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Olympiakos beats Panathinaikos 68-64 in Cup final USA Today Former NBA forward Linas Kleiza added 12 points for Olympiakos. Guard Dimitris Diamantidis and center Nikola Pekovic led Panathinaikos with 12 points each. ... |
Mavericks could sign Von Wafer Yahoo! Sports ... the Greek team that is always trying to sign folks away from the NBA (and had success with such folks as Linas Kleiza(notes) and Patrick Beverley(notes) ... |
Lion Face/Lemon Face 03.08.2010: The I'm Going to Fake Fight You Edition Hardwood Paroxysm It probably needed to be an extra big man but it easily could have just been retaining Linas Kleiza. Instead, now they have to pray Kenyon Martin isn't out ... |
Mailbag: Starting time nigh for Ty? Denver Post What would happen to the depth chart and the rotation if Linas Kleiza was still a Nugget (and assuming that his contract would not take away one of the ... |
Fantasy Challenge, Top 16 Week 6 injury update Euroleague Linas Kleiza sat out the last Greek League game with a minor injury, but will be available to face Khimki. - Tiago Splitter is sidelined with an ankle ... |
Sullivan: Trivia column stimulates addiction Buffalo News (The 40-point mark has been hit by 107 players in that time, including Leandro Barbosa, Ramon Sessions and Linas Kleiza. Kobe Bryant has hit it 104 times). ... |
The Internationals ESPN (blog) Linas Kleiza (Olympiacos): Tearing up the Euroleague right now and a serious MVP candidate. Already shown he can be a good NBA player. ... |
Caja Laboral fall at Olympiacos 102-85 EITB ... rebound performance, Sofoklis Schortsanitis added 19 points in 18 minutes, Linas Kleiza scored 17 and Nikola Vujcic recorded 14 points and five assists. ... Olympiacos v Caja Laboral live |
Already-solid Cavs make right move by trading for Jamison NBA.com ... and a half wouldn't have happened without Chris Andersen, Dahntay Jones, Linas Kleiza and, most recently, Joey Graham being trusted with critical roles. ... |
5 Things We Learned In The NBA HoopsWorld We felt last year that we had Chris (Andersen) and Kenyon (Martin) defensively, and (Linas) Kleiza on offense and Dahntay's defense. ... |
Linas Kleiza
Career Highlights
Named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the league coaches as a sophomore. Earned All-Tournament honors at the 2005 Big 12 Tournament after averaging 29.5 points, 9.0 rebounds in two games. Posted 13 career double-doubles. Prior to attending Missouri, played on the Lithuanian Junior National Team which took second place at the 2003 World Junior Championships. Led the tournament in scoring, averaging 29.1 points on 58.4 percent shooting in eight games.
Rookie (2005-06)
Kleiza was drafted 27th by the Portland Trail Blazers and less than an hour after his selection, Kleiza was traded to the Denver Nuggets.
Sophomore (2004-05)
Led team in scoring (16.1 ppg), rebounding (7.6 rpg) and minutes played (31.5 mpg), becoming the first player to lead the squad in those three categories since the 1998-99 season. Ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and fifth in rebounding. Season total of 169 free throws made ranks eighth on the school’s single-season record list. Registered 20 or more points nine times and reached the 30-point mark twice. Scored career-high 33 points, shooting 17-for-19 from the free throw line, vs. Oklahoma in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Posted 26 points and 11 rebounds vs. Nebraska in the first round. Tallied 15 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the regular season finale vs. Kansas. Posted 18 points and 13 rebounds vs. Oklahoma. Made all 13 free throw attempts on his way to scoring 24 points at Oklahoma State. Notched 31 points vs. Nebraska. Scored 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds vs. Illinois. Led team with 23 points vs. DePaul in the first round of the postseason NIT.
Freshman (2003-04)
Averaged 11.1 points and 8.4 rebounds in 23.1 minutes. Was the team’s third-leading scorer and top rebounder before missing the last 14 games of the season due to a dislocated right shoulder. Recorded season-high 18 points twice, in consecutive games vs. Belmont and Iowa. Scored 15 points and grabbed season-high 13 rebounds at Indiana. Followed up that performance with 16 points and 13 rebounds vs. Gonzaga. Pulled down 12 boards vs. Syracuse. Posted a 10-point, 12-rebound double-double in his collegiate debut at Oakland (Mich.).
Personal
Favorite musical artist is Eminem. Enjoys eating New York Strip Steak. Picked Mizzou over North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia. Favorite video game is NBA Live 2003. High school coach was Stu Vetter. Hopes to one day earn an Olympic Gold Medal in basketball.