Lietuvos Rytas Rosters

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2021-2022 Lietuvos Rytas Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Birth City NBA Draft Status Nationality
5 Arnas Adomavicius PG 6-4 200 22 Vilnius 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
51 Arnas Butkevicius SF 6-4 203 29 Klaipeda 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
25 Ivan Buva C 6-8 215 30 Zagreb 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted Croatia
18 Mindaugas Girdziunas SG 6-2 195 33 Klaipeda 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
81 Rokas Jocius C 6-10 260 18 Kaunas 2026 NBA Draft Eligible Lithuania
- Evaldas Kairys C 6-8 231 31 Svencioiu 2012 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
8 Vaidas Kariniauskas PF 6-6 198 28 Alytus 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
21 Tanner Leissner PF 6-7 230 26 Converse (TX) 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Maurice Ndour F 6-9 200 29 Thies 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted Senegal
2 Margiris Normantas G 6-4 201 25 Vilnius 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
9 Martynas Pacevicius C 6-7 212 24 Kaunas 2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
7 Gytis Radzevicius SF 6-5 200 26 Vilnius 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
27 Adas Simonis SG 6-4 180 20 Vilnius 2023 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
44 Speedy Smith G 6-3 180 29 St. Petersburg (FL) 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Marko Tejic PF 6-10 227 26 Uzice 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Serbia
10 Lukas Uleckas SG 6-6 194 22 Marijampole 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
4 Reigarvius Williams F 6-8 212 29 Macon (GA) 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2021-2022 Lietuvos Rytas Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Smith M. Normantas A. Butkevicius G. Radzevicius R. Williams
Rotation   L. Uleckas   T. Leissner I. Buva
Rotation   M. Girdziunas   V. Kariniauskas E. Kairys
Lim PT A. Adomavicius        

Recent Lietuvos Rytas History

Season League Record Placement
2023-2024 Lithuanian Citadele KMT 0-1 N/A
2023-2024 Basketball Champions League Europe 4-4 23rd
2023-2024 Lithuanian LKL 24-5 N/A
2022-2023 Basketball Champions League Europe 8-7 9th
2022-2023 Lithuanian LKL 34-9 2nd
2021-2022 Basketball Champions League Europe 6-6 11th
2021-2022 Lithuanian LKL 35-7 1st
2020-2021 Basketball Champions League Europe 2-4 27th
2020-2021 Lithuanian LKL 32-12 2nd

2021-2022 Lietuvos Rytas Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ivan Buva Basketball Champions League November MVP (2022)
Arnas Butkevicius Lithuanian LKL Finals MVP (2022)
Arnas Butkevicius Lithuanian All LKL Team (2022)
Ivan Buva Lithuanian LKL March MVP (2022)
Ivan Buva Lithuanian All LKL Team (2022)
Ivan Buva Lithuanian LKL MVP (2022)

2021-2022 Lietuvos Rytas Front Office

Staff Member Position
Linas Kleiza VP
Giedrius Zibenas Head Coach
Georgios Dedas Assistant Coach
Gusta Maskoliunas Assistant Coach
Martynas Purlys General Manager
Martas Skrabulis Athletic Trainer
Evaldas Kandratavicius Athletic Trainer
Mantas Ambraska Team Doctor
Juozas Petkevicius Physical Therapist