Rimantas Kaukėnas

Rimantas Kaukėnas

Rimantas Kaukėnas in 2013
No. 13 – Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Position Shooting guard
League Serie A
Eurocup
Personal information
Born April 11, 1977
Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 6 ft 4.25 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Prattsburgh Central School
(Prattsburgh, New York)
College Seton Hall (1996–2000)
NBA draft 2000 / Undrafted
Pro career 2000–present
Career history
2000–2001 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2001–2002 Lietuvos Rytas
2002–2003 Oostende
2003–2004 Telekom Baskets Bonn
2004–2005 Pallacanestro Cantù
2005–2009 Montepaschi Siena
2009–2010 Real Madrid
2010–2012 Montepaschi Siena
2012–2013 Žalgiris Kaunas
2013 Laboral Kutxa
2013–present Pallacanestro Reggiana
Career highlights and awards

Rimantas "Rimas" Kaukėnas (born April 11, 1977) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is one of the most consistent basketball players in Euroleague, averaging double figures almost every season. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He plays primarily at the shooting guard position, but he can also play point guard if needed.

Professional career

Born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR, Kaukėnas was a longtime member of Montepaschi Siena of the Italian League. On August 5, 2012, he signed for his homeland team Žalgiris Kaunas.[1]

Lithuanian national team

Kaukėnas played with the senior men's Lithuanian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2001, the EuroBasket 2007, where he won a bronze medal, and the EuroBasket 2011. He also played at both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Euroleague 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.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 Montepaschi Siena 14 12 28.5 .442 .302 .847 1.9 2.0 1.7 .0 15.1 12.9
2007–08 Montepaschi Siena 9 5 28.8 .431 .290 .882 2.6 2.6 1.6 .1 14.1 13.6
2008–09 Montepaschi Siena 18 5 28.8 .518 .368 .847 2.3 1.7 1.1 .0 14.8 12.8
2009–10 Real Madrid 18 10 21.4 .545 .353 .829 1.1 1.3 1.6 .0 10.3 8.1
2010–11 Montepaschi Siena 20 11 25.3 .445 .308 .902 2.0 1.9 1.1 .1 12.0 9.6
2011–12 Montepaschi Siena 6 6 25.3 .580 .643 1.000 2.2 2.5 1.2 .0 14.5 15.3
2012–13 Žalgiris Kaunas 24 11 20.3 .395 .344 .882 2.1 1.9 .8 .0 7.8 6.4
2013–14 Laboral Kutxa 5 1 12.3 .583 .000 1.000 1.4 1.0 .6 .2 3.6 3.8
Career 114 61 23.8 .510 .337 .874 1.9 1.8 1.0 .0 11.6 10.2

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Zalgiris Kaunas brings home veteran Kaukenas". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

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