Artūras Karnišovas
| Denver Nuggets | |
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| Position | Assistant general manager |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 27, 1971 Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Listed height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) |
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) |
| Career information | |
| College | Seton Hall (1990–1994) |
| NBA draft | 1994 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1987–2002 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 1987–1990 | Statyba |
| 1994–1995 | Cholet |
| 1995–1997 | FC Barcelona |
| 1997–1998 | Olympiacos |
| 1998–2000 | Fortitudo Bologna |
| 2000–2002 | FC Barcelona |
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Artūras Karnišovas (born April 27, 1971) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player.
Born in Klaipėda, Karnišovas started his early career in Lithuania, with Statyba Vilnius, while in high school, and played there until 1990. Expressing an interest in playing and studying in the United States, Karnišovas earned an invitation to play college basketball at Seton Hall University following a recommendation of Šarūnas Marčiulionis to Seton Hall coach P.J. Carlesimo during the 1990 FIBA World Championship. Karnišovas was the first player from the USSR to play in an American college, and arrived there without knowing a single word of English. In four years playing for the Seton Hall Pirates, Karnišovas helped the team win two Big East Tournaments and qualify for four straight NCAA championships, being the only player to start for all squads.
After trying and failing to draw interest from an NBA team, Karnišovas began playing overseas. His former coach Carlesimo attributed his lack of play in North America due to insufficient scouting and guaranteed financial return in Europe. Karnišovas is one of the few players to have been in Europe's four strongest championships, Spain (for FC Barcelona), Italy (Fortitudo Bologna), Greece (Olympiacos), and France (Cholet). He reached the Euroleague's Euroleague Final Four 3 times, and he led the 1998–99 Euroleague in free throw percentage (89.6%). He was chosen as FIBA’s European Player of the Year in 1996.
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