lithuania is a mystery to me. probably due to over-motivation, they usually play like a bunch of ball-hogs against the team usa. that is not their game. the absence of jasikevicius will hurt them a lot; they seem to lack a decent pg. and songaila was very, very slow. i did not really like what i saw. however, i am pretty sure that they will destroy the turkish national team in the opening game, especially now that, both hedo and memo not playing.