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Rytas, who announced the dismissal of Donalds Kairis immediately after his fatal defeat in the KMT quarterfinals, did not specify whether G.Žibėnas would lead the team only temporarily or until the end of the season.
During the last day, the capital club has received a wide range of offers, including 15 minutes knowledge, there were the names of former Euroleague and Lithuanian coaches. However, Vilnius residents tend to give D.Kairis, the assistant coach a chance in the first half of the season.
15 minutes According to sources, G.Žibėnas’ support and confidence was expressed by the core of Vilnius’ Rytas’ basketball players, who blessed such a decision.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Giedrius Žibėnas
In the near future, G. Žibėnas will continue to be assisted by Georgios Dedas, a 41-year-old Greek who has been working in the capital since the beginning of the season.
15 minutes As far as we know, 23-year-old Gustas Maskoliūnas will join the two men, who will be primarily responsible for analyzing the rivals.
Until now, the son of Lithuanian national team coach Darius Maskoliūnas worked in the Rytas reserve team and helped Edvinas Justas in the NKL championships in the Vilnius Perlo-Energija team. G.Maskoliūnas, who started his career with just twenty coaches, previously worked at the headquarters of the coaches of the Jonava and Marijampolė “Sūduva” teams.
Photo by D.Lukšta / NKL / Gustas Maskoliūnas
The new staff is already shaping the morning game for the upcoming LKL championship games.
On January 20, basketball players from the capital will host the Klaipėda “Neptune” at home, on January 23 they will travel to Šiauliai and on January 30 they will meet Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” in his fortress.
G.Žibėnas has already managed to warm up the boss “Rytas” from this week’s coach post.
He had to replace D.Kairis in two LKL matches. Ryto’s former boss. The coach in the third quarter of the duel with Prienai CBet was sent off the court and disqualified for the next meeting with Kėdainiai “Nevėžis-Optibet”.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Vilnius Rytas – Prienai CBet
Standing on the sideline, G.Žibėnas turned on the Vilnius team to triumph against CBet (105: 81), and in the next match he led the team to victory against the Kėdainiai club (96:91).
In 2019, a Lithuanian with the Jakarta Stapac became the Indonesian champion. The basketball federation of this country offered him to lead the national team.
Before that, G.Žibėnas worked in Iran, Italy, Denmark, Estonia, Poland, youth teams from Lithuania and “Sūduva” from Marijampolė.
After the fiasco in the FIBA Champions League and the KMT tournament, Vilnius residents had to fight in the LKL championship. “Rytas” ranks third in the tournament table with 9 wins and 5 losses.
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