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2017-18 Roster

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Paulius
Sorokas

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Derthona Basketball

Lithuania | 200 cm | 100 kg | August 25 1992

Born on 25 August 1992 in Kaunas, he is a product of the youth sector of the prestigious Zalgiris Kaunas, a club to which he is linked. He also debuted in the senior world in 2009 with the Academy shirt of the prestigious Arvydas Sabonis, second Lithuanian league.

In 2011 he moved to Baltai Kaunas, where he played in the first national league (15 games) and in the Baltic League (18 games), before returning to Zalgiris Sabonio, where he scored 10.6 points and 6.2 average in 20 games. Between 2010 and 2012 he was also a stable member of the Lithuanian youth national teams, Under18, Under19 and Under20.

In 2013 he left the parent club Zalgiris and moved to Pieno Zvaigzdes Pasvalys, playing in the national championship (33 games, 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds) and the Baltic League (14 games, 7.1 points and 3 rebounds on average); in the summer of 2013 he moved to Piacenza (Italian A2 Silver), where he played 30 games, closing the season with 15.4 points and 8.7 rebounds on average, numbers that earned him a call from Remer Treviglio for the following season in the A2 series, East group. In the blue and white he contributed to the comfortable salvation of his team with 11.6 points and 8.2 rebounds on average, then moving on to Jesi to play the salvation playout in place of the injured Neiko Hunter: objective achieved with an average of 11.8 points and 7.6 rebounds.

In 2016/17 he returned to Treviglio, and then played a splendid season at Derthona (15.1 points and 10.1 rebounds), in which, beyond the team results, he celebrated the MVP trophies of the 15th and 17th matchdays and the title Player of the Month for January 2018.

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