The national team’s roster, gathered and presented by the heads, is already being regarded in the public space as the “C team.”
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Although our team faces two battles of golden value against Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 28–31, we will not see a single NBA player in Rimas Kurtinaitis’s coached team, and only two from the EuroLeague.
These are the Kaunas “Žalgiris” duo Ąžuolas Tubelis and Marekas Blaževičius.
- Kristupas Žemaitis (Klaipėda “Neptūnas”)
- Augustas Marčiulionis (Vilnius “Rytas”)
- Matas Jogėla (Vilnius “Rytas”)
- Paulius Valinskas (Utena “Juventus”)
- Laurynas Beliauskas (without club)
- Karolis Lukošiūnas (“Šiauliai”)
- Gytis Radzevičius (Vilnius “Rytas”)
- Justas Furmanavičius (Utena “Juventus”)
- Osvaldas Olisevičius (without club)
- Regimantas Miniotas (Pesaro “Victoria Libertas”)
- Mindaugas Kačinas (Sopot “Trefl”)
- Ąžuolas Tubelis (Kaunas “Žalgiris”)
- Donatas Motiejūnas (without club)
- Marekas Blaževičius (Kaunas “Žalgiris”)
From the many players who declined or could not come for various reasons, a team can be formed that not only should qualify for the world championships but would go there with huge ambitions to end the medal drought ongoing since 2015.
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Among the current roster, the only calm certainty for a spot in the team due to absent players would be Ąžuolas Tubelis.
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