Mindaugas Lukauskis

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Mindaugas Lukauskis
No. 8 – TonyBet

Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
League	Lithuanian Basketball League Baltic Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1979-05-19) May 19, 1979 Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1996–present
Career history
1996–2001	Panevežys
2001–2002	Sakalai
2002–2003	Alytus
2003–2009	Lietuvos Rytas
2009–2010	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
2010–2011	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2011–2012	Sigma Barcellona
2012	Valencia BC
2013	Tofaş
2013	Bilbao Basket
2013–present	Prienai TonyBet
Career highlights and awards
2× ULEB Cup Champion (2005, 2009) 3× BBL Champion (2006, 2007, 2009) 2× LKL Champion (2006, 2009) 2× LKL All-Star (2008, 2009) LKF Cup Champion (2009)

Mindaugas Lukauskis (born May 19, 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Prienai TonyBet.

Basketball career

Lukauskis began his basketball career in the Panevežys youth basketball clubs, being the leader there. He got attention from the LKL, and in 2001, he joined Sakalai. In 2002, he signed a one year contract with Alytus, and he was the top scorer on the team. In 2003, he joined Lithuanian basketball giant Lietuvos Rytas. In 2006, Lukauskis improved his game and alongside Tomas Delininkaitis he gave Rytas a strong impact off the bench. In the 2007 season, he became a starting player. Lukauskis was a member of the Lithuanian national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On August 16, 2008, when Lithuania played against Croatia in the Olympics, Lukauskis helped Lithuania to win the game by scoring 20 points.

In the Eurocup Final 8 on April 4, 2009, Lukauskis made a decisive, game-winning, 10 meters distance three-pointer and that allowed him to become the only player to participate in the Eurocup Final three times in total. He then went on to become the only two-time Eurocup champion. In July 2009, he joined the French League club ASVEL.^[1]^[2] In September 2010 he signed with the German Eurocup-Team Baskets Oldenburg ^[3]

After spending a season with Italy's Barcellona Sigma of Legadue, in September 2012 Lukauskis moved to Valencia Basket for signing contract during the injury of Thomas Kelati.^[4]

Awards and achievements

Baltic League President's Cup Winner: 2008
LKF Cup Winner: 2009
ULEB Cup Champion: 2005, 2009
Baltic League Winner: 2006, 2007, 2009
LKL League Champion: 2006, 2009
Match des champions Winner: 2009
Semaine des As Cup Winner: 2010

References

External links

v t e Lithuania squad – EuroBasket 2005 – 5th place

4 Ginevičius 5 Žukauskas 6 Lukauskis 7 D. Lavrinovič 8 Šiškauskas 9 Gustas 10 Serapinas 11 Šilinskis 12 K. Lavrinovič 13 Jasaitis 14 Jankūnas 15 Javtokas Coach: Sireika

v t e Lithuania squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 4th place

4 Kaukėnas 5 Lukauskis 6 Mačiulis 7 D.Lavrinovič 8 Šiškauskas 9 Prekevičius 10 Jasaitis 11 Kleiza 12 K.Lavrinovič 13 Jasikevičius 14 Petravičius 15 Javtokas Coach: Butautas

v t e Lithuania squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 11th place

4 Mažutis 5 Kalnietis 6 Mačiulis 7 D. Lavrinovič 8 Lukauskis 9 Delininkaitis 10 Jomantas 11 Kleiza 12 K. Lavrinovič 13 Jasaitis 14 Petravičius 15 Javtokas Coach: Butautas

v t e Lietuvos rytas 2004–05 ULEB Cup Champions

4 Lukauskis 5 Šležas 7 Štelmahers 9 Delininkaitis 10 Čukinas 11 Kuzminskas 12 Mujezinović 13 Jasaitis 15 Javtokas (Finals MVP) 33 Nesby 41 Einikis 50 Jarutis Head coach Mahorić Assistant coach Paulauskas

v t e Lietuvos rytas 2008–09 Eurocup Champions

5 Babrauskas 8 Lukauskis 11 Bjelica 12 Anisimovas 13 Eidson 14 Zavackas 15 Petravičius (Finals MVP) 21 Jomantas 22 Sinica 31 Gecevičius 14 Brazdauskis 55 Dainys Head coach: Kurtinaitis Assistant coaches: Kuncaitis Gronskis

Persondata
Name	Lukauskis, Mindaugas
Alternative names
Short description	Lithuanian basketball player
Date of birth	May 19, 1979
Place of birth	Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Date of death
Place of death

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