Lithuania National Basketball Team at Beijing 2008 - 2008 Olympic Tournament Roster

2008 Olympic Tournament Roster

Lithuanian basketball team started its preparation for the Olympics at the end of June, 2008. After couple of training camps and preolympic friendly matches the national team was selected.

Lithuania National Basketball Team 2008 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
1.0 !PG 4 Lithuania ! Kaukėnas, Rimantas 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Montepaschi Siena
2.0 !SG 5 Lithuania ! Lukauskis, Mindaugas 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas
3.0 !SF 6 Lithuania ! Mačiulis, Jonas 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) BC Žalgiris
6.0 !C 7 Lithuania ! Lavrinovič, Darjuš 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) UNICS Kazan
2.5 !G/F 8 Lithuania ! Šiškauskas, Ramūnas (C) 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) PBC CSKA Moscow
1.5 !G 9 Lithuania ! Prekevičius, Marius 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) BC Siauliai
2.5 !G/F 10 Lithuania ! Jasaitis, Simas 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Tau Ceramica
4.0 !F 11 Lithuania ! Kleiza, Linas 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Denver Nuggets
5.5 !F/C 12 Lithuania ! Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Montepaschi Siena
1.0 !PG 13 Lithuania ! Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Panathinaikos BC
5.5 !F/C 14 Lithuania ! Petravičius, Marijonas 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) BC Lietuvos Rytas
6.0 !C 15 Lithuania ! Javtokas, Robertas 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) MBC Dynamo Moscow
Head coach
  • Ramūnas Butautas
Assistant coach(es)
  • Rimas Kurtinaitis
  • Robertas Kuncaitis
  • Virginijus Mikalauskas

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