Tadas Sedekerskis (born January 17, 1998) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for Cazoo Baskonia of the

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and the EuroLeague.

Professional career

During his early career at age of just thirteen Sedekerskis played for Kuršiai Neringa in the third-tier Lithuanian basketball league –

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, averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per 27 minutes. The following season, he joined NKL club Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas. In 2013, Sedekerskis signed a "1+2+3" contract with Baskonia of Spain. On May 10, 2014 Sedekerskis led Baskonia's junior team to a bronze medal after scoring 34 points (2-pointers: 7/10, 3-pointers: 4/11, FT: 8/11), grabbing 10 rebounds and making two steals. At the age of only 17, he debuted in Baskonia's men's team during a

win against

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by 87–68. He tallied four points and a team-high five rebounds as a member of the World Select Team at the 2017

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. On September 1, 2017, Sedekerskis extended his contract with Baskonia until 2022 and went on loan to San Pablo Burgos for the 2017–18 season. On December 16, 2017, Sedekerskis end his loan with San Pablo Burgos after appearing inconspicuously in eight games with Spanish club and went on loan to

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. In April 2019, he declared for the

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. On July 26, 2019, Baskonia loaned him to Neptūnas for the 2019–20 season. On July 27, 2021, Sedekerskis signed a contract extension with Baskonia until the end of the 2023–24 season.

National team career

In 2013, Sedekerskis was a member of the Lithuanian U-16 team during the 2013 European Under-16 Championship. He averaged 11.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1 assist per 20 minutes of game action. In 2015, he represented Lithuania's U-18 team in the

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and averaged 12.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. The team, led by him and

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, won bronze. The trio was invited to play in the FIBA's Youth All-Star Game during

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. He averaged a double-double with 15.7 points and 10.2 rebounds to go along with 3.8 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.2 steals per outing en route to a silver medal at the 2016 U18 European Championships in Turkey. Sedekerskis was named to the tournament’s "All-Star Five".

References

External links

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at acb.com
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at eurobasket.com
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at euroleague.net

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