Gytis Masiulis (born 10 April 1998) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the LKL and the

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Professional career

Masiulis started his professional career when he signed with

BC Žalgiris-2 BC Žalgiris-2 is the reserve team of the professional basketball club Žalgiris Kaunas. The club is based in Kaunas, Lithuania. The team currently competes in the Lithuanian second division ''Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga''. They play their home ...

in summer 2014. He debuted for the senior team of Žalgiris Kaunas on 22 January 2017 against Nevėžis Kėdainiai. In June 2017, he participated in adidas Eurocamp in

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, and led Europe to an 82–62 victory over the United States, scoring 16 points and grabbing 4 rebounds. In July 2018, Masiulis was loaned to Neptūnas Klaipėda. In the following year, he was named LKL Best Young Player as the top under-21 player in the league. On 28 May 2020, Masiulis was loaned to

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of the

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. On July 7, 2021, he has signed with

Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilba ...

of the

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. On July 2, 2022, he signed with Rytas Vilnius of the LKL and the

National team career

Gytis Masiulis made his youth debut for

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at the

2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 28th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in the four Latvian cities of Ogre, Grobiņa, Liepāja and Riga, from 20 to 30 Augus ...

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. He won a bronze medal with

in the

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. One year later, he won silver medal at the

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. In 2017, Masiulis represented Lithuania at the

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Personal life

Gytis is the son of former

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member

Tomas Masiulis Tomas Masiulis (born September 19, 1975) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.05 m (6'8 ") tall, he played at the power forward position. During his coaching career, he was ...

, who won a bronze medal at the

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, and previously had success with Žalgiris Kaunas and

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in the EuroLeague.

References

External links

Gytis Masiulis
at fiba.com
Gytis Masiulis
at euroleague.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Masiulis, Gytis 1998 births Living people Basketball players from Kaunas BC Lietkabelis players BC Neptūnas players BC Žalgiris players BC Žalgiris-2 players Bilbao Basket players Centers (basketball) Liga ACB players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Germany Lithuanian men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Skyliners Frankfurt players