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Marijonas Petravičius Position Forward-Center Height 6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m) Weight 260 lb (120 kg) League Turkish Basketball League
EurocupTeam Free agent Born October 24, 1979
Šilalė, LithuaniaNationality 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.
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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
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External links
Lithuania squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 4th place 4 Kaukėnas | 5 Lukauskis | 6 Mačiulis | 7 D.Lavrinovič | 8 Šiškauskas | 9 Prekevičius | 10 Jasaitis | 11 Kleiza | 12 K.Lavrinovič | 13 Jasikevičius | 14 Petravičius | 15 Javtokas | Coach: ButautasLithuania squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 11th place 4 Mažutis | 5 Kalnietis | 6 Mačiulis | 7 D. Lavrinovič | 8 Lukauskis | 9 Delininkaitis | 10 Jomantas | 11 Kleiza | 12 K. Lavrinovič | 13 Jasaitis | 14 Petravičius | 15 Javtokas | Coach: ButautasLithuania squad – EuroBasket 2011 – 5th place 4 Kaukėnas | 5 Kalnietis | 6 Delininkaitis | 7 Pocius | 8 Jankūnas | 9 Songaila | 10 Jasaitis | 11 Valančiūnas | 12 Lavrinovič | 13 Jasikevičius | 14 Petravičius | 15 Javtokas | Coach: KemzūraULEB Eurocup Finals MVP Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Centers (basketball)
- Power forwards (basketball)
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Lithuania
- BC Lietuvos rytas players
- Lithuanian basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Samogitian Roman Catholics
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