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Uvis Helmanis (born June 10, 1972) is a former Latvian professional
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who played at
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position. After retiring he became a
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, and currently works as a head coach for
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Player profile

Helmanis has been a key player for the
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since the nineties and is known for being experienced and powerful. Some coaches were trying to put this 2.04 m player under the basket but his style tends to draw him away from the hoop. Helmanis can use his big body in the paint, especially on defense, but his most effective weapon is his ability to knock down the
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. He doesn't look very quick, but he is adept at getting himself open from behind the three-point line. Helmanis has been a National Champion in three countries in his career: Latvia, Poland and Germany. After four good years at Bamberg, Helmanis came back to Latvia and celebrated his homecoming with "eternal" national champs
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and showed all his best assets in the
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and in
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games. He is not a vocal leader, but an irreplaceable member of the team. In the summer of 2009 Helmanis became the first Latvian to play in six
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s. After winning the Latvian Championship with
Barons LMT BK Barons/LDz (previously Barons/LMT) was a professional basketball club who was based in Riga, Latvia. The team played in the first division of the Latvian Basketball League. History Barons Kvartāls played an integral part in Latvia's basketb ...
in 2010 he retired as a player and became a head coach of the team. After unsuccessful results he was fired in midseason and went to Poland to work for the assistant of
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, head coach of
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. After one season Uvis came back to Latvia and joined a coach room of
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, becoming an assistant of head coach Ramunas Butautas. He became head coach of
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in 2013.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Helmanis, Uvis 1972 births Living people ASK Riga players Bayer Giants Leverkusen players BK Ventspils players Bamberg Baskets players Forwards (basketball) Latvian basketball coaches Latvian expatriate basketball people in Germany Latvian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Latvian expatriate basketball people in Poland Latvian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Talsi