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The Vilnius Rytas team surprised on Sunday with their unexpected purchase: 204 cm tall 29-year-old Christian Kitsingas.
These were not bought with a good life: Saulius Kulvietis, who suffers from long-term injuries, cannot help the capital team. According to Krepsinis.net, Rytas was thinking of signing a contract with the center in November and had a bit of reserve for that, but the current situation has forced him to change his plans.
Rytas needed another front line player as there were only 4 basketball players on this circuit. Kitsing’s contract is concluded before the end of the season, proving that that top-tier player won’t be around late fall and will have to deal with the current front line.
For K.Kitsing, the game “Morning” is the highest point of his career. In general, the tall professional has been chewing bread for 12 years and has only spent one season abroad: in 2016-2017. He spent two months at an Argentine club (10 minutes, 2.5 points in the local league) and was fired, before signing a contract with the Aarhus Bakken Bears, with whom he also played in the FIBA Champions League (16 minutes , 8.9 points). ., 3.4 atoms).
Three seasons as part of Tartu Ulikool’s hometown, after the season they play in the ranks of Parnu Parnu and Tallinn TTU and even 6, wearing Tallinn Kalev / Cramo clothes. For one season (2018-2019), K. Kitsing’s coach was Donald Kairys, Rytas’ current helmsman, so it’s no coincidence that he invited an experienced player in such a situation to fill the void.
For Lithuanian basketball fans, this player was seen the most in Baltic Basketball League (BBL) fights. He did not compete in the championship in the Estonian national team, but he only helps the team in the national teams. K. Kinging fought us very recently: in late July he scored 9 points and grabbed 5 balls in a friendly match, and the Estonians won 92:85.
Ryto’s newcomer is far from the leader of the Estonian team, which is playing in the qualifying phase: in the qualifying phase for the World Cup, he scored 9.8 points and 3 rebounds in 21 minutes. Kitsing remains in the qualifying phase for the European Championship, where he scores 14.5 points and grabs 3.5 balls in 23 minutes. True, so far to take very little: only two games have been played.
Let’s take a look at Kitsing skills. This is the “fourth issue” whose main objective is to expand the game. Height is much more likely to yield three points than two. Last season he won all five starters at Kalev / Cramo and spent 30 minutes on United League parquet, allowing him to play his career season in this tournament, scoring 11 points, grabbing 4 balls and collecting 9.5. utility score. The first two indicators are the best in this tournament, and the utility is only less than the number shown earlier in the season: 9.7 points per game.
Robert Štelmaher entrusted Kitsing with the role of main midfielder, and this player has never been so confident before. Under the leadership of D. Kairis, the Estonian got off the bench to change the main center and helped into “fourth position”.
Kitsing will now benefit from the East as a heavy advantage, and during the season he will also play in “fifth position” when he wants to play with a five that is more dangerous on the perimeter, because this legionnaire is a completely different player than Rokas Gustys or Martynas Echodas, who are not dangerous when shooting 3s.
From a distance, K. Kitsing hits really solidly – in the United League, his 96-game average is 40.8 percent. Last season, he primarily attacked from distance in his career, nearly 6 shots per game and hitting 2 each, which is 34 percent. The impressive tall figures seemed to lead D. Kairis, as he realized that 1.8 three points out of 3.6, which is 50 percent. accuracy.
Last season, the tall one had a 5/7 performance against Krasnoyarsk Yenisei, but lost all 8 pitches and three points a few months ago against the same club. K. Kiting likes to attack from a medium distance and can play a pick-up with him, which he did very often while playing for the Estonian national team.
Last season, we saw another element in K. Kitsing’s game: the comeback game. Admittedly, there weren’t many such episodes, but they performed quite well – 0.889 points per attack, based on Synergy data. Meanwhile, K. Kitsing took almost half (47 percent) of all his shots from static positions and used them to perfection: 1,098 points per attack. They have no problem issuing fines where the running percentage is high: more than 85.
Kitsing is not an athletic or jumping player, so it doesn’t catch a lot of balls under the baskets. Despite spending 30 minutes on the parquet, he bounced with only 4 balls, which is extremely low. Thus, when this player is used in the middle forward position, it must be accepted that the other members of the top five will have to make a significant contribution to the bounce of the ball after an inaccurate throw from the opponents.
On defense, K. Kiting is far from shining: he struggles against physically stronger opponents closer to the basket. The defense also suffers in substitutions because the legs of this are slow and they do not reach the defenders. It was because of his poor defense that Kitsing did not establish himself in any high-level team throughout his career.
R. Štelmaher didn’t care at all about defense last season, so K. Kitsing got a very important role and a lot of play due to his sniper skills. Kalev / Cramo were one of the worst defensive teams in the tournament, but that didn’t stop them from finishing fifth in the regular season when the coronavir pandemic broke out in March.
In short, it can be said that Rytas has acquired a very economical player. Perhaps the Vilnius people would not have signed a contract with K. Kitsing if it had not been for S. Kulvietis’s injury, but now the gap on the front line is too great and had to be filled. The capital’s team probably did not want to take risks with Americans of uncertain reputation, because for a low price (according to Krepsinis.net, 40 thousand euros) it is unlikely that a player can benefit from the first shot here and now.
Kitsing, meanwhile, is a familiar player to Kairi and she knows exactly how to make the most of this Estonian. Rytas blocked the rest of the front row, but not with Arnetto Moultrie or a player of a similar caliber that fans would have wanted, but with a basketball player of much lower level. Kitsing’s advantage will also be his peaceful character, experience and reconciliation with the substitute role he has played throughout his career. In separate matches, this player can help Rytas with his triples, but a useful match from him is not worth waiting for, at least in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL). Kitsing is likely to return to Estonia to play again next year.
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