Mindaugas Kupšas
No. 49 – Kaohsiung Aquas | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | |||||||||||||
League | T1 League | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Plikiškiai, Lithuania | 9 April 1991|||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 7 ft 1.25 in (2.17 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 269 lb (122 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
College | Lithuanian Sports University | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||
2010-2011 | →Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school | |||||||||||||
2011–2012 | →Baltai Kaunas | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | →Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | →Kalev/Cramo Tallinn | |||||||||||||
2015 | Vienna | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | |||||||||||||
2017 | Clavijo | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Juventus Utena | |||||||||||||
2018 | Chongqing Sanhai Lanling | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||||||||||||
2020 | Filou Oostende | |||||||||||||
2020-2021 | Juventus Utena | |||||||||||||
2021-present | Kaohsiung Aquas | |||||||||||||
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Mindaugas Kupšas (born 9 April 1991) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Kaohsiung Aquas of the T1 League. Standing at 7 ft 1.25 in (2.17 m), he plays at the center position.
Professional career
Kupšas played for Lietkabelis in the 2012–13 season and averaged 10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per 21 minutes of game action.[1] He went undrafted at the 2013 NBA draft.[2]
On August 6, 2014, Kupšas was loaned to the Estonian team BC Kalev/Cramo for the 2014–15 season.[3]
On August 14, 2016, Kupšas signed with Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. On February 7, 2017, he parted ways with Vytautas to join CB Clavijo of the Spanish LEB Oro.[4]
On August 10, 2017, Kupšas signed a one-year deal with BC Juventus.[5]
On August 7, 2018, Kupšas returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys for a second stint, signing for the 2018–19 season.[6] In 56 games played with Lietkabelis, he averaged 8.9 points and 4.7 rebounds, while shooting 62 percent from the field.
On August 14, 2019, Kupšas signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League.[7]
On March 2, 2020, Kupšas parted ways with Hapoel Jerusalem to join Filou Oostende of the Belgian Pro Basketball League.[8]
On October 1, 2021, Kupšas signed with Kaohsiung Aquas of the T1 League.[9] On June 30, 2022, Kupšas was selected to the all-defensive first team of the T1 League in 2021–22 season.[10] On July 20, Kupšas re-signed with the Kaohsiung Aquas.[11]
References
- ^ "Mindaugas Kupšas LKL.lt". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "NBA naujokų biržos rinkimuose M. Kupšas savo pavardės neišgirdo". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 June 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "M.Kupšas karjerą tęs Talino "Kalev/Cramo" klube". zalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Mindaugas Kupsas (ex Vytautas) agreed terms with CB Clavijo". Eurobasket.com. February 7, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "Mindaugas Kupsas moves to Utenos Juventus". Sportando.basketball. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "KK Lietkabelis signs Mindaugas Kupsas". Sportando.basketball. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "חיזוק ליטאי: קופשאס מצטרף לירושלים". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ "Welkom Mindaugas Kupsas". bcoostende.be (in Dutch). March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "立陶宛國家隊巨塔來了! 中鋒庫薩斯加盟高雄海神". ETtoday. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "T1最強防守專家是他! 林秉聖再奪2項年度防守大獎". ETtoday. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ "立陶宛巨塔續留海神 庫薩斯:目標就是連霸". United Daily News. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
External links
- CS1 Lithuanian-language sources (lt)
- CS1 Hebrew-language sources (he)
- CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl)
- Articles with short description
- 1991 births
- Living people
- BC Juventus players
- BC Kalev/Cramo players
- BC Lietkabelis players
- BC Nevėžis players
- BC Prienai players
- BC Žalgiris players
- BC Žalgiris-2 players
- BC Zepter Vienna players
- Centers (basketball)
- Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- LSU-Atletas basketball players
- Universiade bronze medalists for Lithuania
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Expatriate basketball people in Taiwan
- Kaohsiung Aquas players
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