Valdas Vasylius Explained

Valdas Vasylius
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:8
Weight Lbs:210
League:Úrvalsdeild karla
Team:Grindavík
Nationality:Lithuanian
Birth Date:1983 9, df=y
Birth Place:Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
College:Old Dominion (2003–2007)
Highschool:Norfolk Collegiate School
(Norfolk, Virginia)
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007
Years2:2007
Years3:2008
Years4:2008–2009
Years5:2009–2010
Years6:2010–2011
Team6:Neptūnas Klaipėda
Years7:2011–2012
Years8:2012
Years9:2013–2015
Team9:Neptūnas Klaipėda
Years10:2015–2016
Team10:Lietkabelis Panevėžys
Years11:2016–2017
Team11:BC Juventus
Years12:2017-2018
Team12:Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas
Years13:2018–2019
Team13:BC Nevėžis
Years14:2019
Team14:BC Šilutė
Years15:2019–2020
Team15:Grindavík
Years16:2020–2022
Team16:BC Šilutė
Years17:2022–present
Team17:Grindavík
Highlights:

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.

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

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, signing a one-year deal with the club. 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.

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.[1] He played his last game with Šilutė on 12 October 2019 and three days later he signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.[2] In his Grindavík debut, Vasylius posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in Grindavík's narrow loss against Haukar.[3] He helped Grindavík to the Icelandic Cup Finals in February 2020 where it lost to Stjarnan.[4]

After two years with BC Šilutė, he returned to Grindavík in August 2022.[5]

Euroleague career statistics

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Neptūnas| 10 || 1 || 14.8 || .464 || .261 || .556 || 2.6 || .8 || .2 || .1 || 6.8 || 5.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 10 || 1 || 14.8 || .464 || .261 || .556 || 2.6 || .8 || .2 || .1 || 6.8 || 5.9

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Notes and References

  1. News: Grindavík bætir við sig fyrrum EuroLeague leikmanni . 15 October 2019 . Karfan.is . 15 October 2019 . is.
  2. News: Hjörvar Ólafsson . Grindavík eykur hæðina í liði sínu . 15 October 2019 . . 15 October 2019 . is.
  3. News: Benedikt Grétarsson . Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar - Grindavík 97-93 - Baráttusigur Hauka gegn Grindavík . 20 October 2019 . . 20 October 2019 . is.
  4. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Leik lokið: Grindavík - Stjarnan 75-89 - Stjörnumenn bikarmeistarar annað árið í röð . 15 February 2020 . . 15 February 2020 . is.
  5. News: Davíð Eldur . Valdas aftur til Grindavíkur . 28 August 2022 . Karfan.is . 23 August 2022 . Icelandic.