Kemzura selected his preliminary roster for EuroBasket
Eight players from last year’s bronze-winning squad, which surprised the rest of the World in Turkey, have been selected to come to the training camps. Alongside them, six veteran players will be making a comeback, while three biggest Lithuanian talents were also added to the preliminary roster.
Amongst the ones, making a comeback are the names of Sarunas Jasikevicius, Rimantas Kaukenas, Darius Songaila, Ksystof and Darjus Lavrinovic as well as Marijonas Petravicius. Coach Kemzura also invited three brightest young players to join the training camp – Donatas Motiejunas, Jonas Valanciunas and Mindaugas Kuzminskas.
The preliminary roster of the Lithuanian team:
- Mantas Kalnietis (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Sarunas Jasikevicius (Fenerbahce Istanbul)
- Tomas Delininkaitis (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Martynas Pocius (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Rimantas Kaukenas (Montepaschi Siena)
- Martynas Gecevicius (Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius)
- Renaldas Seibutis (Olin Edirne)
- Deivydas Gailius (Virtus Bologna)
- Simas Jasaitis (Lietuvos Rytas)
- Arturas Jomantas (Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius)
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Mindaugas Lukauskis (EWE Baskets Oldenburg)
- Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Darius Songaila (Philadelphia 76ers)
- Donatas Motiejunas (Benetton Treviso)
- Ksystof Lavrinovic (Montepaschi Siena)
- Darjus Lavrinovic (Fenerbahce Istanbul)
- Robertas Javtokas (Zalgiris Kaunas)
- Marijonas Petravicius (Armani Jeans Milano)
- Jonas Valanciunas (Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius)
