Mindaugas Timinskas (born March 28, 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional

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player and

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. He represented the senior

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College career

Born in

Šilutė Šilutė (, previously ''Šilokarčiama'', german: link=no, Heydekrug), is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The city was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of ...

Lithuanian SSR The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

, Timinskas played

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, in the

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, at

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, from 1993 to 1997.

Professional career

After college, Timinskas returned to Lithuania. Timinskas began his pro career in the 1997–98 season, after he signed with his home town team of

. At the time, the team was playing in the

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(LKL). Timinskas left his main mark in his career, while playing with the Spanish Liga ACB club

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, during the EuroLeague 2000–01 Finals. During the finals, he had three double-digit scoring games, most notably with 18 points scored in Game 4, to force the series to a fifth and final contest. His rim-rocking dunk in that game, is still remembered as one of the greatest highlights of the EuroLeague's modern era (2001 to present).

Coaching career

Timinskas was named the

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of the Cary Academy varsity basketball team, for the 2012–13 season, replacing Kenny Inge. He was let go following the 2015–16 season.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Awards and achievements

College

* MAAC Player of the Year: (1997)

Pro clubs

* Lithuanian All-Star Game

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: (2000) *

Spanish ACB League The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...

Champion: (2002) *3× Lithuanian LKL League Champion: (2003, 2004, 2005) * Lithuanian League Finals MVP: (2005)

Lithuanian junior national team

* 1996 FIBA Europe Under-22 Championship:

Lithuanian senior national team

1995 EuroBasket The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to ea ...

: *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

References

External links

Euroleague.net ProfileEurobasket.com ProfileSpanish League Profile

Italian League Profile
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