BC Palanga

This article is about a former NKL team. For the original BC Palanga founded in 1999, now the reserve team for BC Lietkabelis, see BC Lietkabelis-2.

BC Palanga
Leagues	National Basketball League
Founded	2014
History	Palanga (2014–2018)
Arena	Palanga Arena
Location	Palanga, Lithuania
Team colors	Blue, white and orange
President	Bronius Martinkus
Head coach	Povilas Šakinis
Championships	NKL Champions (2010)
Website	bcpalanga.lt
Home Away

BC Palanga was a professional basketball club based in Palanga, Lithuania that played in the National Basketball League. The team was founded in 2014 after a confusing situation when the BC Palanga team founded in 1999 moved to Vilnius.

Last year's roster

Palangos "Palanga" roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 41 Gueye, Doudou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 32 – (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 SF 1 Jonauskas, Kasparas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 22 – (2002-01-25)25 January 2002 SG 8 Maksvytis, Eimantas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 24 – (1999-08-27)27 August 1999 PF 7 Marcinkevičius, Darius 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 PF 5 Remeikis, Laimonas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 – (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 PG 3 Staniulis, Mantvydas 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 PG 6 Šuliauskas, Augustas 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 28 – (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 SG 4 Venckus, Augustinas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1997-10-17)17 October 1997 PG 10 Vieversys, Justas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 24 – (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 SF 15 Williams, Jaleel Laquin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992	Head coach Povilas Šakinis Assistant coach(es) Paulius Barkus Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2018-01-23

Club history

• The team was founded in 2014, in a confusing situation when two teams wanted to play in Palanga, that being against the LKF rules as Palanga is a city too small to host two teams, the original BC Palanga moved to Vilnius and the newly founded team stayed in Palanga.

External links

• Official website of BC Palanga Archived 2015-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
• BC Palanga NKLyga.lt