Comments on: Here come the Lithuanians again. http://hitbyapitch.com/2008/01/24/here-come-the-lithuanians-again/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: hitbyapitch http://hitbyapitch.com/2008/01/24/here-come-the-lithuanians-again/#comment-321 hitbyapitch Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:43:43 +0000 http://hitbyapitch.com/2008/01/24/here-come-the-lithuanians-again/#comment-321 The only current players I know of are Kleiza, Ilgauskas, and Songaila. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more and I just don't know about them -- I'll try to figure it out. Lithuanian players who recently left the NBA: -Martynas Andriuskevicius had a brief stint in the NBA, but suffered a severe head injury after being attacked by a teammate in December 2006. He was with the Bulls until sometime in 2007, and now plays for Alicante Costa Blanca in Spain. -Sarunas Jasikevicius was waived by the Golden State Warriors in September 2007 and is now with the Panathinaikos Basketball Club in Athens, Greece. -Arvydas Sabonis left the NBA in 2003 and was with Žalgiris Kaunas until he retired in 2005. The only current players I know of are Kleiza, Ilgauskas, and Songaila. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more and I just don’t know about them — I’ll try to figure it out.

Lithuanian players who recently left the NBA:

-Martynas Andriuskevicius had a brief stint in the NBA, but suffered a severe head injury after being attacked by a teammate in December 2006. He was with the Bulls until sometime in 2007, and now plays for Alicante Costa Blanca in Spain.

-Sarunas Jasikevicius was waived by the Golden State Warriors in September 2007 and is now with the Panathinaikos Basketball Club in Athens, Greece.

-Arvydas Sabonis left the NBA in 2003 and was with Žalgiris Kaunas until he retired in 2005.

]]> By: Loreta C http://hitbyapitch.com/2008/01/24/here-come-the-lithuanians-again/#comment-320 Loreta C Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:11:30 +0000 http://hitbyapitch.com/2008/01/24/here-come-the-lithuanians-again/#comment-320 According to my sources there should be 8 Lithuanian born NBA players. Do you know the other 5? I'm Lithuanian too. Both parents from the old country, married in Germany, came to America. According to my sources there should be 8 Lithuanian born NBA players. Do you know the other 5? I’m Lithuanian too. Both parents from the old country, married in Germany, came to America.

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