Darjuš Lavrinovič (, born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian former professional

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player. At in height, he played primarily at the center position. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. Lavrinovič was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in

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Professional career

Darjuš Lavrinovič blossomed in the EuroLeague 2005–06 season while playing with Žalgiris Kaunas, as he earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection. He was a rebounding monster that year, claiming the league rebounding crown in both the LKL and the

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, averaging 9.8 rebounds per game in each competition. He joined

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in 2009. The following year, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe. In 2011, he signed a two-year contract with

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. On 30 August 2013 he signed with Budivelnyk Kyiv. On 31 July 2014 Darjuš officially joined Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in the Italian

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. Despite missing the start of the season because of an injury, he contributed 11.4 points in around 17 minutes per game over 25 league games, before scoring in double figures in 10 of 15 playoff games he played in as Reggio Emilia only conceded the title on game 7 of the finals to Game 7 of the Italian League finals. On 22 August 2018 Lavrinovič signed with

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of the

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. On 21 September 2019 he signed with the

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of the

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. On 19 January 2020 he signed with BC Vytis of the National Basketball League.

National team career

Lavrinovič has also been a member of the senior Lithuanian national basketball team. With Lithuania's national team he has played at the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He helped Lithuania win the silver medal at the

and the bronze medal at the

Personal life

Lavrinovič is ethnically Polish. Lavrinovič has a twin-brother, Kšyštof, whom he played with at UNICS Kazan in the

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, as well as with on the senior men's Lithuanian national basketball team. On 18 October 1998 Darjuš Lavrinovič, his twin-brother Kšyštof and their cousin raped at that time a seventeen-year-old girl. On 25 June 1999 the court sentenced the twin brothers to 5 years in prison and the cousin to 6 years in prison.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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, 20 , , 10 , , 20.0 , , .577 , , .412 , , .739 , , 4.5 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , .9 , , 11.1 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Fenerbahçe , 16 , , 16 , , 21.7 , , .426 , , .226 , , .778 , , 4.4 , , 1.3 , , .8 , , .9 , , 8.0 , , 9.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", CSKA , 15 , , 1 , , 12.4 , , .434 , , .300 , , .857 , , 2.7 , , .5 , , .5 , , .3 , , 4.7 , , 4.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 21 , , 10 , , 19.7 , , .511 , , .333 , , .707 , , 3.8 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , .4 , , 8.9 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Budivelnyk , 10 , , 10 , , 30.0 , , .557 , , .406 , , .882 , , 5.4 , , 1.8 , , 1.0 , , 1.4 , , 15.1 , , 19.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 118 , , 67 , , 20.8 , , .516 , , .342 , , .751 , , 4.8 , , 1.2 , , .7 , , 1.0 , , 10.0 , , 12.0

Honours

Individual

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**Second Team: 2005–06 * Lithuanian League All-Star Game: **

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* Ukrainian SuperLeague **MVP: 2013–14 *

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**MVP: 2014 * All-EuroCup Team **Second Team: 2013–14

Team

International

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** 2007 Spain: ** 2013 Slovenia:

Club

* Lithuanian League **Champion: 2004, 2005,

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**Champion: 2005 *

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**Champion:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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**Winner:

VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...

**Champion:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

* Russian PBL **Champion:

**Champion:

* Ukrainian SuperLeague **Champion:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

**Winner: 2014

References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile

Spanish League Profile
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