Mindaugas Kuzminskas is preparing to leave the Russian club and return to Lithuania
About M. Kuzminskas’ return to Lithuania 15min confirmed by a person close to the basketball player.
“It’s not easy to come back,” he said. “But Mindaugas will definitely do it.”
Kuzminsk, 32, is the first to represent the Zenit club in St. Petersburg, which is backed by Russian gas giant Gazprom.
The 205 cm tall striker from Vilnius played in the ranks of Zenit in the Euroleague after 12 minutes. and scored 5 points for the team ranked fifth in the tournament.
In the first qualifying window of the World Championship, M. Kuzminskas was the only Euroleague player to come to the Lithuanian national team.
this time the Zenit club did not release to the match with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Shabazz Napier is said to be leaving the Zenit club on Saturday and arrived in St. Petersburg last fall.
According to ESPN, the American is leaving Zenit due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The player has recently recovered from injury and was preparing to return to a Euroleague match, but the bombs sent by the Kremlin on Ukraine forced him to return to the United States.
One Lithuanian basketball player Artūras Gudaitis also competes in the St. Petersburg team. He has not announced his decision on the future.