End of an era for him Mantas Kalnietis by her national team Lithuania.
The 35-year-old guard revealed to “basketnews.com” his withdrawal from the representative band of his country.
«I made this decision because of the difficult season, but also the injuries that changed my direction. In the end, there are players who can fill my gap. It’s not like it used to be that there weren’t many point guards. Now, we have young and talented players. Is normal. It was time to retire, a decision I made very calmly“, Were the words of her guard Zalgiris.
Kalnietis made his national team debut at the 2006 World Cup in Japan and from 2009 until the summer of 2021 he consistently served his representative team. He was an exception in the summer of 2014, as he was unable to play in the World Cup in Spain due to a shoulder injury.
Beyond that, the veteran guard with 95 appearances with the coat of arms is in the fourth place of the relevant list, while he has conquered two silver medals in the Eurobasket of 2013 and 2015, but also a bronze medal at the 2010 World Cup.
Kalnietis’s last game against Lithuania was on July 4, 2021 and in the lost final of the Pre-Olympic tournament against Slovenia. In that match, the experienced guard had 14 points, 4 assists and an equal number of rebounds.
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