Jonas Valanciunas ('92) ended the preparation games for the Eurobasket as the best lithuanian player with 12 points and 7.3 rebounds. After three days of competition team coached by Kestutis Kemzura is with a 3-0 record after victories against Great Britain (80-69), Poland (97-77) and Turkey (75-68). But where is Valanciunas? The center has played only 22 minutes in two games (didn't move from the bench against turkish). In the win over Poland he had 7 points, 5 turnovers and 5 fouls in only 18 minutes. Even he has fouls trouble when he had chances to play, Kemzura prefers to put inside the paint Songaila (18'), Javtokas (18'), Ksistof Lavrinovic (17'), Jankunas (11') and Petravicius (14' in two games).

 

Who are the best young players after three journeys?

 

-Nihad Dedovic ('90, Bosnia & Herzegovina): 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists.

-Enes Kanter ('92, Turkey): 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.0 block.

-Sasu Salin ('91, Finland): 9.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 steals.

-Tornike Shengelia ('91, Georgia): 8.0 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.5 blocks.

-Nikola Vucevic ('90, Montenegro): 6.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks.

 

Photo: FIBA Europe / Elio Castoria