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Maksvytis should stay. Controversially, but he deserves that third chance, hopefully with A team.
Aside Jokubaitis, we lack creation at the highest level. So I preach and pray for strong back up PG. All eyes should be on Marciulionis and Velicka. I don't want to hear about one single mediocre scrub. Dead end. Either you have a legitimate piece or you just make fun of your self (all these attempts with Markevicius, K. Marciulionis, Gustas, Mazutis, Prekevicius, Vasiliauskas, Kariniauskas and so on was a failure and never worked. We desperately have to get something real here, and unfortunately Maksvytis didn't understand that and he will pay the price most likely for that in 2024 (his project with Kariniauskas failed, he was irrelevant in key games and NT left flat again). The addition of athleticism is another big reason why we should be looking at Marciulionis, Velicka. Big, beefy, athletic PGs. It was just silly to see how easily Serbians locking our guards (OK, NT wasn't 100% ready physically, but still).
SG position is in good hands with Grigonis and Brazdeikis, but both are primarily scorers. So is Lekavicius BTW. Grigonis will add certain dimension of creativity, but against top teams he usually lack athleticism (Spain locked him). We have some decent secondary options in Dimsa, Normantas, Sirvydis, D. Giedraitis, but I preach for upcoming staring level piece at 2 - Rubstavicius. If he will have a strong season in Australia, I think he would shut down all these three guys as superior flat out. It shouldn't necessary happen for 2024, but sooner the better. We need his relentless aggression, athleticism, three level scoring, solid passing and grinding at D. Potentially first complete SG since Siskauskas. His presence won't be easily contained cause he has elite first step and explosiveness for the position. Grigonis is perfectly creative for 2, but he is limited and contained because of lack athleticism and explosiveness. Rubstavicius is big next step at this position. If we will lack legitimate second PG, then position 2 is still a bit lacking a degree of creativity.
Probably the deepest position if Butkevicius, Ulanovas, Kuzminskas show up. Guys as Sedekerskis, Brazdeikis, Sirvydis can play there too. Obviously there's almost zero chance to see Buzelis cause he will be drafted high and will work individually, but even without him we have enough option.
Sedekerskis established himself as reliable and solid options. I hope that Tubelis can play there some too, but not too much. We need that addition of Azuolas. We seen that we lack a bit of athleticism with such guys as Bendzius, Kuzminskas. Sedekerskis provided against USA, Serbia. Tubelis is another athletic guy (for Euro standards). I would love to see Murauskas after a strong NCAA season in Wildcats, but we know that Maksvytis won't go with it. Bendzius, again, is pretty possible since he sort of provided as stretch 4, just got injured.
I would love to see Sabonis playing 26-28mpg. He's ALL NBA guy in his prime and makes other better. He will be 28. Just optimal age for big performance. I would preach for anyone agile and defensively relevant (OK, not a nightmare would be a start...) and obviously I have Tubelis, Sedekerskis names here as main candidates. Unfortunately we will see again JV dragging NT down with zero defense once he's on the court. Hopefully for the last time.
To some up - I doubt the addition of Grigonis and Lekavicius is enough for having a good backcourt. We need to add athletic creative guys as soon as possible. And we desperately need to end the defensive nightmare and collapse with full of holes JV/D-Mo. We stand no chance with them, this should be said.
Aside Jokubaitis, we lack creation at the highest level. So I preach and pray for strong back up PG. All eyes should be on Marciulionis and Velicka. I don't want to hear about one single mediocre scrub. Dead end. Either you have a legitimate piece or you just make fun of your self (all these attempts with Markevicius, K. Marciulionis, Gustas, Mazutis, Prekevicius, Vasiliauskas, Kariniauskas and so on was a failure and never worked. We desperately have to get something real here, and unfortunately Maksvytis didn't understand that and he will pay the price most likely for that in 2024 (his project with Kariniauskas failed, he was irrelevant in key games and NT left flat again). The addition of athleticism is another big reason why we should be looking at Marciulionis, Velicka. Big, beefy, athletic PGs. It was just silly to see how easily Serbians locking our guards (OK, NT wasn't 100% ready physically, but still).
SG position is in good hands with Grigonis and Brazdeikis, but both are primarily scorers. So is Lekavicius BTW. Grigonis will add certain dimension of creativity, but against top teams he usually lack athleticism (Spain locked him). We have some decent secondary options in Dimsa, Normantas, Sirvydis, D. Giedraitis, but I preach for upcoming staring level piece at 2 - Rubstavicius. If he will have a strong season in Australia, I think he would shut down all these three guys as superior flat out. It shouldn't necessary happen for 2024, but sooner the better. We need his relentless aggression, athleticism, three level scoring, solid passing and grinding at D. Potentially first complete SG since Siskauskas. His presence won't be easily contained cause he has elite first step and explosiveness for the position. Grigonis is perfectly creative for 2, but he is limited and contained because of lack athleticism and explosiveness. Rubstavicius is big next step at this position. If we will lack legitimate second PG, then position 2 is still a bit lacking a degree of creativity.
Probably the deepest position if Butkevicius, Ulanovas, Kuzminskas show up. Guys as Sedekerskis, Brazdeikis, Sirvydis can play there too. Obviously there's almost zero chance to see Buzelis cause he will be drafted high and will work individually, but even without him we have enough option.
Sedekerskis established himself as reliable and solid options. I hope that Tubelis can play there some too, but not too much. We need that addition of Azuolas. We seen that we lack a bit of athleticism with such guys as Bendzius, Kuzminskas. Sedekerskis provided against USA, Serbia. Tubelis is another athletic guy (for Euro standards). I would love to see Murauskas after a strong NCAA season in Wildcats, but we know that Maksvytis won't go with it. Bendzius, again, is pretty possible since he sort of provided as stretch 4, just got injured.
I would love to see Sabonis playing 26-28mpg. He's ALL NBA guy in his prime and makes other better. He will be 28. Just optimal age for big performance. I would preach for anyone agile and defensively relevant (OK, not a nightmare would be a start...) and obviously I have Tubelis, Sedekerskis names here as main candidates. Unfortunately we will see again JV dragging NT down with zero defense once he's on the court. Hopefully for the last time.
To some up - I doubt the addition of Grigonis and Lekavicius is enough for having a good backcourt. We need to add athletic creative guys as soon as possible. And we desperately need to end the defensive nightmare and collapse with full of holes JV/D-Mo. We stand no chance with them, this should be said.
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