2025 Lithuanian NT

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kurtinaitis team is 0-5 in the prestige fiba europe cup, cant wait for him to lead our national team back to the elite

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kurtinaitis team is 0-5 in the prestige fiba europe cup, cant wait for him to lead our national team back to the elite

In 2025 he'll be in trouble. He has no players who can bail his mediocre coaching profile ATM. But ironically his ass is about to be saved by Jakucionis in 2027/2028. Kurtinaitis is lucky to jump on supertalent with the ball. He will give all screen action and all decision making to Jakucionis and that's absolutely easiest and best way to play. When you have decision maker and a freak of creation as KJ you don't do much tactically, just manage certain set motions and leave everything to supreme decision making. Also there will be Buzelis who can get inside easily and cause a lot of trouble, create pressure to defense any time he wants essentially.

KJ, Matas + great roster overall in 2027-2028 will bail out Kurtinaitis just as 00's studs bailed out Sireika and Butautas, two super mediocre coaches.

The key for Kurtinaitis and his "intelligent robin" not to screw relationships with key players, the way Sireika did with Kaukenas and even Jasikevicius after 2004 Olympics (Jasikevicius off NT 2005 and 2006 costed us medals literally).

In 2028 coaching will matter little. Just give the ball to KJ and put serious talent around him (and we'll have plenty of it).

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in 2028 where best of best elite top 10 world players will play our washed up coach Kurtinaitis and our NTs of role players will be saved by 22 raw youngster ahaha )

Dinosour expert simply loosing his mind more and more with every year poor guy

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Avoid name giving, please.

I sincerely predict that 22yo KJ will be a beast. Only time will tell how close or far I am with that. To certain extent I even think he might be better than 24yo Buzelis.

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Avoid name giving, please.

I sincerely predict that 22yo KJ will be a beast. Only time will tell how close or far I am with that. To certain extent I even think he might be better than 24yo Buzelis.

I dont need no prediction im sure that in 2028 Olympic 22 old kid will have no chance equally competing with top 10 worlds players

Beast at 22 old competing with top 10 nba players in 2028 olympic summer ?

Go and get doctors help

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It's not about KJ or Buzelis being better than other FIBA stars or equal in 27/28. KJ is transcendent prospect. He can lead the team and lift it to another level. He will bail out Kurtinaitis in terms of running the team at the highest level while ATM no-one can. Medals today are not given to anyone really. USA missed it in 2023, Serbia many times choked with stacked teams and so on. When I say bail out, I mean that we would be at another level compared to where we been last 10 years at least, but realistically last 16 years. No-one calls 2004 team trash even if it stayed without a medal. Some 4finals in Olympics and huge fight would do it now to treat it successful. Such players as KJ, Buzelis can lift us to the tier quality of 1992-2008. KJ is not Jokubaitis, not Marciulionis. He is already better than Marciulionis and very quickly will pass Jokubaitis too. ATM they are more or less on the same tier, KJ would turn the ball over more, but also would create more. But soon it won't even be close, completely different tiers.

As always you have zero clue on players per se. So better don't even comment them if you don't follow, don't you think?

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Kurtinaitis and Pacesas old school coaches built veteran roster with Kuzminskas,Bendzius,Olisevicius,Lekavicius


We can see first signs how they picture basketball in their out dated army coaches minds

What Pacesas saying in interviews he is not joking... NT is selecting those players.And some people naive things main assistant coach wont have word in roster desicions


This tandem reminds me alot Maskoliunas 2 situation. Clearly worse than coaches Adomaitis and Maksvytis who have shown real results in 2020s basketball

2 out dated coaches from 2010s that have shown last decent result in like 2015 will try to make miracles in 2025-2028 basketball aha right

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Too soon to make such conclusions. Realisitcally only Paliukenas decision is strange cause dude is playing 10 minutes in CL and 14 minutes in LKL. Since when micro role players are jumping straight to NT?

Realistically they got what they could almost optimally. What did they miss? I would love to see Rubstavicius being included, but I also admit that he had really trashy start of the season. Only in last 2 games he started to play as he can, but the roster was made prior that I believe.

This Paliukenas sign is worrysome. It shows indeed that Kurtis may be listening to Pacesas too much. But on other hand, I understand I want of "hustle" players for windows. That's about that. You wither have great ISO talents or great hustle players to win such games. We usually do it with the latter. But still it's too soon to make a conclusion that Kurtinaitis will go with experienced mediocre talent instead of young and upcoming talent when it comes to 9-12 spots of 2025 EB roster (well, we have to qualify first though...).

I wouldn't call it veteran roster. I just think they try to take what they like the most. The same Pacesas was making a leader of young Motiejunas in his Poland club. And Kurtinaitis worked well with young Gecevicius, JV, Sirvydis etc.

Desperate wish of Kurtinaitis to have Lekavicius shows that he needs one LEAD GUARD. He always lived and diet with it. Eidson for him was the key, then Gecevicius at some point and so on. He doesn't have very deep tactics and can't control the game in detail like elite coaches as Jasikevicius, Trinch do. Instead he needs perimeter players for whom he would give a lot of freedom. That's my only hope that at the right time he will give all the game to KJ at the right time. Likely the most creative and best decision making guard we ever had.

