2024-07-16 16:40:44
T. Sabonis shared his impressions about his summer work in the kitchen of the NBA club, meeting with Matas Buzelius, who is preparing for his debut in the strongest league on the planet, and the newcomers of “Žalgiris” with basketball commentator Ryčias Kazlauskas in an interview for “Žalgiris Insider” subscribers.
“We want more activities, but for everyone to understand better, it’s like this: coaches invited from abroad are called “visiting coaches”, said T. Sabonis. – We don’t do much here, we observe how everything is happening, we learn from it. Maybe some nuances will suit us later. In the case of the Nuggets team, there is a head coach and like 6 assistants. Then there are 5-6 assistant coaches. Then there are people responsible for video analysis, rebounds, etc.”
In the summer league, T. Sabonis not only briefly met Domantas Sabonis, who played in the Lithuanian national team, but also the Lithuanian Mata Buzelis of the Chicago “Bulls” club.
As T. Sabonis said, his brother immediately invited M. Buzelis, who was drafted with the 11th pick in this year’s NBA draft, to join the Lithuanian men’s basketball team next year.
“We were talking together with Dom and his coach when I saw Matt. The brother says, “call him here.” I went and talked, he was even more surprised when I greeted him in Lithuanian. He later said that he realized from my face that I was somehow related to Dom, T. Sabonis laughed. – The three of us chatted, he already had to go to the match. Dom said that Matt was needed in the box, and he said that he was ready for it and just waiting for the chance to be there.
In the conversation with T. Sabonis, the topic of “Žalgiris” off-season composition work was also touched upon. The ranks of Žalgiris have already been joined by a solid group of newcomers this summer: Deividas Sirvydis, Matt Mitchell, Sylvain Francisko, Tyrone Wallace and Alen Smailagičius.
In an interview for “Žalgiris Insider” subscribers, T. Sabonis said that the Kaunas team promises to assemble a lineup of extremely versatile players.
“As we can see, T. Wallace can play from “first” to “third” position, M. Mitchell – from “second” to “fourth”, A. Smailagičius – in “fourth” and “fifth”. We are looking for players who can play in multiple positions. And so far we have had such basketball players – E. Ulanovas can play in the “fourth” and “third” position, Arnas – in the “third” and “second”. We are trying to find all those options”, explained T. Sabonis.
All “Žalgiris Insider” subscribers can watch the entire conversation with T. Sabonis.
2024-07-16 16:40:44