No. 10 – Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | |
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Position | Small forward / Power forward |
League |
Liga ACB EuroCup |
Personal information | |
Born |
Valmiera, Latvia |
June 25, 1995
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–present | Fuenlabrada |
2012–2013 | →Óbila |
2013–2014 | →Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada |
2014–2015 | →Getafe |
Career highlights and awards | |
Rolands Šmits (born June 25, 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He is currently playing with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada of the Spanish Liga ACB. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10"), and a weight of 106.4 kg (235 lbs.), he can play at either the small forward or power forward positions.
Šmits came up through the junior youth ranks of the Latvian club BK Valmiera. He left his native Latvia, for Spain in 2011. He joined the Spanish club Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, and played for their feeder team in the amateur Spanish fourth-tier level Liga EBA, in the 2011–12 season.
Šmits made his debut in the Spanish top-tier level Liga ACB, with Fuenlabrada, during the 2012–13 season, while also seeing action for Grupo Eulen Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila, in the country’s third-tier division LEB Plata, that same season. From 2013 to 2015, he primarily played for Fuenlabrada's reserve team in LEB Plata sides Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and the affiliated team Viten Getafe respectively. But, he also earned increasing playing minutes in the top-tier level ACB.
In the 2016–17 season, Šmits won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup's Rising Star Award, after shooting 55.1% from the field overall, 60.4% from 2 point field goal range, and 48.8% from 3 point field goal range, while averaging 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 0.6 steals per game, with Fuenlabrada during the EuroCup season.