Nationality Lithuanian Listed weight 203 lb (92 kg) NBA draft 1994 / Undrafted Name Arturas Karnisovas Height 2.04 m Education Seton Hall University | Listed height 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m) College Seton Hall (1990–1994) Pro career 1987–2002 Role Basketball player Weight 92 kg Position Small forward | |
Born April 27, 1971 (age 53)
Klaipeda, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1971-04-27 ) | ||
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Artūras Karnišovas (born April 27, 1971) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player.
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- Arturas karnisovas on isaiah canaan 2013 nba draft
- Arturas karnisovas and coach mk at k dojo warrior tribe
- Early life and college career
- Professional playing career
- Lithuanian national team
- Post playing career
- Personal life
- Awards and achievements
- Many are one 2016 art ras karni ovas 94 most distinguished alumnus award
- References
Arturas karnisovas and coach mk at k dojo warrior tribe
Early life and college career
Born in Klaipėda, 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.
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 FC Barcelona), Italy (Fortitudo Bologna), Greece (Olympiacos), and France (Cholet). 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.
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. He was also a first-team All-Star in the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
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.
On July 16, 2013, it was announced that he became the assistant general manager of the Denver Nuggets.
Karnišovas was considered as one of the candidates for the place of general manager of the Brooklyn Nets.
Personal life
Karnišovas is married to Gina, whom he met at Seton Hall, and they live in North Jersey with their two sons.