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BC Neptūnas

January 01, 1970

Basketball Club Neptūnas (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Neptūnas), commonly known as Neptūnas or Neptūnas Klaipėda, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The club participates in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It was founded in 1962 under the name BC Maistas (English: food) and in 1964, BC Maistas's name was changed to BC Neptūnas. The club carries the name of the Roman sea god Neptune. Neptūnas participated in the 2014–15 EuroLeague season and is only the third Lithuanian club to participate in the premier European basketball league, after Žalgiris and Rytas.

Neptūnas Klaipėda
LeaguesLKL
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
HistoryMaistas Klaipėda
(1962–1964)
Neptūnas Klaipėda
(1964–present)
ArenaŠvyturio Arena
Capacity6,200
LocationKlaipėda, Lithuania
Team colorsBlue and white
   
PresidentSigitas Ambrazevičius
General managerMartynas Mažeika
Team managerDainius Vaitelis
Head coachGeorgios Vovoras
Affiliation(s)Neptūnas-Akvaservis, VKKM, BC Neptūnas (Women), FK Neptūnas
Championships1 Lithuanian SSR Championship
Retired numbers2 (7, 11)
Websitebcneptunas.lt

History edit

First steps (1962–1993) edit

In 1966 Neptūnas won the Žalgiris friendship championship and next year with the same roster became runners-up.

Since 1970 there have been many changes in the team: coaches and players left the team and were replaced with new team members, so the team did not achieve better results. In 1975 Klaipėda's community decided to change the team from its foundations based on people from Klaipėda and the Samogitia region, who also finished studies in the cities of Vilnius and Kaunas. There were young and prospective players, whose energy helped to reach better results in a period of two years, including 3rd place in Lithuanian Spartakiada; in 1981 and 1982 they became runners-up of newspaper Sport's championship, and also in 1983 they became champions of the Soviet Union Professional Union championship.[1]

Difficult start in the LKL (1993–1998) edit

The Lithuanian Basketball Association was founded in 1993, when eight of the strongest Lithuanian basketball clubs' officials met with the representatives of the Šarūnas Marčiulionis basketball fund. Neptūnas was among that eight. This association would soon announce their basketball league that would start in the upcoming fall.[2]

During the founding 1993–1994 LKL season, Neptūnas finished last, reaching only 4 victories per 36 games, despite the tireless efforts shown by Gintautas Bendžius, who averaged almost 20 points per game and was the third best scorer in the whole league.[3] In the following season Neptūnas slightly improved, reaching 10 victories and suffering 30 defeats, with the help of a 21-year-old native Eurelijus Žukauskas, who quickly started becoming the star of the team and later was even nicknamed the "Lithuanian king of blocks".[4][5]

In the 1995–1996 LKL season, Neptūnas progressed even further. With Svajūnas Airošius, Aloyzas Vasiliūnas, and Artūras Jakubauskas averaging double-digits in points and Eurelijus Žukauskas often adding solid double-doubles, the team qualified into the LKL playoffs for the first time with 17 victories as the 7th seed.[6] But they were eliminated by the Lithuanian powerhouse Žalgiris Kaunas 0–2, after failing to guard the Lithuanian star and Olympic champion Rimas Kurtinaitis, who averaged 25.5 points over these games.[7][8]

Neptūnas continued to show progress in the 1996–1997 season, qualifying for the LKL playoffs again by accomplishing a solid 19–17 record, the first with over 50% victories ratio in the club's LKL history.[9] Despite losing the first series game versus BC Šiauliai 80–69, on April 4, 1997, Neptūnas achieved their first-ever victory in the LKL playoffs in a dominating fashion 88–60.[10][11] Yet after Šiauliai's 88–73 revenge two days later, the series was lost 1–2.[12] It was the last game for Eurelijus Žukauskas in a Neptūnas jersey, who, after averaging 15.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.1 blocks, joined Žalgiris and soon became a EuroLeague champion and a multiple medalist with the Lithuania men's national basketball team. Another Neptūnas leader Artūras Jakubauskas left the team as well.

Following the loss of two long-term leaders, the team failed to compete with the same form during the 1997–1998 LKL season. Neptūnas finished as the 8th seed during the regular season with a 6–12 record, but after an unsuccessful second round they finished just 9th among 10 teams.[13] The only consolation of the season was notable progress demonstrated by an 18-year-old Arvydas Macijauskas, who would later become one of the primary faces of Lithuanian basketball.[14]

Participation in the Korać Cup (1998–2000) edit

The 1998–1999 season was remarkably different as on October 6, 1998, Neptūnas debuted in the FIBA Korać Cup, their first European tournament during a game versus the Espoon Honka, which they lost 93–73.[15] But afterwards the team, led by Svajūnas Airošius, Arūnas Seferis and Arvydas Macijauskas, finished with a 4–2 record, claimed the second place in the group and advanced into the sixteenth-finals. They were stopped at that stage by Darüşşafaka, losing the series 0–2.[16] Neptūnas also returned to the LKL playoffs that season after finishing 5th during the regular season. They were eliminated by BC Šiauliai yet again, this time 1–2.[17] After the season, Arvydas Macijauskas signed with the Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.

During the 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup season, Neptūnas had less fortune than in the previous year. They were drawn into the group H, finished with just a 1–5 record, and after taking the 3rd spot in the group did not advance further.[18] In the LKL, Neptūnas finished 8th and failed to challenge Žalgiris Kaunas in the first round of LKL playoffs, losing the series 0–2 with an average of 30 points difference.[19]

First sparks in the LKL playoffs (2000–2012) edit

 
Future team's captain Martynas Mažeika debuted with a Neptūnas jersey in 2000.
 
Tomas Delininkaitis, a two-time medalist with the Lithuania national team, started his career in Neptūnas.

After the 1999–2000 season, Neptūnas became a constant LKL playoffs participant, though at first they were unable to overcome the quarter-finals barrier. During the 2000–2001 LKL season, Neptūnas, led by one of the LKL's best scorer and playmaker Vidas Ginevičius (19.59 points, 4.32 assists per game), finished in a desired 3rd seed during the regular season, but was shockingly eliminated 0–2 by the Alita Alytus in the quarter-final.[20] During the following 2001–2002 LKL season, Neptūnas triumphed just 10 times per 32 games, but that was enough to qualify for the LKL playoffs as the 8th seed, although they were quickly wiped out 0–2 by an uprising Lithuanian powerhouse Lietuvos rytas Vilnius, led by young and hungry Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Robertas Javtokas, Simas Jasaitis, Rimantas Kaukėnas and a former Neptūnas player Arvydas Macijauskas.[21][22] The 2002–2003 LKL season was only slightly different; this time the Neptūnas squad finished 6th in the regular season, but yet again was smashed 0–2 in the quarter-final by BC Šiauliai, in spite of all of Tomas Delininkaitis's efforts.[23] In the 2003–2004 season, Neptūnas reached the all-time bottom by winning just 6 times per 36 games and finishing last in the league (10th), including an absolutely disastrous 22 game losing streak.[24]

 
Antonio Grant, leader of the team during the 2004–2005 season

The 2004–2005 season was a bit more positive page in the club's history. During it, Neptūnas finished 4th during the regular LKL season and advanced to the TOP 5 teams of the league group, however Neptūnas was once again eliminated by BC Šiauliai in the knockout stage 1–2 and finished 5th in the final rankings.[25] During the 2005 LKL All-Star Day, Petras Šalvis won the club's third LKL Three-point Shootout title.[26] The team also participated in the Baltic Basketball League Elite Division for the first time as well, finishing 5th.[27] Neptūnas slightly regressed again in the following 2005–2006 season, finishing 6th during the regular LKL season and, as previously, lost the first round of the LKL playoffs to BC Šiauliai 0–2 and finished only 10th in the BBL, with the only consolations being the club's fourth LKL Three-point Shootout title captured by Marius Kasiulevičius and the club's first-ever LKL Slam Dunk Contest champion title by Antonio Grant.[28][29]

In the 2006–2007 season, Neptūnas finished 3rd during the regular LKL season for the second time in the club's history. Furthermore, they also finally sailed through the quarter-final stage of the LKL playoffs by overcoming the Nevėžis Kėdainiai 2–0. But Neptūnas' journey was again stopped by Lietuvos rytas at semi-finals 0–2, and Neptūnas qualified for their first historical LKL bronze final. The aspiration for the first-ever LKL medal was crushed by gallingly losing the series 0–3 to BC Šiauliai, with two home games being lost by just three and two points.[30] In BBL, the team finished 2 places lower than in the previous season (12th).[31]

Before the 2007–2008 season, Neptūnas signed with 19-year-old Deividas Gailius, who would soon lead Neptūnas during some of the club's most historic moments. However that season the team did not have much luck on the court. They ended up 5th during the regular LKL season and were once more eliminated in the quarter-final, this time by BC Alytus 1–2.[32] The first series game, which could have made the series completely opposite, was dramatically lost by just three points in Alytus.[33] Moreover, Neptūnas disappointingly finished only 16th in the BBL Elite Division. This was the club's worst and the last appearance in the elite division of the league.

The first part of the 2008–2009 LKL season finished almost identically when the club finished as the 5th seed, however the playoffs were drastically different.[34] Neptūnas overcame the LKL quarter-final for the second time in history, beating Nevėžis 2–1. And after losing the semi-final to Žalgiris 0–2, Neptūnas returned to the bronze final for another try where they yet again faced a long-term rival BC Šiauliai. Despite the militant efforts and the thirst for a long-awaited revenge, the series was lost 2–3 following another dramatic defeat of 73–80 in Šiauliai, with Valdas Vasylius and Arvydas Eitutavičius scoring more than half of the team's points (45).[35]

In the 2009–2010 LKL season, Neptūnas, led by a future team's manager Osvaldas Kurauskas, clinched the 5th spot during the regular season for a third straight year and was eliminated by the Juventus Utena 0–2 in the quarter-final.[36] The 2010–2011 LKL regular season achieved just one less victory than the previous season, however this resulted in finishing only 8th and facing off the upcoming champions Žalgiris Kaunas in the first round of the playoffs.[37] Regardless of being smashed 61–96 in Kaunas during the first series encounter, the team, led by a captain Martynas Mažeika, mightily fought in their home arena, this time losing only 82–88.[38][39] Nevertheless, with the Švyturys Arena being built in the city, the historical victories and achievements were yet to come.

Historical victories and achievements (2012–2016) edit

2012–13 season: VTB United League debut edit

"It is sweet. Especially because of the way we achieved it. We were a young, talented, ambitious, but inconsistent team. Prienai ruined our feast in Klaipėda, so now we ruined their feast in Prienai. Prienai kindled hell at home, but we haven't heard it. We were pumped for basketball and it did not affect us."

— Kazys Maksvytis, following the club's first triumph in the LKL bronze final.[40]

2012 was a memorable year for Neptūnas as they were invited to VTB United League, despite the fact that they only took 6th place in LKL the previous season.[41] Club director Osvaldas Kurauskas said that they are not going to be group outsiders and that they will raise the club's budget for the next season.[42] Neptūnas debuted in VTB United League on October 7, 2012, against CSKA Moscow. Despite a powerful opponent Neptūnas won two quarters by one point (23–22, 14–13), however it was not enough to win the game as Neptūnas lost 72–83.[43] After the season in the VTB United League, they were last in the group, however they were invited to continue playing in this league for another season. Despite poor results in the VTB League, where they finished with a dismal 3–15 record, Neptūnas recovered in the LKL, thanks to very solid play from leader Deividas Gailius, finishing 3rd and winning the bronze medals for the first time in club history, in a competitive series against BC Prienai, winning 3–2.[44]

2013–14 season: First time LKL finalists edit

"Now we are loading our suitcases and are going back to Klaipėda, but not quietly, we are going there with a cup and raised heads. I think the fans were satisfied with the final series. <...> I hope that Klaipėda's team will climb higher step by step. <...> I think we can play in the Euroleague."

— Kazys Maksvytis, after losing the club's first LKL final series 2–4.[45]

The 2013–14 season was not less memorable for Neptūnas. During the regular season, Neptūnas defeated LKL champion and constant EuroLeague participant Žalgiris Kaunas several times, with the results 81–73 at Švyturys Arena[46] and 79–88 at Žalgiris Arena.[47] In the regular LKL season Neptūnas took third place and met Šiauliai in the quarter-finals, who they eliminated with a series result of 2–1. Neptūnas also won the semi-finals against Prienai TonyBet with a result of 2-0 and qualified to the LKL finals for the first time in club history.[48] In the finals Neptūnas met previously defeated Žalgiris. Despite two former victories during the regular season, basketball experts were widely skeptical that Neptūnas could win any games there.[49] Nevertheless, the militant Neptūnas showed that they can fight against Žalgiris and won their first LKL final series game with a 71–59 score in crammed Švyturys Arena,[50] however then Neptūnas lost three games to Žalgiris and almost lost all the chances of winning the series.[51][52][53] In spite of that, Neptūnas did not give up and won the fifth series game with a score of 87–86,[54] however they failed to do that again in the sixth series game and after being crushed 90–70, lost the LKL final series with a result of 4–2.[55] Despite a sufficiently successful LKL season, Neptūnas had tough times in international competitions. In the second-tier European league EuroCup Neptūnas won four games out of ten and after taking fifth place of sixth in the group did not qualify into the second stage. Neptūnas also participated in VTB United League, however there, after winning five of eighteen games, Neptūnas did not qualify into the playoffs and took eighth place out of ten in the group. Following the best LKL season in club history, on June 25, 2014, Neptūnas was invited to join the prestigious EuroLeague as an LKL vice-champion for the 2014–15 season.[56]

2014–15 season: EuroLeague debut edit

 
Since 2011 Neptūnas has played in one of Lithuania's finest arenas.
 
