Lithuania at EuroBasket 2007 went 8-1 winning their first Bronze Medal with the help of this player who led the tournament in assists. What position did he play?
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Lithuania at EuroBasket 2007 As the participants of the 2006 FIBA World Championship, Lithuanians automatically qualified into the EuroBasket 2007, held in Spain without competing in the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualification. New national team coach Ramūnas Butautas debuted (the son of the famous Soviet Union national team player Stepas Butautas). The Lithuanian basketball team of 2007 finished the EuroBasket 2007 with an 8–1 record, winning their first ever bronze medal in EuroBasket tournaments. Winning the third place game in the tournament against Greece allowed Lithuania to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament at Beijing 2008. Šarūnas Jasikevičius led the tournament in assists by averaging 5.6 assists per game. Lithuania also was one of the best scoring teams in the tournament, averaging 82.0 points per game and were outclassed only by the Spain national team which averaged 82.1 points per game.
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Šarūnas Jasikevičius Šarūnas "Šaras" Jasikevičius (] ; born 5 March 1976) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and current professional coach. He is the current head coach for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Standing at 6 ft , he played the point guard position. On February 9, 2015, Jasikevičius was named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend, as a reward for his stunning playing career, and was honored with a ceremony on February 12, 2015.
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Rokas Giedraitis Rokas Giedraitis (born August 16, 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lietuvos rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He plays in shooting guard or small forward positions.
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EuroLeague Best Defender The EuroLeague Best Defender is an annual basketball award of the European premier level EuroLeague. It is awarded to the best defensive player throughout the season, up until the EuroLeague Final Four stage of the season. The award began in the 2004–05 season, and the winner is selected by the EuroLeague's head coaches. Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos Athens, won the first five awards, from 2005 to 2009.
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Julius Jucikas Julius Jucikas (born 20 October 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for BK Ventspils of the Latvian Basketball League (LBL). Standing at 6 ft , he plays at the center and power forward positions.
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FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award The FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award was an annual award given by FIBA Europe, the European division of FIBA, the international governing body of the sport of basketball, to the best basketball player with European citizenship, aged 22 and under of the year. The inaugural award was given out in the year 2005 to Nikos Zisis of Greece. The vote was decided upon by a panel of basketball experts and also by fan voting.
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Dragan Milosavljević Dragan Milosavljević (; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at 6 ft , he plays the shooting guard position.
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis (] ) (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. Widely considered as one of the greatest international players ever, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On August 8, 2014, Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Zenonas Puzinauskas Zenonas Puzinauskas (though his name is Americanized as Zen Puzinauskas; March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1995) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.
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Aleksey Savrasenko Alexey Dmitrievitch Savrasenko (alternate spelling: Alexei) (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Саврасенко , born February 28, 1979) is a retired Russian-Greek professional basketball player. He played at the center position.
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Mārtiņš Skirmants Mārtiņš Skirmants born December 7, 1977 in Rīga, Latvia is a former Latvian professional basketball player who played the Center position.
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Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (Polish: "Krzysztof Ławrynowicz" , born November 1, 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player playing for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League. A two-time All-Euroleague Team member, he plays at the power forward and center positions.
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Makis Nikolaidis Prodromos "Makis" Nikolaidis (alternate spelling: Nikolaides) (Greek: Πρόδρομος "Μάκης" Νικολαΐδης; born July 13, 1978) is a former Greek-Cypriot professional basketball player. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, and 102 kg (225 lbs.) in weight, he could play both the shooting guard and small forward positions. Nikolaidis possessed great shooting ability. In 2008, he won the 3-point shootout competition of the Greek League All-Star Game.
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Jānis Krūmiņš Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet-Latvian basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years. As a player of the Soviet Union national basketball team, Krūmiņš won 3 gold medals at the 1959, 1961, and 1963 EuroBaskets, as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympic Games.
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Augustas Pečiukevičius Augustas Pečiukevičius (born December 2, 1991) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player. He plays for point guard and shooting guard positions for Basic-Fit Brussels of the Belgian Basketball League.
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Viktor Zubkov (basketball) Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (Russian: Виктор Алексеевич Зубков ; 24 April 1937 – 16 October 2016) was a Soviet basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m , he played at the center position. He is considered to be one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Darius Songaila Darius Songaila (born February 14, 1978) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and currently assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas. He has represented the Lithuania national team. He played at the power forward and center positions.
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Igor Kudelin Igor Kudelin (born August 8, 1972) is a Russian former professional basketball player. A 1.95 tall shooting guard, he spent the major part of his career playing for CSKA Moscow. He helped his team reach the Euroleague Final Four twice, in 1996 and 2001.
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Petteri Koponen Petteri Johannes Koponen (born 13 April 1988) is a Finnish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.94 m , he plays both point guard and shooting guard positions. He was drafted as the 30th pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2007 NBA draft, and his NBA rights are currently held by the Dallas Mavericks.
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FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team The FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team is the FIBA Europe award that is bestowed upon the five best players of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol holds the record for most selections in the All-EuroBasket Team, with seven.
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Artūras Andrulis Artūras Andrulis (Americanized his name as Adolfas Andrulis; April 10, 1922 – July 3, 1981) was a soldier and Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.
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Dimos Dikoudis Dimosthenis "Dimos" Dikoudis (alternate spellings include: Demosthenis, Demos, Ntikoudis) (Greek: Δημοσθένης "Δήμος" Ντικούδης ; born June 24, 1977 in Larissa, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall, and he played as a power forward-center.