Artūras Karnišovas

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Artūras Karnišovas
Personal information
Born (1971-04-27) April 27, 1971 (age 53)
Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuanian
Listed height 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)
Listed weight 203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
College Seton Hall (1990–1994)
NBA draft 1994 / Undrafted
Playing career 1987–2002
Position Small forward
Career history
1987–1990 Statyba
1994–1995 Cholet
1995–1997 FC Barcelona
1997–1998 Olympiacos
1998–2000 Fortitudo Bologna
2000–2002 FC Barcelona
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona National team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta National team
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1995 Greece National team

Artūras Karnišovas (born April 27, 1971) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.

Personal life and college career

Born in Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union,[1] Karnišovas started his early career in Lithuania, with Statyba Vilnius, while in high school, and played there until 1990. Expressing an interest in playing and studying in the United States, Karnišovas earned an invitation to play college basketball at Seton Hall University following a recommendation of Šarūnas Marčiulionis to Seton Hall coach P.J. Carlesimo during the 1990 FIBA World Championship. Karnišovas was the first player from the USSR to play in an American college, and arrived there without knowing a single word of English. In four years playing for the Seton Hall Pirates, Karnišovas helped the team win two Big East Tournaments and qualify for four straight NCAA championships, being the only player in all squads.[2][3]

Professional playing career

After trying and failing to draw interest from an NBA team, Karnišovas began playing overseas. His former coach Carlesimo attributed his lack of play in North America due to insufficient scouting and guaranteed financial return in Europe. Karnišovas is one of the few players to have been in Europe's four strongest championships, Spain (for Barcelona), Italy (Fortitudo Bologna), Greece (Olympiacos), and France (Cholet).[3][4] He reached the Euroleague's Euroleague Final Four 3 times, and he led the 1998–99 Euroleague in free throw percentage (89.6%). He was chosen as FIBA’s European Player of the Year in 1994.[3]

Lithuanian national team

Karnišovas helped lead the senior men's Lithuanian national basketball team to consecutive Bronze medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996.[1] He was also a first-team All-Star in the 1998 FIBA World Championship.[5]

Post playing career

Karnišovas worked for the NBA's Basketball Operations office from 2003 to 2008, and afterwards became an international scout for the Houston Rockets for five years, while also directing the adidas Eurocamp - a preparation tournament for European players picked in the NBA draft - in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he became the assistant general manager of the Denver Nuggets.[3] Karnišovas is married to Gina, whom he met at Seton Hall,[3] and they live in North Jersey with their two sons.[2]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2000–01 Barcelona 10 7 26.4 .500 .364 .831 5.0 1.3 .8 .2 13.9 15.3
2001–02 Barcelona 20 17 24.0 .512 .349 .789 3.7 1.4 1.4 .2 10.3 9.8

Awards and achievements

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Karnishovas", Basketzone.com, accessed August 25, 2007.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [1]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Arturas Karnisovas, former Seton Hall and Lithuania star, heads charge to rebrand Denver Nuggets
  4. ↑ "Eurobasket - Arturas Karnishovas Player Profile basketball", Eurobasket.com, accessed August 25, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Eurobasket - World Championships", Eurobasket.com, accessed August 25, 2007.
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