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For the third year in a row, the title of best national basketball player in the elections of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) was awarded to Domantas Sabonis, a 211 cm tall 24-year-old Lithuanian national team player and club player NBA Indiana Pacers.
This news was announced on Sunday (November 29) during the long break from the qualifying tournament matches of the European Basketball Championship 2022 between Lithuanian and Belgian teams.
Domantas, son of the legendary Lithuanian center Arvydas Sabonis, was born in Portland (USA). He has been constantly defending the honor of the Lithuanian national team since 2015. In 2017, D. Sabonis found himself on the Pacers team and only because of his determination, perseverance and hard work did he become one of their leaders.
In 2020, Domas became the second Lithuanian (after Žydrūnas Ilgauskas) to play in the NBA All-Star game (on February 16, the game was won by LeBron James’ team, represented by us).
The following NBA season unfolded for Sabonis as he was forced to miss an Orlando sequel due to injury.
After all, last season was the most memorable race for Sabonis. He scored 18.8 points in the NBA arenas during the game, and the Lithuanian top rebounding average, 12.4, ranked even fifth in the strongest league in the world.
“I went back to playing sports for four weeks and just wanted to take a break the last weekend a little before the season. I finished last NBA season early because I couldn’t play in Orlando. Pity. He wanted the new NBA season to start later so he could be with the national team now. I will support you and wish you victories. Thanks a lot. For three years in a row, this is something amazing! He couldn’t even dream that he would. Thank you all for this review and I wish you a very good season this year ”, D. Sabonis sent his wishes from Hawaii to a large army of Lithuanian basketball fans.
In the 2020 best Lithuanian basketball player elections, D. Sabonis beat Marius Grigonis (Kaunas “Žalgiris”) and Jonas Valančiūnas (“Memphis Grizzlies”, NBA).
The election was held for the thirteenth time. Almost 52,000 basketball fans received votes.
On Sunday, the second group of winners to win the “2020 Basketball House Awards. Presents” in the EMSI election was also honored.
If the first barrage of awards was mainly for those who are the future of Lithuanian basketball, the second – for those who make that future bright.
Jolanta Martinonienė was recognized as the best youth coach in the country.
“Being alone among those contenders was a great achievement for me. Now, this is extremely high appreciation and, most importantly, it was driven by the support of the people. In fact, I felt support from the beginning, as soon as they were announced. the elections. I received many greetings. People shared, “tagged” and asked for a vote. I felt support from the beginning, “recalled the basketball specialist about the course of the elections.
The winners are then coached by coaches Šarūnė Valinskaitė and Lina Dambrauskaitė.
Karolis Abramavičius was voted best youth coach.
“It just came to our notice then. The most rewarding thing was being among those coaches who participated in this election. These are the four people that I once aligned with and can continue to align with and that I can learn from. Very cool and rewarding. I may never have tried on purpose, I wanted to do my job as well as possible and this evaluation motivates me to keep working, ”said Abramavičius from Prieniškės.
Edwin Justa and Tom Purlys stayed in second and third place.
We cannot imagine modern basketball without the work of the media. According to voters, the best Lithuanian basketball journalist of 2020 is Karolis Tiškevičius.
“First of all, it is very nice to receive such an award, but you have to understand that the entire BasketNews.lt team has been evaluated. We invite our fans to vote clearly, saying that this is not a vote for K. Tiškevičius, but for the whole BasketNews.lt team. It employs at least 10 tough guys who are not only doing it for copyright, but also passionate about it, “Tiškevičius thanked his colleagues.
Donatas Urbonas (15min.lt) and Rytis Kazlauskas (LRT) were also actively supported in the elections.
In the 2020 elections, a relevant new category emerged: “Best Response to COVID 19”. The organizers of the vote called for a collection of various basketball-related initiatives, projects and ideas that were implemented during the pandemic.
