The Euroleague has announced this Thursday, June 15, the continuity of Dejan Bodiroga as president of the entity while also announcing that Paulius Motiejunas He will be the new CEO.
Motiejunas will be the figure to replace Marshall Glickmann, the one who accompanied Bodiroga in this bicephaly last season.
The Lithuanian manager, 42 years old and from Kaunas Zalgirishas been unanimously voted by the EuroLeague Basketball Board of Directors to take on a new role in the continental competition.
“Motiejunas has extensive experience within the Euroleague Basketball ecosystem, having spent the majority of his career to date in various roles with Zalgiris. He started there in 2007 as communication director, later became general director and has been the club’s president and owner since 2013. He is also director of Zalgirio Arena. Under Motiejunas’ guidance, Zalgiris have experienced some of their most successful moments on the field, qualifying for the EuroLeague playoffs several times and reaching the Final Four for the first time this century, in 2018. Paulius was recognized by his teammates with the EuroLeague Executive of the Year award for two consecutive seasons, 2017/18 and 2018/19″reads the statement.
