Dainius_Adomaitis
Dainius Adomaitis
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
Dainius Adomaitis (born 19 January 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of Japan's B.League.
 Adomaitis in January 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Alvark Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | B.League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1974-01-19) 19 January 1974 (age 50) Šakiai, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1996: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Statyba Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Zucchetti Montecatini | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Anwil Włocławek | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Śląsk Wrocław | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | BCM Gravelines | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Barons/LMT Riga | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Czarni Słupsk (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Czarni Słupsk | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Anwil Włocławek | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Juventus Utena | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Alvark Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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As head coach:
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He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the EuroLeague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there. Therefore, he moved to Anwil Włocławek, and later to Śląsk Wrocław and finally in 2003 he arrived to BCM Gravelines. He became the captain of this team just a year later. Nevertheless, at the end of 2006–2007 season during the change of coaches, he left to Barons/LMT Riga. In August 2009 he announced the end of his career.[1]
Adomaitis was a member of the Lithuanian national team, which won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games.
On 22 August 2009 he was named an assistant coach of the Polish team Czarni Słupsk.[2] On 23 March 2010 he was promoted to be the head coach of the team.[3]
In June 2012, he signed a contract with Anwil Włocławek to be the head coach, but he was fired the same year because of bad team results.[4][5] On 19 November 2012 he joined the Lithuanian team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius as assistant coach of head coach Darius Maskoliūnas.[6] After shortly performing as the head coach of Lietuvos rytas, he joined Juventus Utena and was named best coach of the 2014–15 LKL season.[7]
In 2015, he joined Neptūnas and was once again named best coach of the LKL season after coaching Neptūnas to the LKL finals.[8]
On 21 June 2018 Adomaitis was hired as head coach by Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[9] On 2 June 2020 Adomaitis and Rytas Vilnius agreed to mutually part ways after both sides could not agree on a contract extension.[10]
On 14 January 2021 Adomaitis signed as head coach with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[11] On 9 April 2021 the two sides parted ways.[12]
On 18 December 2021 Adomatis signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda for the rest of the season.[13]
On 1 July 2022 it was announced that Adomaitis signed with Alvark Tokyo which competes in Japan's B.League.[14]
Lithuanian national team (2016–2019)
On 25 October 2016 Adomaitis was appointed as head coach for the Lithuanian national basketball team, following the departure of Jonas Kazlauskas shortly after the 2016 Rio Olympics.[15] He left the Lithuanian national team after the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the Lithuanian team was eliminated from the quarterfinals.[16]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | Śląsk Wrocław | 14 | 9 | 30.4 | .505 | .475 | .692 | 4.1 | 1.4 | .4 | .2 | 10.8 | 9.9 |
| 2002–03 | 14 | 8 | 28.4 | .468 | .533 | .833 | 3.4 | 1.3 | .9 | .1 | 8.2 | 9.6 | |
| Career | 28 | 17 | 29.3 | .489 | .500 | .744 | 3.8 | 1.4 | .6 | .2 | 9.5 | 9.7 | |
- Grinbergas, Marius. "D.Adomaitis paskelbė apie karjeros pabaigą". www.krepsinis.net. Archived from the original on September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- "D.Adomaitis keliasi į Lenkiją". 22 August 2009. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- "D.Adomaitis tapo Lenkijos klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu". www.delfi.it. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- "LKL sezono MVP – Antanas Kavaliauskas, finale geriausias – Artūras Milaknis". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- "Iškilmingai uždarytas 23-iasis "Tete-a-Tete Casino-LKL" sezonas (3 video, foto)". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Vilniaus "Rytas" pradeda naują etapą – klubo vyriausiuoju treneriu tapo Dainius Adomaitis". www.bcvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- "Vilniaus "Rytui" nepavyko pratęsti sutarties su Dainiumi Adomaičiu". rytasvilnius.lt (in Lithuanian). June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- "Hapoel Jerusalem announces Dainius Adomaitis as head coach". Sportando. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- "Hapoel Jerusalem, coach Dainius Adomaitis part ways". Sportando. April 9, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- "Oficialu: Dainius Adomaitis sugrįžo į Klaipėdos „Neptūną"" (in Lithuanian). 15min.lt. December 18, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- "Oficialu: daugiau kaip triskart uždarbį pasididinęs Adomaitis keliasi į Japoniją" (in Lithuanian). basketnews.lt. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- "Lithuania appoints Adomaitis as new head coach - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- Bouranis, Yiannis (8 September 2019). "Dainius Adomaitis to leave Lithuania after the Basketball World Cup". TalkBasket.net. Retrieved 12 December 2020.