Lithuania announces final 12-man roster for FIBA World Cup / News - Basketnews.com

Azuolis Tubelis was cut from the roster, leaving 12 players that will travel to Taiwan for the last two remaining friendlies before the World Cup.

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In the last friendly game in the home country, Lithuania defeated Finland. After the match, the final roster for the upcoming 2023 FIBA World Cup was announced.

Head coach Kazys Maksvytis cut Azuolas Tubelis, who signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer, leaving 12 players on the roster.

The squad is headlined by New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas. With multiple notable players declining to join the national team this summer, the roster features five athletes that will make their debuts with the main team.

Lithuania will play in Group D in the World Cup, joined by Montenegro, Mexico, and Egypt.

Before the tournament, Lithuania will play two more friendly games against Puerto Rico and Latvia in Taiwan.

Lithuania's final 12-man list:

Margiris Normantas (Rytas Vilnius) Tadas Sedekerskis (Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz) Ignas Brazdeikis (Zalgiris Kaunas) Gabrielius Maldunas (7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys) Rokas Jokubaitis (FC Barcelona) Jonas Valanciunas (New Orleans Pelicans) Mindaugas Kuzminskas (AEK Athens) Donatas Motiejunas (AS Monaco) Eimantas Bendzius (Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari) Vaidas Kariniauskas (M Basket-DELAMODE Mazeikiai) Tomas Dimsa (Zalgiris Kaunas) Deivydas Sirvydis (7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys) Thank you for reading us! Help us even more.