 Gudaitis withOlimpia Milano in 2017 | |
| No. 8 – Rytas Vilnius | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | LKL BCL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (age 32) Klaipėda, Lithuania |
| Listed height | 208 cm (6 ft 10 in) |
| Listed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2015: 2nd round, 47th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2011 | LCC Klaipėda |
| 2011–2012 | Gargždai-Bremena |
| 2012 | Nafta-Universitetas Klaipėda |
| 2012–2015 | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| 2012–2013 | →Žalgiris-2 Kaunas |
| 2015–2017 | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius |
| 2017–2020 | Olimpia Milano |
| 2020–2022 | Zenit Saint Petersburg |
| 2022 | Napoli |
| 2022–2023 | Panathinaikos |
| 2023–2025 | Alvark Tokyo |
| 2025–present | Rytas Vilnius |
| Career highlights | |
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Stats atBasketball Reference  | |
Artūras Gudaitis (born 19 June 1993) is a Lithuanian professionalbasketball player forRytas Vilnius of theLithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and theBasketball Champions League (BCL). Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays at thecenter position. He was selected by thePhiladelphia 76ers with the 47th overall pick in the2015 NBA draft.
Before starting his professional career, Gudaitis played in the RKL with the LCC Klaipėda for one season. The next two seasons he played inNKL, and on his last season withŽalgiris-2 Kaunas he won a bronze medal. Gudaitis was respectively nominated as a most promising young player of the league on the same year.
On 6 August 2013, Gudaitis signed a professional contract withŽalgiris Kaunas for two years and was brought into the main Žalgiris roster. Whilst suffering from the knee injury in the first half of the season he had his breakthrough game againstLokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in theEuroLeague tournament, scoring 14 points with 6 rebounds.[1] Gudaitis vastly improved during the regular season, and was called an x-factor of victoriousLKL semi-final series againstLietuvos rytas Vilnius.[2]
During2014–15 LKL season his powerful dunk overArtūras Jomantas was selected as the Top Play of the Regular Season.[3]
On 2 July 2015, he signed a 2+1 contract withLietuvos rytas Vilnius.[4]
On 9 November 2016, Gudaitis scored a career-high 17 points and got 11 rebounds in a 101–84 win overMontakit Fuenlabrada inEuroCup Basketball game.[5] One week later, on 16 November 2016, Gudaitis scored 12 points and got a career-high 15 rebounds.[6] After an individually successful 2016–17 season, he was named to theLKL All-Tournament Team on 13 June 2017.[7]
On 12 September 2017, Gudaitis signed withOlimpia Milano.[8] On 25 February 2018, Gudaitis extended his contract that would keep him with the team until the end of the 2020–21 season.[9]
On 1 February 2019, during an away game againstHerbalife Gran Canaria, Gudaitis suffered anACL injury that left him sidelined for the remainder of the 2018–2019 season.[10] Despite having played only 21 games in the Euroleague during the season, he was one of its most efficient players,[11] and was considered one of the league's top centers prior to the injury.
On 10 July 2020 Gudaitis moved to Russian clubZenit of theVTB United League and theEuroLeague on a two-year deal.[12] He left the team after the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and spent the latter half of the 2021–2022 season with the Italian clubNapoli Basket.[13]
On 20 July 2022, Gudaitis signed a one-year deal with Greek powerhousePanathinaikos, returning once more to theEuroLeague.[14] In 29 EuroLeague games, he averaged 7.5 points and 3.7 rebounds, playing around 17 minutes per contest. Additionally, in 33 domestic league matches, he averaged 7.9 points and 4.8 rebounds, playing around 16 minutes per contest. On 3 July 2023, Gudaitis was officially released from the Greek powerhouse.
On 21 July 2023, Gudaitis signed a one-year deal withAlvark Tokyo of the JapaneseB.League.[15] On July 30, 2024, he re-signed with Alvark Tokyo.[16] On 21 February 2025, Gudaitis terminated his contract by mutual consent.[17]
On 26 February 2015 Gudaitis announced that he was going to participate in the2015 NBA draft[18] and prior to the NBA draft, it was reported that 11 teams were interested in his services.[19]
On 25 June 2015, Gudaitis was selected in the second round, with the 47th pick by thePhiladelphia 76ers.[20]
On 10 July 2015, theSacramento Kings acquired Gudaitis andLuka Mitrović from thePhiladelphia 76ers in exchange forCarl Landry,Jason Thompson, andNik Stauskas.[21] It was reported thatVlade Divac himself requested to acquire Gudaitis.[22]
On 5 July 2016, it was announced that Gudaitis would represent the Kings during the2016 NBA Summer League.[23]
On 8 February 2018, theCleveland Cavaliers acquired rights to Gudaitis after they completed a three-team trade with theSacramento Kings andUtah Jazz.[24]
Gudaitis represented Lithuania at the U–18 youth tournament in Poland, 2011. His team took 5th place in the tournament, where Gudaitis scored 11.3 points, grabbed 6.2 rebounds and had 1.4 blocks per game.[25]
In 2015 Gudaitis was included in theLithuania men's national basketball team head coachJonas Kazlauskas extended candidates list and was invited to the training camp.[26] He was released from the team on 1 September, just 4 days before the championship start.[27] He represented the primary Lithuania national team during theEuroBasket 2017 for the first time and averaged 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.2 assists.[28]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Žalgiris | 7 | 1 | 10.3 | .600 | .000 | .636 | 2.6 | .6 | .4 | .7 | 4.4 | 6.9 |
| 2014–15 | 20 | 4 | 15.4 | .506 | .400 | .618 | 4.0 | .3 | .2 | .9 | 6.5 | 7.2 | |
| 2017–18 | Olimpia | 29 | 1 | 20.4 | .618 | — | .715 | 6.3 | .2 | .6 | 1.1 | 10.3 | 15.4 |
| 2018–19 | 21 | 4 | 23.4 | .639 | — | .805 | 7.1 | .4 | .8 | 1.0 | 12.5 | 18.7 | |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 1 | 16.5 | .500 | 1.000 | .753 | 4.4 | .5 | .4 | .9 | 7.3 | 10.4 | |
| 2020–21 | Zenit | 31 | 24 | 20.0 | .601 | .323 | .381 | 3.5 | .8 | 1.0 | .6 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| 2021–22 | 17 | 16 | 19.0 | .610 | — | .500 | 4.1 | .8 | .2 | .7 | 6.7 | 8.6 | |
| 2022–23 | Panathinaikos | 29 | 12 | 17.3 | .640 | — | .524 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .4 | 7.5 | 8.9 |
| Career | 173 | 63 | 18.4 | .607 | .300 | .696 | 4.7 | .7 | .5 | .6 | 8.6 | 11.7 | |
