Donatas Zavackas

Donatas Zavackas
BC Wolves
Position	Sports director
Personal information
Born	23 April 1980 (age 44); Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Vincent – St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)
College	Pittsburgh (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2017
Number	14, 41
Career history
1996–1998	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2003–2004	Anwil Włocławek
2004–2005	Besançon BCD
2005	Liège Basket
2005–2006	Anwil Włocławek
2006	Snaidero Udine
2006	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2006–2007	BC Dnipro
2007–2008	Šiauliai
2008–2010	Lietuvos Rytas
2010–2012	EnBW Ludwigsburg
2012–2013	VEF Rīga
2013	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2014	Vanoli Cremona
2014–2016	Neptūnas Klaipėda
2016–2017	Consultinvest Pesaro
Career highlights and awards
	EuroCup champion (2009); 2× Lithuanian LKL champion (2009, 2010); 2× Lithuanian LKF Cup winner (2009, 2010); Baltic League champion (2009); 2× Latvian LBL champion (2012, 2013); Latvian LBL All-Star (2013); Lithuanian LKL All-Star (2008); Lithuanian LKL MVP (2008); German BBL All-Star Game Three-Point Shoot Out champion (2012);

Donatas Zavackas (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and basketball executive, who is the sports director for BC Wolves of the Lithuanian Basketball League and the EuroCup. He played college basketball at University of Pittsburgh. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played the power forward position.

College career

During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the Big East Conference. Zavackas was a key component in Head Coach Ben Howland's transformation of the Panthers into a level of league elite status. The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5–13 record (14–16 overall). During Zavackas' four years the Panthers captured two regular season Big East Titles, played in three Big East tournament (BET) Championship games and captured one BET Championship. Pitt also played in one National Invitation Tournament and two NCAA Tournaments (advancing to the Sweet 16 round both times) with Zavackas at power forward position.

Zavackas scored 1,099 points for the Panthers which currently places him 31st on Pitt's All Time scoring list. His .807 free throw percentage is good enough for 5th place in Panther history.

Unfortunately, many Pittsburgh fans only remember Zavackas for removing his shoes and refusing to play in the waning minutes of an NCAA Tournament game. That game, versus Marquette, would be his last career college game.

Professional career

After winning third place in the Lithuanian League (LKL) with Šiauliai, he moved to Lietuvos Rytas, where he became the LKL champion in 2009. In this club he gained reputation of overly emotional player.

In August 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the German club EnBW Ludwigsburg.^[1] In June 2011, he extended his contract with Ludwigsburg for one more season.^[2] In February, 2012 he moved to BK VEF Rīga, signing a two-year contract with a team.^[3]

On September 2, 2013, he signed a one-month contract with the EuroLeague powerhouse CSKA Moscow, to work with the team during preseason period.^[4] Later that month he moved to the German team Telekom Baskets Bonn.^[5]^[6] On December 30, 2013, he signed with the Italian team Vanoli Cremona for the remainder of the season.^[7]

In August 2014, he signed a two-year deal with his former team Neptūnas Klaipėda.^[8]

On August 16, 2016, Zavackas signed with Consultinvest Pesaro of the Italian Serie A.^[9] On October 9, 2017, Zavackas retired and became the sports director of Neptūnas Klaipėda.

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
2009–10	Lietuvos Rytas	10	9	24.9	.379	.400	.826	3.1	1.1	.9	.2	7.9	6.7
2014–15	Neptūnas	10	9	25.9	.594	.571	.750	5.1	1.8	.7	.0	12.0	13.7
Career		20	18	25.4	.496	.480	.788	4.1	1.5	.8	.1	10.0	10.2