# BC Jonava

BC Jonava, also known as CBet Jonava (Lithuanian: Jonavos CBet) for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (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.

## Current roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Erikas Venskus | Mihkel Kirves | Matas Mačijauskas |
| PF | Aurimas Majauskas | Simas Jarumbauskas | |
| SF | Bohdan Blyzniuk | Lukas Kreišmontas | Mantas Gezevičius |
| SG | Dominic Brewton | Martynas Arlauskas | Modestas Babraitis |
| PG | Brandon Childress | Vitaliy Zotov | Titas Januševičius |

### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from | Moving from |
| — | HC | Mantas Šernius | Prometey | |
| 23 | G | Dominic Brewton | Cal State Fullerton Titans | |
| 55 | G/F | Martynas Arlauskas | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | |
| 22 | G | Titas Januševičius | BC Vytis-VDU | |
| 12 | G | Koby McEwen | Vancouver Bandits | |
| 13 | PF | Aurimas Majauskas | Free agent | Free agent |
| 32 | G/F | Bogdan Bliznyuk | Free agent | Free agent |
| 21 | F/C | Erikas Venskus | Spirou Charleroi | |
| | C | Berke Atar | Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket | |
| 16 | C | Matas Mačijauskas | LSU-Atletas | |
| 45 | PG | Vitaliy Zotov | SCM U Craiova | |
| 12 | PF | Mihkel Kirves | M Basket Mažeikiai | |
| 7 | F | Simas Jarumbauskas | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys | |
| 0 | PG | Brandon Childress | Marineros de Puerto Plata | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving to | Moving to |
| — | HC | Virginijus Šeškus | M Basket Mažeikiai | |
| — | AC | Laimonas Eglinskas | New Zealand Breakers | |
| 0 | G | Diante Garrett | Free agent | Free agent |
| 1 | PG | Ryan Larson | Free agent | Free agent |
| 3 | SF | Nedas Rauluševičius | Free agent | Free agent |
| 4 | PF | Strahinja Mićović | Monbus Obradoiro | |
| 9 | SG | Edvinas Šeškus | Free agent | Free agent |
| 22 | F | Tauras Jogėla | Šiauliai | |
| 12 | SF | Justas Furmanavičius | Borac Čačak | |
| 21 | C | Ivan Marinković | Bosna | |
| 23 | PF | Ousmane Drame | Start Lublin | |
| | C | Berke Atar | Free agent | Free agent |
| 12 | G | Koby McEwen | Free agent | Free agent |

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | KMT Cup | European Competitions | European Competitions |
| 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 | – | | | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | NKL | 1st | First round | | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | LKL | 4th | Second place | | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | LKL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | QR |
| 2024–25 | 1 | LKL | | Quarterfinals | |
    ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

## Notable players

* Lukas Brazdauskis
* Romanas Brazdauskis
* Ramūnas Butautas
* Vidas Ginevičius
* Rimantas Grigas
* Tomas Masiulis
* Darius Maskoliūnas
* Darius Sirtautas
* Arvydas Šikšnius
* Edgaras Ulanovas
* Arūnas Visockas
* Martynas Pacevičius
* Edvinas Šeškus
* Laimonas Kisielius
* Vytautas Šulskis
* Artūras Valeika
* Dovis Bičkauskis
* Lukas Kreišmontas
* Aurimas Majauskas
* Justas Furmanavičius
* Martins Laksa
* Manu Lecomte
* Goran Huskić
* Strahinja Micovic
* Glynn Watson Jr.
* Jeff Garrett
* Stanley Whittaker

## Head coaches

* Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016
* Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020
* Murat Didin: 2018
* Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019
* Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024
* Mantas Šernius: 2024–present