LSU-Atletas

LSU-Atletas Kaunas
Leagues	Regional Basketball League
Founded	1962
History	Atletas (1962–1998) Topo Centras–Atletas (1998–2004) Hidruva–Atletas (2004–2005) Atletas (2005–2007) Aisčiai-Atletas (2007–2008) Aisčiai (2008–2010) BC Kaunas (2010–2011) BC Baltai (2011–2012) LSU-Baltai (2012–2013) LSU-Atletas (2013–2014, 2015–present)
Arena	LSU Sports hall
Location	Kaunas, Lithuania
Team colors	Yellow and Light green
Head coach	Edas Nickus
Website	atletas.lsu.lt
Uniforms
Home Away

LSU-Atletas (Lithuanian: Lietuvos sporto universitetas + Atletas) is a professional basketball club that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, the club is affiliated with the Lithuanian Sports University. Currently the team plays in the Regional Basketball League, in the past Atletas participated in the LKL and the Baltic League, before dissolving in 2007 and becoming BC Aisčiai-Atletas. In 2009, the team merged with BC Kaunas Triobet and played with the names of Kaunas, Baltai and LSU-Baltai. In 2013 club was renamed again to LSU-Atletas, which was merged with the NKL champions of the same name. Atletas are multiple time LKL finalists, and were once considered to be one of the strongest teams in Lithuania.

The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas was also a key player of the team back then. Donatas Motiejūnas also played for Atletas (at the time called Aisčiai) during the beginning of his career.

Former logos

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  Former BC Aisčiai logo
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  Logo used in 2010 and 2011–2013
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  Started to use in 2010-2011 season

Latest seasons

Remarkable former players

• Rimas Kurtinaitis
• Tomas Pačėsas
• Gvidonas Markevičius
• Darius Dimavičius
• Rytis Vaišvila
• Darius Sirtautas
• Saulius Štombergas
• Tomas Masiulis
• Virginijus Praškevičius
• Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
• Donatas Motiejūnas
• Artūras Milaknis
• Povilas Butkevičius
• Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
• Siim-Sander Vene
• Jonas Mačiulis

External links

• Official Website Of BC