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Matas Buzelis to make Lithuanian national team debut at EuroBasket 2025

Chicago Bulls rookie Matas Buzelis has confirmed that he will represent Lithuania at the EuroBasket 2025, marking his debut for the national team. The 20-year-old...

Linas Kleiza to meet with D’Angelo Russell over Lithuania national team interest

Linas Kleiza, the newly appointed head of the Lithuanian national basketball team program, has confirmed plans to meet with NBA star D’Angelo Russell. The Los...

Lithuanian Basketball Federation denies plans to naturalize D’Angelo Russell

The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) has officially denied rumors about plans to naturalize Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell for the national team. In...

Lithuania’s head coach responds to D’Angelo Russell’s interest in national team

Lithuanian national team head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis addressed reports of Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell’s interest in representing Lithuania. Speaking to media ahead of...

D’Angelo Russell responds to reports about joining Lithuanian national team

D’Angelo Russell has responded to recent reports suggesting his interest in acquiring Lithuanian citizenship and playing for the country’s national basketball team. The Los Angeles...

Rimas Kurtinaitis appointed head coach of Lithuanian national team

Rimas Kurtinaitis has been appointed the new head coach of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He will replace Kazys Maksvytis, who held the position...

LaVar Ball credits Lithuania for 100% impact on LaMelo’s career

LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of NBA All-Star LaMelo Ball, recently revisited Lithuania, the country where LaMelo embarked on his professional career in 2018...

Finland and Lithuania confirmed as hosts for FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2027

MIES (Switzerland) - Finland and Lithuania have been confirmed as hosts for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027, as both candidacies were approved by the FIBA...

Steve Kerr talks early punch to the mouth by Lithuania

USA head coach Steve Kerr thought his group got punched in the mouth early on during yesterday’s 110-104 FIBA World Cup loss vs. Lithuania...

Team basketball turning into many wins for Latvia & Lithuania

Latvia & Lithuania have been a pleasant surprise so far at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, thanks to tremendous team basketball. Latvia had six players...

Mikal Bridges: “We know how good Lithuania is, it’s gonna be a battle”

USA forward Mikal Bridges expects a hard fought game today vs. Lithuania at the FIBA World Cup. (via USA Basketball): “We know how good Lithuania is,...

Basketball in the Baltics – a rich but difficult history

After a recent picture went viral on Reddit, a map denoting the most popular sports in each country around the world, many people were...

LaMelo Ball: “After Lithuania, I didn’t give a f*ck where I got drafted to”

LaMelo Ball had an unusual path to the NBA. The 20-year-old point guard became an All-Star for the first time in his career this...
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Basketball World Cup: The teams that have already qualified

Seven teams (Russia, Japan, Iran, Jordan, Philippines, Serbia and Cote d'Ivoire) advanced to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup on Sunday (24/02). 29 national teams...
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Canada became the 18th national team to advance to the World Cup

Canada dominated Brazil in Sao Paulo and became the 18th national team that secured its ticket to the World Cup. That said, the list of...

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