Deividas Sirvydis


Deividas Sirvydis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Standing, he plays the small forward and shooting guard positions. Sirvydis was selected 37th overall in the 2019 NBA draft and immediately traded to the Detroit Pistons.

Early life and youth career

Sirvydis spent his childhood in various European countries because of his father's professional basketball career. He lived for three years in Russia, two years in Germany, one year in the Czech Republic, and one year in Cyprus. Sirvydis often practiced basketball after his father's games but did not seriously start playing the sport until he was about seven years old.
In May 2018, Sirvydis won the 2017–18 Adidas Next Generation Tournament with the Lietuvos rytas U18 team and was named most valuable player after recording 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the title game against Stella Azzurra Rome under-18 team.

Professional career

Sirvydis made his Lithuanian Basketball League debut with Lietuvos rytas on 29 May 2017, at age 16, and passed Jonas Valančiūnas as the youngest player in club history to play in the league. On 5 December, he became the youngest Lietuvos rytas player to appear in a EuroCup game, overtaking Valančiūnas again. In the 2019–20 season, Sirvydis averaged 6.6 points and 2.8 rebounds for Rytas in EuroCup play. He averaged 5.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in the LKL.
On 23 May 2020, Sirvydis signed a long-term contract with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

NBA

In the 2019 NBA draft, Sirvydis was selected 37th overall by the Dallas Mavericks but was immediately traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Isaiah Roby and two future second-round picks. He represented the Pistons at 2019 NBA Summer League.

Personal life

Sirvydis is the son of Virginijus Sirvydis, a former professional basketball player who played in many European countries, winning the North European Basketball League championship in 2001 with Russian club Ural Great Perm. In 2012, Virginijus began his coaching career as an assistant for LKL club Sakalai Vilnius.