Could you make the Lithuanian NT? Here are the players:
Some jersey pictures:
From left to right: Robertas Javtokas, Marijonas Petravicius, K. Lavrinovic (#12) and D. Lavrinovic (#7), Mindaugas LukauskisThe mainly green jersey has a DnBNORD on the back in white square and in black letters, and a yellow number and name (ex.
J. Maciulis #6 DnBNORD). The back of the white jersey you can see in the third photo from left. And you can pretty much see the front: "FIBA We are basketball" logo at the top left corner, Lithuanian flag beneath, nike symbol on the right, LIETUVA, jersey number, and ORLEN Lietuva. On the shorts, there's also SAMSUNG blue logo (you can see it on R. Javtokas' shorts).
- Robertas Javtokas: Center, 6 ft. 11 in, born in 1980, a great dunker and "hooker" (though sometimes overdoes it), he occasionally shoots for three (and makes it

). Not so good at free-throws (22% in the tournament - 3/14), jumps high, rebounds.
- Marijonas Petravicius: Center, 6 ft. 9 in, born in 1979, a dunker and an accurate shooter from mid-field and close to the basket, great rebounder, free-throws - 72%, scored the most points for LTU - not too far from Javtokas' overall rating
- Ksystof Lavrinovic: Power forward, 6 ft. 11 in, born in 1979, a scorer inside the basket, a great rebounder (about the same level as Petravicius), free-throws - 94%, he had some difficulties scoring from 3-pt line (though previous years, he was quite a "sniper"). Also a considerable ball stealer

.
- Darjus Lavrinovic: Power forward, Center, 6 ft. 10 in, born in 1979, Ksystof and Darjus are twins, so you can use the same CF for both of them (I can't tell them apart, anyway

). Even a better rebounder than Petravicius or K. Lavrinovic, rebounded 4.9 balls per game, mostly defensive. Free-throws - 63%.
- Linas Kleiza: Small forward, Power forward, 6 ft 8 in, born in 1985, great solid defense player, inside scorer, an awesome rebounder (5.3 rebounds, 3.9 defensive!), ball handling - not so great, 2.1 turnovers, free-throws - 88%.
- Arturas Jomantas: Small forward, Point guard, 6 ft. 7 in, has some great passing skills, but still makes turnovers (2.4 per game, probably dribbling), poor inside and outside scorer (35% 3-pts, 42% inside scoring), average defense, free-throws - 59%
- Simas Jasaitis: Small forward, Shooting guard, 6 ft. 7 in, born in 1982, can make awesome lay-ups, pretty good inside scoring, great 3-point shooter (I would give him a rating of 73), free-throws - 81%. One of the better basketball players on the team, he is an ok rebounder.
- Jonas Maciulis: Shooting guard, Small forward, 6 ft. 6 in, born in 1985, a 3-pt sniper (I would give him a 3-pt rating of 77), fast and energetic, free-throw - 69%, can make some lay-ups, but nearly not as good as Jasaitis
- Tomas Delininkaitis: Shooting guard, Point guard, 6 ft. 4 in, born in 1982, nice inside scoring, not many lay-ups though, streaky 3-point shooting (rating - 70), great passer (3.2 assists)
- Mindaugas Lukauskis: Shooting guard, 6 ft. 6 in, born in 1979, another sniper (his 3-point shooting is not as good as Delininkaitis), he's not a very important player, except for occasional 3-pointers; he's average with 2-pointers, free-throw - 73%.
- Andrius Mazutis: Point guard, 5 ft. 11 in, born in 1981, horrible in offense, poor inside scorer and 3-point shooter, ok in defense. He makes careless turnovers. Free-throw - 85%.
- Mantas Kalnietis: Point guard, Shooting guard, 6 ft. 5 in, born in 1986, HORRIBLE 3-pt shooter (he can't make it to the rim), can make some lay-ups, average defensive player, makes few turnovers (passing), 65% free-throws.
Lineup:
Starting positions:
- Robertas Javtokas (Center)
- Ksystof Lavrinovic (Power forward)
- Linas Kleiza (Small forward)
- Mindaugas Lukauskis (Shooting guard)
- Andrius Mazutis (Point guard)
Benched players:
- The rest of the players
Head coach:
- Ramunas Butautas
About the team:
This year, the Lithuanian team finished 12th in the Eurobasket. They finished just as bad in Turkey's Eurobasket 2001. They were very poor in offense, and somewhat successful in defense. The head coach claimed that his tactics didn't work, and it was not the players' faults that team finished so low. The Lithuanians lost to Turkey by 8 points, Poland by 11, and won against Bulgaria by 15. In the next round, the Lithuanians lost to Slovenia by an appalling 23 points, against Spain by 14, and against Serbia by 10, thus earning 12th place in the tournament.
Some unsmiling (I tried) pictures:I'll post these laterI will post more info and pictures later. If you have time, could you please make the team? Thanks in advance!
