92 is called golden because they won everything in youth.
Blazevicius and Tubelis cant shoot and thats very big red flag going further and thats main reason they wont hear their names in nba drafts most likely at all.If those 2 will reach Gudaitis level that will be ok,but how it looks now we can forget abuot Valanciunas/Sabonis directories with them.
Sirvydis and Marciulionis i dont even see them as future NT players.I like that Stenionis kid more he has fearless lions heart is true underdog. I would rather put my bet on such type kid that those 2 spoiled kids.
That Stenionis was way better than Marciulionis in youth team maybe it was a fluke.But when saw his moments versus Zalgiris few weeks ago I said to myself maybe that kid have something in him.
Velicka and D.Giedraitis i can see them playing in NT as role players.I see strong mental strenght in those 2 guards.
I still dont see no facts that those Vilnius tallents will become better players than todays NT role players ale Gudaitis,Butkevicius,Ulanovas,R.Giedraitis. Wouldnt be suprised they wont even reach those NT players level.Thats not given.
data didnt lie when i said you manny times 2-3 years ago you can forget that 20-21 multiple kids will be ready to play in NT.
Those Vilnius tallents now at 20-21 is not ready and is not even debatable.
Around 23-24 some of them will be? sure. Exactly what data history says.
Blazevic and Tubelis are not exactly from the same tier as prospects. Tubelis has been treated as realistic NBA prospect, Blazevic - not. I think even if Tubelis wouldn't be drafted, he has a lot of things in him to have very strong career. No-one was projecting him as a lottery material (JV, Domas). Actually Gudaitis name is spot on here. Prime Gudaitis (Armani) basically was elite EL center and borderline NBA center. If Tubelis can be at that level for more years than an injury prone Gudaitis, it's good news. And Blazevic could be not far away from this position either.
Your assumption that Marciulionis and Sirvydis are spoiled are false. Maybe Sirvydis has been a bit naive, pro media, fashion and son on, but most current guys are. So what? But Marciulionis? Where that comes from? All coaches emphasize that he's a hard worker and he's very humble person.
Stenionis? Well, I wish him good luck and wish I was wrong, but the guy is a midget, not as a quick as Lekavicius, doesn't have a go to move. He's very skilled, probably would achieve more in 3vs3 basketball, cause his style is essentially
street ball. I doubt he will achieve at PROs, but time will tell.
Well, nothing is given. I mean D-Mo failed to have solid NT career (because of injuries), so you never know.
I never said that all prospects will make NT as 20-22. I have been referring to the idea, that we should be more aggressive integrating best youngsters to NT "program" soon. Like let them run in the NT camp, let them smell the pownder. They shouldn't make NT, but the sooner they will taste the level of NT practices, the better. F.e. If we lack PFs at the moment, let Tubelis run in the camp a bit. Maybe he will already be useful in 2023. If we lack offensive forwards, maybe Sirvydis can show up in the eralycamp? He might be ready for 2023.
I agree that most good prospects will make it 23-25. Great prospects will make 20-23.
But I disagree that now we shouldn't even debate say D. Giedraitis and D. Sirvydis. Both are not ready, but both are close, IMO. Both are terrific system players, high IQ players (specially Giedraitis) and they are flexible, they can can play short stretches. ATM, there's no need to throw them into the fire, but if we would they wouldn't look miserable or absolutely lost, IMO. Both already seen Eurocup BB, both been at PROs for many years. IMO, they are close level wise. Do you think current Sirvydis would be much worse in some Italian league than Dimsa? Or vise versa, would Dimsa put up better or more efficient numbers in the G league than Sirvydis did? I really doubt. The difference would be minor, IMO. Dimsa off course have an edge because of experience and being finshed product, but it's really close, IMO.
And I think we should conclude that we are having moderately positive momentum with 21yo Jokubaitis being one of the keys and 23yo Brazdeikis reaching NT level.
And guys like Velicka, D. Giedraitis, Sirvydis, Sedekerskis, Kulboka being close NT (that 98 generation seems stuck though...both Sedekerskis and Kulboka are somewhat ready and somewhat not necessary...but I hope they will still prove their case in upcoming 2 years and maybe both will be strong members in 2024 OT).
Zalgiris best guard at D end is Lukas Lekavicius...Zalgiris D looks pathetic and it won't get much better at the perimeter.