About this agreement, first announced Wednesday afternoon by 15min journalist Rokas Pakėnas.
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The 24-year-old, 178 cm tall point guard will try to fill the gap left by Isaac Vazquez at the Catalan club managed by the legendary Gasol brothers from Spain.
The new Girona “Basquet” signing was praised by the club’s sports director Fernando San Emeterio.
“He is a small player but with a strong character and very energetic,” said the 42-year-old Spaniard who has won numerous medals with the Spanish national team. “He is excellent at creating advantages for teammates, disrupting the opponent’s front line, and then making good passes. He also has a good ability to create his own shot. We believe he fits very well with our playing style and basketball philosophy.”
F. San Emeterio was twice selected for the symbolic EuroLeague season teams during his long career, and with the Spanish national team, he became European champion twice, Olympic silver medalist once, and won bronze medals twice at the European Championships.
Last ACB season, Girona “Basquet” finished in 12th place.
D. Stenionis will join forces with another Lithuanian, Martinas Geben, and NBA dunk contest and G League legend Mac McClung.
In the upcoming season, Moncho Fernandez’s trainees will also compete in the FIBA Europe Cup tournament.
Representing the Latvian club Valmiera “Glass Via,” D. Stenionis collected all possible titles – won the Latvian Cup, became champion of both the Latvian-Estonian and Latvian leagues.
In the combined Latvian-Estonian league, the Kaunas native averaged 14.4 points, 3.3 rebounds, 7.6 assists, and 20.2 efficiency rating.
Like a whirlwind, D. Stenionis burst into the national team, scoring 6.5 points, 9 assists, 2 steals, 2.5 turnovers, and 10.5 efficiency in friendly matches against Estonia and the University of Michigan teams.
In the FIBA “window” against Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina national teams, the point guard’s stats dropped to 4.5 points, 5 assists, 1.5 turnovers, and 3 efficiency in 19 minutes on the court.
D. Stenionis became the eleventh Lithuanian basketball player to compete in the Spanish league in the upcoming season.
Other players competing in the strongest domestic tournament in Europe include Laurynas Birutis (Saragossa “Casademont”), Martinas Geben (Girona “Basquet”), Tadas Sedekerskis (Vitoria “Baskonia”), Rokas Giedraitis (Tenerife “La Laguna”), Tomas Dimša, Lukas Uleckas (both – La Coruna “Leyma”), Margiris Normantas (Bilbao “Surne”), Aurimas Majauskas (Leiden “Forca”), Ignas Brazdeikis and Simonas Lukošius (both – Malaga “Unicaja”).
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