BasketNews

BasketNews
Available inLithuanian, English, Serbian
Country of origin
 Lithuania
CreatorJonas Miklovas
CEOJonas Miklovas
IndustryBasketball news website
ParentUAB SPORT IN COLORS (parent of BasketNews.lt), UAB BasketNews (parent of BasketNews.com)
Websitewww.basketnews.lt (Lithuanian version),
www.basketnews.com (English version),
www.basketnews.rs (Serbian version)
CommercialYes
RegistrationAvailable with a paid BN+ subscription for extended content, but not required
Launched10 March 2005
Current statusActive

BasketNews is a basketball-centered website of Lithuanian origin that provides in Lithuanian, English, and Serbian languages coverage of professional and semi-professional club basketball leagues, primarily focusing its content on the National Basketball Association, EuroLeague, EuroCup, FIBA Europe Cup, Lithuanian Basketball League and the largest European national leagues, national teams competitions organized by FIBA, and Olympic Games.

History

The Lithuanian language version website BasketNews.lt was launched on 10 March 2005. The official channel BasketNewsLT in YouTube.com was created on 4 January 2009 and has over 76,000 subscribers, over 7,000 videos which were watched over 77 million times. The English language channel BasketNews_COM was created on 10 September 2013 and has over 194,000 subscribers, 1,751 videos which were watched over 83 million times. The international English language website version BasketNews.com was launched on 27 June 2021. The most popular videos created and published by BasketNews.com were watched for over 1.5 million times in YouTube.com.

The BasketNews.lt daily attracts a large number of basketball fans from Lithuania who generate tens of thousands of openings of its articles. In 2024, the most read BasketNews.lt article was opened 110,627 times, while the most viewed video created by BasketNews.lt featured a Lithuanian language interview of two-hours length with Jonas Valančiūnas and was watched over 150,000 times. In 2025, the most read BasketNews.lt article was opened 103,917 times, while the most viewed video created and shared jointly by BasketNewsLT and English version BasketNews_COM channels in YouTube.com about Ignas Sargiūnas scoring nine points in 9.8 seconds versus the Great Britain men's national basketball team was watched over 272,000 times.

In 2025, the BasketNews together with other Lithuanian mass media outlets contributed to the fact that according to a survey only 25% of people in Lithuania never read or heard about EuroBasket 2025, while 17% of responders listened to podcasts about EuroBasket 2025. In September 2025, BasketNews.lt attracted over 880.000 unique visitors and over 13 million website openings.

On 20 May 2026, the Serbian language version BasketNews.rs was launched.

Overview

The BasketNews.lt staff consists of Lithuanians who create Lithuanian language content about basketball, while the international version BasketNews.com staff consists of Lithuanians and other nationalities journalists who create English language content about basketball. The BasketNews staff provides coverage of basketball events not only from Lithuanian arenas and own studios in Lithuania, but also by regularly visiting basketball competitions and NBA Drafts venues abroad.

The BasketNews.lt regularly stream live in its YouTube.com channel BasketNewsLT Lithuanian language podcasts of series BasketNews.lt podkastas (a broad podcast covering many basketball topics, mostly related with basketball in Lithuania and competitions where Lithuanian teams and players compete), Savas kiemas (a podcast mostly about the Lithuanian Basketball League and Lithuanian clubs), Eurolyga Live (a podcast about EuroLeague), Už Atlanto (a podcast about the National Basketball Association), Prie aikštelės (a podcast where journalist Karolis Tiškevičius discusses with Lithuanian basketball referees, managers, journalists, agents, cheerleaders), Off the Record (a podcast with very long episodes of over one-three hours featuring discussions with notable Lithuanian basketball players, coaches about their careers retrospectives and discussions with Lithuanian basketball clubs managers, owners about their clubs affairs). On 1 October 2025, the last 220th episode of Lithuanian series ENBAS about the National Basketball Association was published. Each episode of the ENBAS series generated thousands of views for BasketNewsLT channel and was published since 14 December 2019.

The BasketNews annually in summers organize BasketNews Camp for young basketball players where they receive training and are visited by basketball personalities.

The BasketNews.lt and BasketNews.com contents are mostly accessible free-of-charge, however since October 2022 some content (e.g. podcasts episodes) is released earlier for paid BN+ subscribers and certain content (e.g. articles, podcasts episodes) is only available for paid BN+ subscribers or for single payments fees.

The Serbian language version BasketNews.rs is written in Gaj's Latin alphabet, not Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, and is dedicated to the Serbian basketball fans.

Controversy

The Lithuanian version of the website includes a column known as Give Me Control, providing analysis and feedback on officiating decisions with the help of referee Todd Warnick. On 22 March 2026, BasketNews announced that EuroLeague had revoked the use of video in the column due to it being "too critical" and affecting the league's image. While the column remains, the website now relies on still images to illustrate the scenario.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Apie portalą". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Us". BasketNews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Lygos". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Leagues". BasketNews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "BasketNews․LT". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian).
  6. ↑ "BasketNews". BasketNews.com via YouTube.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "BASKETNEWS.COM pristatymas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Į naują BasketNews projektą investavęs Ulanovas – apie galimą sugrįžimą į „Žalgirį" ir sveikatos būklę". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "BasketNews videos". BasketNews.com via YouTube.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "172 cm Japanese Guard Embarrassed Markkanen's Finland". BasketNews.com via YouTube.com. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "How Average European Team Destroyed G League's Best". BasketNews.com via YouTube.com. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  12. 1 2 "BasketNews geriausieji: skaitomiausi, žiūrimiausi ir labiausiai patikę metų darbai". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 December 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  13. 1 2 "BasketNews geriausieji: skaitomiausi, žiūrimiausi ir labiausiai patikę metų darbai". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 December 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "Vasaros Live: Jonas Valančiūnas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Lithuanian T-Mac Moment: 9 Points in 9.8s To Win It". BasketNews.lt and BasketNews via YouTube.com. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "„Eurobasket 2025" efektas: medijų ir reklamų medalininkai". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  17. 1 2 "BasketNews launches new Serbian website – visit now". BasketNews.com. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Bronzinė Lietuvos rinktinė pasaulio čempionate". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 13 September 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  19. ↑ "„Štark" arena: Pamatykite, kur vyks Eurolygos finalo ketvertas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 16 May 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "Iš sunkvežimių šokinėjantys filipiniečiai ir pasaulio čempionato užkulisiai | BasketNews vlogas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
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  22. ↑ "Jakučionio naujokų biržos drama ir ašaros Brukline". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 29 June 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  23. ↑ "BasketNews.lt podkastas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  24. ↑ "Savas kiemas". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  25. ↑ "Eurolyga Live". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  26. ↑ "Už Atlanto". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  27. ↑ "Prie aikštelės". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  28. ↑ "Off the Record". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  29. ↑ "Paskutinis ENBAS ir didžioji „daugiau/mažiau" sezono spelionė". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). 1 October 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  30. ↑ "ENBAS". BasketNews.lt via YouTube.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  31. ↑ "Vasaros krepšinio stovykla jaunimui - BasketNews Camp". Stovykla.BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  32. ↑ "BasketNews.lt vasaros krepšinio stovykla". Facebook.com (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  33. ↑ "BasketNews launches BN+ subscription platform: join our community!". BasketNews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  34. ↑ "BN+ prenumerata". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  35. ↑ "BN+ membership". BasketNews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  36. ↑ "NBA, Evroliga i FIBA košarkaške vesti". BasketNews.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  37. ↑ Warnick, Todd. "Lemiamas švilpukas Kaune: ar prieš Francisco buvo pražanga?". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  38. ↑ Smilić, Branimir (26 March 2026). "Za vas nema više videa! Evroliga preosetljiva na kritike sudija". Sport Klub (in Bosnian). Retrieved 28 March 2026.