Marijonas Petravičius

Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center position, but he could also play the power forward position.

Marijonas Petravičius
Personal information
Born (1979-10-24) October 24, 1979
Šilalė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m)
Listed weight260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High schoolNew Hampton School
(New Hampton, New Hampshire)
CollegeSouth Carolina (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003: undrafted
Playing career2003–2012
PositionPower forward / center
Career history
2003–2004Mitteldeutscher BC
2004–2005Telindus Oostende
2005–2006Ventspils
2006Al Qadsia
2006–2009Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2009–2011Armani Jeans Milano
2011Azovmash Mariupol
2012Khimki Moscow Region
Career highlights and awards

Professional career
Marijonas Petravičius during his tenure with the Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.

With his former club Mitteldeutscher BC, he won the FIBA EuroCup Challenge in 2004, being the Final Four MVP.

Petravičius arrived to Lietuvos rytas Vilnius in 2006, to replace Robertas Javtokas who left the team, and he quickly became the first choice center for the team. He helped Lietuvos rytas to reach the EuroCup final in 2007. In 2008 the team was competing in the EuroLeague, and in his first game Petravičius scored 29 points against Armani Jeans Milano.

Petravičius led Rytas to first place during the group stage, but unfortunately during a practice Petravičius suffered a foot injury. With the club's three leaders injured: himself, Matthew Nielsen and Roberts Štelmahers, Rytas failed to enter the EuroLeague quarterfinals. He was named the EuroCup Finals MVP in 2009.[1]

He joined the Italian club Armani Jeans Milano in 2009.[2][3]

In August 2011, he agreed to terms with the Turkish team Beşiktaş Cola Turka Istanbul. However, Beşiktaş gave up on signing him after he was diagnosed with a lung problem.[4] Later he signed a contract with Azovmash Mariupol,[5] however he asked to wait one month due to personal reasons. Azovmash declined to wait one month for him and terminated the contract.[6]

On 16 January 2012 Petravičius signed with Khimki Moscow Region.[7] He debuted in Khimki on 28 January 2012. He played only 5 minutes and scored 2 points, grabbed 1 rebound and made one assist, but he also made two turnovers and got one foul.[8] However, this was his first and the last one game in Khimki, because his disease renewed. On 17 February 2012 Khimki terminated contract with Petravičius.[9]

EuroLeague career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high
Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2007–08 Lietuvos Rytas 171625.1.722.000.7415.6.3.6.413.515.7
2009–10 Milano 8418.5.617.000.7563.3.6.4.39.110.4
2010–11 Milano 5415.4.630.000.7003.2.0.4.08.26.8
Career 302421.7.699.000.7434.6.5.3.311.412.8

National team career

Petravičius was a member of the senior Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics tournament, where Lithuania finished in 4th place. He also participated in EuroBasket 2009 and EuroBasket 2011. During the latter tournament, however, he was forced to leave the team due to being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.

Awards and achievements

References
  1. Eurocupbasketball.com Lietuvos Rytas is once again the Eurocup champion.
  2. Talkbasket.net Armani Jeans Milano inks Marijonas Petravicius. Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lrytas.lt Petravičius signs with Milano (Lithuanian). Archived 2009-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Besiktas signs Zoran Erceg
  5. Azovmash Mariupol signs Marijonas Petravičius (Lithuanian)
  6. Azovmash Mariupol terminated contract with Marijonas Petravičius (Lithuanian)
  7. Marijonas Petravičius signed with Khimki
  8. Marijonas Petravičius debuted in Khimki
  9. Khimki terminated contract with Marijonas Petravičius
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