Gabrielius Maldūnas
undrafted | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
|---|---|
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | CB Peñas Huesca |
| 2016–2017 | Palencia Baloncesto |
| 2017–2019 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai |
| 2019–present | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Gabrielius "Gabas" Maldūnas (born 19 April 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays as a center for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[1] He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2015.
Early life and high school
Maldūnas was born in
College career
Maldūnas had a very successful career at Dartmouth College, appearing in 102 games for the Big Green.[2] He is one of four Ivy League players to ever score 1,000 points, and record over 700 rebounds, 100 assists, 100 blocks and 100 steals.
During his sophomore year Gabas was selected to the All-Ivy second team. He continued playing strong during his junior year, but his season was cut short due to an
He came back for his senior year and helped the
Gabas finished his Dartmouth career 22nd on the scoring list, 3rd in career blocked shots and 4th in rebounds. He was the first Dartmouth player in 56 years to record 1,000 points and 700 rebounds and only the second ever to record 100 career blocks and 100 steals.
In June 2015 he graduated with an Economics degree and went on to play professional basketball in Europe.
Professional career
CB Peñas Huesca
On 28 August 2015, Maldūnas signed to play in the second-tier league in Spain for CB Peñas Huesca.
During the regular season he averaged 10 points and 6.6 rebounds while helping a very young and inexperienced Peñas team record 16 wins and 14 losses and make the playoffs as the 7th seed.
In the
Palencia Baloncesto
On 7 July 2016, Maldūnas signed with the
Kėdainiai Nevėžis
On 4 August 2017, Maldūnas signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[4] The team finished in 8th place in 2017–18 LKL season and lost to BC Žalgiris in the first round of the playoffs. In 2018–19 LKL season the team finished in 9th place.
Lietkabelis Panevėžys
On 11 July 2019, Maldūnas signed with
Personal life
While at Dartmouth, Maldunas was a member of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity and Sphinx Senior Society.
References
- ^ "Gabrielius Maldūnas / Žaidėjai". basketnews.lt.
- ^ "Gabas Maldunas". dartmouthsports.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Dartmouth's Gabas Maldunas will miss rest of season". nbcsports.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Prie „Lietkabelio" prisijungė G. Maldūnas ir jaunas panevėžietis". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Prie „Lietkabelio" prisijungė G. Maldūnas ir jaunas panevėžietis". lkl.net (in Lithuanian). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Lietkabelis re-signs Lipkevicius, Maldunas". euroleaguebasketball.net. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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