BC Nevėžis

Nevėžis-OPTIBET
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League
Founded	1992; 32 years ago (1992)
History	BC Nevėžis (1992–2011) BC Kėdainiai Triobet (2011–2012) BC Nevėžis (2012–2020) Nevėžis-OPTIBET (2020–present)
Arena	Kėdainiai Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Team colors	Green, black and white
Team manager	Mindaugas Arlauskas
Head coach	Gediminas Petrauskas
Championships	LKAL Champions (2002) BBL Challenge Cup (2005) BBL Challenge Cup (2008) BBL Cup (2013)
Website	www.kknevezis.lt
Home Away

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

History

BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the Baltic Basketball League semifinals in 2006, and won the BBL Challenge Cup in 2008. Nevėžis also won 3rd place in the LKF Cup in 2007 and 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, after defeating the AEK Larnaca during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season, their first-ever European competition.^[1][2]

Players

Current roster

Nevėžis-OPTIBET roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Ramey, Courtney 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (1999-10-02)2 October 1999 SG 1 Jürgens, Carlos 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1998-10-27)27 October 1998 SF 3 Vaitkus, Ignas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1993-02-22)22 February 1993 G/F 7 Razbadauskas, Matas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 – (2002-11-28)28 November 2002 C 8 Okoro, Francis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1999-08-07)7 August 1999 PG 10 Grenda, Dominykas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – (2004-10-07)7 October 2004 SF 11 Marcinkevičius, Justinas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 C 16 Mačijauskas, Matas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 – (2002-05-30)30 May 2002 G 22 McNeil, Sean 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1998-08-17)17 August 1998 PF 24 Waterman, Zane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 F/C 44 Keliačius, Robertas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1997-09-24)24 September 1997 PG 69 Stenionis, Dominykas  1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 21 – (2002-07-03)3 July 2002	Head coach Gediminas Petrauskas Assistant coach(es) Andrius Jurkūnas Martynas Stankovičius Athletic trainer(s) Laimonas Rimkus Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 13 December 2023

Depth chart

Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving from
1	SG		Carlos Jürgens	Golden Eagles
2	PG		Brevin Galloway	Clemson Tigers
3	SF		Ignas Vaitkus	Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
4	PG		Lovre Bašić	KK Alkar
7	G/F		Matas Razbadauskas	Melilla Sport Capital
16	C		Matas Mačijauskas	Rytas-2
22	G		Sean McNeil	Ohio State Buckeyes
24	PF		Zane Waterman	Helsinki Seagulls
44	F/C		Robertas Keliačius	Labas GAS Prienai
97	C		Viny Okouo	Fuenlabrada
0	PG		Courtney Ramey	Mitteldeutscher BC
8	C		Francis Okoro	Rouen Métropole Basket

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving to
1	G/F		Lorenas Stoškevičius	Free agent
3	G/F		Darryl Doualla	Capital City Go-Go
4	PG		Aaron Cook Jr.	Free agent
7	PF		Tomas Verbinskis	Free agent
8	F/C		Tim Lambrecht	Neptūnas Klaipėda
21	C		Rafael Alberton Rodrigues	Medipolis SC Jena
26	PG		Titas Sargiūnas	High Point Panthers
32	PG		Artūrs Žagars	BC Wolves
33	F		Deshawn Freeman	Fortitudo Bologna
34	SG		Brad Davison	HLA Alicante
35	F/C		Danielius Lavrinovičius	Žalgiris Kaunas
99	PG		Marius Valinskas	Uniclub Casino Juventus
2	PG		Brevin Galloway	Free agent
97	C		Viny Okouo	Free agent
4	PG		Lovre Bašić	Free agent

Logos

• 
  Nevėžis logo (2017-2020)
• 
  Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)

Season by season

Detailed information of former rosters and results.^[3][4]

Head coaches

Notable players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to BC Nevėžis.

• Official website (in Lithuanian)
• BC Nevėžis at LKL.lt
• BC Nevėžis at BBL.net (archive)

This page was last edited on 4 March 2024, at 10:08