Lithuania dominated Montenegro, 91-71, to take the top spot in Group D of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Prior to their face-off, the two teams had already booked their slots to the second round as both teams already had two wins.
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Mindaugas Kuzminskas
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Born: 10/19/89
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Earnings: $5,926,410 ($7,440,731*)
Born: 10/19/89
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Earnings: $5,926,410 ($7,440,731*)
Τhings proved more than easy for Lithuania which got a big win over Mexico and secured a spot in the second phase of the FIBA World Cup. The final score was 96-66 as Lithuania never took the foot off the gas and led even by 32 points (96-64) as Rokas Jokubaitis and Jonas Valanciunas scored 15 points each, Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 14 in what was a team effort against an opponent who never figured out how to stop the avalanche.
Former Knicks player Mindaugas Kuzminskas signed with Greek team AEK Athens for the 2023-24 season.
“We’ll start the training camp with 14 players – (Jonas) Valanciunas will join later, as per NBA rules. We’ll also have three to four players join from the reserve squad. (Ignis) Brazdeikis will be late by a week, and we still don’t know about (Azuolas) Tubelis – and whether he can join as an NBA player on July 28.” After being drawn in Group D with Egypt, Mexico and Montenegro, it could understandably be viewed that the Baltic team has every chance of winning all three First Round games. Should Lithuania progress, they will meet the teams that emerge from a Group C that has USA, Greece, New Zealand and Jordan, in the Second Round. With Valanciunas, one of the top centers in international basketball, Brazdeikis, Rokas Jokubaitis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas core players that are returning, Lithuania has cause for optimism.
Lithuania have announced a 10-game warmup schedule for the World Cup, so there will be ample opportunity to evaluate players as Maksvytis puts his team together. They will take on Jordan (twice), Ukraine, Georgia, Finland (twice), France (twice), Puerto Rico and Latvia. Lithuania extended roster for FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Jonas Valanciunas, Gytis Radzevicius, Rokas Jokubaitis, Tomas Dimsa, Ignas Brazdeikis, Eigirdas Zukauskas, Margiris Normantas, Donatas Motiejunas, Tadas Sedekerskis, Eimantas Bendzius, Donatas Tarolis, Martynas Sajus, Vaidas Kariniauskas, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Laurynas Birutis.
Former Knicks player Mindaugas Kuzminskas signed with Turkish team Karsiyaka Basket for the 2022-23 season.
After leading Spain to the 21st straight quarterfinals appearance in a Eurobasket, Lorenzo Brown was in the spotlight, and not necessarily for the right reason. Lithuanian forward Mindaugas Kuzminskas during the press conference said to a Spanish reporter about the presence of Brown, who got the Spanish passport this summer: “I am not sure how this team would look without Lorenzo Brown because you signed him only this summer. But it is how it is”.
Tim Reynolds: Mindaugas Kuzminskas on Lithuania’s loss to Slovenia: “September 1st, so sometimes we were playing like first graders.” What a great quote.
Donatas Urbonas: Mindaugas Kuzminskas on Blatt’s open letter: “I think he did a right move. There was a lot of speculation on his situation. I hope it’s gonna be an example for everyone how to fight the problems and encourage others to follow the same path.”