Mustafa Shakur, one of Neptūnas's leaders in the 2014–15 season

Before their debut in the EuroLeague, Neptūnas recalled former team leader Deividas Gailius. Multiple LKL champion Donatas Zavackas and UBL champion Michailas Anisimovas were signed as well. However, Anisimovas left the team shortly afterward without debuting in the EuroLeague due to the military crisis in Ukraine. On October 15, 2014, Neptūnas played their first EuroLeague game against the Laboral Kutxa, which they lost 69–88 despite playing more than two quarters point-to-point.[57] On October 23, 2014, Neptūnas achieved the club's first EuroLeague victory against KK Crvena zvezda with a score of 83–81 after the Valdas Vasylius winning shot 3 seconds away from over-time.[58] This was the first EuroLeague game played in the Neptūnas home-court. On October 31, 2014, Neptūnas lost their third EuroLeague game only after OT 81–85 against one of the strongest tournament teams, Olympiacos Piraeus, two times EuroLeague champion over the past three years.[59] Despite being competitive and cherishing a chance of qualifying for the TOP16 stage, Neptūnas failed to accomplish this in their debut EuroLeague season, winning 4 games of 10 total and taking 5th place in the group. It was just one step from the TOP16's qualifier Galatasaray, who also finished with a 4–10 record. As a result, Neptūnas was transferred to the EuroCup Last 32 stage. The EuroCup was just a terrible place for Neptūnas. There they won only once against Paris-Levallois Basket, suffered five defeats and took last place in the group. A promising season in international competitions was finished painfully.

On February 20–22, Neptūnas participated in the 2015 LKF Cup. They surprisingly lost the quarter-finals game to Šiauliai 71–73 and ended the appearance in competition early.[60]

Neptūnas recovered in the LKL, playing very solidly, even splitting the season series with Žalgiris. They defeated the Lithuanian powerhouse twice in two weeks: 67–65 in Klaipėda[61] and 90–86 in Kaunas.[62] Deividas Gailius led Neptūnas during these two games. But they took only the third spot during the regular season due to the unfavorable results versus Lietuvos rytas. Neptūnas defeated Dzūkija with the series result of 3–1, losing only once in Alytus 56–65.[63] The semi-finals began unsuccessfully for the team versus Lietuvos rytas. Despite holding up close to the opponents the whole game, Neptūnas lost during the final minutes 88–79 in Vilnius.[64] But Neptūnas, led by Deividas Gailius (22 points) and Arnas Butkevičius (20 points), successfully got revenge in Klaipėda, overcoming Rytas 107–101 after OT.[65] The semi-final series was tied at 1–1. But Neptūnas lost another thriller 96–89 two days later in Vilnius and ended up on the edge of the precipice.[66] Furthermore, primary Neptūnas center Simas Galdikas suffered a painful leg injury, after stepping on Kšyštof Lavrinovič's feet.[67] Despite that, the team's coach Kazys Maksvytis said that "we will meet in Vilnius again".[68] This promise did not came true following the 87–92 loss at home.[69] Neptūnas lost the semi-final series 3–1 to Lietuvos rytas. And then Neptūnas suffered the biggest fiasco of the season. They shockingly lost to Juventus in the LKL bronze medals series 2–3, including an embarrassing defeat in the decisive game 69–84 in the home arena.[70]

Neptūnas had the highest attendance rate in all of LKL during this season (3,022 spectators per game).[71]

2015–16 season: Second EuroCup season edit

 
Dainius Adomaitis replaced Kazys Maksvytis in 2015.

Following the lost LKL semi-final and the bronze final last season, Neptūnas did not automatically qualify into the EuroCup. But on June 29, 2015, they received the wild card to the tournament.[72] For the first time in history, three Lithuanian basketball clubs were invited to participate in the second-tier European league. Krasta Auto (authorized BMW dealer in Lithuania) became one of the club sponsors, giving brand-new cars for the club members.[73]

 
Daniel Ewing, star of the team during the 2015–16 season

Neptūnas began the summer by losing former leader Deividas Gailius, who signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.[74] Gailius was replaced with one of the last season Juventus leaders Arvydas Šikšnius.[75] Furthermore, former Juventus head coach Dainius Adomaitis signed a two-year deal with Neptūnas as well. Past Lithuania men's national basketball team head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra, Olympic champion Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuania national team head coach assistant Darius Maskoliūnas and Gediminas Petrauskas were other solid candidates to replace Kazys Maksvytis.[76] Neptūnas captain Martynas Mažeika signed a new two-year contract with the club.[77] It was his 11th season at Neptūnas. Vytautas Šarakauskas and Simas Galdikas stayed with Neptūnas as well, both signing two-year contracts with the club.[78][79] One of BK Ventspils's leaders Jerai Grant became the club's first foreigner in the summer of 2015.[80] University of Rhode Island graduate Gilvydas Biruta, who represented the Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League, also joined BC Neptūnas.[81] Three times Polish league champion and experienced EuroLeague player Daniel Ewing became Neptūnas' main point guard on August 15, 2015.[82] Neptūnas also signed multiple NCAA three-pointers record holder Travis Bader to strengthen the shooting guard position.[83]

On October 14, 2015, the new 2015–16 EuroCup season began with a loss to the powerful Galatasaray S.K. squad 90–94 in Klaipėda.[84] The second game versus the Hapoel Jerusalem was not successful either, losing it 74–59. But afterwards the team began showing a very solid form. They won 6 of 7 games, including the noteworthy away games victories versus the BC Nizhny Novgorod 78–82 and Galatasaray S.K. 76–82, both of them being EuroLeague Top 16 participants last season. During the last match of the regular season versus the AEK, Neptūnas was even able to guarantee the first place in the group, but after dissipating a 16-point advantage in the third quarter, lost it 75–71 and finished second.[85] Just before the start of the EuroCup's Last 32 stage, Trent Plaisted replaced Simas Galdikas.[86] Despite a very successful first stage, the Last 32 phase began with a desperate loss to Aris 84–58 in Thessaloniki.[87] However, the team then created a feast in Klaipėda, defeating Alba Berlin 73–65.[88] Following it, Neptūnas suffered two close defeats to the Italian powerhouse EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (79–71 in Milan and 73–74 in Klaipėda).[89][90] The pleasant 72–68 rematch with Aris left the Neptūnas hopes for the playoffs alive, though it vanished after losing to Alba 62–76 in Berlin and finishing with a 2–4 record in the second round.[91][92]

"It's been a very long journey but what we accomplished was great. Salute to ALL the fans and people of Klaipėda, thank you very much for your support and generosity! Special thanks to my teammates, none of this was possible without the commitment we had for each other. Thanks to the coaching staff and organization for the opportunity to wear the jersey of NEP-TŪ-NAS. And if our paths never cross again, I'd like to say it's been a pleasure."

— Daniel Ewing.[93]

On 19–21 February, Neptūnas competed in the newly formed Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė tournament. The team easily overcame BC Šiauliai 96–58 at the quarter-final, but was powerfully stopped at the semi-final by the upcoming champions Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 97–79.[94][95] Still, they rehabilitated by winning the club's first Lithuanian Cup bronze medals after crushing Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas 88–51.[96] Shortly after the competition, Gilvydas Biruta was replaced with Angus Brandt.[97][98]

In LKL, Neptūnas finished the regular season with a third seed and a 19–17 record. Švyturys Arena had the most spectators in the LKL for a second straight season, this time with 3,474 per game.[99] In the quarter-final, Neptūnas eliminated BC Šiauliai 3–1.[100] The semi-final series versus Lietuvos rytas Vilnius was one of the most dramatic in the league's history.[101] Neptūnas began it by shocking Rytas in their home arena with an 83–71 victory.[102] Afterwards, the team also secured their home court in Game 2, winning 70–68.[103] The fate of the historic series was to be determined in Game 5, following two dramatic Rytas victories: 66–64 and 74–73.[104][105] During Game 5, Daniel Ewing led Neptūnas to another stunning upset of the Lithuanian powerhouse 73–72, surprisingly won the intense series 3–2, and advanced into the LKL final just for a second time in club history.[106] The final series was begun with an 83–72 loss to Žalgiris Kaunas.[107] Just three days later, Neptūnas by surprise swept Žalgiris 76–54 to tie the series 1–1.[108] In spite of that, later Neptūnas failed to compete in the series, losing the next three games by an average of 25 points and the series 1–4.[109]

Basketball Champions League participants (2016–2020) edit

2016–17 season: Basketball Champions League debut edit

On October 21, 2016, Neptūnas decided to choose the FIBA Basketball Champions League instead of the EuroCup.[110] On July 10, Neptūnas re-signed with the efficient center Jerai Grant for another season.[111] On July 27, Larry Drew II, son of the prominent NBA player and coach Larry Drew, joined the team to replace Daniel Ewing who left the team.[112] On August 4, former Lithuania men's national basketball team member Tadas Klimavičius signed a two-seasons deal with the club.[113] On August 10, Matas Jucikas signed a long-term (three-seasons) deal.[114] On August 24, another Lithuanian, Mindaugas Kačinas, fresh out of the NCAA Division I US college basketball system at South Carolina, was signed.[115] On August 26, Jimmy Baron became the last addition to the team's roster before the beginning of the season.[116] On November 3, the front line was strengthened with Omari Johnson.[117]

On October 19, Neptūnas started the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season with a close 67–65 away victory over Uşak Sportif.[118] Neptūnas ended up as the second team in the group, with a 10–4 record and a first round playoff bye.

In January, Tadas Klimavičius left after terminating his contract and signed with BC Vytautas. While the Klimavičius departure was not as significant, team star and leader Jimmy Baron signed with BC Lietuvos rytas in February, shocking both the team and its fans. On February 10, just one day after Baron's departure, the team released Drew and Johnson, after reported discipline violations. Club director and longtime former player Osvaldas Kurauskas was fired as well. The departures affected the team, who were easily defeated in the first round of the King Mindaugas Cup by BC Žalgiris 58:81. However, by the end of February, good news struck the team - Daniel Ewing returned to Neptūnas from Israel, replacing Larry Drew at the point guard position, and Neptūnas also signed Chris Lofton to a deal, to replace Jimmy Baron. The changes did not help the team in the Champions League, ending with a loss on aggregate to MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the quarterfinals 119:125 (61:73 away and 58:52 home).

While the season was over in the Champions League, Neptūnas went on a win streak in the LKL, climbing up the standings. They finished the regular season in fourth seed with 21 victories and 15 defeats balance. During the 2016–17 LKL Playoffs quarter-final Neptūnas eliminated Juventus Utena 3–0, and advanced into the semi-finals where they faced Lithuanian champions Žalgiris Kaunas.[119] Game 1 of the series did not provide much intrigue in Kaunas, with Žalgiris desperately crushing Neptūnas 83–54.[120] The view was completely different during Game 2 in Klaipėda where Neptūnas defeated Žalgiris 73–70 to even the series 1–1.[121] In Kaunas, Žalgiris won again, 83:60 and finished the series in Klaipėda, where Neptūnas lost the game 53:69 and the series 1–3. During the LKL bronze final Neptūnas faced Lietuvos rytas Vilnius for the intense series. Both teams successfully defended their home courts with Neptūnas losing the opening game on May 29, 2017, in Vilnius 79–60, but winning 83–70 on June 1 in Klaipėda.[122][123] Later the series continued in the same order with Lietuvos rytas defeating Neptūnas 71–54 for the second time in Vilnius on June 4, and Neptūnas doing the same 70–65 in Klaipėda on June 7 to force the Game 5 of the series.[124][125] Neptūnas lost the series on June 10 in Vilnius after losing the crucial game 75–66 and the series 3–2, mostly because of two former Neptūnas players Jimmy Baron and Deividas Gailius who combined for more than a half of Rytas' points (39).[126] A very promising season at the beginning ended on a very disappointing note.

