Tomas Delininkaitis

Tomas Delininkaitis

Tomas Delininkaitis with Lithuania men's national team
No. 9 – Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	Lithuanian Basketball League FIBA Europe Cup
Personal information
Born	(1982-06-11) June 11, 1982 Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career	2001–present
Career history
2001–2002	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2002–2007	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2007–2009	Azovmash Mariupol
2009	Budivelnyk Kyiv
2009–2010	CB Murcia
2010	PAOK BC
2010–2012	Žalgiris Kaunas
2012–2013	Cherkaski Mavpy
2013	VEF Rīga
2013–2014	Torku Selçuk Üniversitesi
2014–2015	AEK Athens
2016	Rethymno Cretan Kings
2016–present	Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas
Career highlights and awards
ULEB Cup (2005) 4× BBL champion (2005, 2007, 2011, 2012) 3× LKL champion (2006, 2011, 2012) LKL All-Star (2011)
Medals Representing  Lithuania World Championships 2010 Turkey National team FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Slovenia National Team

Tomas Delininkaitis (born June 11, 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who currently plays for Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He was a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team for the 2010 FIBA World Championship . He is 1.90 m (6 ft 2 ¾ in) and weighs 82 kg.

Pro career

Delininkaitis established his career in BC Lietuvos Rytas. Alongside Robertas Javtokas and Simas Jasaitis he led Rytas to a ULEB Cup trophy in 2005, although Rytas lost the LKL and Baltic Basketball League titles to their Lithuanian rivals Žalgiris.

The next season, Rytas played in the Euroleague where Delininkaitis began to fade away from his leadership role and he was left only as a reserve player. Still, Rytas had their best season that year, winning their easiest LKL series (4–0) against Žalgiris. In his last season with Rytas, Delininkaits was the team's sixth man and he helped Rytas reach their 2nd ULEB Cup final, which they lost to Real Madrid Baloncesto 75–87. In 2007, he signed with Azovmash Mariupol. In 2009, he joined Budivelnyk Kyiv. After playing a fraction of the 2008–2009 season, he moved to CB Murcia to start his 2009–2010 season. After the relegation and the financial problems of Murcia his contract was terminated and he joined PAOK BC in April 2010. He appeared in 6 games (4 games of regular season and 2 play-off games) for the Greek side and he averaged 10.33 points, 2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. ^[1]

After winning bronze medals with Lithuanian national basketball team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship he was signed by Žalgiris Kaunas^[2] and became a key player for the team.

On November 5, 2014 he signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League.^[3] In 25 regular season's games he averaged 9.76 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists ^[4]

On January 12, 2016 he signed with Rethymno B.C. of the Greek Basket League for the rest of the season. ^[5]

On August 12, 2016 he signed with Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas.

Career statistics

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

Lithuanian national team

At the 2010 FIBA World Championship he played for the Lithuanian national basketball team, which won Bronze medals.

Awards and achievements

• Lithuanian League Champion – 2006, 2011, 2012
• BBL champion – 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
• ULEB Cup winner – 2005
• ULEB Cup Vice-Champion – 2007
• BBL Vice-champion – 2005
• LKL Vice-champion – 2004, 2005, 2007
• Ukrainian Basketball Super League Champion – 2008
• 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkey – Bronze medalist

References

External links

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