Thank you, Jorge! Hello, Paulius!14 august 2009

On Friday Bc Khimki announced that Spanish player Jorge Garbajosa left our team and the lithuanian forward Paulius JANKŪNAS signed a two years contract with Moscow Region club.

— We are thankful to Jorge for last season. — said BC Khimki General Manager Victor BYCHKOV. — He made a major contribution to the victories of our team. We understood that Jorge wanted to come back to Spain, and decided not to prevent it. But the decision to lose so great player, professional was very hard.
But a new player will join us. We signed a contract with One of the most promising forward in Europe, ex captain of Zalgiris – Paulius Jankunas. We pin our hopes om him.

Paulius Jankunas
Height: 203 см
Born: 29 of April, 1984
Nationality: Lithuania

Teams played:
till 2003 – youth team Zalgiris
2003/04 – the debut in Lithuanian championship
2003/04 – 2008/09 — Zalgiris
Since 2009 – BC Khimki