Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
League |
Lithuanian Basketball League EuroCup |
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kaunas, Lithuania |
July 7, 1997 ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Žalgiris-2 Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||||||
2017-present | Lietuvos rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||||||
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Martynas Echodas (born 7 July 1997 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. Echodas is of Jewish descent.
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.
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.