Mindaugas Kuzminskas
 | ||||||||||
| No. 19 – Unicaja Málaga | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Small forward | |||||||||
| League |
Liga ACB Euroleague | |||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
| Born |
October 19, 1989 Vilnius, Lithuania | |||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted | |||||||||
| Pro career | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Sakalai | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Perlas | |||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Šiauliai | |||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||
| 2013–present | Unicaja Malaga | |||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
Medals
| ||||||||||
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (born October 19, 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Unicaja Malaga of the ACB League and the Euroleague. 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 Perlas.
In the summer of 2008, he signed with 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 2014, Kuzminskas signed a 2+1 contract with Unicaja Malaga.[2]
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 | 6.5 | .500 | .167 | .667 | 1.0 | .1 | .3 | .0 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 2011–12 | Žalgiris | 12 | 0 | 8.2 | .818 | .143 | .706 | 1.3 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 2012–13 | Žalgiris | 23 | 5 | 14.1 | .615 | .324 | .829 | 3.1 | .3 | .5 | .2 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 2013–14 | Unicaja | 24 | 16 | 14.1 | .533 | .314 | .633 | 2.3 | .5 | .5 | .3 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 2014–15 | Unicaja | 24 | 20 | 21.8 | .550 | .275 | .813 | 4.5 | 1.5 | .9 | .4 | 10.0 | 12.5 |
Personal life
Kuzminskas has an older brother, Saulius, who is also a professional basketball player and plays for BC Ežerūnas karys of National Basketball League.
References
- ↑ "Zalgiris inks Kuzminskas". Sportando.com. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Unicaja announce Mindaugas Kuzminskas". Eurobasket.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
External links
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas at draftexpress.com
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas at eurobasket.com
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas at euroleague.net
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas at fiba.com
- Mindaugas Kuzminskas on Twitter
| ||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||