Rimantas Kaukenas (Lithuania)

Born : 11.04.1977
Place of birth: Vilnius (LTU)
Nationality: LTU
Height (m): 1.94
Position: PG
Current club: Montepaschi Siena
STATISTICS
Points per game 10.1
Rebounds per game 3.2
Assists per game 1.9
ACCUMULATED STATISTICS
GMin2P FG3P FGFTRebASPFTOSTBSPts
M/A%M/A%M/A%ODTot
928.426/4360.57/1643.818/2475.00.72.63.21.93.42.10.80.291
GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
MatchMin2P FG3P FGFTRebASPFTOSTBSPts
M/A%M/A%M/A%ODTot
vs . Turkey305/683.30/00.04/944.40552533014
vs . Czech Republic232/2100.00/20.00/10.0033537004
vs . Germany372/450.01/250.02/2100.0369131009
vs . Italy337/887.52/2100.02/2100.01232321022
vs . France241/333.30/20.04/4100.0101042006
vs . Slovenia363/933.31/250.02/2100.00114211011
vs . Croatia252/450.00/00.04/4100.0011030108
vs . Russia333/650.02/366.70/00.01121420112
vs . Greece151/1100.01/333.30/00.0044241115
PLAYER PROFILE

 

Team 2008-09: MONTEPASCHI SIENA (Italy-Lega)
Career: Seton Hall University (USA-NCAA, 1996-00), Galil Elion Hapoel (Israel-Premier League, 2000-01), Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (Lithuania-LKL, 2001-02), Telindus Ostende (Belgium-D1, 2002-03), Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany-Bundesliga, 2003-04), Vertical Vision Cantu (Italy-Lega, 2004-05), Montepaschi Siena (Italy-Lega, 2005-09)
His return to the national team last summer after four years out was a joyful experience for Rimantas Kaukenas. Following his first Lega-winning campaign at Montepaschi Siena (he has won two more since then). He started at shooting guard for Lithuania at EuroBasket 2007 and helped them capture a bronze medal to qualify for the Beijing Games. His dream of making it to the Olympics was thrown into serious jeopardy in January 2008 when he tore his knee ligament. Yet after surgery and almost five months of rehabilitation, Kaukenas returned on time to make it to Beijing. One of numerous Lithuanian who opted for a NCAA experience, Kaukenas succeeded in Seton Hall but, as with Jasikevicius, that was not enough to make it to the NBA. At 32, Kaukenas is probably one of the most reliable players in Europe.