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| Leagues | LKL FIBA Europe Cup | ||
| Founded | 1969 | ||
| History | List
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| Arena | Jonava Sports Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,200 | ||
| Location | Jonava, Lithuania | ||
| Team colors | Blue, cyan, white | ||
| President | Vaidas Vaškevičius | ||
| Head coach | Virginijus Šeškus | ||
| Championships | 1 NKL | ||
| Website | jsk.lt | ||
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The BC Jonava, known for sponsorship reasons as the BC CBet (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet; English: CBet Jonava), are a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Jonava. The CBet compete in the Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (LKL).
The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.
History
The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.[1]

Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Michael Hughes | Aleksandar Marelja | Dominykas Černius |
| PF | Strahinja Mičovič | Tauras Jogėla | |
| SF | Lukas Kreišmontas | Nedas Rauluševičius | |
| SG | Edvinas Šeškus | Dastinas Morkūnas | |
| PG | Mike Lewis | Ivan Gandia-Rosa |
Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season
In
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving from | |
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Out
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving to | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | PF | Artūras Valeika | Free agent | ||
| 22 | C | Evan Maxwell | Free agent | ||
| 2 | PG | Dovis Bičkauskis | 7bet-Lietkabelis | ||
| 4 | PF | Jeffery Garrett | Niners Chemnitz | ||
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | KMT Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 2 | LKAL | 10th | ||
| 2002–03 | 2 | LKAL | 8th | ||
| 2003–04 | 2 | LKAL | 3rd | ||
| 2004–05 | 2 | LKAL | 2nd | ||
| 2005–06 | 2 | NKL | 4th | ||
| 2006–07 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | ||
| 2007–08 | 2 | NKL | 3rd | ||
| 2008–09 | 2 | NKL | 9th | ||
| 2009–10 | 2 | NKL | 2nd | ||
| 2010–11 | 2 | NKL | 9th | ||
| 2011–12 | 2 | NKL | 8th | ||
| 2012–13 | 2 | NKL | 4th | ||
| 2013–14 | 2 | NKL | 5th | ||
| 2014–15 | 2 | NKL | 7th | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | NKL | 4th | ||
| 2016–17 | 2 | NKL | 14th | ||
| 2017–18 | 2 | NKL | 9th | ||
| 2018–19 | 2 | NKL | 12th | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | NKL | –1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 2 | NKL | 1st | First round | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | LKL | 4th | Second place | |
- ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Notable players
References
- ↑ http://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league
- ↑ Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)
