With less than three weeks remaining before the Citadele King Mindaugas Cup (Citadele KMT) Final Four, the players for the Betsafe Casino Three-Point Contest on February 15 have been announced.
Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius forward Arnoldas Kulboka will represent the team in the contest.
A total of twelve shooters will compete during the break between the Citadele KMT semifinals. In addition to the professionals, 15-year-old Šarūnas Knyšius, who won the Betsafe Vienas Šūvis ‘25 qualifier, will also participate.
As last year, one spot in the contest goes to the player who has made the most three-pointers in the first 15 rounds of the season. That player was Joseph Girard from Nevėžis-Optibet Kėdainiai, who made 60 three-pointers. However, Girard will be in the United States for a jersey retirement ceremony at his high school in Glens Falls, so his place will be taken by Chauncey Collins, his fellow American.
Collins, the leader of Mažeikių "M Basket-Delamode," made 37 three-pointers in 11 rounds after joining the team mid-season.
Here are the participants and their three-point stats for the current Betsafe-LKL season (including the 16th round):
- Nojus Mineikis (M Basket-Delamode Mažekiai) – 12/34 (35.3%)
- Nedas Montvila (Nevėžis-Optibet Kėdainiai) – 11/27 (40.7%)
- Desure‘as Buie (Neptūnas Klaipėda) – 35/96 (36.5%)
- Eimantas Stankevičius (Šiauliai-Casino Admiral) – 12/28 (42.9%)
- Erikas Venskus (CBet Jonava) – 21/64 (32.8%)
- Laurynas Beliauskas (Uniclub Bet-Juventus Utena) – 26/71 (36.3%)
- Dominykas Stenionis (7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys) – 2/6 (33.3%)
- Arnoldas Kulboka (Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius) – 12/25 (48%)
- Ignas Sargiūnas (Rytas Vilnius) – 8/29 (27.6%)
- Mantas Juzėnas (Žalgiris Kaunas) – 5/9 (55.6%)
- Šarūnas Knyšius (Betsafe Vienas Šūvis ‘25) – 32/112 (28.6%)
- Chauncey Collins (most three-pointers made) – 40/94 (42.6%)
Last year, the Betsafe Casino Three-Point Contest was won by Rasheed Sulaimon and Sean McNeil. This year, none of the previous winners are participating. The oldest participant is 30-year-old Chauncey Collins.
The winner of the Betsafe Casino Three-Point Contest will receive a significantly increased cash prize of €10,000.
(LKL Information)