Šarūnas Marčiulionis
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Marčiulionis during his masterclass visit in Armenia (June 2014)
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Born | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
June 13, 1964 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1987 / Round: 6 / Pick: 127th overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1981–1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 13, 30, 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1989 | Statyba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Sacramento Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Denver Nuggets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Points | 4,631 (12.8 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIBA Hall of Fame as player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis (Template:IPA-lt) (born June 13, 1964) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. Born in Kaunas, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 1988 Seoul Olympics Basketball Tournament, together with teammate Arvydas Sabonis, he led the USSR national team to a gold medal in basketball. On August 8, 2014, Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Professional career
Marčiulionis started his pro basketball career with Statyba in the USSR League, the forerunner of the VTB United League in 1981.
Marčiulionis was drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 6th round of the 1987 NBA draft. He moved to the NBA in 1989 and he played four years with the Warriors, finishing as the runner-up for the Sixth Man of the Year Award in both 1992 and 1993. Marčiulionis became one of the first Europeans to get significant playing time in the NBA, helping to lead the way for the internationalization of the league in the late 1990s. After missing a year and a half with a leg injury, he was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994, then traded to the Sacramento Kings in 1995, and he finished his NBA career with the Denver Nuggets in the 1996–97 season.
Lithuanian national basketball team
Following the restoration of Lithuanian independence in 1990, Marčiulionis almost single-handedly resurrected the Lithuanian national team. He contacted prospective players, encouraged several to join, selected the uniforms, negotiated a shoe deal, and arranged for sponsorships.[1][1] The trademarked 'Slam Dunking Skeleton, Skullman' T-shirt design was created by and is owned by N.Y. sports artist Greg Speirs[2][3] of skullman.com. Speirs became the major sponsor when he donated 100% of his profits from his design to fund the team and to Lithuanian children's charities amounting to at least $450,000.[4][5][6] The team went on to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Marčiulionis was again a bronze medalist with Lithuania at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Basketball Tournament. In 1995, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 FIBA European Championship, after leading Lithuania to a silver medal in the tournament. He also won the silver medal at the 1987 FIBA European Championship. In 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1991, he was voted as the best sportsman in Lithuania.
Personal
Despite a language barrier during his NBA career (Warriors coach Don Nelson hired his son Donnie as an assistant chiefly to serve as an interpreter for Marčiulionis), Marčiulionis was a devoted teammate and active in the communities he played in. In the aftermath of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, Marčiulionis appeared at the site of a commuter train accident wearing his Warriors warm up outfit and helped by pulling out trapped passengers and administering first aid.
In addition, his wife Inga enrolled at Merritt College, a junior college in the Oakland hills, and she walked on to their women's basketball team and was a star player there for two seasons.[7] Inga became one of 147 women in women's college basketball history to score 50 or more points in a college game while at Merritt, and today is the head coach of Merritt's women's team.[8]
Marciulionis and Inga are divorced; Inga continues to live in the United States and continues her work at Merritt College.[9]
Post playing career
In 1992, Marčiulionis opened the Šarūnas Hotel in Vilnius. In 1993, he founded the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and also became its president. In 1999, Marčiulionis founded the North European Basketball League (NEBL) and also became its commissioner. The NEBL would later be absorbed into today's Baltic Basketball League. Today, he is one of the most successful businessmen in Lithuania.[10] He is also currently the president of the Šarūnas Marčiulionis Basketball Academy.
On February 14, 2014, Marčiulionis was announced as a 2014 player inductee by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; he formally entered the Hall on August 8.[11][12] On September 19, 2015 Marčiulionis was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[13]
NBA career statistics
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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 | Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1989–90 | Golden State | 75 | 3 | 22.6 | .519 | .256 | .787 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .1 | 12.1 |
1990–91 | Golden State | 50 | 10 | 19.7 | .501 | .167 | .724 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .1 | 10.9 |
1991–92 | Golden State | 72 | 5 | 29.4 | .538 | .300 | .788 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.6 | .1 | 18.9 |
1992–93 | Golden State | 30 | 8 | 27.9 | .543 | .200 | .761 | 3.2 | 3.5 | .8 | .1 | 17.4 |
1994–95 | Seattle | 66 | 4 | 18.1 | .473 | .402 | .732 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .0 | 9.3 |
1995–96 | Sacramento | 53 | 0 | 19.6 | .452 | .408 | .775 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .1 | 10.8 |
1996–97 | Denver | 17 | 0 | 15.0 | .376 | .367 | .806 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .7 | .1 | 6.8 |
Career | 363 | 30 | 22.4 | .505 | .369 | .768 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | .1 | 12.8 |
NBA Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1990–91 | Golden State | 9 | 0 | 22.9 | .500 | .000 | .897 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .1 | 13.2 |
1991–92 | Golden State | 4 | 0 | 33.3 | .532 | .500 | .829 | 2.3 | 5.0 | .8 | .3 | 21.3 |
1995–96 | Sacramento | 4 | 0 | 25.3 | .276 | .222 | .600 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | .0 | 7.3 |
Career | 17 | 0 | 25.9 | .469 | .238 | .821 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | .1 | 13.7 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.merritt.edu/apps/comm.asp?$1=40486
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- ↑ Woolf, Big Game, Small World, pp. 19–20.
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External links
- Krepsinis.net Profile (Lithuanian)
- Basketnews.lt Profile (Lithuanian)
- Sports-reference.com Profile
- Basketball-reference.com NBA Career Stats
- NBA.com Profile
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Preceded by | Mr. Europa 1988 |
Succeeded by Vlade Divac |
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