Most of the Lithuanian League (LKL) teams have either already begun their summer bargaining or are planning to do so in the nearest future. Lietuvos Rytas has already finished building the roster for next season and Žalgiris still has a few adjustments to make, however other LKL teams aren’t so far in the process.
We will bring you all the latest news and rumours in the Lithuanian basketball market.
News and rumours
June 29:
Zalgiris: The club from Kaunas inked Serbian coach Aco Petrovic to a one plus one deal.Perlas: Perlas found a new coach after Roberts Stelmahers left to Lietuvos Rytas to work as an assistant. Nerijus Zabarauskas will coach the talented side next year. The team also brought in Evaldas Lengvinas from Nafta-Uni-Laivite Klaipeda. A three year deal was signed with the 21-year-old guard.
Zalgiris: After leading Lietuvos Rytas to the first ever back-to-back top-place finishes in the Lithuanian League Rimas Kurtinaitis might join the main rivals Zalgiris Kaunas.
June 23:
Žalgiris: Among the candidates to join Žalgiris this off-season are the names of Bobby Brown, Javaris Crittenton and Jeremy Pargo. When it comes to the coaching position - Stevan Karadzic and Aleksadar Petrovic are in the mix.
June 21:
Techasas: Coach Gintaras Leonavicius should coach the team next season as well.
Nevėžis: Nevėžis is still in negotiations with coach Rimas Girskis.
Perlas: The core of the team should be clear in the middle of the week.
June 15:
Žalgiris Kaunas: Three players (Tadas Klimavičius, Travis Watson and Povilas Čukinas) have three options for the next year. The club hasn’t officially announced about the future of these players, but it looks likely that at least two of them will stay.
Juventus Utena: Robertas Giedraitis, assistant coach of Šiauliai, might replace Gintaras Kručkauskas at the helm of the club. Kručkauskas will certainly leave the club for a better contract elsewhere.
Neptūnas Klaipėda: Nothing about the next season has been revealed yet and there is a big question mark about the next year’s roster.
Rūdupis Prienai: The team from Prienai is currently touring China and playing friendly games with local clubs. There should be some news when the team returns.
Techasas Panevėžys: Questions about the club’s budget are still in the air and the first signings should be announced in late June after the situation with money is settled.
Perlas Vilnius: It’s still not clear if the rotations between Perlas and Lietuvos Rytas are set in stone or there might be some changes if the new Lithuanian champions’ coach Dražen Anzulovič prefers some players to others. More information should be available in a couple of days. It is possible that Nerijus Zabarauskas might be appointed as the head coach.
Sakalai Vilnius: The team is planning to combine young talents and experienced veterans. Virginijus Sirvydis and Rolandas Matulis should stay in the club and there is a chance that Augustas Pečiukevičius and Mantas Kadzevičius will move to Vilnius from Aisčiai.
Nevėžis Kėdainiai: This week should determine the future of Rimas Girskis. The coach is finalizing the contract details with Nevėžis.
Aisčiai Kaunas: No information about who’ll coach or play in the team yet.
