{"id":9432,"date":"2026-08-25T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:20:03","slug":"opening-a-new-career-chapter-in-vilnius-michael-devoe-its-something-that-i-want-to-do-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rytasvilnius.lt\/en\/news\/opening-a-new-career-chapter-in-vilnius-michael-devoe-its-something-that-i-want-to-do-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening a New Career Chapter in Vilnius, Michael Devoe: &#8220;It&#8217;s Something That I Want to Do as Well&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another newcomer has reached the capital \u2013 26-year-old guard Michael Devoe has arrived in Vilnius, ready to begin a new chapter of his career in Europe wearing Rytas jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the American player, this marks his first visit to Lithuania, but upon landing in the capital, he immediately radiated high spirits and openness to new experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201eI&#8217;m excited about it. It&#8217;s my first time being here, so I&#8217;m going to embrace it as much, try to get out and see as much as I possibly can of the city. But I&#8217;m excited to meet my teammates, meet the fans and be able to go out there and play,\u201c Devoe said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the entire roster is completely new to the American, he makes no secret of arriving with a clear goal of aiming for the highest honors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201eUh, I think just gelling with the team. Um, it&#8217;s a new team like I said, and uh I&#8217;m kind of just excited for it. I mean you guys are coming off of winning the championship last year, so it&#8217;s something that I want to do as well. Um, so I&#8217;m looking forward to that,\u201c stated the guard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside basketball, Devoe intends to immerse himself in the rhythm of life in Vilnius:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201eUh, the culture here. I&#8217;ve never, like I said, I&#8217;ve never been here before, so I kind of want to embrace that. I want to try new foods, try different restaurants, and uh definitely see a lot of scenery out here, so it looks&#8230; it looks really beautiful out here, so I definitely want to see.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although he doesn&#8217;t have any familiar faces on the team yet, the player sees this as the best possible push forward:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201eUh, I&#8217;m super excited. 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