Zalgiris Kaunas 2018-19

[Mindozas]

I think, that Hartestein buyout was included in the upcoming budget and that won't affect the last addition. However, I doubt, than that money would change much, because at this time, there are not much left and we can get almost any leftovers with current money (about 300k), I mean any NBA G league player, NBA shitty player or any Europes no name. Although, there are some quite good options - Westermann, Adams, Rochestie etc.

I'm not into NBA too much, but for me Hartenstein signing with Houston was a bit of surprise. I even forgot we had such option to get addition cash. Don't know, maybe Motiejunas knew smth more, but how could he. Nobody really talked about it till it happened. Regarding player, with some extra money we exactly can go up from some no name as you say to these better options

[ZalgirisFanForLife]

Missed this interview, but if he said so, might be that Wolters is seen as main guy. Anyway, if they were looking at Goss too, I'd really have doubts who'd be a starter. We'll see who'll club sign. Now with additional money out of Hartenstein buy-out, maybe club could dedicate some part of it in search of PG

I think, that Hartestein buyout was included in the upcoming budget and that won't affect the last addition. However, I doubt, than that money would change much, because at this time, there are not much left and we can get almost any leftovers with current money (about 300k), I mean any NBA G league player, NBA shitty player or any Europes no name. Although, there are some quite good options - Westermann, Adams, Rochestie etc.

[Mindozas]

Motiejunas said "naujokas padės Woltersui". That means Wolters will be our main guy.

Missed this interview, but if he said so, might be that Wolters is seen as main guy. Anyway, if they were looking at Goss too, I'd really have doubts who'd be a starter. We'll see who'll club sign. Now with additional money out of Hartenstein buy-out, maybe club could dedicate some part of it in search of PG

[ZalgirisFanForLife]

I don't know to which interview you are reffering to, but the one I've read, he said: ieskome antro izaidejo (or smth like that). With "antro" I don't think he meant that Walters will be a starter, just that Walters was signed first, then X will be second signing to that position. With Saras it isn't that important actually, we'll have two different type of PGs what so ever I suppose

Motiejunas said "naujokas padės Woltersui". That means Wolters will be our main guy.

[Mindozas]

Though I really hoped that Wolters was a 2nd and not the 1st option for the PG position. After Motiejunas statement we now know he's our no.1 option as pg, which I'm not really fascinated with.

I don't know to which interview you are reffering to, but the one I've read, he said: ieskome antro izaidejo (or smth like that). With "antro" I don't think he meant that Walters will be a starter, just that Walters was signed first, then X will be second signing to that position. With Saras it isn't that important actually, we'll have two different type of PGs what so ever I suppose

[the_black_planet]

Honestly, last year I had the same feelings about all the new players. White seemed worse than Motum, Davies seemed like a total cat in a bag, coming from a mediocre club, Micic - injury prone, Bost - average scorer at best, Toupane - someone who is fast, but does not do anything well. Let's see how this turned out: White and Davies were amazing, Davies is already one of the better C's in Euroleague, Micic and Toupane both turned out to be great defensive players, who contributed a lot to our success. Only Bost was a bad transfer.

Jasikevicius buys players for his system and though they might not be decent players overall, they have something that they're good at and they have team-mates that cover-up their weaknesses. Wolters has a decent floater, good IQ, is tall for his position, will be able to cover 1-3. Walkup is strong, creative guy for his position.

I'm quite confident that these acquisitions will be very good for Zalgiris. And maybe with their age, Zalgiris will have higher chances with keeping them on their roster for more than two years.

Though I really hoped that Wolters was a 2nd and not the 1st option for the PG position. After Motiejunas statement we now know he's our no.1 option as pg, which I'm not really fascinated with.

On the other hand Wolters has some great qualities for a PG, he is also a tall guard like Micic and most people I know expected him to have a great career in Europe, maybe that happens now under Sara's guidance because I think he has the tools

[bakas]

Grigonis is good aquisiton,Valters isnt ,his creating ability is on low level ,Walkup 26 years,little experince in regard to age,I dont know him ,I dont like two Americans on postion point guard and guard .Its good staying of Davies ,I dont know maybe he will leave ,I surprised with transfer Toupane after one years ,could be problematically .Zalgiris also have some very talented young players .In large ,miss one point guard,seems to me team is less compact,some players are risky on sensitive positions ,and this in uncompleted situation even with transfer of point guard,some changes will be neccessarily before or durign the season .

Honestly, last year I had the same feelings about all the new players. White seemed worse than Motum, Davies seemed like a total cat in a bag, coming from a mediocre club, Micic - injury prone, Bost - average scorer at best, Toupane - someone who is fast, but does not do anything well. Let's see how this turned out: White and Davies were amazing, Davies is already one of the better C's in Euroleague, Micic and Toupane both turned out to be great defensive players, who contributed a lot to our success. Only Bost was a bad transfer.

