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Vaidas Kariniauskas (born 16 November 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), he primarily plays at the point guard position.
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| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga FIBA Europe Cup | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1993 Alytus, Lithuania | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Žalgiris | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | →Žalgiris-2 | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | →Lietkabelis | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Kymis | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Cantù | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | U BT Cluj-Napoca | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Oradea | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lietkabelis | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kymis | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Igokea | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Juventus Utena | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Rytas Vilnius | |||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Brose Bamberg | |||||||||||||
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Professional career
Kariniauskas won the NKL bronze in 2012 and 2013 with BC Žalgiris-2.[1] On 19 November 2013, he was loaned to BC Lietkabelis in order to get more playing time.[2] After his loan spell, he rejoined Žalgiris for the 2014–15 season, winning the LKL league and the LKF Cup.[3]
On 19 June 2015, Kariniauskas signed a 1+1 year deal with Kymis of the Greek A2 Basket League.[4]
On 18 August 2016, Kariniauskas signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù of the LBA.[5] On 1 February 2017, he parted ways with Cantù.[6] The same day, he signed with Romanian club U BT Cluj-Napoca.[7]
On July 21, 2021, Kariniauskas signed with Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[8]
On August 2, 2022, Kariniauskas signed a one-year deal with Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[9]
National team career
Kariniauskas was an active participant of youth competitions and won a silver medal at the 2009 European U-16 Championship. In 2015 ,he was included into the Lithuania men's national basketball team head coach Jonas Kazlauskas extended candidates list.[10] Though, he was not invited into the training camp later on.[11] He was invited into the training camp the following year.[12] Firstly, Kariniauskas did not qualify into the Olympic roster, but later on he replaced Edgaras Ulanovas due to injury.[13]
References
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- "Zalgiris guard Vaidas Kariniauskas loaned to Lietkabelis". Sportando.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- "Zalgiris Kaunas brings back Edgaras Ulanovas and Vaidas Kariniauskas". Sportando.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- "Kariniauskas signs Kimi deal!". SDNA.gr. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- Pallacanestro Cantù signs Vaidas Kariniauskas
- Cantù parts ways with Vaidas Kariniauskas
- Vaidas Kariniauskas inks with U-BT Cluj-Napoca
- Skerletic, Dario (July 21, 2021). "Rytas Vilnius inks Vaidas Kariniauskas". Sportando. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- "Vaidas Kariniauskas verstärkt Brose Bamberg". bblprofis.de (in German). August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
- "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais". Krepsinis.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- Miklovas, Jonas. "Olimpinėse žaidynėse debiutuosiantis Vaidas Kariniauskas: "Vykau su mintimi, kad turiu šansą patekti"". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at euroleague.net
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at fiba.com
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