Mavrelous wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Mavrelous wrote:What happened to him? He had a killer world cup (or Olympics don't remember).
He is doing well, he played for insignificant Lithuanian club at a time, but after world cup he signed with Fenerbachce Istanbul, then he was loaned to another Lithuanian team, but later came back to Fenerbache and he had his moments. But he also had serious injury and missed a lot of time. Fenerbachce are current Euroleague champions and is top 5 team in Europe, so team is stacked and there were times when Zagars would just warm the bench, but I think in moments he played he proved to be Euroleague caliber guard.
He maybe did not fulfilled his pre draft potential, some people comapred him to Navarro when he was young, but he still became very capable offensive guard.
When he played in the WC, he was also coming off injury, am I remembering right?
Really liked his game, has guts like Saras.
Can't recall exactly when he had his most serious injury, was it pre world cup, but I think it was after when Fenerbache signed him and loaned him to BC Wolves of Vilnius. Might have been two different injuries. But yeah, he is still just 24 and he is finally coming along. When he signed with Kėdainiai in 2022 (absolutely irrelevant Lithuanian town team), it seemed he might be dead talent, but it wasn't the case. Of course Latvian dynamic is different, team overall is not as talented as top Euroleague team, so Žagars gets to be a big star, but I mean, he fills those shoes very well, he looks great.
Bonga is also really long, long arms, it is apparent from first look why he was NBA prospect from very beginning.
