Alvydas Pazdrazdis (born 20 July 1972) is a Lithuanian former
basketball
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player from
Kretinga
Kretinga (; german: Crottingen) is a City in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kretinga district municipality. It is located east of the popular Baltic Sea resort town of Palanga, and about north of Lithuania's 3rd largest c ...
, Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the
Lithuania national basketball team Lithuania national basketball team may refer to:
* Lithuania men's national basketball team
* Lithuania women's national basketball team
* Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team
* Lithuania men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball ...
at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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. He is currently a scout for the
Dallas Mavericks
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. His former clubs include
Statyba Vilnius,
Neptūnas Klaipėda and
Sakalai Vilnius. He retired as a player at the age of 28. In June 2011, he became an
NBA
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champion as a scout with the
Dallas Mavericks
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.
Dallas Mavericks became NBA Champions
/ref> He played collegiately at McNeese State University
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.
References
External links
databaseOlympics
1972 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
BC Statyba players
Lithuanian men's basketball players
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States
McNeese State Cowboys basketball players
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
BC Neptūnas players
Olympic basketball players of Lithuania
Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania
Olympic medalists in basketball
Small forwards
Sportspeople from Kretinga
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