2017–18 season: Second Basketball Champions League season edit

 
Renaldas Seibutis, one of the primary players in the 2017–18 season

On June 28, 2017, it was announced that Neptūnas will compete in the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League season without participating in the qualifying tournament.[127][128] On the same day former head coach Kazys Maksvytis returned to the team, replacing the newly chosen Lithuania men's national basketball team head coach Dainius Adomaitis due to the difficulties to match two coaching positions.[129] Edgaras Želionis became club's first player addition for the upcoming season on July 5, 2017.[130] Afterwards, the team has signed two long-term Lithuania national team members Tomas Delininkaitis and Renaldas Seibutis.[131][132] On July 27, 2017, Neptūnas reached an agreement with Laimonas Kisielius and signed a two-years deal.[133] On August 10, 2017, the team signed Juan Palacios to replace Jerai Grant.[134] On August 14, 2017, former team member Simas Galdikas returned to the team.[135] Due to the departure of the previous long-term captain Martynas Mažeika, Simas Galdikas was chosen to replace him in the position.[136]

On September 21, 2017, Neptūnas began the 2017–18 LKL season by defeating BC Šiauliai 73–82.[137] On the next day, Malcolm Armstead, known for his scoring ability, was signed.[138] After a solid 5–1 LKL season start, including a 73–64 victory versus the reigning champions Žalgiris Kaunas,[139] on October 10, 2017, Neptūnas successfully started the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League season with a last seconds 75–73 victory over the French League champions Élan Chalon.[140] On October 25, 2017, Malcolm Armstead was replaced with Jerry Johnson due to his poor sport form.[141] On November 1, 2017, Neptūnas crushed Gaziantep Basketbol during the Champions League away game 114–73 and achieved their highest victory in the history of the tournament.[142] More wins followed - a dominating away against Betaland Capo d'Orlando 90:60, and a home win against P.A.O.K. BC - 82:69. Neptūnas also picked up home wins over Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 81:76 and Lietkabelis Panevėžys 86:76, and moved up to 2nd place in the LKL standings. However, financial problems surfaced - Neptūnas was badly beaten in the Champions League by defending league champion Iberostar Tenerife 67:90, and lost team leaders Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Arnas Butkevičius, who left the team to sign with Lietuvos rytas.[143][144] On December 14, 2017, team manager Artūras Žalys was fired and was replaced by a prominent Lithuanian basketball agent Virginijus Bulotas.[145] This proved to be false, as the man that wanted to hire Bulotas, Artūras Jakubauskas, was fired and was replaced by Giedrius Vasilkevičius. Sigitas Ambrazevičius became the new team owner. After some more bad news - Palacios leaving for Beşiktaş J.K., some good news arrived - Neptūnas signed Vytautas Šulskis and new point guard Brandon Fields, who replaced the departed Girdžiūnas. In the second round of the Champions League, Neptūnas struggled - they lost to Élan Chalon 81:86, but won the away game against Ventspils 84:69 (Neptūnas had won at home 87:80 in the first round). Neptūnas suffered their first loss of the season at home against MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 71:87 (Neptūnas lost the first round away game 83:95). In an away game against Gaziantep, Neptūnas were down by double digits for most of the game - but managed to force overtime, and lost 94:98 after coach Maksvytis got ejected. After a dominating home win against Betaland Capo d'Orlando 99:62, Neptūnas lost the final two games of the regular season against P.A.O.K. 70:91 in Thessaloniki and against Iberostar at home, 67:83. Neptūnas finished the regular season with a 7–7 record, but made the playoffs. On February 13, Neptūnas suffered one of the most embarrassing losses of the season, losing to BC Dzūkija 77:85 in the quarterfinals of the King Mindaugas Cup. The loss was especially painful, because the final four of the tournament was held in Klaipėda. In the Champions League playoffs, Neptūnas suffered another heartbreak, losing the SIG Basket on aggregate 151:158, winning the first match at home 73:68, but losing a thriller at Strasbourg in overtime, 78:88. In the LKL, Neptūnas rebounded and defeated Lietuvos rytas 99:86 in Vilnius, thus showing signs of improved play. Neptūnas then signed center Jameel McKay, to help the team in the LKL. McKay, however, played poorly and was released in May.

Neptūnas finished 3rd in the regular season in the LKL, and defeated BC Pieno žvaigždės 3:1 in the quarterfinals, including a dominating 101:64 win in the deciding game four in Pasvalys. Neptūnas faced rival BC Lietuvos rytas in the semifinal. After winning the first game 84:79 in Vilnius and taking the series lead, Neptūnas had one of the worst shooting performances of all time, losing 49:67 in Klaipėda, with Rytas tying the series 1:1. Rytas then won the third game in Vilnius 74:67, and took a 2:1 lead in the series. Led by Želionis, Seibutis, Delininkaitis and Galdikas, Neptūnas tied the series with a 74:70 win in Klaipėda. In the decisive fifth game in Vilnius, Neptūnas lost a close game 82:88, and lost the series 2:3. In the series for 3rd place, Neptūnas faced previous year's finalist, BC Lietkabelis. Having home court advantage, Neptūnas started the series with an embarrassing 69:83 loss - Lietkabelis had led by 29 points at one point and only when young players like Matas Jucikas and Laurynas Beliauskas were in, did Neptūnas cut the deficit. Down 0:1 in the series, Neptūnas was down for much of the game in Panevėžys, including an 11-point deficit in the 2nd quarter, before coming from behind and winning the game 71:69, after a last second layup by Seibutis. The series was tied 1:1. In the third game at home, Neptūnas took the lead in the first quarter and never looked back, winning 79:71 and taking a 2:1 series lead. In the fourth game in Panevėžys, Neptūnas started slowly, but led by Želionis, who scored 27 points in the game, Delininkaitis and Johnson, took the lead by half-time, and went on to win the game 89:78, winning the series 3:1 and winning the bronze medals for the second time in club history. After all the turmoil all season long, the win helped the team finish the season on a high.

2018–19 season: Third Basketball Champions League season edit

 
 
Tomas Delininkaitis (left) and Deividas Gailius (right), both natives of Klaipėda, were major stars of the team in the 2018–19 season.

After the season ended, Neptūnas entered the off-season with uncertainty. Team leaders Seibutis and Želionis departed, and players like Fields, Johnson, Šulskis and Kačinas were released. Coach Maksvytis remained with the team, and all the chaos with the management was sorted out. Neptūnas signed Paulius Dambrauskas and Lorenzo Williams from rival BC Lietkabelis, as the new point guards. Neptūnas then signed back Jerai Grant, who returned after a one-year absence, at center. Žalgiris loaned Neptūnas Gytis Masiulis, one of the team's top prospects, to get more playing time. Neptūnas also signed Osvaldas Olisevičius, the leader of BC Pieno žvaigždės, to a one-year deal. Kyle Weaver signed with Neptūnas in August. Neptūnas showed a lot of promise during the pre-season, winning a couple of tournaments. On January 14, 2019, Deividas Gailius returned to Neptūnas, signing for the rest of the season. On April 4, 2019, Weaver was released by Neptūnas.

Neptūnas started the 2018–19 LKL season with a 100:76 home win over BC Nevėžis. On October 14, Neptūnas shocked champions BC Žalgiris with a dominating 75:60 win in Kaunas, and climbed to first place in the LKL standings. On November 3, Neptūnas picked up another shocking away win, beating rivals BC Rytas in Vilnius, 78:66. The seven game win streak ended on November 18, in a home defeat against BC Rytas, 78:93, also losing the 1st place in the standings to Žalgiris. Neptūnas recovered from the loss by crushing rival BC Lietkabelis 100:76 in Panevėžys, tying Rytas for second place in the standings. On January 6, the first game of the new year, Neptūnas shocked Žalgiris again, this time winning a double overtime thriller at home, 98:93. This win helped Neptūnas retain the second place over Rytas in the standings. A shocking loss to BC Pieno žvaigždės at home, 77:80, lead to Neptūnas giving the spot up to Rytas. Neptūnas returned to the second place the next week, after Rytas suffered a loss themselves. On March 3, Neptūnas shocked Žalgiris again, with an 81:71 win at home, and becoming the first team in since 2014 to beat Žalgiris in a season series. The win helped Neptūnas retain second place in the standings over Rytas. On March 30, however, after a very poor fourth quarter, Neptūnas lost to Rytas in Vilnius, 52:70, and lost the second place to Rytas. On April 11, Neptūnas picked up a dominating home win over Rytas, 89:74, continuing the battle for second place. An 8-game win streak followed, and even after an 80:90 loss to Žalgiris on May 9 snapped it, Neptūnas had already secured second place and homecourt advantage in the playoffs. Neptūnas finished with a 28–8 record. Neptūnas defeated SkyCop Prienai 2:1 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Neptūnas faced rivals Rytas. Having homecourt advantage for the first time, Neptūnas started the series at home – however, Neptūnas played the worst game of the season, with Rytas taking a lead at halftime, and increasing it by the end, taking a 75:46 win in Klaipėda, with Neptūnas even hearing boos from the fans. In the second game, Neptūnas desperately needed the win, to take the series back to Klaipėda - in a tension filled match, where team captain Galdikas even received an ejection, Neptūnas started poorly, with Rytas taking a huge lead at halftime. By the end, Neptūnas was only able to cut down the deficit – 70:83 and a very disappointing 0:2 loss. In the 3rd place series, Neptūnas faced Lietkabelis, in a rematch from last season, which Neptūnas won, and the King Mindaugas Cup of 2019, where Neptūnas lost. Neptūnas won the series 3:0, with wins at home 89:77 and 84:77, and away 88:75.[146]

At the star of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Neptūnas lost to Virtus Bologna in an away game, 78:83. Neptūnas got their first win by defeating Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 78:63 at home the next week. After a hard-fought away loss to B.C. Oostende, 89:91, Neptūnas rebounded by scoring two wins - a home victory and revenge over SIG Strasbourg 92:83, and finally, an away win against KK Olimpija, 97:88, being led by Jerai Grant and a resurgent Delininkaitis. The win streak was stopped at home by Promitheas Patras B.C., with Neptūnas losing the match 82:83 after some turnovers in the end. In the final game of the first round, Neptūnas suffered one of the worst losses in European competitions, losing to Medi Bayreuth 78:102 in an away loss, finishing with a 3–4 record. Neptūnas recovered at the start of the second round, handing Virtus their first loss in the competition with an 88:85 home win. In Istanbul, Neptūnas lost to Beşiktaş 70:77. Another heartbreaking loss to Oostende, this time at home, 77:79, plummeted Neptūnas to a disastrous 7th place in the standings. However, Neptūnas recovered - sparked by the return of Gailius, Neptūnas finished the regular season with four consecutive wins - an away win over SIG Strasbourg 90:80, a home win over KK Olimpija 82:74, getting revenge over Promitheas Patras with a dominating 82:69 away victory, and defeating Medi Bayeruth 83:73 at home, finishing with an 8–6 record. After Oostende lost at home to SIG, Neptūnas qualified to the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and finished 3rd in standings. In the playoffs, Neptūnas faced Hapoel Jerusalem, one of the top teams in the competition. In the first game at home, Neptūnas lost 74:86. In the rematch, Neptūnas lost 64:84, losing the series on aggregate 138:170.[147]

2019–20 season edit

 
Gytis Masiulis was loaned from Žalgiris Kaunas and was one of Neptunas's key players in the 2019–20 season

The third-place finish helped Neptūnas directly qualify for the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League. Coach Maksvytis, team leader Grant, Williams, Dambrauskas, Bieliauskas, Kisielius and Mikalauskas left during the summer. Assistant coach Tomas Rinkevičius was named as Maksvytis replacement. Neptūnas signed Andre Williamson as the new center to replace Grant, while Darrin Dorsey was a replacement for Williams as the new point guard. Žygimantas Janavičius was also signed to strengthen the point guard position. Masiulis was loaned for one more season by Žalgiris, while another Euroleague team, Kirilobet Baskonia, loaned Tadas Sedekerskis for Neptūnas. Matas Jogėla signed just before the season started. Team veterans Gailius and Delininkaitis remained with the team. Neptūnas won the Vladas Garastas Cup, defeating BC Dnipro 75–63 in the finals, which also served as the club's 55 year anniversary tournament.[148] Longtime captain Martynas Mažeika returned to the team in January.

Neptūnas started off the 2019–20 LKL season by defeating BC Juventus 80–67 at home. Neptūnas struggled in the LKL, and in February, with an 11–9 record and 5th place in the standings, and an early exit in the Champions League also, replaced coach Rinkevičius with assistant Jurica Žuža. Under Žuža, Neptūnas qualified for the King Mindaugas Cup, by beating BC Dzūkija 92:89 away and 73:72 at home, avenging the loss in 2018, and qualifying for the Final Four tournament, held on Neptūnas homecourt Švyturio Arena. Despite promising statements from the management and coach Žuža, the tournament ended with Neptūnas finishing in a disappointing 4th place, suffering a blowout loss in the semifinals to BC Rytas 71:96, and a loss in the 3rd place game to BC Lietkabelis, 73:84. Coach Žuža was then replaced by the coach of the reserve team Neptūnas-Akvaservis, Tomas Gaidamavičius. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the LKL season was ended prematurely, with Neptūnas finishing in 4th place.[146]

In the Basketball Champions League, Neptūnas defeated Happy Casa Brindisi 81–71 in the home opener. In the second game, Neptūnas faced JDA Dijon, also at home - despite the best efforts from Neptūnas, JDA Dijon took a huge lead at halftime, and won the game 89–75. Tied at 1-1, Neptūnas won the first away game of the tournament, beating PAOK 94–72 in Thessaloniki. Neptūnas then defeated Casademont Zaragoza 91–73 at home. Neptūnas lost to Telekom Baskets Bonn, 85–97, in an away game. Neptūnas finished the first round with a home win over Beşiktaş J.K. 86–80, and an away loss to Falco KC, 73–97, tied for 3rd place with a 4–3 record. The second round, however, ended up with failure - Neptūnas suffered away losses to both Brindisi and JDA Dijon, 82:96 and 71:92, a very painful home loss to PAOK 80:86, and lost to Casademonet Zaragoza, 70:86, losing 5 consecutive games for the first time in the competition. While Neptūnas defeated Telekom Baskets 93:68 at home, an away loss to Beşiktaş, 69:76, ended any hope for Neptūnas to reach the playoffs, for the first time since joining the competition. Neptūnas finished the competition with a win at home over Falco KC, 87:83, finishing 6th with a 6–8 record.[149]

The pandemic difficulties (2020–present) edit

2020–21 season edit

Neptūnas faced off with the financial difficulties when the rest of the 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore the club formed its next season roster mostly from young Lithuanian players and had no foreign players.[150] Starting the 2020–21 season, Neptūnas participated in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League season Qualification Group D, where it defeated the London Lions 77–73 in the semi-finals, however the team failed to qualify to the regular season after losing the qualification final to the BC Tsmoki-Minsk 69–59, and played only in the Lithuanian League.[151] In the LKL, Neptūnas became the surprise team of the year. Under coach Tomas Gaidamavičius, the young team with some veteran leadership, led by players like Martynas Mažeika, Žygimantas Janavičius and Matas Jogėla, were in playoff contention all season long. Benas Griciūnas, Evaldas Šaulys, Džiugas Slavinskas, among others, also had good seasons. Deividas Gailius returned near the end of the season to Neptūnas, immediately becoming the team leader and leading Neptūnas to the 6th seed in the regular season. In the playoffs, Neptūnas also nearly upset the heavily favored Lietkabelis Panevėžys in the playoffs, and while getting swept in the playoffs, gave Neptūnas fans hope for the future. In the King Mindaugas Cup, Neptūnas also reached the semifinals.

