He later introduced the sport to the country of Lithuania, where he is considered the father of Lithuanian basketball.

It is the first arena built in the residential Žaliakalnis neighbourhood of Kaunas specially for basketball in Europe and is referred to as a "Mecca of the Lithuanian basketball".

Artūras Masiulis is a professional Lithuanian basketball player whose position is center.

Because of shortage of direct links with BC Alytus, club started competing in the third tier of Lithuanian basketball, called RKL.

Adas Juškevičius (born January 3, 1989) is a professional Lithuanian basketball who currently plays for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League.

As noted earlier, the Chinese, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Turkish basketball leagues use a best-of-seven format in their championship series.

For his contributions and for introducing the now basketball-mad country to the sport, Lubin is often called the "grandfather of Lithuanian basketball".

Marius Prekevičius (born May 22, 1984 in Gargždai, Klaipėda County) is a Lithuanian professional basketball.

Karnishovas came along in the old Soviet system that had engulfed the pride of Lithuanian basketball.

Marciulionis, a major figure in the development of Lithuanian basketball, played four seasons for the Warriors and finished his N.B.A. career with Denver in 1997.