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Preparing for the upcoming season, Kaunas “Žalgiris” was supplemented by Tomas Dimša, who is already well known to the team’s fans and has been playing on the main team for two years. Both parties signed the three-year contract according to the “2 + 1” formula.
The 26-year-old basketball player, who played in the ranks of Panevėžys “Lietkabelis” for a great season, returns to Kaunas after a five-year break, the last time Dimša was wearing a green and white shirt was in May 2015 .
“It just came to our attention then. When I left Žalgiris, I always lived with the idea that I wanted to go back one day. I have probably finally matured and I’m very happy about it. If you have no goals, you will not achieve them,” said Dimša, who returned to his hometown club in an interview with “Žalgiris TV”.
According to the BasketNews.lt website, Vilnius Rytas was actively interested in the basketball player last season, thereby showing great interest in the second year of 2019-2020. Half of the season.
In the Lithuanian basketball league, a 196-cm-tall Kaunas player played the best season of his career this year: in nearly 27 minutes on the court, he averaged 14.1 points, made 3.6 assists, and accumulated 13.9 points. utility.
In the FIBA Champions League, Žalgiris’ student statistical indicators were slightly more modest: 13.2 points, 3.1 assists and 8.1 utility points per game.
Dimša, who made his debut for the Lithuanian national team in February, has already shown the best success of his career last season: in the FIBA Champions League and scored three points in LKL with an average accuracy of over 40 percent.
Tomás Dimša
| MIN: | 27.11 |
| PTS: | 14.13 (52.68%) |
| REB: | 2.71 |
| HOW: | 3.63 |
| S T: | 0.92 |
| BS: | 0.13 |
| TO: | 1.71 |
| GM: | 24 |
The new Žalgiris player who left Žalgiris in 2015, in addition to Lietkabelis, also played for Fraport Skyliners from Frankfurt (Germany), then-team Vytautas from Prienai-Birštonas, Pallacanestro from Varese and Juventus from Utena.
The composition of “Žalgiris”:
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Kaunas “Žalgiris” |
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| Position | Player | Years | Height |
| PG | Lukas Lekavičius (+1) | 26 | 181 |
| PG | Rokas Jokubaitis | 19 | 192 |
| SG / PG | Thomas walkup | 27 | 193 |
| SG | Marius Grigonis (+1) | 26 | 198 |
| SG | Tomás Dimša (News) | 26 | 196 |
| SG / SF | Steve’as Vasturia (News) | 25 | 196 |
| SG | Karolis Lukošiūnas | 22 | 195 |
| Pf | Paulius Jankūnas | 36 | 205 |
| Pf | Nigel Hayes (+1) | 25 | 203 |
| PF / C | Zachas LeDay (+1) | 26 | 202 |
| C | Martin Geben | 25 | 208 |
| C | Jock Landale (+1) | 24 | 211 |
| Coach | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | ||
| Expired contracts: | Edgar Ulanov, Artūras Milaknis, KC Rivers | ||
| Dominates | Edgaras Ulanovas, Artūras Milaknis | ||
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