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Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas "Iron Modė" Paulauskas (19 March 1945) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach.
As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is known for having been one of the best Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and for having excellent dribbling ability. He was selected as the Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year, a record seven times, in 1965–1967, and 1969–1972. He was a member of the Soviet Union team that won gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
In 1991, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players.
In 2021, he was included into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Paulauskas spent his whole club career with Lithuanian teams: Neptūnas Klaipėda, Atletas Kaunas, Žalgiris Kaunas, despite getting attention from teams based in Western Europe and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could not join them due to various reasons, one of such is Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union at that time, and it was very hard to travel abroad USSR. The other reason was he never actually wanted to leave his homeland – Lithuania. He was also asked to join Žalgiris Kaunas's main rival, CSKA Moscow, but he declined.
Paulauskas, nicknamed "Iron Modė", would often score half points for his team even before the introduction of the three-point line.
Then just 20-year-old Paulauskas debuted in the senior Soviet Union men's national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1965, led the Soviet team to a EuroBasket title and was named the FIBA EuroBasket MVP (he is the all-time youngest player to receive this award). Subsequently he won three more EuroBasket titles in the EuroBasket 1967, EuroBasket 1969, EuroBasket 1971, and a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 1973.
Paulauskas also was a part of the senior Soviet Union men's national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. Paulauskas became the captain of the senior Soviet national team in 1969.
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas "Iron Modė" Paulauskas (19 March 1945) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach.
As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is known for having been one of the best Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and for having excellent dribbling ability. He was selected as the Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year, a record seven times, in 1965–1967, and 1969–1972. He was a member of the Soviet Union team that won gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
In 1991, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players.
In 2021, he was included into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Paulauskas spent his whole club career with Lithuanian teams: Neptūnas Klaipėda, Atletas Kaunas, Žalgiris Kaunas, despite getting attention from teams based in Western Europe and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could not join them due to various reasons, one of such is Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union at that time, and it was very hard to travel abroad USSR. The other reason was he never actually wanted to leave his homeland – Lithuania. He was also asked to join Žalgiris Kaunas's main rival, CSKA Moscow, but he declined.
Paulauskas, nicknamed "Iron Modė", would often score half points for his team even before the introduction of the three-point line.
Then just 20-year-old Paulauskas debuted in the senior Soviet Union men's national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1965, led the Soviet team to a EuroBasket title and was named the FIBA EuroBasket MVP (he is the all-time youngest player to receive this award). Subsequently he won three more EuroBasket titles in the EuroBasket 1967, EuroBasket 1969, EuroBasket 1971, and a bronze medal in the EuroBasket 1973.
Paulauskas also was a part of the senior Soviet Union men's national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games. Paulauskas became the captain of the senior Soviet national team in 1969.
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