Evaldas Žabas (born 21 April 1988 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the point guard position.

Club career

Žabas moved to Canada from his native Lithuania when he was 15 years old and played at St. Michael's College School. He averaged about 40 points per game his senior year. After graduating in 2007, he played in Europe for several years, most notably for the British Basketball League's Plymouth Raiders and Sweden Basketligan's Jamtland Basket, leading the latter league and team in points per game (21.9). In 2013, he returned to Canada and played for

Brampton A's The Orangeville A's were a Canadian professional basketball franchise based in Orangeville, Ontario. Founded in 2012 in Brampton, the A's were a member of the National Basketball League of Canada, where they began play for the season. History ...

during its debut season. In 2014, he signed with Lithuania's

BC Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Lietkabelis), also currently known as BC 7bet-Lietkabelis or 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lithu ...

. He led the team with 14.3 points and 3.5 assists per game and achieved recognition for his excellent performance against Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris at the end of the season. On July 25, 2016, Žabas joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. However, he left the team to join Pieno Žvaigždes In June 2019, signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík. He was released by Njarðvík on 21 October 2019 after appearing in three games where he averaged 12.0 points and 3.3 assists.

International career

Žabas represented Lithuania at the

2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title. Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B. ...

, which won a silver medal. He averaged 2.8 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.

External links

EuroBasket.com Profile

Profile
at RealGM.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabas, Evaldas 1988 births Living people BC Lietkabelis players Brampton A's players Eisbären Bremerhaven players Jämtland Basket players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland Lithuanian men's basketball players Plymouth Raiders players Point guards Njarðvík men's basketball players Rethymno B.C. players Basketball players from Vilnius University of Tartu basketball team players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Valur men's basketball players Worcester Wolves players