BC Jonava
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Leagues | LKL | ||
Founded | 1969 | ||
History | List
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Arena | Jonava Sports Arena | ||
Capacity | 2,200 | ||
Location | Jonava, Lithuania | ||
Team colors | Blue, cyan, white | ||
President | Vaidas Vaškevičius | ||
Head coach | Mantas Šernius | ||
Championships | 1 NKL | ||
Website | bcjonava.lt | ||
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BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet) for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.
History
[edit]The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.[1]
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Current roster
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Updated: August 22, 2024 |
Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Dominykas Černius | ||
PF | Strahinja Mićović | Tauras Jogėla | |
SF | Lukas Kreišmontas | Nedas Rauluševičius | |
SG | Edvinas Šeškus | Dastinas Morkūnas | |
PG | Mike Lewis | Ivan Gandia-Rosa |
Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season
[edit]In
[edit]Out
[edit]No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving to | |
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— | HC | ![]() |
Virginijus Šeškus | M Basket Mažeikiai | ![]() |
— | AC | ![]() |
Laimonas Eglinskas | New Zealand Breakers | ![]() |
0 | G | ![]() |
Diante Garrett | Free agent | |
1 | PG | ![]() |
Ryan Larson | Free agent | |
3 | SF | ![]() |
Nedas Rauluševičius | Free agent | |
4 | PF | ![]() |
Strahinja Mićović | Monbus Obradoiro | ![]() |
9 | SG | ![]() |
Edvinas Šeškus | Free agent | |
22 | F | ![]() |
Tauras Jogėla | Šiauliai | ![]() |
12 | SF | ![]() |
Justas Furmanavičius | Borac Čačak | ![]() |
21 | C | ![]() ![]() |
Ivan Marinković | Free agent | |
23 | PF | ![]() ![]() |
Ousmane Drame | Start Lublin | ![]() |
Season by season
[edit]Season | Tier | League | Pos. | KMT Cup | European Competitions | |
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2001–02 | 2 | LKAL | 10th | |||
2002–03 | 2 | LKAL | 8th | |||
2003–04 | 2 | LKAL | 3rd | |||
2004–05 | 2 | LKAL | 2nd | |||
2005–06 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2006–07 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | |||
2007–08 | 2 | NKL | 3rd | |||
2008–09 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2009–10 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | |||
2010–11 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2011–12 | 2 | NKL | 8th | |||
2012–13 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2013–14 | 2 | NKL | 5th | |||
2014–15 | 2 | NKL | 7th | |||
2015–16 | 2 | NKL | 4th | |||
2016–17 | 2 | NKL | 14th | |||
2017–18 | 2 | NKL | 9th | |||
2018–19 | 2 | NKL | 12th | |||
2019–20 | 2 | NKL | –1 | |||
2020–21 | 2 | NKL | 1st | First round | ||
2021–22 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | ||
2022–23 | 1 | LKL | 4th | Second place | ||
2023–24 | 1 | LKL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | QR |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Notable players
[edit]Lukas Brazdauskis
Romanas Brazdauskis
Ramūnas Butautas
Vidas Ginevičius
Rimantas Grigas
Tomas Masiulis
Darius Maskoliūnas
Darius Sirtautas
Arvydas Šikšnius
Edgaras Ulanovas
Arūnas Visockas
Martynas Pacevičius
Edvinas Šeškus
Laimonas Kisielius
Vytautas Šulskis
Artūras Valeika
Dovis Bičkauskis
Lukas Kreišmontas
Aurimas Majauskas
Justas Furmanavičius
Martins Laksa
Manu Lecomte
Goran Huskić
Strahinja Micovic
Glynn Watson Jr.
Jeff Garrett
Stanley Whittaker[2]
Head coaches
[edit]Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016
Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020
Murat Didin: 2018
Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019
Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024
Mantas Šernius: 2024–present
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league
- ^ Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Lithuanian)
- BC Jonava at LKL.lt (in English and Lithuanian)