Mantas Mockevičius Explained

Mantas Mockevičius
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:186
Height In:8.5
Weight Kg:95
Nationality:Lithuanian
Birth Date:1993 1, df=y
Birth Place:Plungė, Lithuania
College:Olney Central (2011)
Career Start:2008
Years1:2008–2013
Team1:BC Naglis/Palanga
Years2:2014
Team2:KK Vrsac Swisslion
Years3:2014
Team3:BC Vilnius
Years4:2017–2018
Team4:Stál-úlfur
Years5:2018–2019
Team5:Keflavík
Highlights:
  • NKL champion (2010)

Mantas Mockevičius (born 16 January 1993) is a Lithuanian basketball player who plays at the point guard position. He last played for Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík during the 2018–19 season.

Playing career

Mockevičius started his career with Palangos in 2008 in the second-tier NKL. The team was promoted in 2010 and after spending the 2010–2011 season in the LKL and the Baltic Basketball League, he joined Olney Central College in the United States during the summer.[1] He returned to Palangos in December 2011 and finished the season with the club.[2] During the 2012–2013 season, Mockevičius started 23 of 35 games in the LKL and the Baltic Basketball League, averaging 11.8 points and 3.2 assists.[3]

After being without a team for the first half of the 2013–2014 season, Mockevičius joined KK Vrsac Swisslion of the Basketball League of Serbia in February 2014.[4] He spent the first half of the 2014–2015 season with BC Vilnius in the NKL, averaging 8.7 points and 2.0 assists in 9 games.[5]

During the summer of 2018, Mockevičius started training with Keflavík and in September the club signed him for the 2018–2019 season[6] where he instantly became a fan favorite.[7] Mockevičius appeared in 10 regular season games, averaging 5.2 points per game,[8] helping Keflavík to a 4th place finish and a home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.[9] On 20 March, the head coach of Keflavík, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson, stated that Mockevičius was AWOL from the team and would therefore not play for it again this season.[10]

National team career

Mockevičius played in 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Lithuania men's national under-20 and at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: E.Aniulis ir M.Mockevičius rungtyniaus NJCAA lygoje . 12 January 2019 . delfi.lt . 3 September 2011 . Lithuanian.
  2. News: Mockevičius grįžta į "Naglį" . 12 January 2019 . basketnews.lt . 28 December 2011 . Lithuanian.
  3. Web site: Mantas Mockevicius Player Profile, KK Vrsac Swisslion, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM . realgm.com . 12 January 2019.
  4. News: M. Mockevičius keliasi rungtyniauti į Serbiją . 12 January 2019 . delfi.lt . 18 February 2014 . Lithuanian.
  5. Web site: Mantas Mockevičius / Žaidėjai - NKL . nklyga.lt . 12 January 2019 . Lithuanian.
  6. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Spurði hvort hann mætti vera með á æfingu og fékk samning . 12 January 2019 . . 11 September 2018 . Icelandic.
  7. News: Litháinn sem féll af himnum ofan . 12 January 2019 . . 20 October 2018 . Icelandic.
  8. Web site: Úrvalsdeild karla Domino's deild karla (2018-2019 Tímabil) - Keflavík . kki.is . . 16 March 2019 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Úrslitakeppnin hefst á heimavöllum tveggja efstu liðanna . 16 March 2019 . 15 March 2019 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Tómas Þór Þórðarson . Ef þú finnur Mantas máttu endilega láta mig vita . 20 March 2019 . . 20 March 2019 . Icelandic.
  11. Web site: MAntas Mockevičius / U20 European Championship Men (2013) / FIBA Europe. www.fibaeurope.com. 8 March 2017.

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