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Last week, the ambitious Ryto ship shook extremely hard.
Seven days ago, in the first game of the season, Kaunas scored Kaunas “Žalgiris”, then a painful home loss at the start of the FIBA Champions League against Athens “Peristeri”, followed by a slap in the Kėdainiai of the nice “Nevėžis”.
Demetrius Jackson, who left for the US for family reasons, did not compete in the last game, and his powerful start-to-season game began to attract the attention of the Euroleague – Panathinaikos of Athens and Baskonia of Vitoria – and clubs from the European Cup.
15 minutes As far as we know, the capital club was offered Jordan Theodore, a well-known player in the Old Continent, with whom Morning star Andrew Goudelock played for the Milan Olimpia team in the 2017-2018 season.
In the Euroleague tournament, the American then scored 11.6 points and 4.3 assists. Last season, the 30-year-old attacking organizer competed for the UNIKS team in Kazan, and in the European Cup J.Theodore’s stats reached 8.7 points, 4.8 assists and 11.3 utility points.
However, D. Kairys, Rytas’ head coach and athletic director, is looking for a player with a slightly different profile.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Jordan Theodore
15 minutes Sources say the favorites to become the new organizer of the “Rytas” attacks are Briante Weber, who played in the Euroleague two seasons ago, or Ryan Boatright, who is well known for D. Kairis.
Weber, 27, 188cm tall, is currently competing in the Canadian League and is waiting for offers from European clubs.
A year and a half ago, he crossed hands with the Olympia Club de Piraeus, but stayed there for only two months. It was later announced that Weber missed home, it was his first experience in Europe, and the Greek club was dissatisfied with the student’s behavior and work ethic.
Photo by Scanpix / Briante Weber
In the Euroleague, the player played eight games, scored 11.6 points in 24 minutes, rebounded 4.6 points, scored 2.6 points each and scored 10.3 utility points. The best game was played against Kaunas “Žalgiris”: 26 points, 4 rebounds and 21 utility points in 34 minutes.
Last season, Weber played for the Paris Metropolitans 92 team alongside Juventus de Utena legionnaire Jamelis Artis.
In the French top league, the basketball player from the “Ryto” app played for 29 minutes, scored 12.2 points (38% trit., 88% penalty), bounced after 3.6 and took up to 2 , 8 balls. 4.7 effective transfer, error 2.2 times.
In terms of style of play, Weber is compared to Patrick Beverley of the Houston Rockets. An unstable pitcher, a very emotional player, great defense, agility and sometimes hot activity.
Weber has 40 NBA games, representing the Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets and Houston Rockets.
VTB-league.com/Ryanas Boatrightas
Some 15 minutes According to sources, Ryan Boatright is D. Kairis’ first choice.
The 27-year-old 180 cm tall Armenian citizen, who managed to work at the Avtodor club in Saratov for more than a month last season with Rytas coach.
In four VTB United League matches, including matches against Lithuanian Chimki and Krasnodar Lokomotiv in the Moscow region, R. Boatright amassed 16 points (50 percent trit.), 5 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.5 interceptions . , 3.8 errors and 14 utility points.
In 2017, R. Boatright and Zagreb “Cedevita” became the Croatian champion and the most useful final basketball player. Representing this team in the European Cup, the American accumulated 17.7 points and 4 assists.
Boyatright has also played for the Unicaja Club de Málaga, and in 2014, with the University of Connecticut, he became the NCAA Champion and was chosen for the symbolic final four team.
„Scanpix“ nuotr./Demonte Harperis
Among the players interested in “Rytas” is the 193 cm American Demonte Harper, 31, who played for the Las Palma de Gran Canaria team last season.
The defender, who can play in the first and second positions of the ACB championship, scored 12.6 points in 25 minutes, bounced 2 balls, 0.6 balls, 1.7 assists, and 6.9 utility points.
D. Harper and D. Kairis worked together in the 2013-2014 season at Minsk Tsmoki and in the 2015-2016 season at the Slupsk Energa Czarni team.
In the 2017-2018 season, the defender wore the Saint Petersburg Zenit team jersey and recorded 9.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2 assists in the European Cup.
D.Kairys loved this basketball player more last summer, looking for the main organizer of the attacks.
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