BC Aisciai-Atletas
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BC Aisčiai was a professional basketball club of Kaunas
, Lithuania
, which was participating in the LKL and the Baltic League
. In 2009 team was united with Kaunas TRIOBET
.
The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas
was also key player of the team back then.
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, which was participating in the LKL and the Baltic League
Baltic Basketball League
Baltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
. In 2009 team was united with Kaunas TRIOBET
Kaunas TRIOBET
Baltai is a professional basketball club from Kaunas, Lithuania, playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League and the Baltic Basketball League. It was founded in 2008 as Kaunas Triobet...
.
The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
Žydrunas Ilgauskas
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas , or "Big Z" , is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball center who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association...
represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
was also key player of the team back then.
Remarkable former players
- Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
- Žydrūnas IlgauskasŽydrunas IlgauskasŽydrūnas Ilgauskas , or "Big Z" , is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball center who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association...
- Donatas MotiejūnasDonatas MotiejunasDonatas Motiejūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays the power forward and center positions. He is nicknamed "D-Mo" by Houston Rockets fans. Motiejūnas was selected twentieth overall in the 2011 NBA Draft....