Tadas Sedekerskis

Tadas Sedekerskis
No. 8 – Kirolbet Baskonia
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Liga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1998-01-17) January 17, 1998
Nida, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Career information
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2013 Kuršiai Neringa
2012–2013 Nafta-Universitetas Klaipėda
2013–present Baskonia
2013–2014 →Fundación 5+11
2014–2015 →Araberri
2015–2016 →Peñas Huesca
2017 →San Pablo Burgos
2017–2018 →Nevėžis
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
European Under-18 Championship
2016 Turkey U18 National Team
2015 Greece U18 National Team

Tadas Sedekerskis (born January 17, 1998) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Kirolbet Baskonia of the Liga ACB 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 - RKL, averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per 27 minutes.[1] The following season, he joined NKL club Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas. In 2013, Sedekerskis signed a "1+2+3" contract with Baskonia of Spain.[2] 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.[3] At the age of only 17, he debuted in Baskonia's men's team during a Liga ACB win against Joventut Badalona by 87–68.[4][5]

He tallied four points and a team-high five rebounds as a member of the World Select Team at the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit.[6]

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.[7] 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 Nevėžis of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga.[8]

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.[9] In 2015, he represented Lithuania's U-18 team in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and averaged 12.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.[10] The team, led by him and Martynas Varnas, Laurynas Birutis, won bronze.[11] The trio was invited to play in the FIBA's Youth All-Star Game during EuroBasket 2015.[12]

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[13] en route to a silver medal at the 2016 U18 European Championships in Turkey. Sedekerskis was named to the tournament’s "All-Star Five".[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis / RKL". RKL.lt. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Buračas, Rokas. ""Laboral Kutxa" pasirinkusį Sedekerskį iš Lietuvos grandų kvietė tik "Lietuvos rytas" (video)". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fantastišką pasirodymą surengęs Sedekerskis pasidabino Ispanijos čempionato bronza". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "17-metis Sedekerskis debiutavo pagrindinėje "Laboral Kutxa" ekipoje". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis y Carlos Martínez debutan con el Laboral Kutxa Baskonia" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "LiveStats - USA vs World Select Team - Nike Hoop Summit". Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  7. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis, baskonista hasta 2022". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis jugará cedido en el Nevezis lituano hasta final de temporada - Saski Baskonia". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis / U16 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEN - DIVISION A". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tadas Sedekerskis / U18 Europe Chamopinship Men - Division A".
  11. ↑ "Lithuania Run Away From Bosnia To Claim Bronze". u18men.FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Trys Lietuvos jauniai pakviesti į Europos jaunųjų žvaigždžių mačą". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Lithuania at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division A 2016 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  14. ↑ "France crowned champions at FIBA U18 European Championship". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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