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In the autumn of last year, Gintautas Matulis, who played the most official match for this team, returned to the Utena Juventus club. Meanwhile, in the first days of this year, the second basketball player in terms of number of official matches joined the Aukštaitija Club – Vaidas Čepukaitis.
The 31-year-old and 207cm tall midfielder, who has worn the Juventus jersey for three seasons in the past, signed a contract with Utena’s team until the end of this season.
This is the second basketball player who started the season at the Kėdainiai Nevėžio-Optibet club and joined the Juventus organization. A little earlier, another resident of Alytus, Vaidas Kariniauskas, came to Utena’s team. For both players, the people of Utena paid a ransom to the Kėdainiai club.
“First of all, I want to say that I am very sorry about the situation with Julius Jucik. Julius really started the season successfully, he showed a solid game, so it is very disappointing due to the situation that happened. I want to wish Julius a speedy recovery and get back on the basketball court.
After losing Julius, we started looking for reinforcements up the high chain. The foreign variants did not convince us, so we decided to limit ourselves to Lithuanian. The manager decided that he wanted a typical midfielder, and when Vaidas Čepukaitis’s offer was presented, we decided that this was the optimal option for our club. Vaidas has accumulated a lot of experience and knows our club well, the coach’s philosophy of play. The first match of the KMT quarterfinals awaits us on Wednesday, so if anyone can join the team so quickly it is only Vaidas.
I have always said that the history of the club is very important to me, which is why Vaid’s return is a great New Year’s gift. It’s funny that the player himself was very eager to come back, he accepted our financial conditions, which are certainly not miraculous. After returning to the Juventus club a couple of years ago, Vaidas said he would like to hang another triumph sign at Utena Stadium. Then it did not work, but who knows, maybe it will be done this season “, said the director of the team” Juventus “ Eimantas Skersis.
The tall player successfully started the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) championship in 2020-2021 and scored 9.1 points (59% of colonies, 78% of penalties) in 20 minutes spent on the park , rebounded 6.1 points, scored after a successful transfer and had a utility score of 13.6.
V.Čepukaitis is a true Juventus legend. The tall man who played for Utena in the 2010-2011, 2014-2015 and 2018-2019 seasons contributed to all of the team’s most important trophies: Baltic Basketball League (BBL) Challenge Cups won in 2011, bronze medals LKL and BBL won in 2015 and KMT bronze medals in 2018.
During his Juventus career, the tall has played 194 games (second place in club history), scored 1,736 points (first place in club history), bounced 1,076 balls (first place in club history), blocked 184 shots (first place in club history) and scored 231 assists (eleventh place in club history).
The return of V.Čepukaitis to the club “Juventus” should take place this Wednesday, when the people of Utena face the team “Rytas” of Vilnius at home in the first quarter-finals of the King Mindaugas Cup Tournament (KMT).
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