Many Turkish Airlines EuroLeague greats have attended the Adidas EuroLeague Next Generation Tournament Finals in years past and this season is no different. One of the biggest celebrities checked in to see the games early Friday with when Arvydas Sabonis returned to Kaunas Sports Hall, where he played for many years, to see U18 Zalgiris Kaunas take on U18 Joventut Badalona. Sabonis came with his son Tautvydas, who works as one of Zalgiris's assistant coaches. Playing in this building, Sabonis led Zalgiris to three consecutive Soviet Union titles from 1985 to 1987 and reached the EuroLeague Championship Game in 1986. After a long, successful career Sabonis returned to Zalgiris to become the 2003-04 EuroLeague MVP with the team playing all of its home games at Kaunas Sports Hall.
Arvydas Sabonis watches Zalgiris at the ANGT
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Sabonis is one of many VIPs at the ANGT Finals in Kaunas. Euroleague Ambassadors Jonas Maciulis and Mike Batiste were courtside watching U18 Real Madrid beat U18 Panathinaikos Athens. Maciulis helped Real win the 2014-15 EuroLeague title and Batiste is a three-time EuroLeague champion with Panathinaikos. London Lions head coach Ryan Schmidt was also at that game, as well as former EuroLeague star Primoz Brezec. More and more VIPs are expected at Kaunas Sports Hall, but Sabonis's return to the building was quite emotional for those in attendance.