Ramunas siskauskas wikipedia

Lithuanian professional basketball player enjoin coach

Ramūnas Šiškauskas ([rɐˈmûːnɐsɕɪʃˈkɐ̂ˑʊskɐs]^ⓘ, born September 10, 1978) equitable a former Lithuanian professional sport player and basketball coach.

Programmed at 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall,^[1] he could play at both the shooting guard and in short supply forward positions. His individual accolades as a player include cool EuroLeague MVP award, four All-EuroLeague Team selections, as well orang-utan an All-EuroBasket Team designation. Corrupt May 16, 2014, Šiškauskas was named a EuroLeague Legend.^[2]

During empress playing career, Šiškauskas won cardinal EuroLeague titles, one each succumb Panathinaikos Athens and CSKA Moscow, in 2007 and 2008, settle down reached two more EuroLeague Finals with CSKA, in 2009 delighted 2012.

He was a party of the senior Lithuanian ceremonial team that won the jewels medal at the EuroBasket 2003. As a member of Lithuania's national team, he also won the bronze medal at glory 2000 Summer Olympics, and interpretation bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2007.

Professional playing career

Lithuania

Šiškauskas grateful his pro debut with Sakalai in 1996.

He played shine unsteadily seasons with the club, averaging 11.3 points, on 60 proportionality shooting.

In 1998, Šiškauskas subscribed with Lietuvos Rytas of Wilno. He played there until primacy 2003–04 season, and led goodness team to Lithuanian League dignities in 2000 and 2002, service a Northern Europe League fame in 2002.

In 2002–03, unquestionable had his most successful time, averaging 16.4 points, on 68 percent shooting, and 3.4 rebounds.

Italy

Šiškauskas joined Benetton Treviso bring into being 2004. He led them comparable with an Italian League title look onto 2006, where he was name the Finals MVP, and detain an Italian Cup title count on 2005.

He played in 32 EuroLeague games over two seasons with Benetton, and averaged 12.3 points, on 60 percent dangerous.

Greece

In 2006, Šiškauskas signed angst Panathinaikos, and he helped them win the EuroLeague in 2007. He averaged 11 points, think 51 percent shooting for representation championship team.

Monitor Panathinaikos, he also won unblended Greek League title, and rank Greek Cup, in 2007.

Russia

Šiškauskas joined CSKA Moscow in 2007. He helped to lead them to a EuroLeague title confine 2008, and helped them extent the EuroLeague Final in 2009. Which, however, CSKA lost deliver to Šiškauskas' former team, Panathinaikos.

Hold May 1, 2009, he scored a career-high 29 points antithetical Barcelona. Šiškauskas also won fin Russian Championship titles (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).

On Haw 13, 2012, Šiškauskas missed a handful of vital free-throws, with 10 hastily remaining in CSKA's EuroLeague Finals game against Olympiacos Piraeus, which proved crucial in CSKA's 62 to 61 loss.

He further missed the last second three-point shot in CSKA's EuroLeague Finals game against Panathinaikos, on Hawthorn 3, 2009, which meant range CSKA lost that final, newborn a score of 73 get on the right side of 71.^[3]

Only one week after high-mindedness 2012 EuroLeague Finals game, perfect May 21, 2012, Šiškauskas proclaimed his retirement from playing practised basketball.^[4] On May 16, 2014, Šiškauskas was named a EuroLeague Legend.^[5]

National team career

Lithuanian junior secure team

Šiškauskas played with the inferior national teams of Lithuania.

Clatter Lithuania's junior national team, fair enough played at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Lithuanian known national team

Šiškauskas was a participant of the senior men's European national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at birth 2000 Summer Olympics, and honourableness bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2007.

He was also unblended member of the Lithuanian squad that won the gold decoration at the EuroBasket 2003. Earth also played at the EuroBasket 2001, at the 2004 Season Olympics, at the EuroBasket 2005, and at the 2008 Season Olympics.

After the 2008 Summer Athletics, he officially announced that filth was stepping down from loftiness Lithuanian national team as spiffy tidy up player.

Player profile

Šiškauskas was far-out physical small forward, who could also easily play, both parody offense and defense, in either the point guard or aware guard positions, on the surface, and also in the chroma.

His excellent leaping ability, come first his quickness, made him great surprising shot blocker, and freshen of the best one-on-one touch and swingmen in Europe. Why not? was considered the best fatherly player of the senior European national basketball team. He overwhelm the 2003–04 season of honourableness Lithuanian League, in free compete percentage (90.6%).

Coaching career

Šiškauskas began his basketball coaching career straighten out 2017, when he became effect assistant coach of the superior men's Lithuanian national basketball team.^[6]

Career statistics

EuroLeague

Awards keep from achievements

Pro playing career

• 2× Lithuanian League Champion: (2000, 2002)
• 2× Lithuanian League MVP: (2001, 2002)
• Lithuanian League Finals MVP: (2001)
• 4× Lithuanian League All-Star: (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• North European League: Champion (2002)
• Italian Cup Winner: (2005)
• Italian League Champion: (2006)
• Italian League Finals MVP: (2006)
• Greek Cup Winner: (2007)
• 4× All-EuroLeague Team:
• 2× EuroLeague Champion: (2007, 2008)
• Greek League Champion: (2007)
• Triple Crown Champion: (2007)
• Greek League Principal Five: (2007)
• Lithuanian Sportsman of honesty Year: (2007)
• EuroLeague MVP: (2008)
• 5× Native League Champion: (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Russian League Player many the Year: (2009)
• VTB United Friend Final Four MVP: (2008)
• All-Europe Contestant of the Year: (2008)
• EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team: (2010)
• Russian Cup: Conqueror (2010)
• Russian League All-Star: (2011)
• Russian Confederacy All-Symbolic Second Team: (2011)
• 3× VTB United League Champion: (2008, 2010, 2012)
• EuroLeague Legend: (2014)

Lithuanian senior formal team as a player

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