Raimonds Miglinieks (born 16 July 1970) is a Latvian former professional

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player and coach. Standing at a height of 1.90 m (6'2 ") tall, he was a

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with excellent court vision.

College career

Miglinieks played

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in the United States, at the

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, with the

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. He led the NCAA assists leader in the 1995–96 season, with an average of 8.5 assists per game. He was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year in 1996.

Professional career

Miglinieks played in the

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with

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

and

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. He led the

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was FIBA Europe's professional club basketball tournament for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this se ...

in assists, with an average of 7.0 per game.

National team career

Miglinieks was a regular member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. He was a part of the Latvian squad that finished in 8th place at the 2001 EuroBasket.

Professional career

Miglinieks' brother, Igors, was also a professional basketball player.“BRALIUKAI”: WE WANT TO CREATE LOVE AROUND VEF.
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References

External links

Euroleague.net Profile
1970 births Living people Basketball players from Riga BK VEF Rīga players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Russia KK Włocławek players Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States Latvian expatriate basketball people in Poland Latvian men's basketball players PBC CSKA Moscow players Point guards Riverside City Tigers men's basketball players Śląsk Wrocław basketball players UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball players {{Latvia-basketball-bio-stub