Vaidas Kariniauskas
 Kariniauskas with Kymi in 2016 | |||||||||||||
| No. 19 – Pallacanestro Cantù | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Point guard | ||||||||||||
| League | Serie A | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
16 November 1993 Alytus, Lithuania | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2009–2013 | BC Žalgiris-2 | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | BC Žalgiris | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → BC Lietkabelis | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Kymis | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Pallacanestro Cantù | ||||||||||||
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Vaidas Kariniauskas (born 16 November 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian Serie A. He plays both guard positions.
Professional career
He won the NKL bronze in 2012 and 2013 with BC Žalgiris-2.[1] On November 19, 2013, he was loaned to BC Lietkabelis in order to get more playable time.[2] After his loan spell, he rejoined Žalgiris for the 2014–15 season, winning the LKL league and the LKF Cup.[3]
On June 19, 2015 he joined Kymis signing a 1+1 year deal.[4]
On August 18, 2016, he signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù.[5]
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.[6] Though, he was not invited into the training camp later on.[7] He was invited into the training camp the following year.[8] Firstly, Kariniauskas did not qualify into the Olympic roster, but later on he replaced Edgaras Ulanovas due to injury.[9]
References
- ↑
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ Pallacanestro Cantù signs Vaidas Kariniauskas
- ↑ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "J. Kazlauskas apsisprendė: rinktinės sąrašas – be L. Lekavičiaus, bet su naujais veidais". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ Miklovas, Jonas. "Olimpinėse žaidynėse debiutuosiantis Vaidas Kariniauskas: „Vykau su mintimi, kad turiu šansą patekti"". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
External links
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at euroleague.net
- Vaidas Kariniauskas at fiba.com