Gytis Masiulis | |
Position: | Power forward |
League: | LKL BCL |
Team: | Rytas Vilnius |
Number: | 21 |
Height M: | 2.07 |
Weight Kg: | 99 |
Nationality: | Lithuanian |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1998 |
Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Career Start: | 2014 |
Draft Year: | 2020 |
Years1: | 2014–2020 |
Team1: | Žalgiris Kaunas |
Years2: | 2014–2018 |
Team2: | → Žalgiris-2 Kaunas |
Years3: | 2018–2020 |
Team3: | → Neptūnas Klaipėda |
Years4: | 2020 |
Team4: | → Fraport Skyliners |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Team5: | Lietkabelis Panevežys |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Team6: | Bilbao Basket |
Years7: | 2022–present |
Team7: | Rytas Vilnius |
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Gytis Masiulis (born 10 April 1998) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the BCL.
Masiulis started his professional career when he signed with BC Žalgiris-2 in summer 2014. He debuted for the senior team of Žalgiris Kaunas on 22 January 2017 against Nevėžis Kėdainiai.[1] In June 2017, he participated in adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, and led Europe to an 82–62 victory over the United States, scoring 16 points and grabbing 4 rebounds.[2] In July 2018, Masiulis was loaned to Neptūnas Klaipėda. In the following year, he was named LKL Best Young Player as the top under-21 player in the league.[3]
On 28 May 2020, Masiulis was loaned to Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga.[4]
On July 7, 2021, he signed with Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB.[5]
On July 2, 2022, Masiulis signed with Rytas Vilnius of the LKL and the Basketball Champions League.[6]
Gytis Masiulis made his youth debut for Lithuania at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Latvia.[7] He won a bronze medal with Lithuania in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[8] One year later, he won silver medal at the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Turkey.[9] In 2017, Masiulis represented Lithuania at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.[10]
Gytis is the son of former Lithuanian national basketball team member Tomas Masiulis, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and previously had success with Žalgiris Kaunas and Prokom Trefl Sopot in the EuroLeague.[11]