Brazdeikis posted his third consecutive 20-point game on November 28, as Michigan defeated (#11 AP Poll/#13 Coaches Poll) North Carolina 84–67 in the ACC–Big Ten Challenge behind his career-high 24 points. He repeated his 20-point, 7-rebound performance the next time out on November 23 against Chattanooga during their 83–55 victory. On November 18, Brazdeikis helped Michigan defeat Providence 66–47 to win the Hall of Fame Tip Off tournament with a game-high 20 points and another 7 rebounds. In his second game on November 10, during a 56–37 victory against Holy Cross, Brazdeikis added 19 points, including 15 points in the first five minutes to start the second half as well as seven rebounds. In Michigan's November 6, 63–44 victory over Norfolk State, Brazdeikis debuted with 12 points in head coach John Beilein's 800th career win. College career Brazdeikis debuted on Novemwith 12 points in head coach John Beilein's 800th career win. īrazdeikis was expected to be Michigan's best incoming freshman according to Yahoo Sports and ESPN in 2018. He signed a National Letter of Intent with Michigan on Novemalong with the 2018 class that included Colin Castleton, David DeJulius, Brandon Johns, and Adrien Nunez. After he committed, Michigan stopped recruiting R. He gave a Michigan a verbal commitment on September 22. After accumulating offers from several schools including Baylor, Cal, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and USC and rankings of number 66 overall and 16 small forward at, Brazdeikis announced that he would officially visit Michigan, Vanderbilt and Florida on September 8, 15 and 29, 2017, respectively. īy May 2017 Brazdeikis was undecided between matriculating with the class of 2017 or 2018 and had taken unofficial visits to Michigan, Vanderbilt and Cincinnati. During Brazdeikis's high school years, he was mentored by former Wolverine Nik Stauskas. Brazdeikis is generally right-handed, including his dribble, but shoots the basketball left-handed. As a junior he led Orangeville to the 2017 OSBA championship and won the tournament MVP award. He then transferred to Orangeville Prep in Mono, where he was named Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association MVP in 20. High school career īrazdeikis attended Holy Trinity CSS in Oakville, where he became the first grade nine student to play for the senior team. His family emigrated to Chicago before moving to Winnipeg and Etobicoke (where he started to play basketball at the age of six) before settling in Oakville, Ontario. His second aunt, Lina Brazdeikytė, is a former professional basketball player who won the EuroBasket Women 1997 with the Lithuania women's national team. Brazdeikis was selected with the 47th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, and was then traded to the New York Knicks.īrazdeikis was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, to Diana and Sigitas "Sigis" Brazdeikis. As a freshman, he was a 2019 Second team All- Big Ten selection, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a Big Ten All-Freshman honoree. During the season, he established a Michigan record by earning four Big Ten Freshmen of the week awards and was included on both the John Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 and Late Season Top 20 watchlists. He has represented the Canadian national teams in junior levels. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Ignas Brazdeikis (born January 8, 1999) is a Lithuanian-Canadian professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. AP Honorable mention All-American ( 2019).
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