Lithuanian club transfer table:
| Team | Staying | Arrivals | Departures | Negotiating |
| Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius |
Artūras Jomantas Milko Bjelica Martynas Gecevičius Simas Buterlevičius Jonas Valančiūnas Kenanas Bajramovič Igoris Miloševič Žydrūnas Kelys Stepas Babrauskas |
Brad Newley Arvydas Šikšnius Jerry Johnson Cemal Nalga Eimantas Bendžius Giedrius Staniulis Paulius Dambrauskas Petras Balocka Dražen Anzulovič Roberts Štelmahers Marius Linartas |
Stepas Babrauskas Aron Baynes Donatas Zavackas Vidas Ginevičius Justas Sinica Rimas Kurtinaitis |
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| Žalgiris Kaunas |
Dainius Šalenga Mantas Kalnietis Marcus Brown Artūras Milaknis Martynas Pocius Mirza Begič Aleksandar Čapin Povilas Cukinas Travis Watson Tadas Klimavicius |
Mindaugas Kuzminskas Omar Samhan Paulius Jankunas DeJuan Collins Aco Petrovic |
Mario Delaš Šarūnas Vasiliauskas (loan) Povilas Butkevičius (loan) Adas Juškevičius (loan) Siim Sander Vene (loan) |
Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| Šiauliai | Vytenis Šarakauskas Ignas Ramašauskas Klim Artamonov Mindaugas Zukauskas Vaidas Pauliukenas Antanas Sireika |
Darius Gvezdauskas Julius Jucikas Karolis Guščikas Edvinas Ruzgas Edgaras Stanionis Paulius Knyza Martin Durčev Vitaly Liutych Roman Gumeniuk Ricky Harris |
Mindaugas Kuzminskas Arvydas Šikšnius Deividas Gailius Derrick Low |
Laimonas Kisielius Robertas Bitinas |
| Juventus Utena |
Gintautas Matulis Arunas Vasiliauskas Tomas Jasiulionis Žygimantas Šeštokas |
Marius Pociukonis Gediminas Maceina Aurimas Kieža Ignas Šijanas Tomas Markevičius Robertas Giedraitis |
Gintaras Kručkauskas |
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| Neptūnas Klaipėda |
Simas Galdikas Julius Žurna Mindaugas Stašys Mindaugas Girdžiūnas |
Rytis Vaišvila Mindaugas Stašys David McClure |
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Martynas Mažeika Eurelijus Žukauskas |
| Rūdupis Prienai |
Giedrius Jankauskas Paulius Parachomikas Vytas Vaikšnis Gytis Andrijauskas Evaldas Dainys Gediminas Orelikas |
Povilas Butkevičius (loan) Šarūnas Vasiliauskas (loan) Adas Juškevičius (loan) Vytenis Lipkevičius (loan) |
Valdas Dabkus Marius Kasiulevičius Kęstutis Šeštokas |
Robertas Bitinas Šarūnas Kulevičius |
| Techasas Panevėžys |
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| Perlas Vilnius |
Evaldas Kairys Tautvydas Šležas Laurynas Samenas |
Ivan Sunara Nerijus Zabarauskas Evaldas Lengvinas Karolis Petrukonis Dovydas Redikas |
Roberts Štelmahers | Rokas Ūzas Dovydas Redikas Edgaras Ulanovas |
| Sakalai Vilnius |
Erikas Kučiauskas Rolandas Matulis Ovidijus Varanauskas |
Edvinas Jezukevičius Žydrūnas Stankus Arnas Butkevičius Arvydas Gydra Jokūbas Gintvainis Rimvydas Brencius Augustas Pečiukevičius Mantas Kadzevičius Žydrūnas Stankus Andrius Giedraitis |
Virginijus Sirvydis Marius Zimnickas Evaldas Baniulis Žygimantas Šeštokas |
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| Sūduva Marijampolė |
Andrius Čižikas Paulius Gvazdaitis Erikas Kaupaitis Lukas Chmieliauskas Vytautas Nedzinskas |
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Raimundas Danys Aurimas Birgelis |
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| Alytus | Paulius Ivanauskas Saulius Kazevičius Modestas Šilalė Paulius Kleiza |
Mindaugas Jaruševičius |
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Saulius Dubliauskas Egidijus Revuckas Vitalijus Lukša Artūras Lazdauskas Juozas Ramanauskas |
| Nevezis Kedainiai |
Rokas Ūzas Paulius Beliavičius |
Rimas Girskis |
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Gintaras Leonavičius Rolandas Alijevas Robertas Bitinas Šarūnas Kulevičius Laimonas Lukoševičius Gediminas Orelikas Philip Brooks |
| KK Kaunas |
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Darius Maskoliūnas Rimvydas Samulėnas |
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