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Aurimas Kieza is back to his country. Juventus has announced the signing of the 27-year-old Lithuanian forward, who finished last season in the LegaDue. Kieza, who also played for Suduva and Keravnos, in Cyprus before moving to Italy, averaged 2.3 points and 1.8 rebounds per game for Trenkwalder Reggio Emilia.
SOURCE: Utenos Juventus
Juventus keeps completing the roster. The Lithuanian club has announced that Tomas Markevicius has been promoted from the reserves team to play in the LKL. The 25-year-old forward averaged 24.5 points and 11.7 rebounds per game for KKSC Juventus in the RKL. On the other side, Juventus has also announced the signing of Ignas Sijanas, a 21-year-old guard who arrives from the Sarunas Marciulonis Basketball Academy, also in the RKL.
SOURCE: Utenos Juventus
After a troubled season playing for four different teams, Zygimantas Sestokas has been officially announce as the new signing of Juventus. The 24-year-old Lithuanian guard finished last season in KK Akademija Vilnius, where he averaged 12.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in the NKL.
SOURCE: Utenos Juventus
Macius Pociukonis is back to Lithuania after two seasons in Romania. Juventus has signed the 28-year-old guard to a one-year contract. Pociukonis played last season in the Romanian league for BC Tirgu Mures, where he averaged 12.9 points and 2.8 assists per game in the A Division.
SOURCE: Basketnews.lt
Gediminas Maceina will play for the third team in a few months. Juventus has signed the 25-year-old guard for the next season. Maceina arrives to his new team after finishing last season in Techasas, where he landed last March. Maceina, who was released by Rudupis a couple of weeks before being signed by Techasas, averaged 8.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game for his last team before joining Juventus.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
It's official. As expected, Robertas Giedratis is the new head coach of Juventus. The 39-year-old coach will take over the Lithuanian team after four seasons working for Siauliai as an assistant, with brief experiences as interim head coach. Giedratis replaces Gintaras Kruckauskas.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
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Robertas Giedratis could be announced in a few weeks as the new head coach of Juventus. The 39-year-old coach would replace Gintaras Kruckauskas, who didn't reach to an agreement with the Lituanian club to extend his contract. Giedratis was working for Siauliai as an assistant coach, with brief stints as the interim coach, since 2005.
SOURCE: Krepsinis
Gintaras Kruckauskas won't continue as the head coach of Juventus next season, so the Lithuanian team is already tracking the market for a replacement. The 50-year-old coach didn't reach to an agreement with Juventus to extend his contract, after finishing the Lithuanian league in the fourth place.
SOURCE: Basketnews
Suduva signed forward Nerijus Varnelis, who recently left Czech team Novy Jicin, and released forward Matas Niparavicius.
Juventus signed veteran forward Virginijus Praskevicius, who played last season for Siauliai.
Siauliai signed Latvian forward Maris Gulbis, coming from Zemgale, and center Ignas Ramasauskas from the youth team.
Rudupis signed officially Gediminas Orelikas, who left Siauliai days ago, and Marius Kasiulevicius, who finally won't play for Techasas
SOURCES: Lithuanian Basketball, Krepsinis, Krepsinis
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