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The Žalgiris substitute team basketball player has been training with the Žalgiris main team for some time.
The defender, who has been improving in the Žalgiris system since 2019, competed last year in both the Žalgiris-2 team in the National Basketball League (NKL) and the Žalgiris-3 team in the Regional Basketball League championships. (RKL).
This year, the youngster is expected to play an even bigger role in the NKL championships, and at times T. Sargiūnas will have a chance to appear in the strongest basketball league in the country.
T. Sargiūnas will wear a jersey marked with the number 26 in the LKL Championship.
In the last NKL season, T. Sargiūnas scored 4.4 points on average in almost 12 minutes on the court, provided 1.6 assists and bounced just over one ball per game.
In the RKL championship, the player’s statistics were better: 10.5 points, 3.4 assists and 3.5 rebounds in an average of 22 minutes on the floor.
By the way, Žalgiris is also invited to the Lithuanian youth teams of various ages. In summer, together with the Lithuanian U-19 youth team, he ranked sixth in the World Junior Championships.
On Friday, T. Sargiūnas together with the Žalgiris-2 team started the fight at the NKL championships and they dueled with the Vilnius Perlo-Energija team in 10 minutes, scoring 10 points and giving 5 assists.
On Sunday, the main Žalgiris teams await the LKL match with the Klaipėda Neptūnas team.
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