ŠalengaDainius Šalenga is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for BC Rūdupis. He is a small forward and was the captain of BC Žalgiris of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, but was released on January 2011...
, Martynas PociusMartynas Pocius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, playing for Real Madrid in the Euroleague and Liga ACB. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team.-Early life and high school:...
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Marcus BrownMarcus James Brown is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'4" , he played as a shooting guard. Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. athletes to ever play abroad...
, Aleksandar ĆapinAleksandar Ćapin is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is a point guard and he is 186 cm tall and he weighs 84 kg.-Pro career:...
, Tomas DelininkaitisTomas Delininkaitis Tomas Delininkaitis Tomas Delininkaitis (born June 11, 1982 in Klaipėda, Lithuania is a Lithuanian basketball shooting guard currently playing for BC Žalgiris. He can also play point guard if needed. He was a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team for the 2010 FIBA...
, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, DeJuan CollinsDeJuan Collins is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" in height and he weighs 190 pounds . Collins is best known as a scorer, also organizing and leading his team's game...
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LKL Lietuvos krepšinio lyga 2011/2012 is the nineteenth season. The regular season starts on October 2011 and ends on January 2012- Participants :*Baltai*Juventus*Kėdainiai Triobet*Lietuvos rytas*Naglis*Neptūnas*Pieno žvaigždės*Rūdupis*Sakalai...
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VTB United League The VTB United League 2011-12 is the third complete season of Eastern Europe's most competitive basketball clubs. The tournament featured 18 teams from 10 countries.- Participants :-Group A:-Group B:-Final Round:-Regular Season:-Group A:...
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Aleksandar Trifunović Aleksandar Trifunović is a Serbian professional basketball coach.-Managing career:Trifunović was the manager of the Serbian League club Red Star Belgrade during the 2001-02 season.-Coaching career:...
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Robertas Javtokas Robertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Javtokas is 2.11 m in height and weighs 122 kg . He plays the center position. He has been a member of the Lithuanian national team since 2000...
, Milovan RakovićMilovan Raković is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a center.-Pro career:Raković was the last player picked in the 2007 NBA Draft; he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks and then traded along with cash to the Orlando Magic...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Tadas KlimavičiusTadas Klimavičius is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He is a Power forward and currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga in Lithuania, and Euroleague...
, Sonny WeemsClarence "Sonny" Weems is an American basketball player who plays for Zalgiris Kaunas. Weems was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA Draft and shortly thereafter traded to the Denver Nuggets. Weems played collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas...
, Mindaugas KuzminskasMindaugas Kuzminskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for BC Žalgiris in the Lithuanian Basketball League, the Baltic Basketball League, the VTB United League, and the Euroleague...
, Artūras MilaknisArtūras Milaknis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, currently playing for Žalgiris Kaunas. At 1.98 m Milaknis is able to play both guard and small forward positions.-Achievements:*LKL Champion - 2008, 2011...
, Marko PopovićMarko Popović may refer to:* Marko Popović , Croatian basketball player* Marko Popović , Montenegrin basketball player* Marko Popović , Serbian soccer player...
, Tomas DelininkaitisTomas Delininkaitis Tomas Delininkaitis Tomas Delininkaitis (born June 11, 1982 in Klaipėda, Lithuania is a Lithuanian basketball shooting guard currently playing for BC Žalgiris. He can also play point guard if needed. He was a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team for the 2010 FIBA...
, Ty Lawson, Mantas KalnietisMantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Lithuanian Basketball League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays the point guard position.-Early years:Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with...
, DeJuan CollinsDeJuan Collins is an American professional basketball player. He is 6'2" in height and he weighs 190 pounds . Collins is best known as a scorer, also organizing and leading his team's game...
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