Mindaugas Kupšas
Kupšas with Žalgiris in December 2023
No. 49 – Kaohsiung Aquas
PositionCenter
LeagueT1 League
Personal information
Born (1991-04-09) 9 April 1991
Plikiškiai, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Listed height7 ft 1.25 in (2.17 m)
Listed weight269 lb (122 kg)
Career information
CollegeLithuanian Sports University
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2010–2015Žalgiris Kaunas
2010-2011→Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school
2011–2012→Baltai Kaunas
2012–2013→Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2014–2015→Kalev/Cramo Tallinn
2015Vienna
2015–2016Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2016–2017Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas
2017Clavijo
2017–2018Juventus Utena
2018Chongqing Sanhai Lanling
2018–2019Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2019–2020Hapoel Jerusalem
2020Filou Oostende
2020-2021Juventus Utena
2021-presentKaohsiung Aquas
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Lithuania
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shenzhen National Team

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] On August 6, 2023, Kupšas re-signed with the Kaohsiung Aquas.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Mindaugas Kupšas LKL.lt". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  2. ↑ "NBA naujokų biržos rinkimuose M. Kupšas savo pavardės neišgirdo". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 28 June 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "M.Kupšas karjerą tęs Talino "Kalev/Cramo" klube". zalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). 6 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mindaugas Kupsas (ex Vytautas) agreed terms with CB Clavijo". Eurobasket.com. February 7, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mindaugas Kupsas moves to Utenos Juventus". Sportando.basketball. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ "KK Lietkabelis signs Mindaugas Kupsas". Sportando.basketball. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "חיזוק ליטאי: קופשאס מצטרף לירושלים". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Welkom Mindaugas Kupsas". bcoostende.be (in Dutch). March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "海神與兩大冠軍班底續約 布銳克曼：新賽季目標絕對是冠軍". ETtoday. August 6, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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