Lithuania reduces roster to 13 players / News - Basketnews.com

Tomas Dimsa left the Lithuanian national team camp. 13 candidates continue their work ahead of WC European Qualifiers and EuroBasket.

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On Monday Lithuanian Basketball Federation announced that Zalgiris Kaunas guard Tomas Dimsa was cut from the national team's roster.

Tomas Dimša

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After head coach Kazys Maksvytis' decision, the Lithuanian national team is now cut down to 13 players.

Dimsa played in seven friendly games with the national team this summer. In those seven games, the 1.96-meters tall player on average played 13.3 minutes, in which he scored 4.1 points and grabbed 1.4 rebounds per game.

With friendly games concluded, Lithuania will face Hungary (August 24) and Montenegro (August 27) in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers Second Round.

Behind August's FIBA window, the focus then switches to EuroBasket 2022 for the start of September.

Lithuania will be based in Cologne for the initial group phase as they face France, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and the hosts, Germany, from September 1 to 7.

Remaining 13-man roster:

Arnas Butkevicius, Zalgiris Kaunas Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings Eigirdas Zukauskas, BC Wolves Gytis Masiulis, Rytas Vilnius Ignas Brazdeikis, Zalgiris Kaunas Jonas Valanciunas, New Orleans Pelicans Kristupas Zemaitis, BC Wolves Lukas Lekavicius, Zalgiris Kaunas Marius Grigonis, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Martynas Echodas, Rytas Vilnius Mindaugas Kuzminskas, free agent Rokas Giedraitis, Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Rokas Jokubaitis, FC Barcelona Like what we are doing? You can express your gratitude here.