Adomas Drungilas

Adomas Drungilas
No. 15 – Tindastóll
PositionForward / center
LeagueÚrvalsdeild karla
Personal information
Born (1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34)
Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2009Kaunas Triobet
2009–2010BC Žalgiris-2
2010–2011LSU-Atletas
2011–2013Lietkabelis
2013–2014Starwings Basel
2014–2015Palangos Kuršiai
2015–2016Oberwart Gunners
2016–2017ZTE KK
2017Latina
2017–2018U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2018–2019AS Kaysersberg
2019–2020Tartu Ülikool
2020–2021Þór Þorlákshöfn
2021–2022Tartu Ülikool
2022–presentTindastóll
Career highlights and awards

Adomas Drungilas (born 6 October 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. In 2021, he won the Icelandic championship with Þór Þorlákshöfn where he was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. In 2016, he won the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga and Austrian Cup with Oberwart Gunners and was named the Cup Final Four MVP. In 2018, he won the Romanian Cup with U-BT Cluj-Napoca. In 2023, he won his second Icelandic championship, this time with Tindastóll.

Playing career

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In 2015, Drungilas signed with Oberwart Gunners of the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga.[1] In January 2016, he won the Austrian Cup with Oberwart Gunners and was named the Cup Final Four MVP.[2] In March 2016, he was suspended for eight games for hitting Cody Larson of UBC Güssing Knights in the crotch in revenge for Larson hitting him earlier in the game.[3][4] Following the Gunners semi-finals win against BC Vienna in the Bundesliga playoffs, Vienna's captain Stjepan Stazić was suspended for ten games after he threw the ball into Drungilas face and spat in his direction.[5][6] On 31 May 2016, he won the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga championship with Oberwart after it defeated Raiffeisen Flyers Wels 3-0 in the finals.

In November 2017, he signed with reigning Romanian Liga Națională champions U-BT Cluj-Napoca.[7] In his debut with Cluj-Napoca, he had 11 points and 6 rebounds in 17 minutes of playing time.[8] In February 2018, he helped the team win the Romanian Cup for the second consecutive year, defeating CSM U Oradea in the Cup final.[9]

In August 2020, Drungilas signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Þór Þorlákshöfn.[10] In March 2021, he was suspended for one game for striking Haukar's Breki Gylfason in the head.[11] Later the same month, he was suspended for two games after elbowing Stjarnan's Mirza Sarajlija in the head.[12][13] In May 2021, Drungilas was suspended for three games for elbowing Guy Edi of Þór Akureyri in the head.[14][15][16]

Due to the suspension, he missed the first three games in the first round playoffs matchup against Þór Akureyri. He returned in game four, scoring 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in Þorlákshöfn 98-66 series clinching win.[17] In the semi-finals, Þór faced Stjarnan[18] and defeated them in five games. In the series clinching game, Drungilas scored 7 points and grabbed 24 rebounds.[19] In the Úrvalsdeild finals, Þór faced top-seeded and favorites Keflavík.[20] Þór dominated game one of the series with Drungilas finishing with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. In the game, Keflavík's Arnór Sveinsson was disqualified for throwing an elbow to Drungilas[21] and later suspended for one game. In game two, Drungilas scored a game high 29 points, hitting 6 three pointers, in Þór's 88-83 victory.[22] After Keflavík won game three convincingly,[23] the teams faced in Þorlákshöfn for game four where Þór dominated in the fourth quarter and won its first ever national championship. In the game, Drungilas had 24 points, including 6 three pointers, and 11 rebounds and was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP.[24][25]

After spending the 2021–2022 season with Tartu Ülikool in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League, Drungilas returned to the Úrvalsdeild and signed with Tindastóll in June 2022.[26] On 18 May 2023, he won his second Icelandic championship after Tindastóll defeated Valur 3–2 in a finals rematch.[27] Following the season, he signed a two-year contract extension with Tindastóll.[28]

Awards and accomplishments

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Titles

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Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ "A.Drungilas karjerą pratęs Austrijoje". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Gunners-Spieler Käferle: "Der Titel bedeutet für mich alles"". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 24 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ Michael Strini (11 March 2016). "Adomas Drungilas für acht Spiele gesperrt". meinbezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Acht Spiele Sperre für Tritt in die Weichteile". Kronen Zeitung (in German). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Vienna-Kapitän Stazic für zehn Spiele gesperrt". sportv2.orf.at (in German). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Stazic vs. Drungilas: ABL erstattet Anzeige". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ Adina Osan (18 November 2017). "Pivotul lituanian Adomas Drungilas, noul jucător al campioanei la baschet, U BT Cluj". news.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ^ Radu Bărăian (3 December 2017). "Debut în forță pentru Adomas Drungilas în echipamentul campioanei". baschet.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Al 6-lea trofeu pentru U BT Cluj în ultimii 8 ani! A triumfat iar în Cupa României". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 13 February 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Lithái til Þórlákshafnar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  11. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 March 2021). "Adomas Drungilas missir bara af leik kvöldsins: Hér má sjá atvikið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Tveggja leikja bann fyrir olnbogaskot". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (25 March 2021). "Drungilas dæmdur í tveggja leikja bann". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ^ Davíð Eldur (23 May 2021). "Guy segir engin illindi vera milli sín og Adomas Drungilas "Höfum verk að vinna komandi miðvikudag"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  15. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (8 May 2021). "Skil ekki hvað Drungilas er að hugsa". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  16. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (14 May 2021). "Gæti misst af öllu einvíginu við Þór eftir að hafa veitt þriðja höggið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  17. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (31 May 2021). "Drungilas var aldrei betri í vetur en einmitt á móti Stjörnunni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  18. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (4 June 2021). "Hrósuðu Þórsurum í hástert: „Það er Eurolottó-lykt af þessu"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  19. ^ Gunnar Egill Daníelsson (12 June 2021). "Sannfærandi Þórsarar flugu í úrslitin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  20. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 June 2021). "Keflvíkingar geta skrifað sögu úrslitakeppninnar í körfubolta í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  21. ^ Smári Jökull Jónsson (16 June 2021). "Spilum bara körfubolta og útkljáum þetta á vellinum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  22. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (19 June 2021). "Kannski ekki maðurinn sem við bjuggumst við að myndi skjóta á sig nýtt rassgat hérna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  23. ^ Atli Arason (22 June 2021). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Keflavík - Þór Þ. 97-83 - Keflavík fær líflínu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  24. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (25 June 2021). "Adomas Drungilas valinn verðmætasti leikmaðurinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  25. ^ Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson. "Ekki eins og ég hafi reynt að drepa einhvern". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). No. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  26. ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (10 June 2022). "Tindastóll fær drjúgan liðsstyrk". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  27. ^ Siggeir Ævarsson (18 May 2023). "Umfjöllun, viðtöl og myndir: Valur - Tindastóll 81-82 - Tindastóll Íslandsmeistari eftir háspennuleik að Hlíðarenda". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  28. ^ Smári Jökull Jónsson (21 May 2023). "Íslandsmeistararnir framlengja við Drungilas". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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