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Valdas Vasylius
Personal information
Born	3 September 1983 (age 41); Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Norfolk Collegiate School; (Norfolk, Virginia)
College	Old Dominion (2003–2007)
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2007–present
Position	Forward
Career history
2007	Anwil Włocławek
2007	Rethymno Aegean
2008	Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2008–2009	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2009–2010	Krasnye Krylia Samara
2010–2011	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2011–2012	Šiauliai
2012	Dnipro
2013–2015	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2015–2016	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017	BC Juventus
2017-2018	Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas
2018–2019	BC Nevėžis
2019	BC Šilutė
2019–2020	Grindavík
2020–2022	BC Šilutė
2022–2023	Grindavík
2023-2024	Jurbarkas-Karys
2024	Akmenės r. Akmenės kraštas
Career highlights and awards
	Lithuanian League steals leader (2011); BBL MVP (2012); LKL All-Star (2014); NBL champion (2018);

Valdas Vasylius (born 3 September 1983) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade.^[1]

Growing up in Lithuania, Vasylius learned to speak Lithuanian, Russian and German before learning English.^[1]

College career

Vasylius began as the sixth man on the ODU squad, but was the star player by his senior year, being named to the All-CAA First team.

Professional career

After graduating with a degree in international business, Vasylius returned to Europe to play with Polish team Anwil Włocławek,^[2]^[3] signing a one-year deal with the club.^[4] He left Polish team due to lack of playing time and joined Rethymno BC in Greece and later BC Nevėžis in Lithuania. In summer he signed with his hometown team BC Neptūnas. While a talented offensive player, his lack of athleticism hurt his chances of catching on with an NBA team. He also played for BC Siauliai during the 2011–2012 season.^[5]

Vasylius started the 2019–2020 season with BC Šilutė in the NKL where he averaged 17.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in 4 games.^[6] He played his last game with Šilutė on 12 October 2019 and three days later he signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.^[7] In his Grindavík debut, Vasylius posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in Grindavík's narrow loss against Haukar.^[8] He helped Grindavík to the Icelandic Cup Finals in February 2020 where it lost to Stjarnan.^[9]

After two years with BC Šilutė, he returned to Grindavík in August 2022.^[10]

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