Modestas Paulauskas
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Modestas Paulauskas
As a player, he was the youngest
In 1991, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players.
In 2021, he was included into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[2]
Club career
Paulauskas spent his whole club career with Žalgiris Kaunas, despite getting attention from teams based in Western Europe and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could not join them due to various reasons, one of such is Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union at that time, and it was very hard to travel abroad USSR. The other reason was he never actually wanted to leave his homeland -Lithuania. He was also asked to join Žalgiris Kaunas's main rival, CSKA Moscow, but he declined.[3]
National team career
Paulauskas was a part of the senior
Coaching career
After retiring from playing basketball competitions, Paulauskas worked as a
Notes
- ^ Lithuanian: Modestas Juozapas Paulauskas
Russian: Модестас Йозапас Феликсович Паулаускас
References
- ^ Stankovic, Vladimir. "Modestas Paulauskas, the first Lithuanian "King"". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Modestas Paulauskas kartu su Nashu ir Pesičiumi įtrauktas į FIBA Šlovės muziejų". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Butkus, Saulius (7 April 2015). "Į NBA kviestas M. Paulauskas: jei būčiau išvykęs, būtų nukentėję mano artimieji". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Modestas Paulauskas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Andzelis, Paulius. "M.Paulauskas: "Marškinėlių pakėlimas – didžiausias įvertinimas žaidėjui"". Žalgiris.lt. Retrieved 8 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Khodorkovskii, Boris. Баскетбол. Три секунды и тридцать лет. evasport.ru
- ^ Nagornyh Elena (17 November 2008) Уроки Паулаускаса. rg.ru
Further reading
- (in Lithuanian) INTERVIU: M.Paulauskas: "Noriu būti reikalingas" (FOTO). Eurobasket.lt.
- (in Lithuanian) Modestas PAULAUSKAS. Kauno diena.