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, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

during the 2018–19 season.

Playing career

Mockevičius started his career with Palangos in 2008 in the second-tier NKL. The team was promoted in 2010 and after spending the 2010–2011 season in the LKL and the

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, 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

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in February 2014. He spent the first half of the 2014–2015 season with BC Vilnius 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 former basketball coach and player. A two-time Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year, he played several seasons in the Icelandic top-tier, winning national championship three time ...

, 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

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

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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 Basketbal ...

{{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 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Point guards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players