Dainius Adomaitis

Dainius Adomaitis
Neptūnas Klaipėda
Position Head coach
League Lithuanian Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1974-01-19) January 19, 1974
Šakiai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
Playing career 1993–2009
Coaching career 2009–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1996 Statyba
1996–1999 Žalgiris
1999 Zucchetti Montecatini
1999–2000 Anwil Włocławek
2000–2003 Śląsk Wrocław
2003–2007 BCM Gravelines
2007–2009 Barons/LMT
As coach:
2009–2010 Czarni Słupsk (assistant)
2010–2012 Czarni Słupsk
2012 Anwil Włocławek
2012–2013 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant)
2013–2014 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2014–2015 Juventus Utena
2015–present Neptūnas Klaipėda
2016-present Lithuania NT

Dainius Adomaitis (born January 19, 1974) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and current head coach of BC Neptūnas.

Professional career

He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the Euroleague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there. Therefore, he moved to Anwil Włocławek, and later to Śląsk Wrocław and finally in 2003 he arrived to BCM Gravelines. He became the captain of this team just a year later. Nevertheless, at the end of 2006–2007 season during the change of coaches, he left to Barons LMT. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career.[1]

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
2001–02 Wrocław 14 6 30.2 .527 .475 .692 4.1 1.4 .4 .2 10.8 9.9
2002–03 Wrocław 14 5 28.2 .429 .533 .833 3.4 1.3 .9 .1 8.2 9.6

Coaching career

Since August 22, 2009, he is an assistant coach at Czarni Słupsk.[2] Since March 23, 2010 head coach of this team.[3] In June 2012 he signed with Anwil Włocławek, but he was fired the same year because of bad results.[4][5] On November 19, 2012, he joined Lietuvos Rytas as assistant coach of Darius Maskoliunas.[6]

Lithuanian national team

Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team which won bronze medals at the 2000 Olympic Games. In 2016 he was elected to be a coach for a Lithuanian national team.

References


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