Donatas Zavackas
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| Position | Sports director |
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| Born | 23 April 1980 Consultinvest Pesaro |
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Donatas Zavackas (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and basketball executive, who is the sports director for
College career
During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the
Zavackas scored 1,099 points for the Panthers which currently places him 31st on Pitt's All Time scoring list. His .807
Unfortunately, many Pittsburgh fans only remember Zavackas for removing his shoes and refusing to play in the waning minutes of an NCAA Tournament game. That game, versus Marquette, would be his last career college game.
Professional career
After winning third place in the
In August 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the German club
On September 2, 2013, he signed a one-month contract with the EuroLeague powerhouse CSKA Moscow, to work with the team during preseason period.[4] Later that month he moved to the German team Telekom Baskets Bonn.[5][6] On December 30, 2013, he signed with the Italian team Vanoli Cremona for the remainder of the season.[7]
In August 2014, he signed a two-year deal with his former team Neptūnas Klaipėda.[8]
On August 16, 2016, Zavackas signed with
On October 9, 2017, Zavackas retired and became the sports director of Neptūnas Klaipėda.EuroLeague career statistics
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Lietuvos Rytas
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10 | 9 | 24.9 | .379 | .400 | .826 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .9 | .2 | 7.9 | 6.7 |
| 2014–15 | Neptūnas | 10 | 9 | 25.9 | .594 | .571 | .750 | 5.1 | 1.8 | .7 | .0 | 12.0 | 13.7 |
| Career | 20 | 18 | 25.4 | .496 | .480 | .788 | 4.1 | 1.5 | .8 | .1 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
References
- ^ "Donatas Zavackas inks with EnBW Ludwigsburg". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ Donatas Zavackas extends with EnBW Ludwigsburg
- ^ "VEF Riga officially signs Donatas Zavackas". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "Donatas Zavackas to help CSKA during preseason". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "Telekom Baskets Bonn sign Donatas Zavackas". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ Donatas Zavackas to join Telekom Bonn
- ^ "Vanoli Cremona announced Donatas Zavackas". Sportando.net. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Neptunas brings back Zavackas". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Zavackas è biancorosso!". www.victorialibertas.it (in Italian). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
External links
- Donatas Zavackas at euroleague.net
- Donatas Zavackas at FIBA.com
- Donatas Zavackas Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine at pittsburghpanthers.com