Raimonds Miglinieks
Personal information | |
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Born | Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | 16 July 1970
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
College |
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NBA draft | 1996: undrafted |
Playing career | 1996–2003 |
Position | Point guard |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1988–1992 | VEF Rīga |
1996–1997 | ASK/Brocēni/LMT |
1997–1999 | Śląsk Wrocław |
1999–2000 | WTK Anwil Włocławek |
2000–2001 | Śląsk Wrocław |
2001–2002 | CSKA Moscow |
2002–2003 | Idea Śląsk Wrocław |
As coach: | |
2005 | BK Riga |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
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Raimonds Miglinieks (born 16 July 1970) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach. Standing at a height of 1.90 m (6'2 3⁄4") tall, he was a point guard with excellent court vision.
College career
[edit]Miglinieks played college basketball in the United States, at the University of California, Irvine, with the Anteaters. He led the NCAA assists leader in the 1995–96 season, with an average of 8.5 assists per game. He was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year in 1996.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Miglinieks played in the EuroLeague with Śląsk Wrocław and CSKA Moscow. He led the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague in assists, with an average of 7.0 per game.
National team career
[edit]Miglinieks was a regular member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. He was a part of the Latvian squad that finished in 8th place at the 2001 EuroBasket.
Professional career
[edit]Miglinieks' brother, Igors, was also a professional basketball player.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Men's Basketball: All-Big West Selections[permanent dead link ]. icirvinesports.com. Retrieved on September 6, 2009.
- ^ COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK.
- ^ “BRALIUKAI”: WE WANT TO CREATE LOVE AROUND VEF.
External links
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Riga
- BK VEF Rīga players
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- KK Włocławek players
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Latvian men's basketball players
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Point guards
- Riverside City Tigers men's basketball players
- Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
- UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball players
- Latvian basketball biography stubs