Paulauskas spent his whole club career with 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.
Paulauskas played his entire professional basketball career with Žalgiris Kaunas, despite receiving offers from Western European teams and the NBA. However, he couldn't join them due to the political situation in Lithuania during that period, as it was part of the Soviet Union at the time, making international travel very challenging.