Jasikevicius buys players for his system and though they might not be decent players overall, they have something that they're good at and they have team-mates that cover-up their weaknesses. Wolters has a decent floater, good IQ, is tall for his position, will be able to cover 1-3. Walkup is strong, creative guy for his position.

I'm quite confident that these acquisitions will be very good for Zalgiris. And maybe with their age, Zalgiris will have higher chances with keeping them on their roster for more than two years.

Though I really hoped that Wolters was a 2nd and not the 1st option for the PG position. After Motiejunas statement we now know he's our no.1 option as pg, which I'm not really fascinated with.

[Nemanja]

Grigonis is good aquisiton,Valters isnt ,his creating ability is on low level ,Walkup 26 years,little experince in regard to age,I dont know him ,I dont like two Americans on postion point guard and guard .Its good staying of Davies ,I dont know maybe he will leave ,I surprised with transfer Toupane after one years ,could be problematically .Zalgiris also have some very talented young players .In large ,miss one point guard,seems to me team is less compact,some players are risky on sensitive positions ,and this in uncompleted situation even with transfer of point guard,some changes will be neccessarily before or durign the season .

[ZalgirisFanForLife]

Any thoughts what we're going to sign in 2nd PG position?

Motiejunas said, that it should be a good point guard overall, with Europe experience. Some rumours about Josh Adams, if he doesn’t get an NBA offer, it would be quite good. None or less, there are still a couple of players that can come to us, but I would prefer a good shooter, not a slasher, there already are Wolters, Walkup and Ulanovas for that. Some 3pt fire power would be nice, even tho we have Grigonis and Milaknis already.

[edvinas9]

Any thoughts what we're going to sign in 2nd PG position?

[Straight forward]

I love how Zalgiris didn't sign Kalnietis and Maciulis. They are just not at the level of current Zalgiris. Specially Kalnietis.

[ZalgirisFanForLife]

I really wanted to see Pierria Henry as well, I liked that he seems like a very electrifying player, with a lot of passion and determination. But shit happens, I saw some rumors about Alex Caruso, who I liked as well, saw some game footage - I liked his creativity, team work, athleticism and strong defense. Being a PG at 196, it would mean that the shortest person on the roster would be Valinskas - 191.

I'd really love to see our guard line-up like this, where everyone from 1 to 3 can switch and can attack weaker, smaller players.

I'm really hyped for the upcoming season.

Here are some highlights of Caruso as well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjgTNyQ6cZg

I hope source isn't krepsinisnet comments And I didn't took Valinskas as our shortest player, because he sits almost all game time. He's not really a player that you have to count. Caruso would be a nice pick-up for us. Maybe Josh Adams could be a choice for us as well.

[bakas]

I really wanted to see Pierria Henry as well, I liked that he seems like a very electrifying player, with a lot of passion and determination. But shit happens, I saw some rumors about Alex Caruso, who I liked as well, saw some game footage - I liked his creativity, team work, athleticism and strong defense. Being a PG at 196, it would mean that the shortest person on the roster would be Valinskas - 191.

I'd really love to see our guard line-up like this, where everyone from 1 to 3 can switch and can attack weaker, smaller players.

I'm really hyped for the upcoming season.

Here are some highlights of Caruso as well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjgTNyQ6cZg

[ZalgirisFanForLife]

I hope my wanted Pierria Henry will sign with us, he have elite EL player potential. With him, our shortest guards would be Walkup and Wolters with 1.93m. That's some switch D potential. Also, we lost one very good shooter (Pangos), a decent shooter (Udrih) and two bad shooters (Micic and Toupane). We got one good shooter (Grigonis) and two decent shooters (Walkup and Wolters) and still waiting for one more, maybe Henry will be that one. I'm exited for next season.

[Mindozas]

There's no way Westermann is coming back. We can all just dream about it.

I'd like a player like Stefan Jovic, but as Bayern is getting to Euroleague, there's no way of getting him. But I like players like him and Micic - tall, tough, creative and determined.

There's a chance with Westermann, his price dropped after injury plagued season and he is most likely leaving CSKA. But even if I like him as a player, the last back/hip injury is really worryin', it's not ACL, which he had before and which can be healed and you can forget about it if everything goes properly. With back/hip you never know what will happen, it can haunt you all career long.

Btw we signed Nate Wolters. Pretty mixed feelings. Wasn't really impressed with his season in EL with Zvezda, but I believe that Saras knows who is he signing