Evaldas Žabas


Evaldas Žabas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the point guard position.

Club career

Žabas moved to Canada from his native Lithuania when he was 15 years old and played at St. Michael's College School. He averaged about 40 points per game his senior year. After graduating in 2007, he played in Europe for several years, most notably for the British Basketball League's Plymouth Raiders and Sweden Basketligan's Jamtland Basket, leading the latter league and team in points per game.
In 2013, he returned to Canada and played for Brampton A's during its debut season. In 2014, he signed with Lithuania's BC Lietkabelis. He led the team with 14.3 points and 3.5 assists per game and achieved recognition for his excellent performance against Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris at the end of the season.
On July 25, 2016, Žabas joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League. However, he left the team to join Pieno Žvaigždes
In June 2019, signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík. He was released by Njarðvík on 21 October 2019 after appearing in three games where he averaged 12.0 points and 3.3 assists.

International career

Žabas represented Lithuania at the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, which won a silver medal. He averaged 2.8 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.