2021–22 season edit

Before the 2021–2022 season, Neptūnas largely kept the same core as in the previous season, re-signed Deividas Gailius, and also signed the returning Edgaras Želionis, one of the best players for Neptūnas back in the 2017–2018 season. Neptūnas, having higher expectations for the season, expected to continue where they left off the previous season. However, the season began disastrously for Neptūnas. By December, Neptūnas was coming off a losing streak, which included many blow-out loses, and was out of playoff contention in the LKL. Needing changes, coach Gaidamavičius was released by Neptūnas, and in a surprising move, Dainius Adomaitis returned as the head coach of Neptūnas. Neptūnas regained their form - in the LKL, by April, Neptūnas had risen up to the 7th seed in the standings. Neptūnas finished the LKL regular season with a memorable 93–88 win over Rytas Vilnius in the regular season final. In the playoffs, Neptūnas faced Žalgiris Kaunas, now coached by former Neptūnas head coach Kazys Maksvytis. Neptūnas surprised all critics – they managed to stretch the series out to all five games, with Žalgiris winning 92-88 and 87-71 in Kaunas, and Neptūnas winning 70-68 and 87-78 in Klaipėda, and only in the deciding fifth game did Žalgiris finish off Neptūnas, 89-60 in Kaunas, to win the series 3–2. Gailius and Benas Griciūnas, along with the biggest surprise of the series, Nojus Mineikis, all shined during the series. After the season, Adomaitis once again left Neptūnas.

2022–present edit

During the summer, coach Adomaitis left the team. Neptūnas decided to promote assistant coach Mindaugas Brazys to the head coaching position. Neptūnas rebuilt much of the team. Neptūnas initially struggled during the beginning of the season, going 0-4 at the start of the LKL season, before strong play from players like the returning Mindaugas Girdžiūnas, Deividas Gailius, career seasons from Matas Jogėla and Oskaras Pleikys, Austin Wiley, the best of the new arrivals, brought Neptūnas back to LKL playoff contention, and having competitive matches against all top LKL teams. Neptūnas finished the regular season with a 16-17 record, and 7th place in the regular season. In the LKL quarterfinals, Neptūnas faced long time rivals and defending LKL champions BC Rytas - Rytas beat Neptūnas in a very tough, very competitive series, needing overtime to beat Neptūnas at home 107-99, and finishing Neptūnas 95-91 in Klaipėda, to win the series 2:0. In the King Mindaugas Cup, Neptūnas won the group stage over the newly established and heavily favored BC Wolves. However, in the quarterfinal stage, Neptūnas could not beat CBet Jonava, who beat Neptūnas both in Klaipėda 85-80, and in Jonava 76-75. Long time player Martynas Mažeika, whose number was retired by Neptūnas during the season, also returned to the team, this time as club director.

Players edit

Retired numbers edit

On May 22, 2014, Neptūnas retired their first two numbers:[152]

Neptūnas Klaipėda retired numbers
No. Nat. Player Position Tenure Ceremony date
5   Arvydas Macijauskas SG 1997–1999 22 May 2014
9   Eurelijus Žukauskas C 1994–1997 22 May 2014
7   Martynas Mažeika SG 2000–2004
2008–2009
2010–2017
2020–2022		 10 April 2023

Current roster edit

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

BC Neptūnas roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 1   Maronka, Zsombor 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 21 – (2002-09-10)10 September 2002
PG 2   Newkirk, Josh 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1994-04-17)17 April 1994
PG 4   Janavičius, Žygimantas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 35 – (1989-02-20)20 February 1989
PG 5   Vaitkus, Matas 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 21 – (2002-09-06)6 September 2002
PF 7   Lambrecht, Tim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1998-01-15)15 January 1998
SG 8   Girdžiūnas, Mindaugas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 35 – (1989-01-20)20 January 1989
F/C 9   Pacevičius, Martynas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – (1997-07-19)19 July 1997
F/C 10   Tubelis, Ąžuolas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 22 – (2002-03-22)22 March 2002
F 11   Repšys, Matas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 – (2000-01-28)28 January 2000
PG 12   Šakaitis, Rytis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2004-07-23)23 July 2004
SF 13   Gailius, Deividas (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 36 – (1988-04-26)26 April 1988
G/F 21   Kamperidis, Georgios 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1999-10-01)1 October 1999
C 42   Rutherford, Tommy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 27 – (1997-01-09)9 January 1997
G 43   Sargiūnas, Ignas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
G 77   Leščiauskas, Kristupas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 18 – (2005-06-06)6 June 2005
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Laurynas Gendvilas
Physiotherapist(s)
  •   Martynas Macas
Team manager
  •   Dainius Vaitelis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured
  • Roster
Updated: April 22, 2024

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve
C Tommy Rutherford Martynas Pacevičius
PF Ąžuolas Tubelis Tim Lambrecht
SF Deividas Gailius Zsombor Maronka Matas Repšys
SG Mindaugas Girdžiūnas Ignas Sargiūnas Georgios Kamperidis Kristupas Leščiauskas
PG Žygimantas Janavičius Josh Newkirk Matas Vaitkus Rytis Šakaitis

Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season edit

In edit

Out edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name Moving to
7 PF   Rinalds Mālmanis Tartu Ülikool  
77 SF   Nojus Mineikis CBet Jonava  
33 C   Rokas Gustys London Lions  
23 G/F   Matas Jogėla Rio Breogán  
50 C   Austin Wiley Tofaş S.K.  
14 PF   Oskaras Pleikys Rytas Vilnius  
0 PG   Adomas Sidarevičius Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys  
AC   Sandis Buškevics Olimpas Palanga  
2 PG   Sterling Gibbs Retirement
HC   Mindaugas Brazys BC Wolves  


Logos edit

  •  
    Neptūnas classic logo (1964–2011)
  •  
    Neptūnas new logo (2011–2019)
  •  
    Neptūnas anniversary logo (2019–2020)
  •  
    Neptūnas logo (2020–present)

Honours edit

Domestic competitions edit

Winners (1): 1962

Club achievements edit

Season League Pos. Regional competitions Pos. LKF Cup
KMT Cup 		European competitions
1993–94 LKL 10th
1994–95 LKL 10th
1995–96 LKL 7th
1996–97 LKL 5th
1997–98 LKL 9th
1998–99 LKL 6th 3 Korać Cup R32
1999–00 LKL 8th 3 Korać Cup GS
2000–01 LKL 5th
2001–02 LKL 8th
2002–03 LKL 6th
2003–04 LKL 10th 4 Europe Cup QF
2004–05 LKL 5th BBL Elite Division 5th
2005–06 LKL 6th BBL Elite Division 10th
2006–07 LKL 4th BBL Elite Division 12th
2007–08 LKL 5th BBL Elite Division 16th Fourth qualified
2008–09 LKL 4th BBL Challenge Cup 6th Eighth finalist
2009–10 LKL 5th BBL Challenge Cup 4th Quarter-finalist
2010–11 LKL 8th BBL Challenge Cup 4th Fourth qualified
2011–12 LKL 6th BBL Challenge Cup 6th Second round
2012–13 LKL 3rd VTB League 10th Fifth round
2013–14 LKL 2nd VTB League 8th Fifth round 2 Eurocup RS
2014–15 LKL 4th Fifth round 1 Euroleague RS
2 Eurocup R32
2015–16 LKL 2nd Bronze medal 2 Eurocup R32
2016–17 LKL 4th Quarterfinals 3 Champions League R16
2017–18 LKL 3rd Quarterfinals 3 Champions League R16
2018–19 LKL 3rd Semifinals 3 Champions League R16
2019–20 LKL 4th Semifinals 3 Champions League RS
2020–21 LKL 6th Fourth place
2021–22 LKL 7th Quarterfinals
2022–23 LKL 7th Quarterfinals
2023–24 LKL Quarterfinals
Detailed information of former rosters and results.[153][154][155][156][157][158]

LKL playoffs edit

Notable players edit

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Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
  • A foreign international player who has significantly contributed into the results of the club.
  • A Lithuanian player who has significantly contributed into the results of the club.

Head coaches edit

Team management edit

Board Representative

  Sigitas Ambrazevičius

Board members

  Arunas Tuma
  Alvydas Vaiciunas
  Edvinas Vaickus
  Vytautas Lygnugarys
  Vidmantas Dambrauskas

Director of the Club

  Sigitas Ambrazevičius

Statistical leaders edit

All time points per game in all tournaments (PPG) edit

Position Player Seasons Games Points total Points per game
1
Martynas Mažeika
15
438
4561
12.29
2
Valdas Vasylius
4
217
2581
11.89
3
Deividas Gailius
4
192
2372
12.35
4
Vaidotas Pridotkas
8
253
2077
8.21
5
Svajūnas Airošius
5
167
1972
9.68
6
Simas Galdikas
5
249
1894
7.6
7
Artūras Jakubauskas
3
112
1830
16.34
8
Audrius Mineikis
7
181
1752
11.80
9
Eurelijus Žukauskas
4
146
1629
11.16
10
Marius Runkauskas
4
154
1507
9.79

Youth academy edit

Neptūnas closely works with Vladas Knašius Basketball School as a ladder for youth to professional basketball. Players such as Arvydas Macijauskas, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Tomas Delininkaitis, and many players of the current Neptūnas roster attended V. Knašius Basketball School.

Video game edit

Neptūnas basketball club was featured in the NBA 2K16 video game.[160][161]

