Tim Abromaitis

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Tim Abromaitis

| image = Tim_Abromaitis_SIG_saison_2013-2014.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Abromaitis in an official photo for Strasbourg IG in 2013

| number = 21

| team = La Laguna Tenerife

| position = Power forward

| league = Liga ACB

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|17}}

| birth_place = Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 236

| high_school = Farmington
(Farmington, Connecticut)

| college = Notre Dame (2007–2012)

| draft_year = 2012

| career_start = 2012

| career_end =

| years1 = 2012–2013

| team1 = ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne

| years2 = 2013–2014

| team2 = SIG Strasbourg

| years3 = 2014–2015

| team3 = Basketball Löwen Braunschweig

| years4 = 2015–2019

| team4 = Iberostar Tenerife

| years5 = 2019–2020

| team5 = Zenit

| years6 = 2020–2022

| team6 = Unicaja

| years7 = 2022–present

| team7 = Lenovo Tenerife

| highlights =

Champions League champion (2017)
All-Champions League First Team (2019)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2017)
2x First-team Academic All-American (2010, 2011)

}}

Timothy James Abromaitis (born September 17, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball at Notre Dame.

Early life

Abromaitis was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and grew up in Unionville, Connecticut.{{cite web|access-date=March 7, 2014|title=Tim Abromaitis|url=http://www.usab.com/bios/abromaitis_tim.html|publisher=The Official Site of USA Basketball|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308015512/http://www.usab.com/bios/abromaitis_tim.html|url-status=dead}} He graduated from Farmington High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tim_abromaitis_304937.html|title=Tim Abromaitis|publisher=The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics|access-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601040517/http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/tim_abromaitis_304937.html|archive-date=June 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}

College career

Abromaitis, a 6'8" forward, chose to play college basketball at Notre Dame and enrolled in 2007. He played sparingly as a freshman in 2007–08, then sat out his sophomore year to develop.{{cite web|last=Coyne|first=Tom|title=Irish scorer breaks out|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091117/SPORTS/911170321|work=The News-Sentinel|date=November 7, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308035809/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20091117%2FSPORTS%2F911170321|archive-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} In 2009–10, Abromaitis became a starter and averaged 16.1 points per game. The following season Abromaitis teamed with Ben Hansbrough to lead the Irish to a 27–7 record and a #2 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Abromaitis averaged 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game on the season. After the season, he was suspended for four games for violating one of the NCAA rules back in 2009 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/32661733|title=Notre Dame's Tim Abromaitis suspended four games|work=CBS Sports|author=Jeff Borzello|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-date=June 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601144823/http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/32661733|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/8154217-419/notre-dame-forward-tim-abromaitis-suspended-over-ncaa-infraction.html|title=Notre Dame forward Tim Abromaitis suspended over NCAA infraction|work=Los Angeles Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113095219/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/8154217-419/notre-dame-forward-tim-abromaitis-suspended-over-ncaa-infraction.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7087891/tim-abromaitis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-forced-sit-4-games|title=Irish's Tim Abromaitis must sit 4 games|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410021515/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7087891/tim-abromaitis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-forced-sit-4-games|url-status=live}}

Abromaitis was poised for a strong senior year, but it was cut short after two games as he tore his anterior cruciate ligament on November 25, 2011. Following the season, Notre Dame petitioned the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility, but the waiver request was denied.{{cite web|last=Fortuna|first=Matt|title=Tim Abromaitis not given 6th year|url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7878959/tim-abromaitis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-denied-6th-year-elgibility|work=ESPN.com|date=May 1, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601041110/http://espn.go.com/chicago/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7878959/tim-abromaitis-notre-dame-fighting-irish-denied-6th-year-elgibility|archive-date=June 1, 2014|url-status=live}}

In addition to his on-court play, Abromaitis was known for his success as a student-athlete. He was twice named a first team Academic All-American and was the first player to be named Big East Conference Scholar-athlete of the Year three times.{{cite web|title=Notre Dame's Tim Abromaitis Named American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year|url=http://old.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232357/notre-dames-tim-abromaitis-named-american-eagle-outfitters-big-east-scholar-ath.aspx|work=Big East Conference|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308014737/http://old.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/232357/notre-dames-tim-abromaitis-named-american-eagle-outfitters-big-east-scholar-ath.aspx|url-status=dead}} He completed his undergraduate finance degree in three years and was able to complete a Master of Business Administration degree in 2010 at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.{{cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/abromaitis_tim00.html|work=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Tim Abromaitis profile|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=December 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221153943/http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/abromaitis_tim00.html|url-status=dead}}

Professional career

After failing to receive a sixth year of college eligibility and going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Abromaitis signed with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne in France's top league.{{cite web|title=Tim Abromaitis, nouvelle recrue de l'ASVEL|language=fr|url=http://www.asvelbasket.com/actualites.asp?id=878|work=ASVEL Basket|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010148/http://www.asvelbasket.com/actualites.asp?id=878|url-status=dead}} He averaged 9.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. For the 2013–14 season he moved to Strasbourg IG, playing in LNB Pro A and Euroleague competition.{{cite web|title=STRASBOURG brings in Abromaitis|url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/115313/8177/strasbourg-brings-in-abromaitis|work=Euroleague Basketball|date=August 8, 2013|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815011909/http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2013-14-signings/i/115313/8177/strasbourg-brings-in-abromaitis|url-status=dead}}

