Renaldas Seibutis (born July 23, 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional

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player. He represented the senior Lithuanian national team internationally.

Professional career

Europe

In the 2010–11 season, Seibutis played for Olin Edirne Basketbol of the Turkish

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(BSL), where he was one of the team's leaders, averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game. On 12 June 2011, Seibutis signed a three-year (2+1) contract with the Lithuanian team

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. In July 2014, he signed a contract with Turkish team Darüşşafaka Doğuş. On 4 September 2015, Seibutis signed a one-year contract (with an option for another) with the Lithuanian club Žalgiris Kaunas. On 21 July 2017, Seibutis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the 2017–18 season. On 17 July 2018, Seibutis signed a two-year deal with

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of the

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. On 11 August 2021, Seibutis officially announced his retirement from professional basketball, after having played his last game in 2019.

NBA

Seibutis was drafted in the second round with the 50th overall pick of the

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by the

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. Following the draft selection, he played with the Mavericks'

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team in

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, averaging 6 points, 1 rebound, 1.6 assists, while shooting over 47% in 13 minutes per game over 5 games. He played again in 2008, averaging only 2 points in 10.9 minutes per game over 5 games. He was ultimately dropped from the 2008 roster because of his underperforming. On 23 July 2018, the draft rights to Seibutis, along with

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, was traded to the

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in exchange for the draft rights to Maarty Leunen and cash considerations. On 7 August 2018, the draft rights to Seibutis, along with Sam Dekker, were traded to the

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in exchange for the draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko.

National team career

At the

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Seibutis played for the Lithuanian national basketball team, which won

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medals. He also participated in his first

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Professional career

Europe

NBA

National team career

Career statistics

EuroLeague

References

External links