References edit

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External links edit

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

January 01, 1970
neptūnas, basketball, club, neptūnas, lithuanian, krepšinio, klubas, neptūnas, commonly, known, neptūnas, neptūnas, klaipėda, lithuanian, professional, basketball, club, based, klaipėda, lithuania, club, participates, lithuanian, basketball, league, founded, 1. Basketball Club Neptunas Lithuanian Krepsinio klubas Neptunas commonly known as Neptunas or Neptunas Klaipeda is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Klaipeda Lithuania The club participates in the Lithuanian Basketball League It was founded in 1962 under the name BC Maistas English food and in 1964 BC Maistas s name was changed to BC Neptunas The club carries the name of the Roman sea god Neptune Neptunas participated in the 2014 15 EuroLeague season and is only the third Lithuanian club to participate in the premier European basketball league after Zalgiris and Rytas Neptunas KlaipedaLeaguesLKLFounded1964 60 years ago 1964 HistoryMaistas Klaipeda 1962 1964 Neptunas Klaipeda 1964 present ArenaSvyturio ArenaCapacity6 200LocationKlaipeda LithuaniaTeam colorsBlue and white PresidentSigitas AmbrazeviciusGeneral managerMartynas MazeikaTeam managerDainius VaitelisHead coachGeorgios VovorasAffiliation s Neptunas Akvaservis VKKM BC Neptunas Women FK NeptunasChampionships1 Lithuanian SSR ChampionshipRetired numbers2 7 11 Websitebcneptunas ltHomeAway Contents 1 History 1 1 First steps 1962 1993 1 2 Difficult start in the LKL 1993 1998 1 3 Participation in the Korac Cup 1998 2000 1 4 First sparks in the LKL playoffs 2000 2012 1 5 Historical victories and achievements 2012 2016 1 5 1 2012 13 season VTB United League debut 1 5 2 2013 14 season First time LKL finalists 1 5 3 2014 15 season EuroLeague debut 1 5 4 2015 16 season Second EuroCup season 1 6 Basketball Champions League participants 2016 2020 1 6 1 2016 17 season Basketball Champions League debut 1 6 2 2017 18 season Second Basketball Champions League season 1 6 3 2018 19 season Third Basketball Champions League season 1 6 4 2019 20 season 1 7 The pandemic difficulties 2020 present 1 7 1 2020 21 season 1 7 2 2021 22 season 1 8 2022 present 2 Players 2 1 Retired numbers 2 2 Current roster 2 3 Depth chart 2 4 Squad changes for during the 2023 24 season 2 4 1 In 2 4 2 Out 3 Logos 4 Honours 4 1 Domestic competitions 5 Club achievements 5 1 LKL playoffs 6 Notable players 7 Head coaches 8 Team management 9 Statistical leaders 9 1 All time points per game in all tournaments PPG 10 Youth academy 11 Video game 12 References 13 External linksHistory editFirst steps 1962 1993 edit In 1966 Neptunas won the Zalgiris friendship championship and next year with the same roster became runners up Since 1970 there have been many changes in the team coaches and players left the team and were replaced with new team members so the team did not achieve better results In 1975 Klaipeda s community decided to change the team from its foundations based on people from Klaipeda and the Samogitia region who also finished studies in the cities of Vilnius and Kaunas There were young and prospective players whose energy helped to reach better results in a period of two years including 3rd place in Lithuanian Spartakiada in 1981 and 1982 they became runners up of newspaper Sport s championship and also in 1983 they became champions of the Soviet Union Professional Union championship 1 Difficult start in the LKL 1993 1998 edit The Lithuanian Basketball Association was founded in 1993 when eight of the strongest Lithuanian basketball clubs officials met with the representatives of the Sarunas Marciulionis basketball fund Neptunas was among that eight This association would soon announce their basketball league that would start in the upcoming fall 2 During the founding 1993 1994 LKL season Neptunas finished last reaching only 4 victories per 36 games despite the tireless efforts shown by Gintautas Bendzius who averaged almost 20 points per game and was the third best scorer in the whole league 3 In the following season Neptunas slightly improved reaching 10 victories and suffering 30 defeats with the help of a 21 year old native Eurelijus Zukauskas who quickly started becoming the star of the team and later was even nicknamed the Lithuanian king of blocks 4 5 In the 1995 1996 LKL season Neptunas progressed even further With Svajunas Airosius Aloyzas Vasiliunas and Arturas Jakubauskas averaging double digits in points and Eurelijus Zukauskas often adding solid double doubles the team qualified into the LKL playoffs for the first time with 17 victories as the 7th seed 6 But they were eliminated by the Lithuanian powerhouse Zalgiris Kaunas 0 2 after failing to guard the Lithuanian star and Olympic champion Rimas Kurtinaitis who averaged 25 5 points over these games 7 8 Neptunas continued to show progress in the 1996 1997 season qualifying for the LKL playoffs again by accomplishing a solid 19 17 record the first with over 50 victories ratio in the club s LKL history 9 Despite losing the first series game versus BC Siauliai 80 69 on April 4 1997 Neptunas achieved their first ever victory in the LKL playoffs in a dominating fashion 88 60 10 11 Yet after Siauliai s 88 73 revenge two days later the series was lost 1 2 12 It was the last game for Eurelijus Zukauskas in a Neptunas jersey who after averaging 15 7 points 9 8 rebounds and 3 1 blocks joined Zalgiris and soon became a EuroLeague champion and a multiple medalist with the Lithuania men s national basketball team Another Neptunas leader Arturas Jakubauskas left the team as well Following the loss of two long term leaders the team failed to compete with the same form during the 1997 1998 LKL season Neptunas finished as the 8th seed during the regular season with a 6 12 record but after an unsuccessful second round they finished just 9th among 10 teams 13 The only consolation of the season was notable progress demonstrated by an 18 year old Arvydas Macijauskas who would later become one of the primary faces of Lithuanian basketball 14 Participation in the Korac Cup 1998 2000 edit The 1998 1999 season was remarkably different as on October 6 1998 Neptunas debuted in the FIBA Korac Cup their first European tournament during a game versus the Espoon Honka which they lost 93 73 15 But afterwards the team led by Svajunas Airosius Arunas Seferis and Arvydas Macijauskas finished with a 4 2 record claimed the second place in the group and advanced into the sixteenth finals They were stopped at that stage by Darussafaka losing the series 0 2 16 Neptunas also returned to the LKL playoffs that season after finishing 5th during the regular season They were eliminated by BC Siauliai yet again this time 1 2 17 After the season Arvydas Macijauskas signed with the Lietuvos rytas Vilnius During the 1999 2000 FIBA Korac Cup season Neptunas had less fortune than in the previous year They were drawn into the group H finished with just a 1 5 record and after taking the 3rd spot in the group did not advance further 18 In the LKL Neptunas finished 8th and failed to challenge Zalgiris Kaunas in the first round of LKL playoffs losing the series 0 2 with an average of 30 points difference 19 First sparks in the LKL playoffs 2000 2012 edit nbsp Future team s captain Martynas Mazeika debuted with a Neptunas jersey in 2000 nbsp Tomas Delininkaitis a two time medalist with the Lithuania national team started his career in Neptunas After the 1999 2000 season Neptunas became a constant LKL playoffs participant though at first they were unable to overcome the quarter finals barrier During the 2000 2001 LKL season Neptunas led by one of the LKL s best scorer and playmaker Vidas Ginevicius 19 59 points 4 32 assists per game finished in a desired 3rd seed during the regular season but was shockingly eliminated 0 2 by the Alita Alytus in the quarter final 20 During the following 2001 2002 LKL season Neptunas triumphed just 10 times per 32 games but that was enough to qualify for the LKL playoffs as the 8th seed although they were quickly wiped out 0 2 by an uprising Lithuanian powerhouse Lietuvos rytas Vilnius led by young and hungry Ramunas Siskauskas Robertas Javtokas Simas Jasaitis Rimantas Kaukenas and a former Neptunas player Arvydas Macijauskas 21 22 The 2002 2003 LKL season was only slightly different this time the Neptunas squad finished 6th in the regular season but yet again was smashed 0 2 in the quarter final by BC Siauliai in spite of all of Tomas Delininkaitis s efforts 23 In the 2003 2004 season Neptunas reached the all time bottom by winning just 6 times per 36 games and finishing last in the league 10th including an absolutely disastrous 22 game losing streak 24 nbsp Antonio Grant leader of the team during the 2004 2005 season The 2004 2005 season was a bit more positive page in the club s history During it Neptunas finished 4th during the regular LKL season and advanced to the TOP 5 teams of the league group however Neptunas was once again eliminated by BC Siauliai in the knockout stage 1 2 and finished 5th in the final rankings 25 During the 2005 LKL All Star Day Petras Salvis won the club s third LKL Three point Shootout title 26 The team also participated in the Baltic Basketball League Elite Division for the first time as well finishing 5th 27 Neptunas slightly regressed again in the following 2005 2006 season finishing 6th during the regular LKL season and as previously lost the first round of the LKL playoffs to BC Siauliai 0 2 and finished only 10th in the BBL with the only consolations being the club s fourth LKL Three point Shootout title captured by Marius Kasiulevicius and the club s first ever LKL Slam Dunk Contest champion title by Antonio Grant 28 29 In the 2006 2007 season Neptunas finished 3rd during the regular LKL season for the second time in the club s history Furthermore they also finally sailed through the quarter final stage of the LKL playoffs by overcoming the Nevezis Kedainiai 2 0 But Neptunas journey was again stopped by Lietuvos rytas at semi finals 0 2 and Neptunas qualified for their first historical LKL bronze final The aspiration for the first ever LKL medal was crushed by gallingly losing the series 0 3 to BC Siauliai with two home games being lost by just three and two points 30 In BBL the team finished 2 places lower than in the previous season 12th 31 Before the 2007 2008 season Neptunas signed with 19 year old Deividas Gailius who would soon lead Neptunas during some of the club s most historic moments However that season the team did not have much luck on the court They ended up 5th during the regular LKL season and were once more eliminated in the quarter final this time by BC Alytus 1 2 32 The first series game which could have made the series completely opposite was dramatically lost by just three points in Alytus 33 Moreover Neptunas disappointingly finished only 16th in the BBL Elite Division This was the club s worst and the last appearance in the elite division of the league The first part of the 2008 2009 LKL season finished almost identically when the club finished as the 5th seed however the playoffs were drastically different 34 Neptunas overcame the LKL quarter final for the second time in history beating Nevezis 2 1 And after losing the semi final to Zalgiris 0 2 Neptunas returned to the bronze final for another try where they yet again faced a long term rival BC Siauliai Despite the militant efforts and the thirst for a long awaited revenge the series was lost 2 3 following another dramatic defeat of 73 80 in Siauliai with Valdas Vasylius and Arvydas Eitutavicius scoring more than half of the team s points 45 35 In the 2009 2010 LKL season Neptunas led by a future team s manager Osvaldas Kurauskas clinched the 5th spot during the regular season for a third straight year and was eliminated by the Juventus Utena 0 2 in the quarter final 36 The 2010 2011 LKL regular season achieved just one less victory than the previous season however this resulted in finishing only 8th and facing off the upcoming champions Zalgiris Kaunas in the first round of the playoffs 37 Regardless of being smashed 61 96 in Kaunas during the first series encounter the team led by a captain Martynas Mazeika mightily fought in their home arena this time losing only 82 88 38 39 Nevertheless with the Svyturys Arena being built in the city the historical victories and achievements were yet to come Historical victories and achievements 2012 2016 edit 2012 13 season VTB United League debut edit It is sweet Especially because of the way we achieved it We were a young talented ambitious but inconsistent team Prienai ruined our feast in Klaipeda so now we ruined their feast in Prienai Prienai kindled hell at home but we haven t heard it We were pumped for basketball and it did not affect us Kazys Maksvytis following the club s first triumph in the LKL bronze final 40 2012 was a memorable year for Neptunas as they were invited to VTB United League despite the fact that they only took 6th place in LKL the previous season 41 Club director Osvaldas Kurauskas said that they are not going to be group outsiders and that they will raise the club s budget for the next season 42 Neptunas debuted in VTB United League on October 7 2012 against CSKA Moscow Despite a powerful opponent Neptunas won two quarters by one point 23 22 14 13 however it was not enough to win the game as Neptunas lost 72 83 43 After the season in the VTB United League they were last in the group however they were invited to continue playing in this league for another season Despite poor results in the VTB League where they finished with a dismal 3 15 record Neptunas recovered in the LKL thanks to very solid play from leader Deividas Gailius finishing 3rd and winning the bronze medals for the first time in club history in a competitive series against BC Prienai winning 3 2 44 2013 14 season First time LKL finalists edit Now we are loading our suitcases and are going back to Klaipeda but not quietly we are going there with a cup and raised heads I think the fans were satisfied with the final series lt gt I hope that Klaipeda s team will climb higher step by step lt gt I think we can play in the Euroleague Kazys Maksvytis after losing the club s first LKL final series 2 4 45 The 2013 14 season was not less memorable for Neptunas During the regular season Neptunas defeated LKL champion and constant EuroLeague participant Zalgiris Kaunas several times with the results 81 73 at Svyturys Arena 46 and 79 88 at Zalgiris Arena 47 In the regular LKL season Neptunas took third place and met Siauliai in the quarter finals who they eliminated with a series result of 2 1 Neptunas also won the semi finals against Prienai TonyBet with a result of 2 0 and qualified to the LKL finals for the first time in club history 48 In the finals Neptunas met previously defeated Zalgiris