Mindaugas Kačinas
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Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||
League | Liga ACB | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Klaipėda, Lithuania | June 30, 1993|||||||||||||
Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
College | South Carolina (2012–2016) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | |||||||||||||
2018 | Stelmet Zielona Góra | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Keflavík | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Palencia Baloncesto | |||||||||||||
2020–present | Río Breogán | |||||||||||||
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Mindaugas Kačinas (born June 30, 1993) is a professional Lithuanian basketball player for Río Breogán of the Liga ACB. He plays at the power forward position.
College career[]
Kačinas played college basketball for South Carolina from 2012 to 2016, averaging 6.7 points in 132 games.
Professional career[]
After graduating from the South Carolina Gamecocks,[1] Kačinas signed a two-year deal with Neptūnas Klaipėda.[2]
In December 2018, Kačinas signed with Keflavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.[3] In his debut, he had 20 points and 8 rebounds in a narrow loss against Njarðvík.[4]
In July 2019 Kačinas signed a one-year deal with Palencia Baloncesto of the second Spanish league. He averaged 8.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game on 54.9 percent shooting in 2019-20.[5]
International career[]
Kačinas played in 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Lithuania men's national under-20 and was one of the team's leaders, averaging 9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Laimonas Chatkevičius ir Mindaugas Kačinas baigė karjerą NCAA".
- ^ "Peržiūroje sublizgėjusiam iš NCAA atvykusiam lietuviui "Neptūnas" suteiks vietą starto penkete".
- ^ Davíð Eldur (21 December 2018). "Mindaugas og Mantas með Keflavík frá áramótum". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Smári Jökull Jónsson (7 January 2019). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Keflavík - Njarðvík 85-88 - Elvar Már frábær þegar Njarðvík lagði nágrannana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Collyn (April 5, 2020). "Gamecocks in the pros: basketball edition". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ "Mindaugas Kacinas / U20 European Championship Men (2013) / FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
External links[]
- College statistics at Sports Reference
- Pofile at realgm.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Klaipėda
- BC Neptūnas players
- CB Breogán players
- Keflavík men's basketball players
- Liga ACB players
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland
- Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Power forwards (basketball)
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball players
- Universiade medalists in basketball
- Úrvalsdeild karla basketball players
- Universiade gold medalists for Lithuania
- Lithuanian basketball biography stubs