Antanas Kavaliauskas announces retirement

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1:50p, 7/8/19
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AK, one of my favorite players from the BCG era, also announces retirement from the game:

https://instagr.am/p/Bzo_KeKhqfm
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2:10p, 7/8/19
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Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
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2:14p, 7/8/19
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AK was a fun player to root for. Glad to see his success over the years and good luck on the next phase of life.
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2:19p, 7/8/19
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The dude is a freaking beast. Big time player. Congrats on a great career
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2:49p, 7/8/19
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Love me some AK, wish we could have watched more of him. Great Ag!
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In reply to jeremy • 4:13p, 7/8/19
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jeremy said:
Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
You'd think you would know that your favorite wore #44, not #47.
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2:24a, 7/9/19
Wow hard to believe he has been out of school
For 12 years, and is now retiring. Best of luck to AK.

Looking forward to the return to the style of play when AK was here!
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In reply to Know Your Enemy • 8:10a, 7/9/19
Junkhead said:
jeremy said:
Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
You'd think you would know that your favorite wore #44, not #47.
You'd think you would remember that people held signs saying "AK47"... a play on his initials and a Soviet rifle since he was from a former Soviet country
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In reply to Tango_Mike • 8:49a, 7/9/19
Tango_Mike said:
Junkhead said:
jeremy said:
Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
You'd think you would know that your favorite wore #44, not #47.
You'd think you would remember that people held signs saying "AK47"... a play on his initials and a Soviet rifle since he was from a former Soviet country


Eh, AK47 is Andrei Kirilenko
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8:50a, 7/9/19
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Does that mean he's coming to be a part of the staff too?
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In reply to Tango_Mike • 9:12a, 7/9/19
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Tango_Mike said:
Junkhead said:
jeremy said:
Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
You'd think you would know that your favorite wore #44, not #47.
You'd think you would remember that people held signs saying "AK47"... a play on his initials and a Soviet rifle since he was from a former Soviet country
What idiots did that?
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In reply to Know Your Enemy • 9:52a, 7/9/19
Junkhead said:
Tango_Mike said:
Junkhead said:
jeremy said:
Ak 47 was so cool. Also one of my favorites.
You'd think you would know that your favorite wore #44, not #47.
You'd think you would remember that people held signs saying "AK47"... a play on his initials and a Soviet rifle since he was from a former Soviet country
What idiots did that?
Sorry, that was written more harshly than I meant.

I remember some dudes in the student section behind the basket holding Lithuanian flags with "AK 47" written on them. I thought it was kinda dorky at the time, but then I've never 1) bought a Lithuanian flag or 2) brought a sign to a sporting event
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12:03p, 7/9/19
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It made sense for Andrei Kirilenko, who was from Russia and whose uniform number was actually 47 (probably thanks to the NBA marketing machine), but it was just lazy for Antanas.
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2:04p, 7/9/19
He wasn't able to be 47 because college players can't use 6,7,8, or 9 as part of their jersey numbers.

For those who didn't know that rule, now is the time for your mind to be blown.
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2:16p, 7/9/19
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Anyone know what kind of career stats he had? I know, Google is my friend--I'm just lazy.
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In reply to crbongos • 2:41p, 7/9/19
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10:05a, 7/11/19
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https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Antanas-Kavaliauskas/Summary/1997#International
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9:35a, 7/14/19
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Take trip back in time with the YouTube link above ---^
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10:16a, 7/15/19
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Quote:
After a Dallas Morning News article profiled Kavaliauskas, mentioning that he had only seen his mother twice since he moved to the USA, many Texas A&M fans inquired about raising money to reunite the family temporarily. Texas A&M discovered that the NCAA-financed Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund could be used, and paid for Birute Kavaliauskiene to travel to the US for the first time to see her son play in his last home game for A&M. In the Aggies' 94-78 win over Missouri, Kavaliauskas, whose mother traveled all the way from Lithuania to see him play, scored a career-high 26 points on 11-of-12 shooting. The win assured the Aggies of a second-place finish in the Big 12 regular season, the highest the team has ever finished in this conference.
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In reply to aggiejohn • 4:14p, 7/18/19
aggiejohn said:


Take trip back in time with the YouTube link above ---^
Thanks for posting. Sweet.

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In reply to Cobra39 • 4:44p, 7/18/19
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Cobra39 said:
aggiejohn said:


Take trip back in time with the YouTube link above ---^
Thanks for posting. Sweet.

Cobra39
Several years ago I called InterSport and asked if I could buy the A&M segments. They refused. The fourth segment is the actual Kansas game. That would be gold to watch.
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In reply to Bunk Moreland • 9:08p, 7/18/19
Bunk Moreland said:
He wasn't able to be 47 because college players can't use 6,7,8, or 9 as part of their jersey numbers.

For those who didn't know that rule, now is the time for your mind to be blown.


There should be a waiver for possible cool number/nickname possibilities.
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In reply to Hop • 9:18p, 7/18/19
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That game in Phog Allen is still the best live sporting event I've ever attended, and I doubt it'll ever be topped.
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In reply to PJYoung • 10:04p, 7/18/19
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After a Dallas Morning News article profiled Kavaliauskas, mentioning that he had only seen his mother twice since he moved to the USA, many Texas A&M fans inquired about raising money to reunite the family temporarily. Texas A&M discovered that the NCAA-financed Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund could be used, and paid for Birute Kavaliauskiene to travel to the US for the first time to see her son play in his last home game for A&M. In the Aggies' 94-78 win over Missouri, Kavaliauskas, whose mother traveled all the way from Lithuania to see him play, scored a career-high 26 points on 11-of-12 shooting. The win assured the Aggies of a second-place finish in the Big 12 regular season, the highest the team has ever finished in this conference.
Privileged to sit courtside that day. Post game was amazing, very few dry eyes.
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10:25p, 7/18/19
I wish he had closed out with a 2 point lead.
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8:36a, 7/19/19
Fun fact, AK was playing on the same team as Thomas Walkup which is Nate's little bro.
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In reply to aggiejohn • 7:01a, 7/21/19
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aggiejohn said:
That game in Phog Allen is still the best live sporting event I've ever attended, and I doubt it'll ever be topped.




https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2753459
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