Despite two former victories during the regular season basketball experts were widely skeptical that Neptunas could win any games there 49 Nevertheless the militant Neptunas showed that they can fight against Zalgiris and won their first LKL final series game with a 71 59 score in crammed Svyturys Arena 50 however then Neptunas lost three games to Zalgiris and almost lost all the chances of winning the series 51 52 53 In spite of that Neptunas did not give up and won the fifth series game with a score of 87 86 54 however they failed to do that again in the sixth series game and after being crushed 90 70 lost the LKL final series with a result of 4 2 55 Despite a sufficiently successful LKL season Neptunas had tough times in international competitions In the second tier European league EuroCup Neptunas won four games out of ten and after taking fifth place of sixth in the group did not qualify into the second stage Neptunas also participated in VTB United League however there after winning five of eighteen games Neptunas did not qualify into the playoffs and took eighth place out of ten in the group Following the best LKL season in club history on June 25 2014 Neptunas was invited to join the prestigious EuroLeague as an LKL vice champion for the 2014 15 season 56 2014 15 season EuroLeague debut edit nbsp Since 2011 Neptunas has played in one of Lithuania s finest arenas nbsp Mustafa Shakur one of Neptunas s leaders in the 2014 15 season Before their debut in the EuroLeague Neptunas recalled former team leader Deividas Gailius Multiple LKL champion Donatas Zavackas and UBL champion Michailas Anisimovas were signed as well However Anisimovas left the team shortly afterward without debuting in the EuroLeague due to the military crisis in Ukraine On October 15 2014 Neptunas played their first EuroLeague game against the Laboral Kutxa which they lost 69 88 despite playing more than two quarters point to point 57 On October 23 2014 Neptunas achieved the club s first EuroLeague victory against KK Crvena zvezda with a score of 83 81 after the Valdas Vasylius winning shot 3 seconds away from over time 58 This was the first EuroLeague game played in the Neptunas home court On October 31 2014 Neptunas lost their third EuroLeague game only after OT 81 85 against one of the strongest tournament teams Olympiacos Piraeus two times EuroLeague champion over the past three years 59 Despite being competitive and cherishing a chance of qualifying for the TOP16 stage Neptunas failed to accomplish this in their debut EuroLeague season winning 4 games of 10 total and taking 5th place in the group It was just one step from the TOP16 s qualifier Galatasaray who also finished with a 4 10 record As a result Neptunas was transferred to the EuroCup Last 32 stage The EuroCup was just a terrible place for Neptunas There they won only once against Paris Levallois Basket suffered five defeats and took last place in the group A promising season in international competitions was finished painfully On February 20 22 Neptunas participated in the 2015 LKF Cup They surprisingly lost the quarter finals game to Siauliai 71 73 and ended the appearance in competition early 60 Neptunas recovered in the LKL playing very solidly even splitting the season series with Zalgiris They defeated the Lithuanian powerhouse twice in two weeks 67 65 in Klaipeda 61 and 90 86 in Kaunas 62 Deividas Gailius led Neptunas during these two games But they took only the third spot during the regular season due to the unfavorable results versus Lietuvos rytas Neptunas defeated Dzukija with the series result of 3 1 losing only once in Alytus 56 65 63 The semi finals began unsuccessfully for the team versus Lietuvos rytas Despite holding up close to the opponents the whole game Neptunas lost during the final minutes 88 79 in Vilnius 64 But Neptunas led by Deividas Gailius 22 points and Arnas Butkevicius 20 points successfully got revenge in Klaipeda overcoming Rytas 107 101 after OT 65 The semi final series was tied at 1 1 But Neptunas lost another thriller 96 89 two days later in Vilnius and ended up on the edge of the precipice 66 Furthermore primary Neptunas center Simas Galdikas suffered a painful leg injury after stepping on Ksystof Lavrinovic s feet 67 Despite that the team s coach Kazys Maksvytis said that we will meet in Vilnius again 68 This promise did not came true following the 87 92 loss at home 69 Neptunas lost the semi final series 3 1 to Lietuvos rytas And then Neptunas suffered the biggest fiasco of the season They shockingly lost to Juventus in the LKL bronze medals series 2 3 including an embarrassing defeat in the decisive game 69 84 in the home arena 70 Neptunas had the highest attendance rate in all of LKL during this season 3 022 spectators per game 71 2015 16 season Second EuroCup season edit nbsp Dainius Adomaitis replaced Kazys Maksvytis in 2015 Following the lost LKL semi final and the bronze final last season Neptunas did not automatically qualify into the EuroCup But on June 29 2015 they received the wild card to the tournament 72 For the first time in history three Lithuanian basketball clubs were invited to participate in the second tier European league Krasta Auto authorized BMW dealer in Lithuania became one of the club sponsors giving brand new cars for the club members 73 nbsp Daniel Ewing star of the team during the 2015 16 season Neptunas began the summer by losing former leader Deividas Gailius who signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 74 Gailius was replaced with one of the last season Juventus leaders Arvydas Siksnius 75 Furthermore former Juventus head coach Dainius Adomaitis signed a two year deal with Neptunas as well Past Lithuania men s national basketball team head coach Kestutis Kemzura Olympic champion Valdemaras Chomicius Lithuania national team head coach assistant Darius Maskoliunas and Gediminas Petrauskas were other solid candidates to replace Kazys Maksvytis 76 Neptunas captain Martynas Mazeika signed a new two year contract with the club 77 It was his 11th season at Neptunas Vytautas Sarakauskas and Simas Galdikas stayed with Neptunas as well both signing two year contracts with the club 78 79 One of BK Ventspils s leaders Jerai Grant became the club s first foreigner in the summer of 2015 80 University of Rhode Island graduate Gilvydas Biruta who represented the Denver Nuggets during the 2015 NBA Summer League also joined BC Neptunas 81 Three times Polish league champion and experienced EuroLeague player Daniel Ewing became Neptunas main point guard on August 15 2015 82 Neptunas also signed multiple NCAA three pointers record holder Travis Bader to strengthen the shooting guard position 83 On October 14 2015 the new 2015 16 EuroCup season began with a loss to the powerful Galatasaray S K squad 90 94 in Klaipeda 84 The second game versus the Hapoel Jerusalem was not successful either losing it 74 59 But afterwards the team began showing a very solid form They won 6 of 7 games including the noteworthy away games victories versus the BC Nizhny Novgorod 78 82 and Galatasaray S K 76 82 both of them being EuroLeague Top 16 participants last season During the last match of the regular season versus the AEK Neptunas was even able to guarantee the first place in the group but after dissipating a 16 point advantage in the third quarter lost it 75 71 and finished second 85 Just before the start of the EuroCup s Last 32 stage Trent Plaisted replaced Simas Galdikas 86 Despite a very successful first stage the Last 32 phase began with a desperate loss to Aris 84 58 in Thessaloniki 87 However the team then created a feast in Klaipeda defeating Alba Berlin 73 65 88 Following it Neptunas suffered two close defeats to the Italian powerhouse EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 79 71 in Milan and 73 74 in Klaipeda 89 90 The pleasant 72 68 rematch with Aris left the Neptunas hopes for the playoffs alive though it vanished after losing to Alba 62 76 in Berlin and finishing with a 2 4 record in the second round 91 92 It s been a very long journey but what we accomplished was great Salute to ALL the fans and people of Klaipeda thank you very much for your support and generosity Special thanks to my teammates none of this was possible without the commitment we had for each other Thanks to the coaching staff and organization for the opportunity to wear the jersey of NEP Tu NAS And if our paths never cross again I d like to say it s been a pleasure Daniel Ewing 93 On 19 21 February Neptunas competed in the newly formed Karaliaus Mindaugo taure tournament The team easily overcame BC Siauliai 96 58 at the quarter final but was powerfully stopped at the semi final by the upcoming champions Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 97 79 94 95 Still they rehabilitated by winning the club s first Lithuanian Cup bronze medals after crushing Vytautas Prienai Birstonas 88 51 96 Shortly after the competition Gilvydas Biruta was replaced with Angus Brandt 97 98 In LKL Neptunas finished the regular season with a third seed and a 19 17 record Svyturys Arena had the most spectators in the LKL for a second straight season this time with 3 474 per game 99 In the quarter final Neptunas eliminated BC Siauliai 3 1 100 The semi final series versus Lietuvos rytas Vilnius was one of the most dramatic in the league s history 101 Neptunas began it by shocking Rytas in their home arena with an 83 71 victory 102 Afterwards the team also secured their home court in Game 2 winning 70 68 103 The fate of the historic series was to be determined in Game 5 following two dramatic Rytas victories 66 64 and 74 73 104 105 During Game 5 Daniel Ewing led Neptunas to another stunning upset of the Lithuanian powerhouse 73 72 surprisingly won the intense series 3 2 and advanced into the LKL final just for a second time in club history 106 The final series was begun with an 83 72 loss to Zalgiris Kaunas 107 Just three days later Neptunas by surprise swept Zalgiris 76 54 to tie the series 1 1 108 In spite of that later Neptunas failed to compete in the series losing the next three games by an average of 25 points and the series 1 4 109 Basketball Champions League participants 2016 2020 edit 2016 17 season Basketball Champions League debut edit On October 21 2016 Neptunas decided to choose the FIBA Basketball Champions League instead of the EuroCup 110 On July 10 Neptunas re signed with the efficient center Jerai Grant for another season 111 On July 27 Larry Drew II son of the prominent NBA player and coach Larry Drew joined the team to replace Daniel Ewing who left the team 112 On August 4 former Lithuania men s national basketball team member Tadas Klimavicius signed a two seasons deal with the club 113 On August 10 Matas Jucikas signed a long term three seasons deal 114 On August 24 another Lithuanian Mindaugas Kacinas fresh out of the NCAA Division I US college basketball system at South Carolina was signed 115 On August 26 Jimmy Baron became the last addition to the team s roster before the beginning of the season 116 On November 3 the front line was strengthened with Omari Johnson 117 On October 19 Neptunas started the 2016 17 Basketball Champions League season with a close 67 65 away victory over Usak Sportif 118 Neptunas ended up as the second team in the group with a 10 4 record and a first round playoff bye In January Tadas Klimavicius left after terminating his contract and signed with BC Vytautas While the Klimavicius departure was not as significant team star and leader Jimmy Baron signed with BC Lietuvos rytas in February shocking both the team and its fans On February 10 just one day after Baron s departure the team released Drew and Johnson after reported discipline violations Club director and longtime former player Osvaldas Kurauskas was fired as well The departures affected the team who were easily defeated in the first round of the King Mindaugas Cup by BC Zalgiris 58 81 However by the end of February good news struck the team Daniel Ewing returned to Neptunas from Israel replacing Larry Drew at the point guard position and Neptunas also signed Chris Lofton to a deal to replace Jimmy Baron The changes did not help the team in the Champions League ending with a loss on aggregate to MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the quarterfinals 119 125 61 73 away and 58 52 home While the season was over in the Champions League Neptunas went on a win streak in the LKL climbing up the standings They finished the regular season in fourth seed with 21 victories and 15 defeats balance During the 2016 17 LKL Playoffs quarter final Neptunas eliminated Juventus Utena 3 0 and advanced into the semi finals where they faced Lithuanian champions Zalgiris Kaunas 119 Game 1 of the series did not provide much intrigue in Kaunas with Zalgiris desperately crushing Neptunas 83 54 120 The view was completely different during Game 2 in Klaipeda where Neptunas defeated Zalgiris 73 70 to even the series 1 1 121 In Kaunas Zalgiris won again 83 60 and finished the series in Klaipeda where Neptunas lost the game 53 69 and the series 1 3 During the LKL bronze final Neptunas faced Lietuvos rytas Vilnius for the intense series Both teams successfully defended their home courts with Neptunas losing the opening game on May 29 2017 in Vilnius 79 60 but winning 83 70 on June 1 in Klaipeda 122 123 Later the series continued in the same order with Lietuvos rytas defeating Neptunas 71 54 for the second time in Vilnius on June 4 and Neptunas doing the same 70 65 in Klaipeda on June 7 to force the Game 5 of the series 124 125 Neptunas lost the series on June 10 in Vilnius after losing the crucial game 75 66 and the series 3 2 mostly because of two former Neptunas players Jimmy Baron and Deividas Gailius who combined for more than a half of Rytas points 39 126 A very promising season at the beginning ended on a very disappointing note 2017 18 season Second Basketball Champions League season edit nbsp Renaldas Seibutis one of the primary players in the 2017 18 season On June 28 2017 it was announced that Neptunas will compete in the 2017 18 Basketball Champions League season without participating in the qualifying tournament 127 128 On the same day former head coach Kazys Maksvytis returned to the team replacing the newly chosen Lithuania men s national basketball team head coach Dainius Adomaitis due to the difficulties to match two coaching positions 129 Edgaras Zelionis became club s first player addition for the upcoming season on July 5 2017 130 Afterwards the team has signed two long term Lithuania national team members Tomas Delininkaitis and Renaldas Seibutis 131 132 On July 27 2017 Neptunas reached an agreement with Laimonas Kisielius and signed a two years deal 133 On August 10 2017 the team signed Juan Palacios to replace Jerai Grant 134 On August 14 2017 former team member Simas Galdikas returned to the team 135 Due to the