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The head coach of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team that joined Kaunas on Thursday joined the team. Darius Maskoliūnas.
The specialist, who was proclaimed champion of Spain with Barcelona a few days ago, was already in charge of the training sessions for the national team on Thursday night, in which all the members of the national team were having door mats.
Although preparations for the Olympic team, which will take place from June 29 to July 4 in Kaunas, will take less than two weeks, D. Maskoliūnas will try to make the Lithuanian game as important as possible for the most important battles of the summer.
“As many as there are – as many as there are, no more, no less – after the afternoon training, D. Maskoliūnas spoke about the small number of days spent in preparation. “We have a plan in place, we will try to refine and prepare a little during the few training sessions and friendly matches that we have against the national team to look like a team and more or less know what we are playing and what we want, what we will do.” try to explode. “
According to the selected helmsman, the adjustments to the list of candidates that have had to be made during the last week have not been too difficult, since there has been constant contact with the players and their situation has been monitored.
“It just came to our notice then. We were about to interact, I interacted with the players, especially those who have a problem, I interacted with them constantly. It was no surprise.
As for Ignas, everything looked good after the first conversation, and then he made the decision he made, which is the only surprise. Everything else, the situation of Ulanov, Gudaitis and Mačiulis, I am in constant contact. I spoke with these players personally, I know their situation, I have their promises and so on, ”said the team’s strategist.
The coach also commented on the situation of the team captain Mantas Kalnietis. The 34-year-old continues to play according to an individual plan and should join the team’s training sessions in the coming days: “Mantas is already moving a bit. I think that in two days we will see the whole picture, when it is one hundred percent ready. “
Finally, the theme of two tall NBAs, Jonas Valančiūnas and Domantas Sabonis, and how these towers will share minutes on the park in the Olympic team was also addressed.
“We will look at the opponent, it is difficult to say now. The fact that we will test them, if possible, and use them together and separately. Many great teams play the so-called small ball. On the one hand, we would have an advantage in attack, but it would be problematic in defense. Again, I cannot say that this will be the case anyway, we will see how the opponent is playing, where to beat him, “said D. Maskoliūnas about the situation of the team leaders.
The Lithuanian team will start a series of control matches on Friday and meet the Dominican Republic team at the “Žalgiris” stadium. The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm
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