Martynas Echodas
| No. 14 – Rytas Vilnius | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Lithuanian Basketball League EuroCup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 7, 1997 Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Žalgiris-2 Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius / Rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Martynas Echodas (born 7 July 1997 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius.[1][2] Echodas is of Jewish descent.[citation needed]
Playing career
After three seasons of playing for Žalgiris-2 Kaunas of National Basketball League (NKL), Echodas signed with Šiauliai in summer of 2016. On November 23, he recorded a career-high 30 points, 14 rebounds, and 37 efficiency points in a FIBA Europe Cup match against Pardubice.[3]
National team career
Echodas was part of the U-16 and U-18 Lithuanian youth teams that participated in the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. In the latter tournament, he averaged 9.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game in just 18.2 minutes per game.[4] On February 23, 2018, Echodas debuted as a member of the Lithuania men's national basketball team by scoring 5 points and grabbing 6 rebounds, and helped to defeat the Hungary national basketball team 80–75 during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[5]
References
- ^ "Martynas Echodas". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Martynas Echodas / Žaidėjai". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "BK Pardubice v BC Siauliai Boxscore - FIBA Europe Cup 2017 – FIBA.com". fiba.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
- ^ "Martynas Echodas | U18 Europe Championship Men - Division A". u18men.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
- ^ Dobrovolskas, Karolis. "Solidžiai rinktinėje debiutavęs Martynas Echodas: „Mačo pradžioje šiek tiek drebėjo kinkos"". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 23 February 2018.