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Adomaitis got big irrational hate in Lithuania including you here. After a while you began to speak about him in a way better way.
During the tournament you wrote yourself that Maksvytis took Karianiauskas for a reason and that you had been wrong about that (probably it was after USA game). And now you changed your mind only because of the game against Serbia where almost everybody sucked? And overall do you often see 11th-12th players delivering in play off games?
And why are you writing about Tubelis at all if he anyway wasn't ready and in spite of that he was kept until the end?
Fair questions.
I never hated Adomaitis. I criticized some of his movies like playing JV in the key possessions (2019) which hurt us directly or making some bad choices (taking both non defensive shooters as Gecevicius, Milaknis into one team). I never was Rytas' hater, so that irrational hate has little to do with me.
As for Kariniauskas as I said I give him credit for USA game, but at the end we got nothing and we have nothing for 2024 PG back-ups. We gonna strike it again with Kariniauskas against Serbia, Spain and all great disciplined teams. It's dead end. Kariniauskas, BTW, was legitimate rotation player in terms of playing time. He was no 11-12th player. It was Sirvydis and Maldunas. Kariniauskas was getting 14,5mpg, just as much as D-Mo and only slightly less than Bendzius and Kuz. Against Greece Karinia played badly, against Serbia as well. That was 2 key games. Against Greece he actually played 18 minutes, that's hell of a lot. Where we are heading with Maksvytis as a head coach? What will he have as a PG back-up? Lekavicius so far looks bad and even if he still has it (which is a question), he doesn't provide D, just as Kariniauskas. I hate Kariniauskas move cause it leaves us flat for 2024. Assume Marciulionis having good NCAA season, coming a strong player, makes the team - it's still his first season and he will struggle, it takes time to make it in the NT. While we sincerely wasted 4 spots like it nothing. And didn't fill a single hole that we have. Maciulionis could easily ride the fucking bench both 2022, 2023 instead of those dead end scrubs. It potentially could be so beneficial that it's hard to measure. Hell, we could even do that with D. Giedraitis or Velicka, it still would be more beneficial, cause even Velicka can play D when he wants to. You simply won't make Kariniauskas and Lekavicius to play D that it's needed. I hate how we tolerate simple waste of spots and time, it's like everything would be perfect with NT and we wouldn't need to move a finger.
You got a wrong impression about Tubelis I believe. Maksvytis admitted that Tubelis eventually shaped up and looked good in the camp. I doubt he said that purposely just to greet Tubelis for loyalty, even though possible. We'll never know how good Tubelis was at the end of the camp cause we didn't see practices, but the reason why he was cut is that he didn't go through whole preparation, doesn't know all sets well and so on. That's what Maksvytis said. I get the impression that it was the same case as with Kariniauskas generally. He made a decision early and didn't even want anyone to stand in his way. I'm less pissed about Tubelis cause more or less Sabonis covers what Tubelis can bring and more off course (even though Tubelis eventually should be better defensively and more agile, faster offensively). But I really hate how we just pushed aside Marciulionis like we would have zero interest about PG position...Intolerable, IMO. Another red flag, just like with the cut of Sedekerskis in 2022. When one of the reserve NT coaches says "I would had taken Marciulionis to the main camp" it says a lot...But, no, Maksvytis has his own world class studs that he locks without any competition and he doesn't even see a need to look at least a bit to the future...all good

I'll quote what Mindaugas Noreika said:
Gal galėtumėte išskirti žaidėjus, kurie verti atskiro paminėjimo ir galbūt negavo tokio dėmesio, kurio nusipelno?
Kaip ir visada, nesinori kažko išskirti iš komandos, bet aš asmeniškai labai džiaugiuosi už Augustą Marčiulionį. Jis tikrai atvažiavo būdamas kitame lygyje, atrodė solidžiai ir rungtynėse visi tą matė. Tai tik mano asmeninė nuomonė, bet, man atrodo, kad Augustą galėjome bent porai savaičių pajungti ir prie pagrindinės rinktinės. Ne dėl to, kad jis patektų į galutinį dvyliktuką, bet tam, kad kažkiek paaugintume tuos tikrus savo įžaidėjus.
Visi kalbame, kad įžaidėjo pozicija yra probleminė. Ir ne tik Lietuvoje. Ispanai pernai Europos čempionatui natūralizavo Lorenzo Browną, nes patys neturėjo įžaidėjo. Atrodytų, duodami galimybę pasportuoti papildomai su pagrindine rinktine, sužaisti dar 1–2 kontrolines rungtynes, Marčiulioniui ir visam Lietuvos krepšiniui padarytume naudos ateityje. Toks būtų mano pamąstymas ir vizija.
Mums labai padėjo Einaras Tubutis. Jis traktuojamas kaip vėlyvos brandos žaidėjas, bet tikrai turi duomenis, ilgas rankas, gerą metimą iš perimetro. Tas pats Laurynas Beliauskas, Ignas Sargiūnas. Praktiškai visi neiškrito iš konteksto ir buvo verti dalyvauti pirmojo etapo Lietuvos rinktinės stovykloje.
https://sportas24.lt/krepsinis/reze...lejima-ir-atsaukta-krepsininko-medaus-menesi/