Mantas Kalnietis

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Mantas Kalnietis
Lokomotiv Kuban
2021–2023Žalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Turkey
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2013 Slovenia
Silver medal – second place 2015 France
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Russia
Team

Mantas Kalnietis (born 6 September 1986) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who last played for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroLeague. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He would preferably take the point guard position, but could play shooting guard as well.

Early years

Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with the

LKKA-Žalgiris. He averaged 17.7 points and 4.3 assists in his second season.[1]

Professional career

Kalnietis made his pro debut in February 2006 with the Žalgiris Kaunas. He averaged 6.8 points on 65 percent shooting in the EuroLeague.

Kalnietis helped Žalgiris win a Baltic League title in 2008, two Lithuanian League titles in 2007 and 2008 and two Lithuanian Cups in 2007 and 2008. He also led the team to a 2007 ULEB Summer League title, where he was named MVP.[2]

He competed at the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso in 2006 and 2008.[3][4]

Kalnietis had a breakout season in 2008–09, when he averaged 11.3 points in the Lithuanian League and 8.5 points and 3.0 assists in the EuroLeague. He scored a career-high 20 points in a loss against the

Montepaschi Siena on 10 December 2008.[5]

Kalnietis signed a three-year contract with the

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. On 5 October, he signed a three-year contract with the team.[10] On 18 December 2013, Kalnietis was named Lithuania Basketball Player of the Year.[11] On 27 April 2015, he parted ways with Lokomotiv.[12]

In July 2015, he joined the

Olimpia Milano.[15]

On 24 July 2018, Kalnietis signed a one-year contract with

LNB Pro A.[16]

In 2019, Kalnietis returned to the PBC Lokomotiv Kuban.[17] On 25 October 2020, Kalnietis scored 11 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 17 assists and broke the VTB United League's all-time record of assists in a single game.[18]

On 21 June 2021, he has signed a two-year contract with Žalgiris Kaunas, where his career had started.[19]

National team career

Kalnietis started at point guard for the

Belgian national team, he achieved the EuroBasket's all-time single-game record of 13 assists, only to be tied days later for the same record by Miloš Teodosić.[23] The Lithuanian national team won their second straight silver medal in 2015, and Kalnietis was once again the tournament's assists leader, with an average of 7.8 assists per game. Furthermore, he dished out 70 assists in total, which is the all-time record of assists for a single EuroBasket.[24] Kalnietis also remained assists leader in EuroBasket 2017, averaging 7.2 per game.[25]

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

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 Žalgiris 4 1 16.4 .600 .333 .333 2.0 2.0 1.3 .5 6.8 8.5
2006–07 13 1 12.8 .560 .333 .500 1.2 1.3 .8 .1 4.0 4.2
2007–08 16 0 7.3 .357 .167 .444 .7 .8 .1 .0 1.6 1.1
2008–09 10 6 24.6 .420 .310 .727 2.3 3.0 1.2 .2 8.5 7.3
2009–10 16 16 30.1 .483 .275 .800 2.8 3.6 1.0 .2 9.0 10.2
2010–11 15 7 22.2 .515 .371 .750 2.8 1.9 .2 .1 9.1 8.7
2011–12 16 12 22.2 .408 .222 .636 2.5 3.7 .6 .1 7.6 7.6
2013–14
Lokomotiv
 24 19 28.1 .457 .250 .658 3.0 4.8 1.0 .1 9.4 11.8
2015–16 Žalgiris 14 12 23.6 .356 .300 .857 2.2 4.1 .7 .1 6.8 5.9
2016–17
Milano
 26 9 19.4 .435 .368 .667 2.3 2.9 .8 .1 7.2 7.6
2017–18
 20 3 16.3 .367 .382 .905 1.8 2.1 .5 .1 4.5 4.9
Career 174 86 20.7 .441 .303 .698 2.2 2.9 .7 .1 6.8 7.2

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13†
Lokomotiv
 12 10 33.7 .493 .298 .500 2.9 4.9 .4 .3 13.4 14.2
2014–15 5 1 12.8 .412 .286 1.000 .8 1.6 .2 .2 3.4 2.0
2015–16
Milano
 6 2 22.1 .524 .389 .875 1.3 2.3 1.2 .2 9.7 9.7
2018–19 ASVEL 18 15 25.0 .424 .360 .829 2.9 5.7 .9 .1 10.2 13.6
2019–20
Lokomotiv
 10 5 24.5 .516 .296 .813 2.3 3.5 .5 .2 6.9 8.7
2020–21 18 17 28.0 .581 .379 .760 2.8 7.1 .7 .2 8.7 13.4
Career 41 28 25.6 .462 .340 .714 2.4 4.5 .7 .2 10.2 11.8

References

  1. ^ "Mantas Kalnietis". BasketNews.lt.
  2. ^ "Mantas Kalnietis: Miscellaneous". Euroleague.net. 6 September 1986.
  3. ^ Mantas Kalnietis: Notes[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2008 Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso, Day Two". Draftexpress.com.
  5. ^ "Mantas Kalnietis: Sezono lygos statistika". Basketnews.lt. 6 September 1986.
  6. ^ Mantas Kalnietis to Benetton Treviso for 3 years
  7. ^ "Mantas Kalnietis signs with Benetton Treviso". Sportando.net.
  8. ^ FIBA arbiter's decision: Mantas Kalnietis – Zalgiris Kaunas player. Archived 31 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Zalgiris, Kalnietis agree for 3 more years". Euroleague.net. 27 December 2010.
  10. ^ Lokomotiv Kuban signs Mantas Kalnietis to a three-year deal
  11. ^ Geriausi 2013 metų Lietuvos krepšininkai – M. Kalnietis ir L. Pikčiutė! (in Lithuanian)
  12. ^ Mantas Kalnietis and Lokomotiv Kuban part ways
  13. ^ 2015 Indiana Pacers Orlando Pro Summer League Roster
  14. ^ Zalgiris brings back Kalnietis
  15. ^ EA7 bolsters backcourt with former champ Kalnietis
  16. ^ "Mantas KALNIETIS, un meneur d'expérience à l'ASVEL Basket". Asvel Basket (in French). 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  17. DELFI
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  18. DELFI
    (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  19. ^ Maggi, Alessandro (21 June 2021). "Mantas Kalnietis officially signs with Zalgiris Kaunas". Sportando. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Mantas Kalnietis Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  21. ^ Players - Statistical Leaders (assists) Archived 11 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, EuroBasket2013.com (in English)
  22. ^ "Dvejonės baigėsi – Jonas Kazlauskas paskelbė galutinį rinktinės dvyliktuką". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Kalnietis – Europos čempionatų rekordininkas". BasketNews.lt. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  24. ^ "Į Lietuvą Mantas Kalnietis grįžta su Europos čempionatų rekordu". 24sek.lt. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  25. ^ "Players statistics of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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