Marijonas Petravičius

Marijonas Petravičius

Position	Forward-Center
Height	6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m)
Weight	260 lb (120 kg)
League	Turkish Basketball League Eurocup
Team	Free agent
Born	October 24, 1979 (1979-10-24) (age 32) Šilalė, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
College	South Carolina
Draft	Undrafted, 2003
Pro career	2003–present
Career history	Mitteldeutscher BC (2003-04) Telindus Oostende (2004-05) BK Ventspils (2005-06) Lietuvos Rytas (2006-09) Armani Jeans (2009-11)
Awards	EuroCup Challenge Finals MVP (2004) Latvian League Finals MVP (2006) 2x LKL All-Star (2008, 2009) Eurocup Finals MVP (2009)

Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He currently a free agent. He is a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly plays the center position, but he can also play the power forward position.

Pro career

With his former club Mitteldeutscher BC, he won the FIBA Europe Cup in 2004, being the Final Four MVP.

Petravičius arrived in Vilnius in 2006, to replace Robertas Javtokas who left the team, and he quickly became the first choice center for Rytas. He helped Rytas to reach the Eurocup final in 2007. In 2008, the team was competing in the Euroleague, and in his first game Petravičius scored 29 points against Armani Jeans Milano.

Petravičius led Rytas to first place during the group stage, but unfortunately during a practice Petravičius suffered a foot injury. With the club's three leaders injured: himself, Matthew Nielsen and Roberts Štelmahers, Rytas failed to enter the Euroleague quarterfinals. He was named the Eurocup Finals MVP in 2009.^[1]

He joined the Italian League club Armani Jeans Milano in 2009.^[2][3]

In August 2011, he agreed terms with the Turkish Basketball League team Beşiktaş. However, Beşiktaş gave up on signing him after he was diagnosed with a lung problem.^[4]

Lithuanian national team

Petravičius was a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team at the Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics tournament in Beijing, China where Lithuania finished in 4th place. He also participated in EuroBasket 2009 and EuroBasket 2011; during the latter tournament, however, he was forced to leave the team due to being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.

Awards and achievements

• FIBA Europe Cup Champion: 2004
• FIBA Europe Cup Final Four MVP: 2004
• LBL Champion - 2006
• BBL Champion - 2007
• Euroleague MVP of the week runner up (scoring 29 points-career high) - 2007
• BBL Vice-Champion - 2008
• LKL Vice-Champion - 2007, 2008
• LKF Vice-Champion - 2007, 2008
• LKF Cup Champion: 2009
• Eurocup Champion: 2009
• Eurocup Finals MVP: 2009

References

1. ^ Eurocupbasketball.com Lietuvos Rytas is once again the Eurocup champion.
2. ^ Talkbasket.net Armani Jeans Milano inks Marijonas Petravicius.
3. ^ Lrytas.lt Petravičius signs with Milano (Lithuanian).
4. ^ Besiktas signs Zoran Erceg

External links

• Eurocup Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile

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Name	Petravicius, Marijonas
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Date of birth	October 24, 1979
Place of birth	Šilalė, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
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