Mantas Kalnietis
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| No. 9 – EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LBA EuroLeague |
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| Born |
6 September 1986 Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Lithuanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2008 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2006 | Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2012 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mantas Kalnietis (born 6 September 1986) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano of the Italian LBA. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He prefers the point guard position, but can play shooting guard as well.
Kalnietis spent two and a half seasons with the LKKA-Žalgiris. He averaged 17.7 points and 4.3 assists in his second season.
Kalnietis made his pro debut in February 2006 with the Žalgiris of Kaunas. He averaged 6.8 points on 65 percent shooting in the EuroLeague.
Kalnietis helped Žalgiris win a Baltic League title in 2008, two Lithuanian League titles in 2007 and 2008 and two Lithuanian Cups in 2007 and 2008. He also led the team to a 2007 ULEB Summer League title, where he was named MVP.
He competed at the Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso in 2006 and 2008.
Kalnietis had a breakout season in 2008–09, when he averaged 11.3 points in the Lithuanian League and 8.5 points and 3.0 assists in the EuroLeague. He scored a career-high 20 points in a loss against the Montepaschi Siena on 10 December 2008.
Kalnietis signed a three-year contract with the Benetton Treviso in June 2009. However, because he had another one-year contract with Žalgiris Kaunas, FIBA arbiter's decided that he belonged to Žalgiris. On 27 December 2010, he signed a three-year extension with his hometown club Žalgiris Kaunas. In October 2012, however, he announced that he's interested in playing abroad for the first time in Russia's Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. On 5 October, he signed a three-year contract with the team. On 18 December 2013, Kalnietis was named Lithuania Basketball Player Of The Year. On 27 April 2015, he parted ways with Lokomotiv.
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