BC Jonava

BC CBet (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet; English: CBet Jonava) The club was officially founded in 1999, and has been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. However, in the 2021–2022 season they will make their debut in the LKL.

CBet
LeaguesLKL
Founded1969 (1969)
History
List
  • Statyba
    (1969–1980)
    Klevas
    (1980–1994)
    Statyba
    (1994–1999)
    Statyba–Žalgiris
    (1999–2001)
    Triobet
    (2001–2006)
    SK Dextera
    (2006–2008)
    SK Malsta
    (2008–2009)
    Triobet–Malsta
    (2009–2010)
    Triobet
    (2010–2013)
    Petrochema
    (2013–2015)
    Petrochema-Dextera
    (2015–2016)
    Jonavos sporto klubas
    (2016–2017)
    Jonava
    (2017–2018)
    Sintek-Jonava
    (2018–2019)
    Jonava
    (2019–2020)
    CBet
    (2020–)
ArenaJonava Sports Arena
Capacity2,200
LocationJonava, Lithuania
Team colorsBlue, cyan, white
     
PresidentVaidas Vaškevičius
Head coachVirginijus Šeškus
Championships1 NKL
Websitejsk.lt

History

The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. At the end of the season, BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.[1]

Old Jonava logo

Current roster

CBet roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
C 0 Thomas, Kahlil 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1994-11-15)15 November 1994
G 1 Ramanauskas, Justinas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 21 – (2000-09-21)21 September 2000
PF 3 Palacios, Juan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 36 – (1985-05-11)11 May 1985
SG 5 Šaulys, Evaldas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 29 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993
F 7 Kisielius, Laimonas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 37 – (1985-01-24)24 January 1985
SF 8 Rauluševičius, Nedas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 19 – (2002-06-19)19 June 2002
SG 9 Šeškus, Edvinas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 – (1995-03-10)10 March 1995
SF 10 Kozys, Vitalijus 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 22 – (1999-04-30)30 April 1999
SG 15 Gezevičius, Mantas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 15 – (2006-10-19)19 October 2006
PG 20 Lecomte, Manu 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 26 – (1995-08-16)16 August 1995
F 21 Anderson, Lachlan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Paulius Malašauskas
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Aivaras Pranckevičius

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 2021-09-30

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Juan Palacios Kahlil Thomas
PF Laimonas Kisielius Vitalijus Kozys
SF Edvinas Šeškus Lachlan Anderson Nedas Rauluševičius
SG Evaldas Šaulys Mantas Gezevičius
PG Manu Lecomte Justinas Ramanauskas

In

No.Pos.Nat.NameMoving from
1GJustinas RamanauskasŽalgiris-2
5SGEvaldas ŠaulysBC Neptūnas
21SFLachlan AndersonKK TFT
3F/CJuan PalaciosTitanes de Barranquilla
11PGJackson DubinskiKK EuroNickel 2005
20PGManu LecomteCbet Prienai
10FVitalijus KozysŽalgiris-2
15GMantas GezevičiusKKSC Jonava

Out

No.Pos.Nat.NameMoving to
PGLiam O'ReillySCM U Craiova
SFIgnas LabutisSūduva-Mantinga
SFDarius Tarvydas
SGTomas Delininkaitis
SGNojus Pankratjevas
PFGediminas Žalalis
SFRedas Jakubauskas

Season by season

Season League Pos.
2001–02 LKAL 10th
2002–03 LKAL 8th
2003–04 LKAL 3rd
2004–05 LKAL 2nd
2005–06 NKL 4th
2006–07 NKL 2nd
2007–08 NKL 3rd
2008–09 NKL 9th
2009–10 NKL 2nd
2010–11 NKL 9th
2011–12 NKL 8th
2012–13 NKL 4th
2013–14 NKL 5th
2014–15 NKL 7th
2015–16 NKL 4th
2016–17 NKL 14th
2017–18 NKL 9th
2018–19 NKL 12th
2019–20 NKL 1
2020–21 NKL 1st
^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Notable players

References

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