Dainius Adomaitis

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Dainius Adomaitis
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Adomaitis in January 2024
Alvark Tokyo
Position Head coach
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1974-01-19) 19 January 1974 (age 50)
Šakiai, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Playing career1993–2009
Position Small forward
Coaching career2009–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1996 Statyba Vilnius
1996–1999 Žalgiris Kaunas
1999 Zucchetti Montecatini
1999–2000 Anwil Włocławek
2000–2003 Śląsk Wrocław
2003–2007 BCM Gravelines
2007–2009 Barons/LMT Riga
As coach:
2009–2010 Czarni Słupsk (assistant)
2010–2012Czarni Słupsk
2012 Anwil Włocławek
2012–2013 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant)
2013–2014Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2014–2015 Juventus Utena
2015–2017 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2016–2019 Lithuania
2018–2020Rytas Vilnius
2021 Hapoel Jerusalem
2021–2022 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2022–present Alvark Tokyo
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney

Dainius Adomaitis (born 19 January 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of Japan's B.League.

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Professional career

He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the EuroLeague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there. Therefore, he moved to Anwil Włocławek, and later to Śląsk Wrocław and finally in 2003 he arrived to BCM Gravelines. He became the captain of this team just a year later. Nevertheless, at the end of 2006–2007 season during the change of coaches, he left to Barons/LMT Riga. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career. [1]

National team career

Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team, which won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Coaching career

On 22 August 2009 he was named an assistant coach of the Polish team Czarni Słupsk. [2] On 23 March 2010 he was promoted to be the head coach of the team. [3]

In June 2012, he signed a contract with Anwil Włocławek to be the head coach, but he was fired the same year because of bad team results. [4] [5] On 19 November 2012 he joined the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius as assistant coach of head coach Darius Maskoliūnas. [6] After shortly performing as the head coach of Lietuvos rytas, he joined Juventus Utena and was named best coach of the 2014–15 LKL season. [7]

In 2015, he joined Neptūnas and was once again named best coach of the LKL season after coaching Neptūnas to the LKL finals. [8]

On 21 June 2018 Adomaitis was hired as head coach by Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. [9] On 2 June 2020 Adomaitis and Rytas Vilnius agreed to mutually part ways after both sides could not agree on a contract extension. [10]

On 14 January 2021 Adomaitis signed as head coach with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [11] On 9 April 2021 the two sides parted ways. [12]

On 18 December 2021 Adomatis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the rest of the season. [13]

On 1 July 2022 it was announced that Adomaitis signed with Alvark Tokyo which competes in Japan's B.League. [14]

Lithuanian national team (2016–2019)

On 25 October 2016 Adomaitis was appointed as head coach for the Lithuanian national basketball team, following the departure of Jonas Kazlauskas shortly after the 2016 Rio Olympics. [15] He left the Lithuanian national team after the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the Lithuanian team was eliminated from the quarterfinals. [16]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold Career high

EuroLeague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2001–02 Śląsk Wrocław 14930.4.505.475.6924.11.4.4.210.89.9
2002–03 14828.4.468.533.8333.41.3.9.18.29.6
Career281729.3.489.500.7443.81.4.6.29.59.7

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