Kristupas Žemaitis Explained

Kristupas Žemaitis
Position:Point guard
Height M:1.92
Weight Kg:85
Nationality:Lithuanian
Birth Date:24 June 1996
Birth Place:Kaunas, Lithuania
Number:13
Team:Wolves Twinsbet
League:Lithuanian Basketball League
EuroCup
Career Start:2014
Team1:Žalgiris-2 Kaunas
Years1:2014–2017
Team2:Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas
Years2:2017
Team3:BC Šiauliai
Years3:2017–2019
Team4:Nevėžis Kėdainiai
Years4:2019–2020
Team5:Dzūkija Alytus
Years5:2020–2021
Team6:Lietkabelis Panevėžys
Years6:2021–2022
Team7:BC Wolves
Years7:2022–present

Kristupas Žemaitis (born 24 June 1996) is a Lithuanian basketball player who plays for Wolves Twinsbet of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.[1]

Professional career

Žemaitis started his professional career when he signed with BC Žalgiris-2 in summer 2014. He spend 3 seasons with club. In 2015-16 season Žemaitis won silver medals with club, averaging 9 points and 3,4 assists per game.

In April 2017, Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas registered him for rest of the season, because, half of the team was injured, and by the LKL rules they can't sign any player who's older than 21 years old.[2] He debuted against Kėdainiai Nėvėžis, scoring 6 points and making 1 assists.

On November 23, 2019, he has signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[3]

On July 24, 2022, he has signed with BC Wolves of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[4]

National team career

Žemaitis debuted for the Lithuania men's u-18 basketball team in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Turkey. Later that summer he won gold at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Basketball 3x3 Boys tournament hitting buzzer beater, in final game against France.[5]

He won silver medals with the Lithuania men's national u-20 basketball team in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. After solid performance at tournament, he was selected to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

Žemaitis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the 2017 Summer Universiade after defeating the United States' team 74–85 in the final.[7]

Career statistics

EuroCup

|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021–22| style="text-align:left;"|Lietkabelis| 19 || 10 || 25.4 || .439 || .329 || .594 || 3.3 || 3.5 || .8 || .1 || 8.4 || 9.8|-| style="text-align:left;"|2023–24| style="text-align:left;"|Wolves Vilnius| 18 || 14 || 26.1 || .495 || .509 || .765 || 3.8 || 3.9 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.4 || 12.4|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career| 37 || 24 || 25.3 || .467 || .406 || .653 || 1.0 || 3.7 || 1.0 || .1 || 8.4 || 11.8

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kristupas Zemaitis Player Profile, Panevezys Lietkabelis, News, Stats - Eurobasket .
  2. Web site: "Vytauto" gretas papildys Kristupas Žemaitis .
  3. Web site: Prie komandos prisijungė Kristupas Žemaitis. November 23, 2019. kknevezis.lt. Lithuanian. December 9, 2019.
  4. Web site: "Lietkabelį" į "Wolves" iškeitęs Žemaitis: "Karjeroje dar nebuvo tokio sunkaus sprendimo. July 24, 2022. eurobasket.lt. lt. August 15, 2022.
  5. Web site: Žemaičio tolimas šūvis lietuviams padovanojo olimpinius aukso medalius (Video) .
  6. Web site: Lietuvos dvidešimtmečiams – sidabro medaliai | 24sek.lt . 15min.lt . 2016-07-24 . 2017-04-19.
  7. Web site: Results - Men Gold Medal Game 2017 . fisu.net . 12 October 2019 . 12 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012131749/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/bk/engbk_basketball-results-men-1-01.htm . dead .