Lithuania announces 16-man roster for Eurobasket

Training is scheduled to start on July 25

Kazys Maksvytis, head coach of Lithuania, has selected 16 players for the training camp leading up to Eurobasket and 2 qualifying games for the 2023 World Cup.

Donatas Motiejunas is absent, but Maksvytis said that he has assured his presence in case of injuries in the frontcourt.

Given several defections in the power forward position, the coach will often use together the two NBA centers, Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis,.

Training is scheduled to start on July 25.

The roster:

Player Club
Arnas Butkevičius Kaunas “Zalgiris”
Domantas Sabonis Sacramento Kings (NBA)
Eigirdas Žukauskas Bursa Tofaş (Turkey)
Gediminas Orelik “Lietkabelis” of Panevėžys
Gytis Masiulis Vilnius “Rytas”
Ignas Brazdeikis Orlando Magic (NBA)
Jonas Valančiūnas New Orleans Pelicans (NBA)
Kristupas Žemaitis Vilnius Wolves
Laurynas Birutis Kaunas “Zalgiris”
Lukas Lekavicius Kaunas “Zalgiris”
Marius Grigonis Panathinaikos Athens (Greece)
Martyn Echodas Vilnius “Rytas”
Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Rock Giedraitis Baskonia of Vitoria (Spain)
Rokas Jokubaitis FC Barcelona (Spain)
Thomas Dimsa NutriBullet of Treviso (Italy)

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