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Jul 2, 2010, 11:21 am
[url="http://www.talkbasket.net/news/lkl-teams-will-be-able-to-register-6-foreigners-3073.html"]The foreign player limit in LKL is 6 non-Lithuanians[/url].
PG: Capin and Kalnietis will most likely stay. Fans dislike Capin but he has a couple of years in his contract I think so he's not leaving especially with Serbian coach coming to the club. Kalnietis had a worse season than the previous one. He isn't progressing anymore or he's doing that very slowly. The only improvement is is his three-point shot which is still far from being good. And with the line moving further from the basket he will have even more problems hitting shots from downtown. Besides, Kalnietis supported Maskoliūnas when Buratino wanted to fire him. This might mean nothing but on the other hand he wasn't on the side of Romanov and that could be enough for him to be forced to leave. Still, I don't think he'll leave.
Darius Washington is reportedly a candidate to strengthen the PG position. Collins is old lazy. He showed the best he could while playing for Žalgiris but that's past and he's nowhere close to being at this level right now in my opinion.
The team needs a solid starting PG. Someone will be signed anyway. So if Kalnietis and Capin both stay plus a new PG is signed then there's no room for Vasiliauskas and JanaviÄius. And I'm not worried about them to be honest. They should get playing time when they reach the level needed to play for an EL club. And in order to achieve that they should play in teams like Å iauliai and not AisÄiai where they play 40 minutes per game and score 20 points. You can put such players in weak teams if they are injured and need playing practice to get back in shape but not if you want them to make progress.
SG: Brown is under contract and he's the favourite player of Buratino. Pocius is under contract too. Milaknis should have been released before last season. He has nothing apart from his 3pt shot. No defence, no offence, no speed. JuÅ¡keviÄius might get his chance next season as there are no plans to sign another player for the SG position.
Lukauskis is getting old plus he is the most inconsistent player ever. Would he accept the role of a 3rd SG? I don't think so. In this case I'd be in support of getting the chance to some young player instead.
It would interesting to see Greek player in Žalgiris but again I don't think a new SG will be signed.
SF: Å alenga is getting old and Kuzminskas seems to be a decent sub. Vene hasn't convinced me he deserves to be on this team. Whatever his talent is, it is not being used with him sitting on the bench for most of the time. Sine he's likely to be the 7th foreigner on the team I'd say he should either be released or loaned out (again, to a better team than AisÄiai. I think Estoanian teams would like to take him).
PF: KlimaviÄius will probably stay. Watson should be released and replaced with someone better. Salyers or Hutson would be great signings. Get rid of ButkeviÄius! Delas can also be used in rotation as PF.
C: The search is on-going for the starting center. Archibald seems like a good choice. I'd prefer someone younger though. Other centers - Begic, Delas. It's difficult to imagine Begic playing more than 5 minutes without collapsing but maybe miracles happen. Delas is showing promise and might contribute even more next season. Are they seriously considering to keep Äukinas?
So what we have:
PG
Foreign PG
Kalnietis
Capin
SG
Brown
Pocius
JuÅ¡keviÄius
SF
Å alenga
Kuzminskas
PF
Watson or a new PF
KlimaviÄius (?)
C
New C
Begic
Delas
If the new center is foreigner, which is very likely to happen, then there will be 6 foreigners + Vene.
Also under contract:
JanaviÄius
Vasiliauskas
Vene
ButkeviÄius
Milaknis
Žalgiris will probably have 14-15 players in rotation next season. Probably 2-3 of the above listed players will take the last spots in the roster or some new young players will be brought.
PG: Capin and Kalnietis will most likely stay. Fans dislike Capin but he has a couple of years in his contract I think so he's not leaving especially with Serbian coach coming to the club. Kalnietis had a worse season than the previous one. He isn't progressing anymore or he's doing that very slowly. The only improvement is is his three-point shot which is still far from being good. And with the line moving further from the basket he will have even more problems hitting shots from downtown. Besides, Kalnietis supported Maskoliūnas when Buratino wanted to fire him. This might mean nothing but on the other hand he wasn't on the side of Romanov and that could be enough for him to be forced to leave. Still, I don't think he'll leave.
Darius Washington is reportedly a candidate to strengthen the PG position. Collins is old lazy. He showed the best he could while playing for Žalgiris but that's past and he's nowhere close to being at this level right now in my opinion.
The team needs a solid starting PG. Someone will be signed anyway. So if Kalnietis and Capin both stay plus a new PG is signed then there's no room for Vasiliauskas and JanaviÄius. And I'm not worried about them to be honest. They should get playing time when they reach the level needed to play for an EL club. And in order to achieve that they should play in teams like Å iauliai and not AisÄiai where they play 40 minutes per game and score 20 points. You can put such players in weak teams if they are injured and need playing practice to get back in shape but not if you want them to make progress.
SG: Brown is under contract and he's the favourite player of Buratino. Pocius is under contract too. Milaknis should have been released before last season. He has nothing apart from his 3pt shot. No defence, no offence, no speed. JuÅ¡keviÄius might get his chance next season as there are no plans to sign another player for the SG position.
Lukauskis is getting old plus he is the most inconsistent player ever. Would he accept the role of a 3rd SG? I don't think so. In this case I'd be in support of getting the chance to some young player instead.
It would interesting to see Greek player in Žalgiris but again I don't think a new SG will be signed.
SF: Å alenga is getting old and Kuzminskas seems to be a decent sub. Vene hasn't convinced me he deserves to be on this team. Whatever his talent is, it is not being used with him sitting on the bench for most of the time. Sine he's likely to be the 7th foreigner on the team I'd say he should either be released or loaned out (again, to a better team than AisÄiai. I think Estoanian teams would like to take him).
PF: KlimaviÄius will probably stay. Watson should be released and replaced with someone better. Salyers or Hutson would be great signings. Get rid of ButkeviÄius! Delas can also be used in rotation as PF.
C: The search is on-going for the starting center. Archibald seems like a good choice. I'd prefer someone younger though. Other centers - Begic, Delas. It's difficult to imagine Begic playing more than 5 minutes without collapsing but maybe miracles happen. Delas is showing promise and might contribute even more next season. Are they seriously considering to keep Äukinas?
So what we have:
PG
Foreign PG
Kalnietis
Capin
SG
Brown
Pocius
JuÅ¡keviÄius
SF
Å alenga
Kuzminskas
PF
Watson or a new PF
KlimaviÄius (?)
C
New C
Begic
Delas
If the new center is foreigner, which is very likely to happen, then there will be 6 foreigners + Vene.
Also under contract:
JanaviÄius
Vasiliauskas
Vene
ButkeviÄius
Milaknis
Žalgiris will probably have 14-15 players in rotation next season. Probably 2-3 of the above listed players will take the last spots in the roster or some new young players will be brought.