In the sky of European basketball, one of the most talked about topics in the last couple of years is the Dubai club. The project, which receives the most varied opinions and feedback, should start its existence from the next season, and the backups of “Žalgiris” Kaunas were probably the first ones who could get to know the basketball of this city up close.
On March 22-24, the young players from Žalgiris participated in the Euroleague youth selection tournament held in Dubai, where they marched victoriously to the finals, but lost to Ulm “Ratiopharm” youngsters from Germany in overtime.
The website BasketNews talked to the head of the youth system of “Žalgiris” Gedimin Navickas, who told about his first impressions from Dubai and the performance of the youngsters.
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“The trip was really impressive, and that’s what we expected when we went. This is a new culture, completely different
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