BC Nevėžis

Nevėžis-OPTIBET
Nevėžis-OPTIBET
Leagues	Lithuanian Basketball League
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
History	BC Nevėžis; (1992–2011); BC Kėdainiai Triobet; (2011–2012); BC Nevėžis; (2012–2020); Nevėžis-OPTIBET; (2020–present)
Arena	Kėdainiai Arena
Capacity	2,200
Location	Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Team colors	Green, black and white;
Team manager	Mindaugas Arlauskas
Head coach	Gediminas Petrauskas
Championships	LKAL Champions (2002); BBL Challenge Cup (2005); BBL Challenge Cup (2008); BBL Cup (2013)
Website	www.kknevezis.lt
Home	Away

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

History

BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the Baltic Basketball League semifinals in 2006, and won the BBL Challenge Cup in 2008. Nevėžis also won 3rd place in the LKF Cup in 2007 and 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, after defeating the AEK Larnaca during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season, their first-ever European competition.^[1]^[2]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Nevėžis-OPTIBET roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PF	0	Nkereuwem, Leslie	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	23 – (2001-11-30)30 November 2001
PG	1	Ebo, Amit	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	25 – (1999-10-06)6 October 1999
G/F	3	Doualla, Daryl	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 – (2004-06-21)21 June 2004
G/F	4	Bukauskas, Nojus	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	19 – (2005-08-12)12 August 2005
SG	9	Zakas, Jonas	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	27 – (1997-10-14)14 October 1997
PF	10	Kozys, Vitalijus	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	25 – (1999-04-30)30 April 1999
PG	11	Girard III, Joseph	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	24 – (2000-11-27)27 November 2000
SG	12	Montvila, Nedas	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	22 – (2002-09-15)15 September 2002
F	17	Alisas, Gediminas	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	20 – (2004-01-16)16 January 2004
SF	22	Vaitkus, Ignas	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	31 – (1993-02-22)22 February 1993
C	24	Nikolić, Dimitrije	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	114 kg (251 lb)	27 – (1997-08-06)6 August 1997

Head coach

Gediminas Petrauskas

Assistant coach(es)

Andrius Jurkūnas
Martynas Stankovičius

Athletic trainer(s)

Laimonas Rimkus

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 9 September 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Francis Okoro	Robertas Keliačius	Matas Mačijauskas
PF	Zane Waterman
SF	Ignas Vaitkus	Justinas Marcinkevičius	Matas Razbadauskas
SG	Carlos Jürgens	Sean McNeil
PG	Courtney Ramey	Dominykas Grenda	Dominykas Stenionis

Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving from
0	PF	Leslie Nkereuwem	Georgia State Panthers
2	F/C	Fahrudin Manjgafic	NKA Universitas Pécs
3	G/F	Daryl Doualla	Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys
9	SG	Jonas Zakas	Juventus Utena
10	PF	Vitalijus Kozys	Wolves Twinsbet
11	PG	Joseph Girard III	Clemson Tigers
12	SG	Nedas Montvila	Žalgiris Kaunas
24	C	Dimitrije Nikolić	Zlatibor

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving to
0	PG	Courtney Ramey	Start Lublin
1	SG	Carlos Jurgens	Free agent
8	C	Francis Okoro	Kolossos Rodou
11	SF	Justinas Marcinkevičius	Free agent
16	C	Matas Mačijauskas	Free agent
22	SG	Sean McNeil	Free agent
24	F/C	Zane Waterman	Neptūnas Klaipėda
44	F/C	Robertas Keliačius	Free agent
69	PG	Dominykas Stenionis	Lietkabelis Panevėžys

Logos

Nevėžis logo (2017-2020)
Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)

Season by season

Kėdainiai Sports School in Vilainiai is the place where BC Nevėžis previously played its home matches.

BC Nevėžis moved to the newly built Kėdainiai Arena in 2013.

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	National cup	Baltic League	Pos.	European competitions
2000–01	2	LKAL	5th
2001–02	2	LKAL	1st
2002–03	1	LKL	10th
2003–04	1	LKL	7th
2004–05	1	LKL	6th		Challenge Cup	1st
2005–06	1	LKL	4th		Elite Division	4th
2006–07	1	LKL	5th	Third qualified	Elite Division	10th
2007–08	1	LKL	6th		Challenge Cup	1st
2008–09	1	LKL	5th	Quarterfinalist	Elite Division	10th
2009–10	1	LKL	12th	Fourth qualified	Elite Division	10th
2010–11	1	LKL	9th	Third round	Elite Division	8th
2011–12	1	LKL	7th	Third qualified	Elite Division	7th
2012–13	1	LKL	8th	Semifinalist	Regular season
2013–14	1	LKL	8th	Fifth round	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	LKL	10th		Group stage
2015–16	1	LKL	9th	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	LKL	9th		Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	LKL	8th				4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2
2018–19	1	LKL	9th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	LKL	10th	Round of 16
2020–21	1	LKL	10th	Second round
2021–22	1	LKL	10th	First round
2022–23	1	LKL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2023–24	1	LKL	9th	Eightfinal			4 FIBA Europe Cup	QT