Mantas Mockevičius (born 16 January 1993) is a Lithuanian basketball player who plays at the

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position. He last played for Úrvalsdeild karla club

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

during the 2018–19 season.

Playing career

Mockevičius started his career with Palangos in 2008 in the second-tier

NKL The National Basketball League (NKL) (), also known as 7bet-NKL for sponsorship reasons, is the second-tier basketball minor league in Lithuania. It is placed below the top division Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The competition currently consis ...

. The team was promoted in 2010 and after spending the 2010–2011 season in the LKL and the

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...

, he joined

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in the

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during the summer. He returned to Palangos in December 2011 and finished the season with the club. During the 2012–2013 season, Mockevičius started 23 of 35 games in the LKL and the

, averaging 11.8 points and 3.2 assists. After being without a team for the first half of the 2013–2014 season, Mockevičius joined KK Vrsac Swisslion of the

Basketball League of Serbia The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federatio ...

in February 2014. He spent the first half of the 2014–2015 season with

BC Vilnius BC Lietkabelis-2 is dissolved the reserve team for BC Lietkabelis. BC "Palanga" professional basketball club was founded in 1999. In 2006 club name was changed to BC "Naglis-Adakris" because of the club supporters UAB „Adakris“ but in 2011, cl ...

in the NKL, averaging 8.7 points and 2.0 assists in 9 games. During the summer of 2018, Mockevičius started training with

and in September the club signed him for the 2018–2019 season where he instantly became a fan favorite. Mockevičius appeared in 10 regular season games, averaging 5.2 points per game, helping Keflavík to a 4th place finish and a home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. On 20 March, the head coach of Keflavík,

Sverrir Þór Sverrisson Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (born 23 May 1975) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player for the Icelandic national basketball team. He previously coached Keflavík women's team where he won the national championship in 2017. As a coach ...

, stated that Mockevičius was

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from the team and would therefore not play for it again this season.

National team career

Mockevičius played in

2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating team ...

for Lithuania men's national under-20 and at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

References

External links

Profile
at realgm.com

at njcaa.org
Icelandic statistics
at

Icelandic Basketball Federation The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketba ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mockevicius, Mantas 1993 births Living people Keflavík men's basketball players KK Hemofarm players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Iceland Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States Lithuanian men's basketball players Point guards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players