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Mindaugas Katelynas
SF/PF - 6'9, 225lbs - 41 years old - 0 years of NBA experience
Retired - Retired after 2015 season
  • Birthdate: 05/16/1983
  • Drafted (NBA): Undrafted, 2005
  • Pre-draft team: Tennessee-Chattanooga
  • Country: Lithuania
  • Hand: Right
  • Agent: -
Stats
Transactions
DateLeagueTransaction
12th April, 2005USBLDrafted 31st overall in the 2005 USBL Draft by New Jersey Flyers.
20th April, 2005WBADrafted 32nd overall in the 2005 WBA Draft by Cleveland Majic.
10th August, 2005ItalySigned a one year contract with Vertical Vision Cantu.
30th December, 2005ItalyReleased by Cantu.
2nd October, 2006ItalySigned a one year contract with Junior Casale Montferraro.
7th November, 2007ItalySigned a one year contract with AJ Milano.
26th July, 2008ItalyRe-signed by AJ Milano to a two year contract. Included team option for 2009/10.
July 2009ItalyMilan exercised 2009/10 team option.
24th August, 2009SpainSigned a one year contract with Lucentum Alicante.
22nd July, 2010SpainSigned an offer sheet with Cajasol Sevilla.
28th July, 2010SpainMatched by Meridiano Alicante.
10th August, 2010SpainSigned a two year contract with Cajasol Sevilla anyway, after Alicante were persuaded otherwise.
4th July, 2011SpainReleased by Cajasol Sevilla.
1st August, 2011LithuaniaSigned a three year contract with Lietuvos Rytas.
1st August, 2013LithuaniaReleased by Lietuvos Rytas.
25th September, 2013TurkeySigned a one year contract with Trabzonspor.
23rd November, 2013TurkeyReleased by Trabzonspor.
14th September, 2014GermanySigned a one year contract with Brose Baskets Bamberg.
20th December, 2014GermanyLeft Brose Baskets Bamberg.
Career Moves
2001 - 2003College of Eastern Utah (Junior College)
2003 - 2005Tennessee-Chattanooga (NCAA)
July 2005Phoenix Suns (Summer League)
August 2005 - December 2005Cantu (Italy)
October 2006 - June 2007Junior Casale (Italy, Serie B)
July 2007Golden State Warriors (Summer League)
November 2007 - August 2009Milano (Italy)
August 2009 - August 2010Alicante (Spain)
August 2010 - July 2011Cajasol Sevilla (Spain)
August 2011 - August 2013Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
September 2013 - November 2013Trabzonspor (Turkey)
September 2014 - December 2014Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany)
Articles about Mindaugas Katelynas

April 15, 2011

Up front, Sevilla lack for a true centre. Former NBA player Paul Davis plays most of the time there, and is one of the team's best players, scoring inside and out while grabbing offensive rebounds at a prolific rate. Iona graduate Tariq Kirksay - now a French citizen due to residency - starts at small forward and sometimes bumps down to power forward, capable of defending both positions like an undersized less athletic Andrei Kirilenko, bringing some occasional shooting and good passing vision (further enhancing the Kirilenko thing). Former Tennessee-Chattanooga big man Mindaugas Katelynas brings a good combination of size, athleticism, finesse and shooting, running the floor and dunking like this. And backup Bulgarian big Kaloyan Ivanov chips in with the rebounding. But none of these are, in the truest sense, big men, let alone centres. However, this is true of most Eurocup teams - as evidenced by Kosta Perovic last season, the day a true centre shows any real ability or potential at the Eurocup level is they day they are snapped up by a Euroleague team. Besides, de facto centre Juan Triguero does OK, chipping in yet more offensive rebounding help and defend the post well enough. And considering the respective level of opposition, Davis's weaknesses on the interior are less exposed.

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