Tadas Klimavičius

Tadas Klimavičius (born 10 October 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who last played for Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He is a power forward. He also represented Lithuania national basketball team internationally.

Tadas Klimavičius

Klimavičius with Žalgiris Kaunas in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 (age 41) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	104 kg (229 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2004: undrafted
Playing career	2002–2018
Position	Power forward
Career history
2002–2004	Žalgiris Kaunas
2003–2004	→BC Alita
2004–2005	Fabriano Basket
2005–2007	BC Šiauliai
2007–2008	AEL GS
2008–2014	Žalgiris Kaunas
2014–2016	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2016–2017	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2017–2018	Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas
Career highlights and awards
3× LKL All-Star (2007, 2010, 2011) 3× BBL Champion (2011, 2012, 2017) BBL Finals MVP (2011) 4× LKL Champion (2011–2014)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Lithuania World Cup Turkey 2010 National team

Professional career

Klimavičius played for BC Žalgiris, BC Alita, Fabriano Basket early in his career, before having breakout seasons with BC Šiauliai, helping them win LKL bronze medals in 2006 and 2007, BBL bronze medals in 2006, and helping Šiauliai in FIBA EuroChallenge competition. After a successful season G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C., Klimavičius returned to Žalgiris Kaunas. After a difficult 2008-2009 season for the team, Klimavičius played his most successful season with Žalgiris, becoming one of the best players on the team, and helping the team in matches in the Euroleague and against BC Lietuvos rytas, winning the BBL championship in 2010.

Klimavičius has signed a new contract and will stay with Žalgiris Kaunas for 2010–2011 season, with an option to prolong the contract for the 2011–2012 season.^[1] In 2014, Klimavičius signed with Telekom Baskets Bonn of Basketball Bundesliga.^[2]

On 4 August 2016 it was announced that Klimavičius signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League.^[3]

On 24 January 2017 Klimavičius signed with Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas shortly after terminating his contract with Neptūnas. He became an important part in the Vytautas rotation, and helped the team to win the 2017 BBL championship. He left Vytautas in January, after suffering some injuries.

Lithuanian national team

At the 2010 FIBA World Championship he played for the Lithuanian national basketball team, which won Bronze medals.

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

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2002–03	Žalgiris	4	0	5.5	.500	.333	.000	.8	.0	.3	.0	1.8	.3
2008–09	Žalgiris	10	0	13.0	.548	.000	.375	3.2	.3	.4	.6	3.7	4.2
2009–10	Žalgiris	14	6	25.2	.429	.367	.675	4.1	.8	.1	.9	7.7	7.8
2010–11	Žalgiris	16	7	16.0	.462	.231	.727	2.9	.4	.3	.3	3.9	2.4
2011–12	Žalgiris	16	0	15.0	.333	.235	.333	3.2	.6	.1	.4	2.2	2.6
2013–14	Žalgiris	22	3	13.5	.514	.111	.609	3.7	1.2	.3	.4	4.2	6.0

Awards and achievements

• 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkey – Bronze medalist

References

1. ZALGIRIS re-signs forward Klimavicius at euroleague.net
2. "Team 2015/2016 – Tadas Klimavicius" (in German). Telekom Baskets Bonn. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. "Tadas Klimavičius dvejus metus vilkės "Neptūno" marškinėlius". KK Neptūnas (in Lithuanian). 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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