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We are seeing how Kurtinaitis chaotic,brainless no structure basketball works in 2020s he still is winningless in fiba champion cup lost game 1 in qualification and is in group 0-5...


So if Kurtinaitis always do or die by teams perimeter leader desicions so he gonna die 100%

Because in LTU NT we simply dont have such calibre star guards like last 15 years that could carry teams offence.


LTU NT need real tactical coaching just to have a fighting chance...With just tallent ltu team arent going anywhere because 2020s oopponnets simply have clearly more.

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So if Kurtinaitis always do or die by main elite perimeter leader desicions so he gonna die 100% because in LTU NT we simply dont have such calibre guards like last 15 years

But there's KJ in the horizon. It's all about when he will be ready. My prediction is that he will play big time BB as 22yo. That doesn't mean we will be medaling or taking down all top dogs, but it means he runs the show at the highest level.

I somehow think that our 2025 EB BB won't be that bad. It will remind 2023WC team I think. Jokubaitis should be in much better shape after wealthy season with Maccabi, Giedraitis/Sirvydis having sort of brake out seasons in EL. Maybe Brazdeikis will remind himself more in the second half. Maybe Sabonis will finally be in shape playing for the NT? Maybe Grigonis will finally embrace his natural role and won't try to be a leader which he never was and never will? Marciulionis can be very solid 15-18mpg back up. I think we will be pretty good, but medals are out of question. I just hope that Buzelis will get the chance to get his feet vet and NT will play pretty attractive BB as they did in 2023 (with more competitive ending hopefully). Jakucionis will be lottery and he will be spending his time in Summer League. Now it seems like written into the wall.

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But there's KJ in the horizon. It's all about when he will be ready. My prediction is that he will play big time BB as 22yo. That doesn't mean we will be medaling or taking down all top dogs, but it means he runs the show at the highest level.

I somehow think that our 2025 EB BB won't be that bad. It will remind 2023WC team I think. Jokubaitis should be in much better shape after wealthy season with Maccabi, Giedraitis/Sirvydis having sort of brake out seasons in EL. Maybe Brazdeikis will remind himself more in the second half. Maybe Sabonis will finally be in shape playing for the NT? Maybe Grigonis will finally embrace his natural role and won't try to be a leader which he never was and never will? Marciulionis can be very solid 15-18mpg back up. I think we will be pretty good, but medals are out of question. I just hope that Buzelis will get the chance to get his feet vet and NT will play pretty attractive BB as they did in 2023 (with more competitive ending hopefully). Jakucionis will be lottery and he will be spending his time in Summer League. Now it seems like written into the wall.

Too many maybes if you ask me

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Too many maybes if you ask me

Just as in your front! If Sengun turns out to be a star, if Larkin finally can lead NT, if Korkmaz can not to choke once in FIBA... And so on

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Dinosour expert keep those 19 kids to your tallents forums


Here we talking about men NT 2025 and that team have no perimeter star

So all those example like giving keys to some perimeter player in ltu Nt is a big joke


Our perimeter leader will be one of the worst from any perimeter leaders from top 10 teams. And doesnt matter which one of them will become best team guard.

Kurtinaitis game plan shouldnt be one perimeter leader will save him ...otherwise one big catastrophe awaits him in 2025.

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Dinosour expert keep those 19 kids to your tallents forums

Here we talking about men NT 2025 and that team have no perimeter leader

Sll those example like giving keys to some perimeter player in ltu Nt is a big joke


Our perimeter leader will be one of the worst from any perimeter leaders from top 10. And doesnt matter which one of them will become best guard.

Kurtinaitis game plan shouldntt be perimeter leader will save him ...otherwise one big catastrophe awaits in 2025.

Redneck-passport expert, as always you taking things too primitively. I agree that Kurtinaitis has to be more subtle than just to expect current guards to carry NT and make whole game plan around creative guards. ATM it would be a big mistake and he won't do it. Be if he had such level player, he would. And that's the best decision. Give whole the team to your best decision maker and creator, if you have a dominant one, top notch. But at the same time when we speak about 2025 it matters a tons in which shape Jokubaitis will play, how much Marciulionis can function as an athletic, sharp lead guard. How much can Giedraitis and Sirvydis can give from position 2 playing with NT jerseys. It's not a trashy pieces. It's all nice pieces, in EL perspective a guys who more or less have elite upside. So it will matter a lot how these pieces will mesh together and in which shape players will come.

I do think NT will lack more precise coaching. But I have some minor optimism too. Like NT will try to play fast and won't hesitate to shoot. In that case I'm all for subbing Butkevicius with Radzevicius.

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Dinosour expert


You yourself said Kurtinaitis works when he gives keys to perimeterr leader and im saying that would be disaster in LTU NT

So when Ltu basketball will have real euroleague perimeter star or good nba guard suggest such nonsense not biased on your horoscope prediction


France NT like 5-6th best guard Francisco is best zalgiris guard in 2024/2025 season.

So i dont think that those Sirvydis,Brazdeikis,Giedraitis,Lekavicius is some kinda very nice pieces. They are just totaly average at best in fiba basketball where top 10 NT play.

NT who wins medals in 2020s have real stars not just average one sided pieces


When you give to average pieces trash coach that cant win a single basketball game in 3rd league levels in 2024.... i dont see no optimism at all for 2025.