LSU-Atletas
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KK Atletas () is a professional basketball club that is based in Kaunas district, Lithuania. Currently the team plays in the National Basketball League, in the past Atletas participated in the LKL and the Baltic League, before dissolving in 2007 and becoming BC Aisčiai-Atletas. In 2009, the team merged with BC Kaunas Triobet and played with the names of Kaunas, Baltai and LSU-Baltai. In 2013 club was renamed again to LSU-Atletas, which was merged with the NKL champions of the same name. Atletas are multiple time LKL finalists, and were once considered to be one of the strongest teams in Lithua
Key facts
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- Basketball club.name
- KK Atletas
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- Basketball club.leagues
- National Basketball League
- Basketball club.founded
- 1962
- Basketball club.history
- Atletas(1962–1998)Topo Centras–Atletas(1998–2004)Hidruva–Atletas(2004–2005)Atletas(2005–2007)Aisčiai-Atletas(2007–2008)Aisčiai(2008–2010)BC Kaunas(2010–2011)BC Baltai(2011–2012)LSU-Baltai(2012–2013)LSU-Atletas(2013–2014, 2015–2021) KK Atletas(2021-present)
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- Garliava Arena
- Basketball club.location
- Garliava, Lithuania
- Basketball club.colors
- Yellow and Light green
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- Remigijus Bardauskas
- Basketball club.championships
- 5 Lithuanian SSR Championships
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via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Lithuania
- Headquarters
- Kaunas
- Sport
- basketball
- League
- Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
- Official website
- www.atletas.lkka.lt
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- home venue
- Kaunas Sports Hall
- inception
- 1995-00-00
- category for members of a team
- Category:LSU-Atletas basketball players
- Commons category
- LSU-Atletas
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Latest seasons
- Honours
- Domestic competitions
- Notable former players
- External links
KK Atletas () is a professional basketball club that is based in Kaunas district, Lithuania. Currently the team plays in the National Basketball League, in the past Atletas participated in the LKL and the Baltic League, before dissolving in 2007 and becoming BC Aisčiai-Atletas. In 2009, the team merged with BC Kaunas Triobet and played with the names of Kaunas, Baltai and LSU-Baltai. In 2013 club was renamed again to LSU-Atletas, which was merged with the NKL champions of the same name. Atletas are multiple time LKL finalists, and were once considered to be one of the strongest teams in Lithuania.
The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas was also a key player of the team back then. Donatas Motiejūnas also played for Atletas (at the time called Aisčiai) during the beginning of his career.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “LSU-Atletas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.