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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostHmmmm. No Ovidijus Varanauskas at training camp though. Given that he's playing with Limoges in France, I doubt that he could participate.
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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostI've found very little information about Coach Dainius Novickas. What's his coaching background/experience?
Regarding stats, I don't know if there's some source with all results and scorers in one place, but you can browse some of it in articles related to the event, in example here
If I recall correctly overall topscorers were Maciulis and Uzupis, MVP Tarvydas
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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostI've found very little information about Coach Dainius Novickas. What's his coaching background/experience?
Never had a professional contract as a player , never formally got any degree , certificate or such in coaching etc.
I see him as an extra in that white man can't jump scenario , where he can't really jump but he is involved in the street BB scene anyhow.
So, I assume he got together Vytis team and due to his contacts and know how got them going as a coach and a manager.
With his experience , and one of the best teams in the world at his side he hustles to the position of the head coach of national team .
And then bam, it's an official sport at OL.
Utena jumps on the wagon and became leaders , rightly so , but is kinda late change things around, so Urbonas becomes an assistant to NT , which we all know is impossible for him to be such.
So Urbonas will be handling all coaching duties, selection and tactics , with Novickas being more of the team manager due to his previous knowledge in the field.
Of course this is just a fantasy and loose interpretation of them little titbits I gathered during summer.Last edited by auris1; 02-24-2021, 11:42 PM.And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Zalgiris 17 times in a row.
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i just wanted to clarify that I mean no disrespect to Novickas . also ,when he played , even though he is 36 , he wasn't that bad. Not that good either...
But with sport being more prominent and with more prize money being available , bigger fish is moving in.
Just in one summer we went from NKL to LKL level of interest.
I am sure at some point more and more players will see it as an extra income during summer time.
Not the ones making over 6 digits, lesser ones.
To Hepcat- Varanauskas faded after first tournament. Everybody improved, he just stayed same.
Memory faded a bit , but I think Vaitkus was MPV for me overall.
He could have been absolute beast bar his injuries.And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Zalgiris 17 times in a row.
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Originally posted by auris1 View PostUtena jumps on the wagon and became leaders , rightly so....
29 August 2020 FIBA World Tour Debrecen (Hungary) Masters
Utena 20 Šakiai 18 (OT)
25 July 2020 Hoptrans Stop 4 Final in Palanga
Utena 21 Šakiai 19
17 July 2020 Hoptrans Stop 3 Final in Palanga
Šakiai 22 Utena 13
11 July 2020 Hoptrans Stop 2 Final in Palanga
Utena 21 Šakiai 19
4 July 2020 Hoptrans Stop 1 Semifinal in Palanga
Utena 19 Šakiai 15
Šakių Gulbelė with Aurelijus Pukelis, Šarūnas Vingelis, Paulius Beliavičius and Darius Tarvydas is currently rated the ninth best team in the world.
It seems to me that if Lithuania qualifies from the group of twenty teams in Graz, Austria, the chance for a medal at the Olympics is high since only the Serbian team of the four that have already qualified is really good. I'm glad therefore that the LKF is taking preparations seriously with top flight coaching and a genuine training camp in a good facility.
Last edited by Hepcat; 04-30-2021, 02:24 PM.
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Originally posted by Mindozas View PostBtw, LKL PO should be around qualies time, late May, so wondering what would happen then if Utena will still be there.
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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostThe LKL will have egg all over its face if it doesn't schedule the playoffs around the Graz Qualifying Tournament if Juventus players are scheduled to participate.
Yesterday practices were held, Seskus was added to it probably as candidate. In some footage, while coaches are talking about it all, you can spot the teams, main one I guess is: Vaitkus, Skucas, Pukelis, Tarvydas. Pretty much a team I would expect to go to qualifiers too. I thought that maybe Skucas and Pukelis might be too much size for one team, but Skucas is mobile enough and you might need big bodies to fight against some teams, so maybe it looks reasonable. Anyway, coaches will try to rotate teams in upcoming practices to see how players will connect
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Originally posted by Mindozas View PostYesterday practices were held, Seskus was added to it probably as candidate.
Originally posted by Mindozas View PostIn some footage, while coaches are talking about it all, you can spot the teams, main one I guess is: Vaitkus, Skucas, Pukelis, Tarvydas. Pretty much a team I would expect to go to qualifiers too.
Last edited by Hepcat; 04-29-2021, 05:59 AM.
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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostEdvinas Šeškus of Jonava CBET?
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Originally posted by Mindozas View Post
Hoptrans 3x3 Palanga - FIBA
And this site here does an excellent job of recounting the first three episodes/stops/legs of the Palanga Tournament:
Hoptrans 3x3 Final in Lithuania - FIBA
Last edited by Hepcat; 02-25-2021, 07:30 PM.
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Originally posted by Hepcat View PostŠakių Gulbelė with Aurelijus Pukelis, Šarūnas Vingelis, Paulius Beliavičius and Darius Tarvydas was rated the ninth best team in the world as of April 2020.Originally posted by Mindozas View PostIn some footage, while coaches are talking about it all,, you can spot the teams, main one I guess is: Vaitkus, Skucas, Pukelis, Tarvydas. Pretty much a team I would expect to go to qualifiers too.
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I like the coaches' comments earlier today about the players' motivation and effort at the team camp. They said that after dividing the players up into three teams of four, rather than needing to push them during scrimmages, he needed to restrain them. He said that officiating the scrimmages actually proved beyond the capability of the coaching staff. As a result they had to bring in professional officials so that the incidental contact during these scrimmages wouldn't degenerate into undesirable trash talking or shoving matches. So there's lots of spirit at camp!
Last edited by Hepcat; 02-26-2021, 04:43 PM.
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