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The 21-year-old Lithuanian joined the Pistons only last season and made his NBA debut, and is now forced to seek a new career stop.
Sirvydis played 20 games in his 204cm tall NBA debut season and posted stats of 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 6 minutes.
Most productive Lithuanian performance in the NBA: 16 points earned.
The Dallas Mavericks invited Lithuania to the 2019 NBA Rookie Trade on Call 37, but the player’s rights were immediately transferred to the Pistons.
Sirvydis’ contract with the NBA club was guaranteed for the first two seasons and the third was not guaranteed. This means that the Lithuanian had to remain in the team until 2022-2023. season. Then the club will have to pay the full contract fee or find another team for the basketball player.
The Pistons paid a ransom to the Jerusalem Hapoel Club for Sirvydis. Under the rules, NBA teams could pay a maximum of $ 750,000. US dollars, but part of the funds had to go to Vilnius “Rytas”, from where the Israeli team bought Lithuanian.
For this transition, Rytas received 170 thousand from the Israeli club. exchange of euros. The amount of D. Sirvydis’ contract with the Pistons amounted to 2.5-3 million. USD for two seasons before taxes.