departure of the previous long term captain Martynas Mazeika Simas Galdikas was chosen to replace him in the position 136 On September 21 2017 Neptunas began the 2017 18 LKL season by defeating BC Siauliai 73 82 137 On the next day Malcolm Armstead known for his scoring ability was signed 138 After a solid 5 1 LKL season start including a 73 64 victory versus the reigning champions Zalgiris Kaunas 139 on October 10 2017 Neptunas successfully started the 2017 18 Basketball Champions League season with a last seconds 75 73 victory over the French League champions Elan Chalon 140 On October 25 2017 Malcolm Armstead was replaced with Jerry Johnson due to his poor sport form 141 On November 1 2017 Neptunas crushed Gaziantep Basketbol during the Champions League away game 114 73 and achieved their highest victory in the history of the tournament 142 More wins followed a dominating away against Betaland Capo d Orlando 90 60 and a home win against P A O K BC 82 69 Neptunas also picked up home wins over Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 81 76 and Lietkabelis Panevezys 86 76 and moved up to 2nd place in the LKL standings However financial problems surfaced Neptunas was badly beaten in the Champions League by defending league champion Iberostar Tenerife 67 90 and lost team leaders Mindaugas Girdziunas and Arnas Butkevicius who left the team to sign with Lietuvos rytas 143 144 On December 14 2017 team manager Arturas Zalys was fired and was replaced by a prominent Lithuanian basketball agent Virginijus Bulotas 145 This proved to be false as the man that wanted to hire Bulotas Arturas Jakubauskas was fired and was replaced by Giedrius Vasilkevicius Sigitas Ambrazevicius became the new team owner After some more bad news Palacios leaving for Besiktas J K some good news arrived Neptunas signed Vytautas Sulskis and new point guard Brandon Fields who replaced the departed Girdziunas In the second round of the Champions League Neptunas struggled they lost to Elan Chalon 81 86 but won the away game against Ventspils 84 69 Neptunas had won at home 87 80 in the first round Neptunas suffered their first loss of the season at home against MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 71 87 Neptunas lost the first round away game 83 95 In an away game against Gaziantep Neptunas were down by double digits for most of the game but managed to force overtime and lost 94 98 after coach Maksvytis got ejected After a dominating home win against Betaland Capo d Orlando 99 62 Neptunas lost the final two games of the regular season against P A O K 70 91 in Thessaloniki and against Iberostar at home 67 83 Neptunas finished the regular season with a 7 7 record but made the playoffs On February 13 Neptunas suffered one of the most embarrassing losses of the season losing to BC Dzukija 77 85 in the quarterfinals of the King Mindaugas Cup The loss was especially painful because the final four of the tournament was held in Klaipeda In the Champions League playoffs Neptunas suffered another heartbreak losing the SIG Basket on aggregate 151 158 winning the first match at home 73 68 but losing a thriller at Strasbourg in overtime 78 88 In the LKL Neptunas rebounded and defeated Lietuvos rytas 99 86 in Vilnius thus showing signs of improved play Neptunas then signed center Jameel McKay to help the team in the LKL McKay however played poorly and was released in May Neptunas finished 3rd in the regular season in the LKL and defeated BC Pieno zvaigzdes 3 1 in the quarterfinals including a dominating 101 64 win in the deciding game four in Pasvalys Neptunas faced rival BC Lietuvos rytas in the semifinal After winning the first game 84 79 in Vilnius and taking the series lead Neptunas had one of the worst shooting performances of all time losing 49 67 in Klaipeda with Rytas tying the series 1 1 Rytas then won the third game in Vilnius 74 67 and took a 2 1 lead in the series Led by Zelionis Seibutis Delininkaitis and Galdikas Neptunas tied the series with a 74 70 win in Klaipeda In the decisive fifth game in Vilnius Neptunas lost a close game 82 88 and lost the series 2 3 In the series for 3rd place Neptunas faced previous year s finalist BC Lietkabelis Having home court advantage Neptunas started the series with an embarrassing 69 83 loss Lietkabelis had led by 29 points at one point and only when young players like Matas Jucikas and Laurynas Beliauskas were in did Neptunas cut the deficit Down 0 1 in the series Neptunas was down for much of the game in Panevezys including an 11 point deficit in the 2nd quarter before coming from behind and winning the game 71 69 after a last second layup by Seibutis The series was tied 1 1 In the third game at home Neptunas took the lead in the first quarter and never looked back winning 79 71 and taking a 2 1 series lead In the fourth game in Panevezys Neptunas started slowly but led by Zelionis who scored 27 points in the game Delininkaitis and Johnson took the lead by half time and went on to win the game 89 78 winning the series 3 1 and winning the bronze medals for the second time in club history After all the turmoil all season long the win helped the team finish the season on a high 2018 19 season Third Basketball Champions League season edit nbsp nbsp Tomas Delininkaitis left and Deividas Gailius right both natives of Klaipeda were major stars of the team in the 2018 19 season After the season ended Neptunas entered the off season with uncertainty Team leaders Seibutis and Zelionis departed and players like Fields Johnson Sulskis and Kacinas were released Coach Maksvytis remained with the team and all the chaos with the management was sorted out Neptunas signed Paulius Dambrauskas and Lorenzo Williams from rival BC Lietkabelis as the new point guards Neptunas then signed back Jerai Grant who returned after a one year absence at center Zalgiris loaned Neptunas Gytis Masiulis one of the team s top prospects to get more playing time Neptunas also signed Osvaldas Olisevicius the leader of BC Pieno zvaigzdes to a one year deal Kyle Weaver signed with Neptunas in August Neptunas showed a lot of promise during the pre season winning a couple of tournaments On January 14 2019 Deividas Gailius returned to Neptunas signing for the rest of the season On April 4 2019 Weaver was released by Neptunas Neptunas started the 2018 19 LKL season with a 100 76 home win over BC Nevezis On October 14 Neptunas shocked champions BC Zalgiris with a dominating 75 60 win in Kaunas and climbed to first place in the LKL standings On November 3 Neptunas picked up another shocking away win beating rivals BC Rytas in Vilnius 78 66 The seven game win streak ended on November 18 in a home defeat against BC Rytas 78 93 also losing the 1st place in the standings to Zalgiris Neptunas recovered from the loss by crushing rival BC Lietkabelis 100 76 in Panevezys tying Rytas for second place in the standings On January 6 the first game of the new year Neptunas shocked Zalgiris again this time winning a double overtime thriller at home 98 93 This win helped Neptunas retain the second place over Rytas in the standings A shocking loss to BC Pieno zvaigzdes at home 77 80 lead to Neptunas giving the spot up to Rytas Neptunas returned to the second place the next week after Rytas suffered a loss themselves On March 3 Neptunas shocked Zalgiris again with an 81 71 win at home and becoming the first team in since 2014 to beat Zalgiris in a season series The win helped Neptunas retain second place in the standings over Rytas On March 30 however after a very poor fourth quarter Neptunas lost to Rytas in Vilnius 52 70 and lost the second place to Rytas On April 11 Neptunas picked up a dominating home win over Rytas 89 74 continuing the battle for second place An 8 game win streak followed and even after an 80 90 loss to Zalgiris on May 9 snapped it Neptunas had already secured second place and homecourt advantage in the playoffs Neptunas finished with a 28 8 record Neptunas defeated SkyCop Prienai 2 1 in the quarterfinals In the semifinals Neptunas faced rivals Rytas Having homecourt advantage for the first time Neptunas started the series at home however Neptunas played the worst game of the season with Rytas taking a lead at halftime and increasing it by the end taking a 75 46 win in Klaipeda with Neptunas even hearing boos from the fans In the second game Neptunas desperately needed the win to take the series back to Klaipeda in a tension filled match where team captain Galdikas even received an ejection Neptunas started poorly with Rytas taking a huge lead at halftime By the end Neptunas was only able to cut down the deficit 70 83 and a very disappointing 0 2 loss In the 3rd place series Neptunas faced Lietkabelis in a rematch from last season which Neptunas won and the King Mindaugas Cup of 2019 where Neptunas lost Neptunas won the series 3 0 with wins at home 89 77 and 84 77 and away 88 75 146 At the star of the 2018 19 Basketball Champions League Neptunas lost to Virtus Bologna in an away game 78 83 Neptunas got their first win by defeating Besiktas Sompo Japan 78 63 at home the next week After a hard fought away loss to B C Oostende 89 91 Neptunas rebounded by scoring two wins a home victory and revenge over SIG Strasbourg 92 83 and finally an away win against KK Olimpija 97 88 being led by Jerai Grant and a resurgent Delininkaitis The win streak was stopped at home by Promitheas Patras B C with Neptunas losing the match 82 83 after some turnovers in the end In the final game of the first round Neptunas suffered one of the worst losses in European competitions losing to Medi Bayreuth 78 102 in an away loss finishing with a 3 4 record Neptunas recovered at the start of the second round handing Virtus their first loss in the competition with an 88 85 home win In Istanbul Neptunas lost to Besiktas 70 77 Another heartbreaking loss to Oostende this time at home 77 79 plummeted Neptunas to a disastrous 7th place in the standings However Neptunas recovered sparked by the return of Gailius Neptunas finished the regular season with four consecutive wins an away win over SIG Strasbourg 90 80 a home win over KK Olimpija 82 74 getting revenge over Promitheas Patras with a dominating 82 69 away victory and defeating Medi Bayeruth 83 73 at home finishing with an 8 6 record After Oostende lost at home to SIG Neptunas qualified to the playoffs for the third consecutive season and finished 3rd in standings In the playoffs Neptunas faced Hapoel Jerusalem one of the top teams in the competition In the first game at home Neptunas lost 74 86 In the rematch Neptunas lost 64 84 losing the series on aggregate 138 170 147 2019 20 season edit nbsp Gytis Masiulis was loaned from Zalgiris Kaunas and was one of Neptunas s key players in the 2019 20 season The third place finish helped Neptunas directly qualify for the 2019 20 Basketball Champions League Coach Maksvytis team leader Grant Williams Dambrauskas Bieliauskas Kisielius and Mikalauskas left during the summer Assistant coach Tomas Rinkevicius was named as Maksvytis replacement Neptunas signed Andre Williamson as the new center to replace Grant while Darrin Dorsey was a replacement for Williams as the new point guard Zygimantas Janavicius was also signed to strengthen the point guard position Masiulis was loaned for one more season by Zalgiris while another Euroleague team Kirilobet Baskonia loaned Tadas Sedekerskis for Neptunas Matas Jogela signed just before the season started Team veterans Gailius and Delininkaitis remained with the team Neptunas won the Vladas Garastas Cup defeating BC Dnipro 75 63 in the finals which also served as the club s 55 year anniversary tournament 148 Longtime captain Martynas Mazeika returned to the team in January Neptunas started off the 2019 20 LKL season by defeating BC Juventus 80 67 at home Neptunas struggled in the LKL and in February with an 11 9 record and 5th place in the standings and an early exit in the Champions League also replaced coach Rinkevicius with assistant Jurica Zuza Under Zuza Neptunas qualified for the King Mindaugas Cup by beating BC Dzukija 92 89 away and 73 72 at home avenging the loss in 2018 and qualifying for the Final Four tournament held on Neptunas homecourt Svyturio Arena Despite promising statements from the management and coach Zuza the tournament ended with Neptunas finishing in a disappointing 4th place suffering a blowout loss in the semifinals to BC Rytas 71 96 and a loss in the 3rd place game to BC Lietkabelis 73 84 Coach Zuza was then replaced by the coach of the reserve team Neptunas Akvaservis Tomas Gaidamavicius Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the LKL season was ended prematurely with Neptunas finishing in 4th place 146 In the Basketball Champions League Neptunas defeated Happy Casa Brindisi 81 71 in the home opener In the second game Neptunas faced JDA Dijon also at home despite the best efforts from Neptunas JDA Dijon took a huge lead at halftime and won the game 89 75 Tied at 1 1 Neptunas won the first away game of the tournament beating PAOK 94 72 in Thessaloniki Neptunas then defeated Casademont Zaragoza 91 73 at home Neptunas lost to Telekom Baskets Bonn 85 97 in an away game Neptunas finished the first round with a home win over Besiktas J K 86 80 and an away loss to Falco KC 73 97 tied for 3rd place with a 4 3 record The second round however ended up with failure Neptunas suffered away losses to both Brindisi and JDA Dijon 82 96 and 71 92 a very painful home loss to PAOK 80 86 and lost to Casademonet Zaragoza 70 86 losing 5 consecutive games for the first time in the competition While Neptunas defeated Telekom Baskets 93 68 at home an away loss to Besiktas 69 76 ended any hope for Neptunas to reach the playoffs for the first time since joining the competition Neptunas finished the competition with a win at home over Falco KC 87 83 finishing 6th with a 6 8 record 149 The pandemic difficulties 2020 present edit 2020 21 season edit Neptunas faced off with the financial difficulties when the rest of the 2019 20 season was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic therefore the club formed its next season roster mostly from young Lithuanian players and had no foreign players 150 Starting the 2020 21 season Neptunas participated in the 2020 21 Basketball Champions League season Qualification Group D where it defeated the London Lions 77 73 in the semi finals however the team failed to qualify to the regular season after losing the qualification final to the BC Tsmoki Minsk 69 59 and played only in the Lithuanian League 151 In the LKL Neptunas became the surprise team of the year Under coach Tomas Gaidamavicius the young team with some veteran leadership led by players like Martynas Mazeika Zygimantas Janavicius and Matas Jogela were in playoff contention all season long Benas Griciunas Evaldas Saulys Dziugas Slavinskas among others also had good seasons Deividas Gailius returned near the