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Deividas Gailius - Wikipedia

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Deividas Gailius

Gailius with Pınar Karşıyaka in 2018

No. 13 – Neptūnas

Position

Small forward / shooting guard

League

Lithuanian Basketball League

Personal information

Born

April 26, 1988 (age 36)
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

Nationality

Lithuanian

Listed height

6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

Listed weight

202 lb (92 kg)

Career information

NBA draft

2010: undrafted

Playing career

2005–present

Career history

2005–2007

Nafta-Uni-Laivitė Klaipėda

2007–2009

Neptūnas

2009–2010

Šiauliai

2010–2012

Virtus Bologna

2012–2013

Neptūnas

2013–2014

Olimpija

2014–2015

Neptūnas

2015–2017

Lietuvos rytas

2017–2018

Burgos

2018–2019

Pınar Karşıyaka

2019–2020

Neptūnas

2020–2021

Baskets Bonn

2021–present

Neptūnas

Career highlights and awards

King Mindaugas Cup winner (2016)
All-LKL Team (2015)
2× LKL All-Star (2013, 2015)
Slovenian Supercup champion (2013)
NKL champion (2007)

Medals

Men's basketball

Representing Lithuania
EuroBasket
	2015 France

Deividas Gailius (né Daunys; April 26, 1988) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions.

Professional career

During the 2012–13 season with Neptūnas Klaipėda, Gailius averaged a career high of 17.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in the Lithuanian League. For the 2013–14 season he played with the Slovenian team Union Olimpija Ljubljana.^[1] In 16 EuroCup games played, Gailius averaged 16.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. In August 2014, he returned to Neptūnas, signing a one-year deal.^[2] In June 2015, he signed a two-year deal with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.^[3] The seasons with Rytas were two of the worst in club history, finishing in only 3rd place in the Lithuanian championship, though in 2017, Gailius sealed the win against his former club Neptūnas. In August 2017, he signed a one-year deal with San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB.^[4]

Gailius spent the 2019–20 season with Neptūnas, averaging 16.6 points and 2.9 assists per game. On September 1, 2020, he signed with Baskets Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[5] In 19 games played for the German side, Gailius averaged 11.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

On March 28, 2021, Gailius signed with Neptūnas to return one more time to the club.^[6]

International career

Gailius played for Lithuania national team at the 2007 FIBA U-19 World Championship, finishing in 9th place. In 2014 coach Jonas Kazlauskas included Gailius in the preliminary 24-player list for the main Lithuania national basketball team.^[7] However, he did not make it into the final roster.^[8] In 2015 he was included in the extended candidates list once again.^[9] This time, he qualified into the main EuroBasket 2015 roster and won a silver medal.^[10] He was invited to the national team training camp in 2016 as well, but was released on July 14.^[11]

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


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2014–15	Neptūnas	10	10	26.9	.470	.407	.600	4.8	2.5	1.3	.0	14.7	13.9
Career		10	10	26.9	.470	.407	.600	4.8	2.5	1.3	.0	14.7	13.9

Personal life

In the summer of 2007, Gailius changed his surname from Daunys.^[12]

References

^ Deividas Gailius, Union Olimpija Ljubljana part ways
^ Neptunas brings back sharp shooter Gailius
^ Lietuvos Rytas lands Deividas Gailius
^ "El internacional lituano Deividas Gailius firma por el San Pablo Burgos". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ Skerletic, Dario (September 1, 2020). "Telekom Baskets Bonn ink Deividas Gailius". Sportando. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
^ Lupo, Nicola (March 28, 2021). "Deividas Gailius returns to Neptunas". Sportando. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ LTU - Numerous options as Kazlauskas announces list for Spain 2014 (in English)
^ Pulkovskis, Edgaras. "Rinktinę paliko du žaidėjai, likę keturiolika dėl vietos dvyliktuke kausis iki pasirengimo pabaigos". Krepsinis.net. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ "Dvejonės baigėsi – Jonas Kazlauskas paskelbė galutinį rinktinės dvyliktuką". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: rinktinę palieka M. Girdžiūnas ir D. Gailius". Krepsinis.lt. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ Deividas Gailius

External links

Deividas Gailius at eurobasket.com
Deividas Gailius at euroleague.net
Deividas Gailius at RealGM.com
Deividas Gailius at basketnews.lt

v t e Neptūnas Klaipėda current roster
1 Kneižys 4 Janavičius 7 Buie 8 Girdžiūnas 9 Pacevičius 10 Johnson 11 Repšys 13 Gailius (C) 21 Beručka 22 Pavelka 24 Waterman 39 Virkutis 77 Leščiauskas
Head coach: Vovoras Assistant coaches: Ginevičius Janiška

v t e Lithuania squad – EuroBasket 2015 – Silver medal
5 Kalnietis 6 Gailius 8 Mačiulis 10 Seibutis 11 Sabonis 12 Kavaliauskas 13 Jankūnas 15 Javtokas 17 Valančiūnas 19 Kuzminskas 21 Milaknis 43 Lekavičius Coach: Kazlauskas