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CBet
Leagues	LKL
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (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–)
Arena	Jonava Sports Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Jonava, Lithuania
Team colors	Blue, cyan, white
President	Vaidas Vaškevičius
Head coach	Mantas Šernius
Championships	1 NKL
Website	bcjonava.lt
Home Away

BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet) for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.

History

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

Current roster

CBet roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 4 Brewton, Dominic 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 G/F 5 Arlauskas, Martynas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 – (2000-07-10)10 July 2000 G/F 6 Januševičius, Titas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 SF 8 Kreišmontas, Lukas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2001-04-08)8 April 2001 G 12 McEwen, Koby 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-07-29)29 July 1997 F/C 13 Majauskas, Aurimas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 31 – (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 SG 15 Bliznyuk, Bogdan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 PF 17 Mažeika, Gabrielius 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 21 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003 F/C 21 Venskus, Erikas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2000-05-28)28 May 2000 C Atar, Berke 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999	Head coach Mantas Šernius Assistant coach(es) Andrius Ulčickas Athletic trainer(s) Lukas Leskauskas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 8, 2024

Depth chart

Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving from
—	HC		Mantas Šernius	Prometey
4	G		Dominic Brewton	Cal State Fullerton Titans
5	G/F		Martynas Arlauskas	Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
6	G/F		Titas Januševičius	BC Vytis-VDU
12	G		Koby McEwen	Vancouver Bandits
13	F/C		Aurimas Majauskas	Free agent
15	SG		Bogdan Bliznyuk	Free agent
21	F/C		Erikas Venskus	Spirou Charleroi
	C		Berke Atar	Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving to
—	HC		Virginijus Šeškus	M Basket Mažeikiai
—	AC		Laimonas Eglinskas	New Zealand Breakers
0	G		Diante Garrett	Free agent
1	PG		Ryan Larson	Free agent
3	SF		Nedas Rauluševičius	Free agent
4	PF		Strahinja Mićović	Monbus Obradoiro
9	SG		Edvinas Šeškus	Free agent
22	F		Tauras Jogėla	Šiauliai
12	SF		Justas Furmanavičius	Borac Čačak
21	C		Ivan Marinković	Free agent
23	PF		Ousmane Drame	Start Lublin

Season by season

^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Notable players

• Lukas Brazdauskis
• Romanas Brazdauskis
• Ramūnas Butautas
• Vidas Ginevičius
• Rimantas Grigas
• Tomas Masiulis
• Darius Maskoliūnas
• Darius Sirtautas
• Arvydas Šikšnius
• Edgaras Ulanovas
• Arūnas Visockas
• Martynas Pacevičius
• Edvinas Šeškus
• Laimonas Kisielius
• Vytautas Šulskis
• Artūras Valeika
• Dovis Bičkauskis
• Lukas Kreišmontas
• Aurimas Majauskas
• Justas Furmanavičius
• Martins Laksa
• Manu Lecomte
• Goran Huskić
• Strahinja Micovic
• Glynn Watson Jr.
• Jeff Garrett
• Stanley Whittaker

Head coaches

• Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016
• Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020
• Murat Didin: 2018
• Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019
• Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024
• Mantas Šernius: 2024–present

References

1. http://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league
2. Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)

External links

• Official website (in Lithuanian)
• BC Jonava at LKL.lt (in English and Lithuanian)

• Basketball teams in Lithuania
• Basketball teams established in 1999
• Sport in Jonava
• 1999 establishments in Lithuania