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KK Atletas (Lithuanian: Kauno rajono Krepšinio Klubas Atletas) is a professional basketball club that is based in Kaunas district, Lithuania. Currently the team plays in the National Basketball League, in the past Atletas participated in the LKL and the Baltic League, before dissolving in 2007 and becoming BC Aisčiai-Atletas. In 2009, the team merged with BC Kaunas Triobet and played with the names of Kaunas, Baltai and LSU-Baltai. In 2013 club was renamed again to LSU-Atletas, which was merged with the NKL champions of the same name. Atletas are multiple time LKL finalists, and were once considered to be one of the strongest teams in Lithuania.
The NBA center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas represented Atletas at the very beginning of his career. Lithuanian basketball star Saulius Štombergas was also a key player of the team back then. Donatas Motiejūnas also played for Atletas (at the time called Aisčiai) during the beginning of his career.




Latest seasons






Honours






= Domestic competitions

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Lithuanian SSR Championship
Winners (5): 1968, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990




Notable former players


Rimas Kurtinaitis
Tomas Pačėsas
Gvidonas Markevičius
Darius Dimavičius
Rytis Vaišvila
Darius Sirtautas
Saulius Štombergas
Tomas Masiulis
Virginijus Praškevičius
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
Donatas Motiejūnas
Artūras Milaknis
Povilas Butkevičius
Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
Siim-Sander Vene
Jonas Mačiulis




External links

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• LSU-Atletas
• BC Žalgiris
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas
• Edgaras Ulanovas
• Donatas Motiejūnas
• Jonas Mačiulis
• 2018 William Jones Cup
• Vytenis Lipkevičius
• Rimas Kurtinaitis
• Adas Juškevičius