end of the season to Neptunas immediately becoming the team leader and leading Neptunas to the 6th seed in the regular season In the playoffs Neptunas also nearly upset the heavily favored Lietkabelis Panevezys in the playoffs and while getting swept in the playoffs gave Neptunas fans hope for the future In the King Mindaugas Cup Neptunas also reached the semifinals 2021 22 season edit Before the 2021 2022 season Neptunas largely kept the same core as in the previous season re signed Deividas Gailius and also signed the returning Edgaras Zelionis one of the best players for Neptunas back in the 2017 2018 season Neptunas having higher expectations for the season expected to continue where they left off the previous season However the season began disastrously for Neptunas By December Neptunas was coming off a losing streak which included many blow out loses and was out of playoff contention in the LKL Needing changes coach Gaidamavicius was released by Neptunas and in a surprising move Dainius Adomaitis returned as the head coach of Neptunas Neptunas regained their form in the LKL by April Neptunas had risen up to the 7th seed in the standings Neptunas finished the LKL regular season with a memorable 93 88 win over Rytas Vilnius in the regular season final In the playoffs Neptunas faced Zalgiris Kaunas now coached by former Neptunas head coach Kazys Maksvytis Neptunas surprised all critics they managed to stretch the series out to all five games with Zalgiris winning 92 88 and 87 71 in Kaunas and Neptunas winning 70 68 and 87 78 in Klaipeda and only in the deciding fifth game did Zalgiris finish off Neptunas 89 60 in Kaunas to win the series 3 2 Gailius and Benas Griciunas along with the biggest surprise of the series Nojus Mineikis all shined during the series After the season Adomaitis once again left Neptunas 2022 present edit During the summer coach Adomaitis left the team Neptunas decided to promote assistant coach Mindaugas Brazys to the head coaching position Neptunas rebuilt much of the team Neptunas initially struggled during the beginning of the season going 0 4 at the start of the LKL season before strong play from players like the returning Mindaugas Girdziunas Deividas Gailius career seasons from Matas Jogela and Oskaras Pleikys Austin Wiley the best of the new arrivals brought Neptunas back to LKL playoff contention and having competitive matches against all top LKL teams Neptunas finished the regular season with a 16 17 record and 7th place in the regular season In the LKL quarterfinals Neptunas faced long time rivals and defending LKL champions BC Rytas Rytas beat Neptunas in a very tough very competitive series needing overtime to beat Neptunas at home 107 99 and finishing Neptunas 95 91 in Klaipeda to win the series 2 0 In the King Mindaugas Cup Neptunas won the group stage over the newly established and heavily favored BC Wolves However in the quarterfinal stage Neptunas could not beat CBet Jonava who beat Neptunas both in Klaipeda 85 80 and in Jonava 76 75 Long time player Martynas Mazeika whose number was retired by Neptunas during the season also returned to the team this time as club director Players editRetired numbers edit On May 22 2014 Neptunas retired their first two numbers 152 Neptunas Klaipeda retired numbers No Nat Player Position Tenure Ceremony date 5 nbsp Arvydas Macijauskas SG 1997 1999 22 May 2014 9 nbsp Eurelijus Zukauskas C 1994 1997 22 May 2014 7 nbsp Martynas Mazeika SG 2000 20042008 20092010 20172020 2022 10 April 2023 Current roster edit Note Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed BC Neptunas roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht Wt Age F 1 nbsp Maronka Zsombor 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 89 kg 196 lb 21 2002 09 10 10 September 2002 PG 2 nbsp Newkirk Josh 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 88 kg 194 lb 30 1994 04 17 17 April 1994 PG 4 nbsp Janavicius Zygimantas 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 89 kg 196 lb 35 1989 02 20 20 February 1989 PG 5 nbsp Vaitkus Matas 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 85 kg 187 lb 21 2002 09 06 6 September 2002 PF 7 nbsp Lambrecht Tim 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 103 kg 227 lb 26 1998 01 15 15 January 1998 SG 8 nbsp Girdziunas Mindaugas 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 86 kg 190 lb 35 1989 01 20 20 January 1989 F C 9 nbsp Pacevicius Martynas 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 103 kg 227 lb 26 1997 07 19 19 July 1997 F C 10 nbsp Tubelis Azuolas 2 08 m 6 ft 10 in 111 kg 245 lb 22 2002 03 22 22 March 2002 F 11 nbsp Repsys Matas 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in 94 kg 207 lb 24 2000 01 28 28 January 2000 PG 12 nbsp Sakaitis Rytis 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 80 kg 176 lb 19 2004 07 23 23 July 2004 SF 13 nbsp Gailius Deividas C 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 92 kg 203 lb 36 1988 04 26 26 April 1988 G F 21 nbsp Kamperidis Georgios 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 95 kg 209 lb 24 1999 10 01 1 October 1999 C 42 nbsp Rutherford Tommy 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 109 kg 240 lb 27 1997 01 09 9 January 1997 G 43 nbsp Sargiunas Ignas 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in 86 kg 190 lb 24 1999 09 11 11 September 1999 G 77 nbsp Lesciauskas Kristupas 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 83 kg 183 lb 18 2005 06 06 6 June 2005 Head coach nbsp Georgios Vovoras Assistant coach es nbsp Vidas Ginevicius nbsp Mindaugas Janiska nbsp Audrius Mineikis Athletic trainer s nbsp Laurynas Gendvilas Physiotherapist s nbsp Martynas Macas Team manager nbsp Dainius Vaitelis Legend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Updated April 22 2024 Depth chart edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve C Tommy Rutherford Martynas Pacevicius PF Azuolas Tubelis Tim Lambrecht SF Deividas Gailius Zsombor Maronka Matas Repsys SG Mindaugas Girdziunas Ignas Sargiunas Georgios Kamperidis Kristupas Lesciauskas PG Zygimantas Janavicius Josh Newkirk Matas Vaitkus Rytis Sakaitis Squad changes for during the 2023 24 season edit In edit No Pos Nat Name Moving from 7 PF nbsp Tim Lambrecht Nevezis Kedainiai nbsp 19 SG nbsp Ignas Sargiunas Medi Bayreuth nbsp 42 F C nbsp Tommy Rutherford ZZ Leiden nbsp 1 F nbsp Zsombor Maronka Joventut Badalona nbsp 9 C nbsp Martynas Pacevicius Pieno zvaigzdes Pasvalys nbsp 2 PG nbsp Sterling Gibbs Twarde Pierniki Torun nbsp 10 F C nbsp Azuolas Tubelis Arizona Wildcats nbsp HC nbsp Georgios Vovoras Free agent 2 PG nbsp Josh Newkirk Juventus Utena nbsp 21 G F nbsp Georgios Kamperidis Karditsa nbsp Out edit No Pos Nat Name Moving to 7 PF nbsp Rinalds Malmanis Tartu Ulikool nbsp 77 SF nbsp Nojus Mineikis CBet Jonava nbsp 33 C nbsp Rokas Gustys London Lions nbsp 23 G F nbsp Matas Jogela Rio Breogan nbsp 50 C nbsp Austin Wiley Tofas S K nbsp 14 PF nbsp Oskaras Pleikys Rytas Vilnius nbsp 0 PG nbsp Adomas Sidarevicius Pieno zvaigzdes Pasvalys nbsp AC nbsp Sandis Buskevics Olimpas Palanga nbsp 2 PG nbsp Sterling Gibbs Retirement HC nbsp Mindaugas Brazys BC Wolves nbsp Logos edit nbsp Neptunas classic logo 1964 2011 nbsp Neptunas new logo 2011 2019 nbsp Neptunas anniversary logo 2019 2020 nbsp Neptunas logo 2020 present Honours editDomestic competitions edit Lithuanian SSR Championship Winners 1 1962Club achievements editSeason League Pos Regional competitions Pos LKF CupKMT Cup European competitions 1993 94 LKL 10th 1994 95 LKL 10th 1995 96 LKL 7th 1996 97 LKL 5th 1997 98 LKL 9th 1998 99 LKL 6th 3 Korac Cup R32 1999 00 LKL 8th 3 Korac Cup GS 2000 01 LKL 5th 2001 02 LKL 8th 2002 03 LKL 6th 2003 04 LKL 10th 4 Europe Cup QF 2004 05 LKL 5th BBL Elite Division 5th 2005 06 LKL 6th BBL Elite Division 10th 2006 07 LKL 4th BBL Elite Division 12th 2007 08 LKL 5th BBL Elite Division 16th Fourth qualified 2008 09 LKL 4th BBL Challenge Cup 6th Eighth finalist 2009 10 LKL 5th BBL Challenge Cup 4th Quarter finalist 2010 11 LKL 8th BBL Challenge Cup 4th Fourth qualified 2011 12 LKL 6th BBL Challenge Cup 6th Second round 2012 13 LKL 3rd VTB League 10th Fifth round 2013 14 LKL 2nd VTB League 8th Fifth round 2 Eurocup RS 2014 15 LKL 4th Fifth round 1 Euroleague RS 2 Eurocup R32 2015 16 LKL 2nd Bronze medal 2 Eurocup R32 2016 17 LKL 4th Quarterfinals 3 Champions League R16 2017 18 LKL 3rd Quarterfinals 3 Champions League R16 2018 19 LKL 3rd Semifinals 3 Champions League R16 2019 20 LKL 4th Semifinals 3 Champions League RS 2020 21 LKL 6th Fourth place 2021 22 LKL 7th Quarterfinals 2022 23 LKL 7th Quarterfinals 2023 24 LKL Quarterfinals Detailed information of former rosters and results 153 154 155 156 157 158 dd LKL playoffs edit 2001 2002 season 8th lost quarter finals against Lietuvos Rytas 0 2 2002 2003 season 6th lost quarter finals against Siauliai 0 2 2004 2005 season 5th lost quarter finals against Siauliai 1 2 2006 2007 season 4th lost bronze final against Siauliai 0 3 2008 2009 season 4th lost bronze final against Siauliai 2 3 2009 2010 season 5th lost quarter finals against Juventus 0 2 2010 2011 season 8th lost quarter finals against Zalgiris 0 2 2011 2012 season 6th lost quarter finals against Siauliai 1 2 2012 2013 season 3rd won bronze final against Prienai 3 2 159 2013 2014 season 2nd lost grand final against Zalgiris 2 4 2014 2015 season 4th lost bronze final against Juventus 2 3 2015 2016 season 2nd lost grand final against Zalgiris 1 4 2016 2017 season 4th lost bronze final against Lietuvos Rytas 2 3 2017 2018 season 3rd won bronze final against Lietkabelis 3 1 2018 2019 season 3rd won bronze final against Lietkabelis 3 0 Notable players editNote Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events Players may hold other non FIBA nationality not displayed Criteria To appear in this section a player must have either Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time A foreign international player who has significantly contributed into the results of the club A Lithuanian player who has significantly contributed into the results of the club Lithuanians nbsp Tomas Vanagas 1993 2000 nbsp Gintautas Bendzius 1993 1996 1999 2000 nbsp Arturas Jakubauskas 1994 1997 nbsp Aloyzas Vasiliunas 1994 1997 nbsp Eurelijus Zukauskas 1994 1997 nbsp Martynas Purlys 1995 1997 nbsp Svajunas Airosius 1995 2000 nbsp Donatas Zavackas 1996 1998 2003 2006 2014 2016 nbsp Alvydas Pazdrazdis 1997 1999 nbsp Arvydas Macijauskas 1997 1999 nbsp Mindaugas Mockus 1997 2004 2006 2008 nbsp Dainius Miliunas 1998 2000 nbsp Rolandas Urkis 1998 2001 nbsp Audrius Mineikis 1999 2005 2005 2006 nbsp Gintautas Vileita 1999 2000 2005 2006 nbsp Petras Salvis 2000 2005 nbsp Vidas Ginevicius 2000 2001 nbsp Sigitas Kazukauskas 2000 2002 nbsp Vaidotas Pridotkas 2000 2008 nbsp Mantas Ruikis 2001 2005 2010 2012 nbsp Tomas Delininkaitis 2001 2002 2017 2020 nbsp Osvaldas Kurauskas 2005 2006 2008 2010 nbsp Vitalijus Stanevicius 2005 2008 nbsp Vaidotas Peciukas 2005 2006 2007 2008 nbsp Marius Runkauskas 2007 2008 2011 2014 nbsp Arvydas Eitutavicius 2008 2009 2013 2014 nbsp Valdas Vasylius 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2015 Lithuanians cont nbsp Martynas Mazeika 2000 2004 2008 2009 2010 2017 2020 2022 nbsp Simas Galdikas 2009 2012 2012 2015 2017 2021 nbsp Mindaugas Girdziunas 2009 2012 2013 2017 2022 present nbsp Giedrius Gustas 2012 2013 nbsp Martynas Andriuskevicius 2012 2013 nbsp Vytautas Sarakauskas 2012 2017 nbsp Arnas Butkevicius 2013 2017 nbsp Deividas Gailius 2007 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2019 2020 2021 present nbsp Laurynas Beliauskas 2014 2019 nbsp Renaldas Seibutis 2017 2018 nbsp Laimonas Kisielius 2017 2019 nbsp Edgaras Zelionis 2017 2018 2021 2022 nbsp Osvaldas Olisevicius 2018 2020 nbsp Gytis Masiulis 2018 2020 nbsp Dziugas Slavinskas 2018 2021 nbsp Tadas Sedekerskis 2019 2020 nbsp Matas Jogela 2019 2023 nbsp Zygimantas Janavicius 2019 present nbsp Rokas Gustys 2022 2023 nbsp Azuolas Tubelis 2023 present Foreigners nbsp Jeff Halloway 2000 2001 nbsp Kipp Christianson 2002 2003 nbsp Willie Mitchell 2003 2004 nbsp Janis Porzingis 2003 2004 nbsp Antonio Grant 2004 2005 2010 nbsp Sheiku Kabba 2004 2005 nbsp Jerome Coleman 2005 2006 nbsp Latece Williams 2005 2006 nbsp Ron Dorsey 2006 2007 nbsp nbsp Michailas Anisimovas 2007 2008 2014 nbsp Arinze Onuaku 2011 nbsp Rashaun Broadus 2012 2013 nbsp Mustafa Shakur 2014 2015 nbsp Keith Benson 2014 2015 nbsp Daniel Ewing 2015 2016 2017 nbsp Jerai Grant 2015 2017 2018 2019 nbsp Travis Bader 2015 2016 nbsp Jimmy Baron 2016 2017 nbsp Chris Lofton 2016 2017 nbsp Juan Palacios 2017 nbsp Kyle Weaver 2018 2019 nbsp Darrin Dorsey 2019 2020 2021Head coaches edit nbsp Robertas Usaris 1964 1968 nbsp Antanas Kasiuba 1968 1974 nbsp Saulius Vilkas 1974 1983 nbsp Eugenijus Milkontas 1983 1993 nbsp Stasys Kaupys 1993 1995 nbsp Grigorijus Pancerovas 1995 1996 nbsp Rimas Girskis 1996 1999 nbsp Grigorijus Pancerovas 1994 2004 nbsp Robertas Kuncaitis 2004 2005 nbsp Dean Murray 2005 2006 nbsp Robertas Kuncaitis 2006 2007 nbsp Aloyzas Rudys 2007 2008 nbsp Rytis Vaisvila 2008 2009 nbsp Paulius Juodis 2009 2010 nbsp Rytis Vaisvila 2010 nbsp Robertas Kuncaitis 2010 2011 nbsp Paulius Juodis 2011 2012 nbsp Osvaldas Kurauskas 2012 nbsp Kazys Maksvytis 2012 2015 nbsp Dainius Adomaitis 2015 2017 nbsp Kazys Maksvytis 2017 2019 nbsp Tomas Rinkevicius 2019 2020 nbsp Jurica Zuza 2020 nbsp Tomas Gaidamavicius 2020 2021 nbsp Dainius Adomaitis 2021 2022 nbsp Mindaugas Brazys 2022 2024 nbsp Georgios Vovoras 2024 present Team management editBoard Representative nbsp Sigitas AmbrazeviciusBoard members nbsp Arunas Tuma nbsp Alvydas Vaiciunas nbsp Edvinas Vaickus nbsp Vytautas Lygnugarys nbsp Vidmantas DambrauskasDirector of the Club nbsp Sigitas AmbrazeviciusStatistical leaders editAll time points per game in all tournaments PPG edit Position Player Seasons Games Points total Points per game 1 Martynas Mazeika 15 438 4561 12 29 2 Valdas Vasylius 4 217 2581 11 89 3 Deividas Gailius 4 192 2372 12 35 4 Vaidotas Pridotkas 8 253 2077 8 21 5 Svajunas Airosius 5 167 1972 9 68 6 Simas Galdikas 5 249 1894 7 6 7 Arturas Jakubauskas 3 112 1830 16 34 8 Audrius Mineikis 7 181 1752 11 80 9 Eurelijus Zukauskas 4 146 1629 11 16 10 Marius Runkauskas 4 154 1507 9 79Youth academy editNeptunas closely works with Vladas Knasius Basketball School as a ladder for youth to professional basketball Players such as Arvydas Macijauskas Eurelijus Zukauskas Tomas Delininkaitis and many players of the current Neptunas roster attended V Knasius Basketball School Video game editNeptunas basketball club was featured in the NBA 2K16 video game 160 161 References edit Istorija BCNeptunas lt Archived from the original on 13 January 2016 Retrieved 28 December 2015 Apie mus LKL lt Archived from the original on 2016 02 05 Retrieved 27 December 2015 Neptunas 1993 1994 LKL lt Retrieved 28 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