Gediminas Orelik
Orelik with Beşiktaş in 2022
No. 22 – Lietkabelis Panevėžys
PositionPower forward / small forward
LeagueLithuanian Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1990-05-14) 14 May 1990 (age 33)
Šiauliai, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2006–present
Career history
2006–2010Šiauliai
2008–2009→Meresta Pakruojis
2010–2013Rūdupis / TonyBet Prienai
2013–2016Lietuvos rytas
2016–2017Banvit
2017–2018Reyer Venezia
2020Šiauliai
2020–2021Spars Sarajevo
2021–2022Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2022–2023Beşiktaş
2023–presentLietkabelis Panevėžys
Career highlights and awards
Orelik in 2015

Gediminas Orelik (Lithuanian: Gediminas Orelikas) (born 14 May 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He primarily plays at power forward position.

Professional career

At the conclusion of the Lithuanian League's 2012–13 season, Orelik won the league's season MVP award, after averaging 17.1 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, and 21.2 efficiency points per game.[1] On 17 May 2013, it was announced that Orelik signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius.[2]

On 1 August 2016, Orelik signed with Banvit of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[3][4]

On 15 July 2017, Orelik signed with Reyer Venezia Mestre of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), for the 2017–18 season.[5] He averaged 14.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists in the LBA, along with 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Champions League, before suffering a season-ending knee injury in January 2018.[6]

On 14 October 2020, Orelik signed with BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[7]

On 11 July 2021, Orelik signed a one-year contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup.[8] He averaged 15.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 15 EuroCup games played.

On 29 July 2022, Orelik signed with Beşiktaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[9] On 16 January 2023, he left the club on a mutual agreement.[10] On the same day, he returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys, signing until the end of the season.[11]

National team career

Lithuanian junior national team

Orelik was a part of the Lithuanian Under-16, Under-18, Under-19, and Under-20 junior national teams. In 2009, he played alongside Donatas Motiejūnas, and led Lithuania to a 9th-place finish at the Under-19 World Cup. In 2011, he won a bronze medal, while representing Lithuania at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Lithuanian senior national team

In 2015, Orelik was included into the senior Lithuanian national team's extended candidates list.[12] However, he was not invited into the team's training camp later on.[13]

Personal life

Orelik is of Belarusian and Polish descent.[14]

References

  1. ^ Mikalajūnas, Tautvydas (14 May 2013). "Kaune apdovanoti LKL geriausieji, naudingiausias finalo serijos žaidėjas - M. Kuzminskas". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ ""Lietuvos rytą" sustiprino geriausias LKL reguliariojo sezono žaidėjas". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 17 May 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Gediminas Orelik joins Banvit". EuroHoops. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Gediminas Orelik Banvit'te". www.banvitbasketbol.com (in Turkish). 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Orelik signed with Venezia". EuroHoops. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ "End of the season for Gediminas Orelik". EuroHoops. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Gediminas Orelikas gaivina krepšininko karjerą: grįžta žaisti į „Šiaulius"". basketnews.lt (in Lithuanian). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Priekinę liniją sustiprino G.Orelikas". kklietkabelis.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Gediminas Orelik Beşiktaş'ta". bjk.com.tr (in Turkish). July 29, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  10. ^ "Beşiktaş Emlakjet'te Gediminas Orelik ile Yollar Ayrıldı". EuroHoops (in Turkish). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Gediminas Orelikas grįžta į „7bet-Lietkabelį"". kklietkabelis.lt (in Lithuanian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Paviešintas Lietuvos rinktinės kandidatų sąrašas". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  13. ^ "J. Kazlausko sprendimas: paaiškėjo, kurie krepšininkai ruošis Europos čempionatui". Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ^ Mazalas, Šarūnas (3 December 2012). ""Be kaklaraiščio". Orelikas: "Futbole ar gynėjas, ar puolėjas – visur būčiau kiauras"". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 24 September 2016.

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