For the 2014–15 season, he played with Basketball Löwen Braunschweig in the highest German league.{{cite news|title=Tim Abromaitis signs with Basketball Braunschweig|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/127792/tim-abromaitis-signs-with-basketball-braunschweig.html|access-date=20 April 2016|work=Sportando.com|date=17 July 2014}}

On July 14, 2015, he signed with Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{cite news|title=Iberostar Tenerife sign Tim Abromaitis|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/spain/168706/iberostar-tenerife-sign-tim-abromaitis.html|access-date=14 July 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=14 July 2015}} On April 30, 2017, he won the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

On July 3, 2018, he re-signed with Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB.{{cite news |title=ACB.COM - Tim Abromaitis, dos temporadas más como ancla interior aurinegra |url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141907 |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=www.acb.com |date=3 July 2018 |language=es-ES |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720001245/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=141907 |url-status=dead }}

On July 8, 2019, Abromaitis signed a two-year deal with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.{{cite news |title=Zenit adds versatile forward Abromaitis |url=https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/9scd3fuaooocvcq9 |access-date=9 July 2019 |work=EuroLeague.net |date=8 July 2019}} He averaged 7.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. On July 15, 2020, he signed a two-year deal with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/tim-abromaitis-joins-unicaja-malaga-on-two-year-deal/|title=Tim Abromaitis joins Unicaja Malaga on two-year deal|date=July 14, 2020|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 14, 2020}}

On July 7, 2022, Abromaitis signed three-year contract with Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB.{{Cite web |title=¡Vuelve Tim Abromaitis! |url=https://cbcanarias.net/2022/07/07/28100/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=cbcanarias.net|date=7 July 2022 }}

In November 2023, he became the all*time leader for games played in the European competition with 87 games played.{{cite web |title=Tenerife’s Tim Abromaitis becomes the BCL all-time leader for games played |url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1579194/tim-abromaitis-lenovo-tenerife-basketball-champions-league-all-time-leader-games-played/ |website=Eurohoops |access-date=4 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 November 2023}}

National team career

In 2011, Abromaitis represented the United States in the 2011 Summer Universiade in China. He averaged 6.4 points and 4.3 rebounds in 8 games as the team finished in fifth place with a 7–1 record.{{cite web|title=Twenty-sixth World University Games -- 2011 - Men|url=http://www.usab.com/mens/worlduniversity/mwug_2011.html|work=USA Basketball|access-date=October 8, 2013|archive-date=September 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902145612/http://www.usab.com/mens/worlduniversity/mwug_2011.html|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Tim's father, Jim, played collegiately for the University of Connecticut and for several overseas teams, notably Real Madrid and Pallacanestro Varese.{{cite web|title=Strong Of Heart: Tim Abromaitis|url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021411aad.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020035439/http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021411aad.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2016|work=Notre Dame Fighting Irish Athletics|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=February 19, 2015}}

Abromaitis is of Lithuanian descent.{{cite web|title=Nikolas Stauskas interview|url=http://www.talkbasket.net/5842-nikolas-stauskas-interview.html|website=TalkBasket.net|access-date=October 19, 2016|date=Jul 10, 2011}}{{cite web|last1=Sarapas|first1=Jaunius|title=Vietoje NBA – Europa: NCAA žibėjusiam lietuvių kilmės T. Abromaičiui koją pakišo likimas|url=http://www.delfi.lt/krepsinis/herojai/vietoje-nba-europa-ncaa-zibejusiam-lietuviu-kilmes-t-abromaiciui-koja-pakiso-likimas.d?id=74694356|website=DELFI.lt|access-date=May 20, 2017|language=lt-LT|date=May 20, 2017}}

Career statistics

=Basketball Champions League=

Source:{{cite web | url=http://www.championsleague.basketball/16-17/Iberostar-Tenerife#%7Btab=statistics | title=Iberostar Tenerife at the Basketball Champions League 2016-2017 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.championsleague.basketball/17-18/team/Iberostar-Tenerife#%7Btab=statistics | title=Iberostar Tenerife at the Basketball Champions League 2017-2018 }}

class="wikitable"

style="background:#AFE6BA; width:3em;"|†

| Denotes seasons in which Abromaitis won the BCL

| style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;" | 2016–17†

| style="text-align:left;" | Tenerife

| 20 || 22.0 || .548 || .455 || .886 || 5.3 || 1.1 || .8 || .4 || 9.1

| style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;" | Tenerife

| 16 || 21.9 || .562 || .561 || .857 || 4.5 || 1.1 || .8 || .5 || 9.9

References

External links

[http://www.und.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/abromaitis_tim00.html Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio]
[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=005199 Tim Abromaitis] at euroleague.net
[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A59263/Tim-Abromaitis Tim Abromaitis] at lnb.fr

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