Valdas Vasylius

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Valdas Vasylius
Personal information
Born (1983-09-03) 3 September 1983 (age 41)
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Norfolk Collegiate School
(Norfolk, Virginia)
College Old Dominion (2003–2007)
NBA draft 2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Position Forward
Career history
2007 Anwil Włocławek
2007 Rethymno Aegean
2008 Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2008–2009 Neptūnas Klaipėda
2009–2010 Krasnye Krylia Samara
2010–2011Neptūnas Klaipėda
2011–2012 Šiauliai
2012 Dnipro
2013–2015Neptūnas Klaipėda
2015–2016 Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017 BC Juventus
2017-2018 Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas
2018–2019 BC Nevėžis
2019 BC Šilutė
2019–2020 Grindavík
2020–2022 BC Šilutė
2022–2023 Grindavík
2023-2024 Jurbarkas-Karys
2024 Akmenės r. Akmenės kraštas

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Valdas Vasylius (born 3 September 1983) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade. [1]

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Growing up in Lithuania, Vasylius learned to speak Lithuanian, Russian and German before learning English. [1]

College career

Vasylius began as the sixth man on the ODU squad, but was the star player by his senior year, being named to the All-CAA First team. He also led his team to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship his sophomore and senior years.

Professional career

After graduating with a degree in international business, Vasylius returned to Europe to play with Polish team Anwil Włocławek, [2] [3] signing a one-year deal with the club. [4] He left Polish team due to lack of playing time and joined Rethymno BC in Greece and later BC Nevėžis in Lithuania. In summer he signed with his hometown team BC Neptūnas. While a talented offensive player, his lack of athleticism hurt his chances of catching on with an NBA team. He also played for BC Siauliai during the 2011–2012 season. [5]

Vasylius started the 2019–2020 season with BC Šilutė in the NKL where he averaged 17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in 4 games. [6] He played his last game with Šilutė on 12 October 2019 and three days later he signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. [7] In his Grindavík debut, Vasylius posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in Grindavík's narrow loss against Haukar. [8] He helped Grindavík to the Icelandic Cup Finals in February 2020 where it lost to Stjarnan. [9]

After two years with BC Šilutė, he returned to Grindavík in August 2022. [10]

Euroleague 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
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2014–15 Neptūnas 10114.8.464.261.5562.6.8.2.16.85.9
Career10114.8.464.261.5562.6.8.2.16.85.9

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  3. ↑ Givony, Jonathan (2007-11-06), The Journey: Undrafted Rookie Free Agent Destinations, DraftExpress, retrieved 2007-11-13
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