Deividas Sirvydis

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Basketball player
Deividas Sirvydis
Player information
birthday June 10, 2000 (20 years and 83 days)
place of birth Vilnius , Lithuania
size 204 cm
position wing
NBA draft 2019 , 37th pick, Dallas Mavericks
Clubs as active
since 2016 LithuaniaLithuania Lietuvos rytas

Deividas Sirvydis (born June 10, 2000 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian basketball player .

career

Sirvydis was trained in the youth department of Lietuvos rytas , and received his first appearances in the professional team in the 2016/17 season. Between 2016 and 2019, the winger gained experience in Lietuvos rytas' training team, Vilniaus Perlas, in the Lithuanian second division. In 2018 he was named the best player in the final tournament of the U18 Euroleague . In June 2019, the Dallas Mavericks first secured  the rights to Sirvydis in the NBA draft proceedings , but then handed them over to the Detroit Pistons  . It was agreed that the Lithuanian would not initially move to the United States , but would continue his career in his home country for the time being.

National team

Sirvydis took part in the age groups U16 (winning the silver medal) and U18 with Lithuania's national teams in European championships.

Individual evidence

  1. Deividas Sirvydis / Žaidėjai. Retrieved October 6, 2019 (Lithuanian).
  2. Official release: Pistons complete Draft night trade with Mavericks. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  3. Detroit Pistons second round pick Deividas Sirvydis staying overseas. In: PistonPowered. August 12, 2019, Retrieved October 6, 2019 (American English).
  4. Deividas Sirvydis profile, FIBA ​​U16 European Championship 2016. Accessed October 6, 2019 .
  5. 2019 Draft Prospect | Deividas Sirvydis. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  6. Deividas SIRVYDIS at the FIBA ​​U18 European Championship 2018. Accessed on October 6, 2019 .