Renaldas Seibutis

Renaldas Seibutis (born July 23, 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He also represents the senior Lithuanian national team internationally.

Renaldas Seibutis

Renaldas Seibutis with Lithuania men's national basketball team
Free agent
Position	Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1985-07-23) July 23, 1985 Palanga, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50th overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002–2003	Naglis Palanga
2003–2005	Sakalai Vilnius
2005–2008	Olympiacos
2006–2007	→Maroussi Honda
2008–2010	Bilbao Basket
2010–2011	Olin Edirne
2011–2014	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2014–2015	Darüşşafaka
2015–2017	Žalgiris Kaunas
2017–2018	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2018–2019	Zaragoza
Career highlights and awards
3× LKL All-Star (2012–2014) All-EuroCup First Team (2012) 2× LKL champion (2016, 2017) King Mindaugas Cup winner (2017) FIBA Under-21 World Championship MVP (2005)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Lithuania FIBA World Cup 2010 Turkey EuroBasket 2013 Slovenia 2015 France FIBA Under-21 World Cup 2005 Argentina Under-21 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 2005 Russia Under-20

Professional career

Seibutis with the Olympiacos Piraeus.

Europe

In the 2010–11 season, Seibutis played for Olin Edirne Basketbol where he has become one of the leaders of Olin, averaging 18.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.5 apg and 1.6 spg.

On June 12, 2011, Seibutis signed a three-year (2+1) contract with the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas.[1]

In July 2014, he signed a contract with Turkish team Darüşşafaka Doğuş.[2]

On September 4, 2015, Seibutis signed a one-year contract (with an option for another) with the Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas.[3]

On July 21, 2017, Seibutis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the 2017–18 season.[4]

On July 17, 2018, Seibutis signed a two-year deal with Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.[5]

NBA

Seibutis was drafted in the second round with the 50th overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks. Following the draft selection, he played with the Mavericks' NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas, averaging 6 points, 1 rebound, 1.6 assists, while shooting over 47% in 13 minutes per game over 5 games.[6] He played again in 2008, averaging only 2 points in 10.9 minutes per game over 5 games.[7] He was ultimately dropped from the 2008 roster because of his underperforming.[8]

On July 23, 2018, the draft rights to Seibutis, along with Johnathan Motley, was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the draft rights to Maarty Leunen and cash considerations.[9] On August 7, 2018, the draft rights to Seibutis, along with Sam Dekker, were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for the draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko.[10]

National team career

At the 2010 FIBA World Championship Seibutis played for the Lithuanian national basketball team, which won bronze medals. He also participated in his first Olympic Games in London 2012.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games 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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2005–06	Olympiacos	23	3	17.8	.440	.303	.821	1.9	.6	.6	.0	6.3	4.6
2007–08	Olympiacos	3	0	2.9	.000	.000	.000	.3	.3	.3	.0	.0	.7
2012–13	Lietuvos rytas	10	10	30.3	.449	.321	.917	3.6	2.3	1.2	.0	12.9	10.9
2013–14	Lietuvos rytas	10	5	26.5	.404	.423	.909	2.5	3.2	1.2	.0	10.7	9.4
2015–16	Žalgiris	21	17	22.2	.462	.319	.822	2.3	1.5	.2	.1	8.0	4.7
2016–17	Žalgiris	30	9	12.3	.408	.208	.760	1.3	.9	.3	.1	2.5	1.5
Career		67	35	21.5	.466	.333	.850	2.2	1.5	.7	.1	8.2	6.7

References

1. Lietuvos Rytas tabs Seibutis and coach Dzikic
2. Renaldas Seibutis signs with Darussafaka Dogus
3. "Renaldas Seibutis returns to Zalgiris Kaunas". Sportando.com. September 4, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
4. „NEPTŪNE“ – DAR VIENA KLAIPĖDOS KRAŠTO ASMENYBĖ: KLUBO SPALVAS GINS RENALDAS SEIBUTIS (in Lithuanian)
5. "ACB.COM - La experiencia y calidad de Renaldas Seibuits llegan a Basket Zaragoza". www.acb.com (in Spanish). July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
6. NBA.com: Renaldas Seibutis 2007 Summer League Statistics Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
7. NBA.com: Renaldas Seibutis 2008 Summer League Statistics Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
8. For NBA sophs, struggles carry over in summer league
9. "Press Release: L.A. Clippers Acquire Two-Way Forward Johnathan Motley". NBA.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
10. "Cavaliers Acquire Sam Dekker". NBA.com. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

External links

• Renaldas Seibutis at acb.com (in Spanish)

• Renaldas Seibutis at eurobasket.com
• Renaldas Seibutis at euroleague.net
• Renaldas Seibutis at fiba.com