Artūras Valeika

Artūras Valeika

Artūras Valeika, in a game with Cáceres 2016
No. - – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius
Position Power forward
League LKL
Personal information
Born 11 August 1985
Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
College Midland (2004–2006)
Weber State (2006–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Undrafted
Pro career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Eisbären
2009–2010 SK Valmiera
2010 BC Alytus
2010–2011 BC Perlas
2011 SK Valmiera
2011 Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto
2011–2012 BC Neptūnas
2012–2014 BC Prienai
2014-present BC Lietuvos rytas
Career highlights and awards

Artūras Valeika (born 11 August 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player currently playing for BC Lietuvos rytas in Lithuanian Basketball League.

Born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union, Valeika started his career in 2003 playing for Vilnius SSK-Nord/LB Draudimas which was playing in second Lithuanian league LKAL. After one season he started studies in Weber State University where he also played basketball for Wildcats from 2006 to 2008. Before that, he played for Midland JC. for two years. Valeika also played for U20 Lithuanian National Team in 2005.

After he finished studies, Artūras returned to Europe and joined Eisbären Bremerhaven basketball club playing in Germany. However there he didn't showed good performance and after season Valeika headed to Latvia playing for SK Valmiera. After good season he decided to come back and play in his homeland. However he wasn't successful to settle in 2010-2011 club and migrated through many clubs. He started the season playing for BC Alytus, however on October he decided to leave club and joined BC Perlas, this time he played there until January and then returned to SK Valmiera after one season still unhappy being there, he joined Spanish club Cáceres 2016, where he finished 2010-2011 season. On 2011 summer Valeika signed contract with Lithuanian club BC Neptūnas. After two solid seasons in BC Prienai, he signed with BC Lietuvos rytas in the summer of 2014.

Statistics

College Statistics

Season Averages
Season Team G PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% MIN TO
2006-07 Weber State Wildcats 32 8.0 6.5 1.0 0.7 0.5 .579 .348 .670 26.6 1.8
2007-08 Weber State Wildcats 30 9.9 10.2 1.2 8.8 1.2 .489 .371 .701 29.8 2.1
Totals: 62 8.9 8.3 1.1 0.7 0.8 .528 .364 .686 28.2 2.0

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