Gediminas Orelik

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Gediminas Orelik
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Orelik with Beşiktaş in 2022
Juventus Utena
Position Power forward / small forward
League LKL
Personal information
Born (1990-05-14) 14 May 1990 (age 34)
Šiauliai, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2010 Šiauliai
2008–2009→Meresta Pakruojis
2010–2013 Rūdupis / TonyBet Prienai
2013–2016 Lietuvos rytas
2016–2017 Banvit
2017–2018 Reyer Venezia
2020Šiauliai
2020–2021 Spars Sarajevo
2021–2022 Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2022–2023 Beşiktaş
2023–2024Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2024–present Juventus Utena
Career highlights and awards
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Orelik in 2015

Gediminas Orelik (Lithuanian : Gediminas Orelikas) (born 14 May 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He primarily plays at power forward position.

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Professional career

At the conclusion of the Lithuanian League's 2012–13 season, Orelik won the league's season MVP award, after averaging 17.1 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 21.2 efficiency points per game. [1] On 17 May 2013, it was announced that Orelik signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius. [2]

On 1 August 2016, Orelik signed with Banvit of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [3] [4]

On 15 July 2017, Orelik signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), for the 2017–18 season. [5] He averaged 14.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in the LBA, along with 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Champions League, before suffering a season-ending knee injury in January 2018. [6]

On 14 October 2020, Orelik signed with BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). [7]

On 11 July 2021, Orelik signed a one-year contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup. [8] He averaged 15.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 15 EuroCup games played.

On 29 July 2022, Orelik signed with Beşiktaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [9] On 16 January 2023, he left the club on a mutual agreement. [10] On the same day, he returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys, signing until the end of the season. [11]

On 5 July 2024, Orelik signed a two-year deal with Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). [12]

National team career

Lithuanian junior national team

Orelik was a part of the Lithuanian Under-16, Under-18, Under-19, and Under-20 junior national teams. In 2009, he played alongside Donatas Motiejūnas, and led Lithuania to a 9th-place finish at the Under-19 World Cup. In 2011, he won a bronze medal, while representing Lithuania at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Lithuanian senior national team

In 2015, Orelik was included into the senior Lithuanian national team's extended candidates list. [13] However, he was not invited into the team's training camp later on. [14]

Personal life

Orelik is of Belarusian and Polish descent. [15]

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