Mindaugas Kuzminskas

Mindaugas Kuzminskas

Mindaugas Kuzminskas with Lithuania men's national team
No. 19 – Unicaja
Position Small forward
League Liga ACB
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1989-10-19) October 19, 1989
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2011 / Undrafted
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2007 Sakalai Vilnius
2007–2008 Perlas Vilnius
2008–2010 BC Šiauliai
2010–2013 Žalgiris Kaunas
2013–present Unicaja
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for Lithuania Lithuania
EuroBasket
2013 Slovenia
2015 France

Mindaugas "Kuzia" Kuzminskas (born October 19, 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Lithuanian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.05 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), he plays at the small forward position.

Professional career

Kuzminskas started his basketball career in 2006 with Sakalai where he played for one season. For the 2007–08 season he moved to BC Perlas.

In the summer of 2008, he signed with BC Šiauliai.

In September 2009, he signed with Žalgiris Kaunas, but he stayed one more season on loan with Šiauliai.[1] In 2010, he joined Žalgiris and stayed with the club for three seasons.

In June 2013, Kuzminskas signed a 2+1 contract with the Spanish team Unicaja.[2] It was reported that Kuzminskas plans to play in the 2016 NBA Summer League to possibly sign with a NBA club following the 2015-16 season.[3][4] On October 22, 2015, Kuzminskas scored his Euroleague career-high 23 points and led his team to triumph versus the Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C 82–93 in Tel Aviv.[5] Quickly, on November 13, Kuzminskas also played his Euroleague career's most efficient game of 30 PIR points (22 points (2FG: 6/7, 3FG: 3/5, FT: 1/1), 4 rebounds, 3 steals) and led Unicaja to another outstanding away-game victory, this time versus the CSKA Moscow 78–86.[6][7][8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Žalgiris 8 1 6.8 .357 .167 .667 1.0 .1 .3 .0 1.6 1.3
2011–12 12 0 8.4 .555 .143 .706 1.3 .2 .2 .0 2.8 2.8
2012–13 23 5 14.1 .527 .324 .829 3.1 .3 .5 .2 7.1 7.7
2013–14 Unicaja 24 16 14.2 .472 .314 .633 2.3 .5 .5 .3 6.3 5.6
2014–15 24 20 21.8 .450 .275 .813 4.5 1.5 .9 .4 10.0 12.5
Career 91 42 14.8 .466 .285 .768 2.8 .6 .5 .2 6.6 7.2

Personal life

Kuzminskas has an older brother, Saulius, who also was a professional basketball player, but retired in 2015 after playing his last season for BC Ežerūnas karys of National Basketball League.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Zalgiris inks Kuzminskas". Sportando.com. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Unicaja announce Mindaugas Kuzminskas". Eurobasket.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Urbonas, Donatas. "Į NBA vasaros lygą neišleistas Mindaugas Kuzminskas: „Jei ne šiemet, gal pavyks kitąmet“". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ispanija laukia Mindaugo Kuzminsko šuolio į NBA". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rekordinio Mindaugo Kuzminsko vakaro atgarsiai: „Nesustabdomas. Užkariautojas. Žvaigždė“". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "CSKA Moscow vs. Unicaja Malaga - Game". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mindaugas Kuzminskas sužaidė geriausias karjeros Eurolygoje rungtynes". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ispanija ekstazėje – su Kuzminsku nors ir į pasaulio kraštą". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "S.Kuzminskas pranešė apie karjeros pabaigą". Retrieved 6 May 2015.

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