The “bang” of AEK with Kuzminskas is official!

A great transfer completed and typically the AEK! The “yellow and black” OEM announced its acquisition Mindaugas Kuzminskaswho signed a cooperation contract with the Union until the end of the season.

The Lithuanian international forward has played for Zalgiris, Malaga, New York Knicks, Olympia Milano, Olympiakos, Kuban, Zenit and Karsijaka, among others.

The announcement of KAE AEK:

AEK BC is pleased to announce the acquisition of Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Mindaugas Kuzminskas, 33 years, 2m.05)

The international Lithuanian forward has signed a contract until the end of the 2023-2024 season

Mindaugas Kuzminskas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 19, 1989 and is an active member of the Lithuanian National Team, with which he has won two silver medals in Eurobasket (2013, 2015).

He started his career in 2006, with Sakalai, while the following year he competed in Perlas. For two years he wore the shirt of Siaulai and with his performances won the “passport” for the roster of Zalgiris Kaunas in 2010.

In Kaunas, Kuzminskas won two championships (2012,2013), one cup (2011) and one BBL cup (2011), having a key role (11.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists), while he was named the most valuable player of the championship finals (2013). His productive season sent him to Spain and Unicaja Malaga (10.4 points, 3 rebounds, 1.1 assists), where he teamed up with Joan Plata for three years (2013-2016), averaging 34 games.

In the summer of 2016, he made the decision to move to the NBA, where he signed a contract with the New York Knicks (6.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1 assist). In January 2018, he returned to Europe and Olympia Milano (9.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists), where he stayed until the summer of 2019, winning a championship and a super cup.

Then, he had a short stint with Olympiakos and in November 2019 he signed with Lokomotiv Kuban (14.2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), where he stayed until 2021. He remained a resident of Russia, but on behalf of Zenit, now, and last season he wore the jersey of Turkish Karsijaka (13.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists).