Gargždai Basketball (), also known as BC Gargždai or simply Gargždai, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Gargždai. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
History The club was founded in 2024, following the mid-season bankruptcy and dissolution of BC Gargždai-SC earlier that same year. The new team entered the B Division of the third-tier Regional Basketball League (RKL) during the 2024–25 season. In its inaugural season, Gargždai won the RKL B Division championship and earned the right to promote to the NKL.
On 10 July 2025, the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) board granted the club a license to participate in the 2025–26 LKL season. To secure its financial stability, the club signed a sponsorship agreement with 7bet during the preseason.7bet – naujasis Gargždų krepšinio klubo partneris: pasitikėjimas, paremtas ambicijomis – Gargždai Basketball On 21 September 2025, the club made its debut in the LKL in a 85–93 home loss against Šiauliai. Despite the opening loss, the team recorded a highly successful first season in the LKL, finishing 6th in the regular season standings and qualifying for the playoffs, before eventually being eliminated by BC Neptūnas in the quarterfinals. The team was led by guards Jalon Pipkins and Justin Turner, forward Nojus Mineikis and center Paulius Petrilevičius.
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Squad changes for/during the 2026–27 season
In
Out
Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePos.King Mindaugas Cup2024–254 RKL B Division1st2025–261 LKL7th Group stage
Head coaches
Povilas Šakinis: 2024–2025 Tomas Rinkevičius: 2025–2026 Paulius Malašauskas: 2026–present
References
External links Official website BC Gargždai at LKL.LT