Kristaps Valters
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 18, 1981 Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1998–2017 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| 1998–2000 | ASK/Brocēni/LMT |
| 2000–2001 | Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi |
| 2001–2003 | Skonto |
| 2003 | Panionios |
| 2003–2004 | Skonto |
| 2004–2006 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg |
| 2006–2007 | Pallalcesto Amatori Udine |
| 2007–2008 | Triumph Lyubertsy |
| 2008–2009 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
| 2009–2010 | Joventut Badalona |
| 2010–2011 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
| 2011–2012 | Unicaja Málaga |
| 2012 | Artland Dragons |
| 2012–2013 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
| 2013–2014 | TED Ankara Kolejliler |
| 2014 | Barons/LDz |
| 2014–2016 | Türk Telekom |
| 2017 | Valmiera/Ordo |
Kristaps Valters (born September 18, 1981) is a former Latvian professional basketball player who last played for Valmiera of the Latvian League and Baltic League.
He first played professionally in 1998, for ASK/Brocēni/LMT. In 2000, Valters signed his first foreign contract, with Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, but played there only one season. He then returned to the Latvian Basketball League, signing a two-year contract with the newly created team Skonto.
In 2003, he played in the NBA Summer League for the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside number #1 pick in that draft LeBron James. In the fall of that year, he returned to Europe and played for Panionios. Valters did not stay there for long and in December 2004, he returned to play for Skonto.
From 2004 to 2006, he played for the Germany's Basketball Bundesliga club EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Then he went to Italy and played for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine. During the season in Italy he was named as Week 8 MVP of ULEB Cup.
In 2007, he signed a contract with Scafati Basket, but never played there because he was injured and the team terminated his contract. In November 2007, Valters signed with Russian team Triumph Lyubertsy.
In the summer of 2008, he signed a contract with Liga ACB team Fuenlabrada and had a breakout season. The team wanted to retain Valters and offered him a three-year contract for about two million dollars, but Valters opted to sign a two-year contract with DKV Joventut in July 2009 replacing Ricky Rubio.
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