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Tadas Sedekerskis
	Sedekerskis in 2023
No. 8 – Saski Baskonia
Position	Power forward / small forward
League	Liga ACB; EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	January 17, 1998 (age 26); Nida, Lithuania
Listed height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	Kuršiai Neringa
2013–present	Baskonia
2013–2014	→Fundación 5+11
2014–2015	→Araberri
2015–2016	→Peñas Huesca
2017	→San Pablo Burgos
2017–2018	→Nevėžis
2019–2020	→Neptūnas
Career highlights and awards
	Liga ACB champion (2020);
Men's basketball
Representing Lithuania
European Under-18 Championship

Tadas Sedekerskis (born January 17, 1998) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player and the team captain for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

Professional career

During his early career aged 14, Sedekerskis played for Kuršiai Neringa in the third-tier Lithuanian basketball league – RKL, averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per 27 minutes over 5 games in the 2012–13 season.^[1] In June 2013, Sedekerskis signed a "1+2+3" contract with Baskonia of Spain.^[2]^[3] On May 10, 2014 Sedekerskis led Baskonia's junior team to a bronze medal after scoring 34 points (2-pointers: 7/10, 3-pointers: 4/11, FT: 8/11), grabbing 10 rebounds and making two steals.^[4] At the age of only 17, he debuted in Baskonia's men's team during a Liga ACB win against Joventut Badalona by 87–68.^[5]^[6]

He tallied four points and a team-high five rebounds as a member of the World Select Team at the 2017 Nike Hoop Summit.^[7]

On September 1, 2017, Sedekerskis extended his contract with Baskonia until 2022 and went on loan to San Pablo Burgos for the 2017–18 season.^[8] On December 16, 2017, Sedekerskis end his loan with San Pablo Burgos after appearing inconspicuously in eight games with Spanish club and went on loan to Nevėžis of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga.^[9] In April 2019, he declared for the 2019 NBA draft.^[10] On July 26, 2019, Baskonia loaned him to Neptūnas for the 2019–20 season.^[11]

On July 27, 2021, Sedekerskis signed a contract extension with Baskonia until the end of the 2023–2024 season.^[12] During the 2023-2024 campaign, he was named team captain after the departure of fellow Lithuanian Rokas Giedraitis.

National team career

In 2013, Sedekerskis was a member of the Lithuanian U-16 team during the 2013 European Under-16 Championship. He averaged 11.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1 assist per 20 minutes of game action.^[13] In 2015, he represented Lithuania's U-18 team in the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and averaged 12.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.^[14] The team, led by him and Martynas Varnas, Laurynas Birutis, won bronze.^[15] The trio was invited to play in the FIBA's Youth All-Star Game during EuroBasket 2015.^[16]

He averaged a double-double with 15.7 points and 10.2 rebounds to go along with 3.8 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.2 steals per outing^[17] en route to a silver medal at the 2016 U18 European Championships in Turkey. Sedekerskis was named to the tournament’s "All-Star Five".^[18]

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

EuroLeague


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2016–17	Baskonia	13	0	5.0	.600	.000	.625	.6	.2	.1	—	1.3	1.3
2018–19		2	0	2.5	.667	—	—	1.0	—	—	—	2.0	2.5
2020–21		32	21	16.3	.494	.367	.783	2.9	1.1	.6	.3	3.5	5.6
2021–22		27	13	18.0	.505	.354	.500	4.4	1.4	.4	.3	4.8	8.2
2022–23		23	3	18.7	.598	.357	.871	4.2	1.0	.8	—	5.9	9.7
2023–24		35	32	27.7	.597	.389	.806	6.7	1.4	.5	.4	8.8	14.7
Career		132	69	18.8	.560	.366	.772	4.2	1.1	.5	.2	5.3	8.8

Basketball Champions League


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019–20	Neptūnas	14	11	20.2	.471	.200	.667	3.6	1.1	.8	.1	4.6
Career		14	11	20.2	.471	.200	.667	3.6	1.1	.8	.1	4.6

FIBA Europe Cup


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Nevėžis	4	2	29.9	.609	.444	.545	8.5	2.2	.5	.5	9.5
Career		4	2	29.9	.609	.444	.545	8.5	2.2	.5	.5	9.5

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Nafta-Universitetas	NKL	3	9.3	.333	—	—	2.0	—	—	.7	1.3
2014–15	Araberri	LEB Plata	25	23.8	.482	.382	.811	3.5	1.1	.3	.2	8.9
2014–15	Baskonia	ACB	3	6.6	.000	.000	—	—	—	—	.3	0.0
2015–16	Peñas Huesca	LEB Oro	21	15.7	.576	.318	.725	2.4	.6	.7	.2	6.8
2016–17	Baskonia	ACB	24	7.9	.475	.500	.400	1.8	.4	.2	.1	2.0
2017–18	Miraflores	ACB	8	10.6	.385	.000	.500	2.9	.6	.4	.1	1.6
2017–18	Nevėžis	LKL	17	23.7	.598	.483	.710	4.4	1.3	.6	.3	9.3
2018–19	Baskonia	ACB	9	7.6	.615	.500	.250	1.9	.1	.1	.1	2.0
2019–20	Neptūnas	LKL	24	24.2	.608	.450	.778	5.4	1.7	1.0	.4	8.2
2019–20	Baskonia	ACB	1	30.8	.333	.500	—	5.0	3.0	—	1.0	5.0
2020–21	Baskonia	ACB	38	18.1	.567	.297	.814	4.2	.9	.6	.4	5.2
2021–22	Baskonia	ACB	35	15.2	.540	.325	.767	3.9	1.0	.3	.1	4.1
2022–23	Baskonia	ACB	24	21.1	.574	.351	.821	5.2	1.7	.6	.1	6.7
2023–24	Baskonia	ACB	31	26.3	.526	.410	.727	6.3	1.7	.6	.3	8.2