It was decided that the best response to COVID-19 was the content created by the BasketNews.lt website: various battles, exchanges and podcasts. The person in charge of the portal Jonas Miklovas did not hide that he and other colleagues from BasketNews.lt were deserving of this honorary award.
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“It just came to our notice then. It’s a lot of fun to get such an evaluation. Sure, it’s a rating from people and fans, maybe a more popular voice, but still fun. We ourselves felt we were worth it, because for us it was a challenge. create something more interesting. The world was pretty stagnant. First of all, it’s the appreciation of people who like what we do. We also like what we do. Such an evaluation, looking at it, we can remember those crazy years of 2020, “he said. the basketball journalist Miklovas.
Among the contenders were the Hoptrans 3 × 3 trio basketball tournament and the virtual ticket Žalgiris.
At the end of the two-part awards event, Vidas Mačiulis was honored for his services to Lithuanian basketball.
The 74-year-old journalist, publicist and editor from Kaunas is well known to all Lithuanian basketball players and the vast majority of basketball fans and their loved ones.
Mačiulis is most famous for the immortal show “Basketball in the World” created by him for the 29th season in Lithuania. November 29 part of the 1166 show was already shown in the morning. And where else is the movie about Lithuanian basketball superstar Sabonis and other teachers working on the media front?
“This Basketball House award is not for me. It is as if I received the V. Kudirka award for the film about A. Sabonis“ Came abas Sabas ”, so I think I receive this award in advance for current and future films. If the coronavirus does not touch and I will stay alive, I would like to wait for the centenary of Lithuanian basketball (April 23, 2022 – past krepsinionamai.lt). And the thirtieth anniversary of my show “, wished Mačiulis.
Arvydas Sabonis, President of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF), also had an important message for the entire Lithuanian basketball community.
“The holidays are near. I want to start a beautiful tradition: give away a token that will appear in the” Basketball Legends “field near the” Basketball House. “There is a person who has been watching and sick of basketball practically since its inception in Lithuania “He simply likes this sport, as do many of us. Therefore, on behalf of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, I would like to commemorate the name of President Valdas Adamkus on the” Basketball Legends “court.
At the same time, Sabonis and LKF are launching the #padovanokplytele initiative. Its essence is to give a great gift to people with a basketball vocation on the occasion of the great parties: to immortalize them in the “Basketball Legends and Fans’ Site” together with the most outstanding personalities and events of Lithuanian basketball. Having decided to accept the challenge of donating a tile, a person or organization not only delights the loved one, but at the same time passes the witness to others, so that the chain of # donate tiles continues until St. Christmas.
“I want to invite everyone who likes basketball to give themselves a tile, family and friends and thus immortalize it on the” Basketball Legends and Fans “field. And I pass the baton to the #padovanokplytele 3 × 3 basketball association ”, called Sabonis to join the beautiful initiative.
You can find more information about the Basketball Legends and Fans field at www.parama.krepsinionamai.lt
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It will be remembered that November 27. It was announced that Gintarė Petronytė was chosen as the best Lithuanian basketball player.
The election of the best Lithuanian basketball players of the year is celebrated for the thirteenth time.
Ramūnas Šiškauskas was chosen the best in 2008 (joint elections of women and men were held), in 2009 – Petronytė and Linas Kleiza, in 2010 – Sandra Linkevičienė and Kleiza, in 2011 – Rima Valentienė and Jonas Valančiūnas, in 2012 – Linkevičienė and Valančiūnas, in 2013 – Lina Pikčiutė and Mantas Kalnietis, in 2014 – Petronytė and Valančiūnas, in 2015 – Petronytė and Mačiulis.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Kamilė Nacickaitė, who were chosen as the best basketball players in the country for the first time, became the winners of 2016. In 2017, Nacickaitė and Valančiūnas triumphed again, in 2018 Domantas Sabonis and Nacickaitė were chosen the best, and in 2019, Petronytė and Sabonis won in organized elections.
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