Sabonis, Valanciunas featured on Lithuania’s preliminary roster for EuroBasket

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15/Jul/22 15:07

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Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valanciunas will join the Lithuanian national team in early August to begin preparations for the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket and the August qualifiers

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

The Lithuanian national team expects reinforcement from the nation’s NBA players for the upcoming EuroBasket and head coach Kazys Maksvytis announced Friday his 16-man preliminary roster for the big event, as well as the August qualifiers.

Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valanciunas highlight the selection, while Orlando Magic talent Ignas Brazdeikis is also included on the list.

During August, the Lithuanian NT will play a select few preparation games before facing Hungary and Montenegro (August 24 and 27 respectively) in the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2023 qualifiers.

Maksvytis’ calls are the following:

Player Club
Arnas Butkevičius Zalgiris
Domantas Sabonis Sacramento Kings
Eigirdas Žukauskas Tofas
Gediminas Orelik Lietkabelis
Gytis Masiulis Rytas Vilnius
Ignas Brazdeikis Orlando Magic
Jonas Valančiūnas New Orleans Pelicans
Kristupas Žemaitis Vilnius Wolves
Laurynas Birutis Zalgiris
Lukas Lekavicius Zalgiris
Marius Grigonis Panathinaikos
Martyn Echodas Rytas Vilnius
Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Rock Giedraitis Baskonia
Rokas Jokubaitis FC Barcelona
Thomas Dimsha Treviso

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