Mindaugas Kupšas (born 9 April 1991) is a Lithuanian professional

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player for

Kaohsiung Aquas The Kaohsiung Aquas ( zh, 高雄全家海神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aqu ...

of the

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. Standing at , he plays at the

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position.

Professional career

Kupšas played for Lietkabelis in the 2012–13 season and averaged 10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per 21 minutes of game action. He went undrafted at the 2013 NBA draft. On August 6, 2014, Kupšas was loaned to the Estonian team

BC Kalev/Cramo BC Kalev, known as BC Kalev/Cramo for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They play their ...

for the 2014–15 season. On August 14, 2016, Kupšas signed with Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas. On February 7, 2017, he parted ways with Vytautas to join

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of the Spanish

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. On August 10, 2017, Kupšas signed a one-year deal with BC Juventus. On August 7, 2018, Kupšas returned to Lietkabelis Panevėžys for a second stint, signing for the 2018–19 season. In 56 games played with Lietkabelis, he averaged 8.9 points and 4.7 rebounds, while shooting 62 percent from the field. On August 14, 2019, Kupšas signed a one-year deal with

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. On March 2, 2020, Kupšas parted ways with

to join Filou Oostende of the Belgian

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. On October 1, 2021, Kupšas signed with

of the

. On June 30, 2022, Kupšas was selected to the all-defensive first team of the

in 2021–22 season. On July 20, Kupšas re-signed with the

. On August 6, 2023, Kupšas re-signed with the

References

External links

RealGM profile

NBADraft.net profile
1991 births Living people BC Juventus players BC Kalev/Cramo players BC Lietkabelis players BC Nevėžis players BC Prienai players BC Žalgiris players BC Žalgiris-2 players BC Zepter Vienna players Centers (basketball) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain Lithuanian men's basketball players LSU-Atletas basketball players Universiade bronze medalists for Lithuania Universiade medalists in basketball Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Expatriate basketball people in Taiwan Kaohsiung Aquas players T1 League imports T1 League All-Stars {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub