All time NT

[Shawshank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq0oO2utFVE

beautiful clip

[Shawshank]

All time LTU leading scorers In Fiba tournament


1.S.Jasikevicius 818pts

2.A.Karnisovas 785pts

3.M.Kalnietis 767pts

4.J.Valanciunas 740pts

5.L.Kleiza 707pts


Jonas need to score 79pts to become all time leading scorer

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Lithuanian NT 2016-2023 in a nutshell:

https://twitter.com/serbestatis_co/status/1699007988483101025

[LuDux]

Trolls gonna troll I guess

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I'll stop trolling when you'll get university degree

[Hepcat]

Lithuanian NT 2016-2023 in a nutshell:

Why the cheap shot? Looking at the whole picture Jonas Valančiūnas is also now the leading Lithuanian scorer of all time in FIBA tournaments which is an inconvenient fact you're eager to ignore.

It would be nice to see you provide a more balanced assessment of players' abilities. You all too often absolutely trash certain Lithuanian players (and why trash any Lithuanian player instead of Americans, Spaniards, Frenchmen, etc.?) while praising others to the moon regardless of their production. At best it's bad form. But it could indicate something worse.

[Shawshank]

Poor Jonas and Domas is surrounded with weakest guards of all best 10 NTs in era when perimeter players are main factors in winning and loosing

Who watched world championship or Olympic games saw which position players is game changers .

5 guards was voted as best tournament players but same trolls simply are so blind in their own hate bubble they have no hope seeing big picture what is happening in todays basketball

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It's funny how sensitive are homer fans. And it's also the lack of dialogue culture which is common among post soviets. Dudes like SS or LD are simply gatekeeping and can't accept different opinions regarding their on darlings or partialities. I'm post soviet mother fucker as well. More educated than average post soviet likely (at least in some fields, like humanities let's say), but nevertheless also a bit "a clockwork orange" as we all are coming from that shit hole. Folks should notice that my criticism is always analytical, teleological and not personal. I have players that I like more than others, but if I see that one of my darling players have certain weakness I address it openly and say it's a problem. I never read once on this forum something like "God, how much JV sucks at p'n'r defense, holly shit!" from JV's fanboys here...Not a single time. And, boy, he sucks at it big time. While I myself pointed at Sabonis' weaknesses many times. Grigonis is one of my favs, but he can't slash, he can't beat athletic defense in front of him and lacking toughness/athleticism. I despise blind homersim and partiality. I treat it as sign of low intelligence. As a sign of a cultural "redneckisim".

When I post slow mo JV's pick and roll defense it's not hate, it's the emphasis on, IMO, the biggest problem which is still often not named because of respect to JV. He deserves respect, but he didn't deserve as much respect that the truth would be less important than respect. No-one does. BB community, podcasters, shy away from saying openly, even Kleiza hesitates a bit to do that completely cause JV's his pal, but Gecevicius did. He said, with JV we play too primitive, he can't guard and so on on. In my opinion our trashy D with JV has been the biggest issue of the NT. More and more fans see it, but only some say it openly. JV has been good scoring old school center. When I posted that video I simply express by mourning that the stretch when we build around such player has been completely winless. That a tragedy happened to LTU basketball. We build around slow old school center who can score some, play zero defense and doesn't make other better. Homers gonna whine and squeal though. It's funny how "crappy guards" are responsible for JV's fucked up defense (like against Spain EB 22 8finals where Willy completely destroyed JV and he even ruined us in 2 first minutes of OT with his p'n'r D, while Brazdeikis dropped 17pts, Lekavicius 15pts, Jokubaitis 13pts). Now also JV has nothing to do with Serbian guards relentlessly taking layups in the paint I guess. I think people who deny that JV's defense has been a tragedy for LTU NT are simple homers of JV. End of the story.

This can be literally addressed to LTU NT 2016-2023 as well, literally. And, boy, Raptors had some elite guards. What a miracle! Good guards don't make JV's defensive issues to disappear.

Valanciunas is notorious for his inability to defend against the pick and roll, especially against guards with a great chance of pace. Charlotte immediately picked at this scab on Friday, involving Valanciunas in some kind of screen on nearly every play to start the game. For a Raptors fan, it was hard to watch.

https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2017/01/24/valanciunas-pick-roll-defence-centre-raptors-struggle/

JV never was a winning player anywhere. Even Raptors had to get rid of him to win the trophy (taking 34yo grandpa M. Gasol as defensive boost). JV's fanboys create your own fanboys thread and spill your pathetic partialities and irrational obsessions there, please.

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All time LTU NT leading scorers In Fiba tournaments 1992-2023


1. Valanciunas 858
2. Jasikevicius 816
3. Karnisovas 785
4. Kalnietis 767
5. Kleiza 707

[Shawshank]

Today is 20 year anniversary of our golden NT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aAqXd7BKsI

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Today is 20 year anniversary of our golden NT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aAqXd7BKsI

E. Zukauskas long arms and defensive presence gave us a win against Latvians. He was huge with that rim protection presence. We badly badly miss that. Off course, in today's game you also want your center to be able to move, but Tavares factor is still alive even in today's game. Any sort of defensive center would be a big boost.

My bold prediction is that in the stretch 2027-2035 we will snatch another modern title in one of the tournaments (if Buzelis plays in that stretch).

[Shawshank]

I always thought combined 60+ pts from perimeter players Jasikevicius,Siskauskas,Macijauskas gave LTU win vs Latvia

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I always thought combined 60+ pts from perimeter players Jasikevicius,Siskauskas,Macijauskas gave LTU win vs Latvia

I meant that last game winning stop of Eurelijus. Lithuania was up 92:91, but Latvia had that last pretty good look (Macijauskas wasn't able to stay in front of Latvian guard) and Eurelijus big blocking attempt really helped. If not that, 60pts would be meaningless. Just as there are game winning shots, there are game winning defensive stops. 2:29 in the video.

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And it's also the lack of dialogue culture which is common among post soviets.

You could do better pointing out post-sovietism as one of the reasons why Lithuania didn't succeed in the WC.

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Folks should notice that my criticism is always analytical, teleological and not personal.

You've called four or five Lithuanian national team players "absolute trash" in just the past few weeks. In the context of basketball discussion, that's personal. Granted these players all certainly have their weaknesses, but they're all pretty good in certain ways and better than the other players from which the coaching staff could choose.