Artūrs Strautiņš

Artūrs Strautiņš

Strautiņš with Latvia men's national basketball team in 2023
No. 12 – Derthona Basket
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
League	LBA
Personal information
Born	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 26) Jūrmala, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2014	DSN Rīga
2013	LMT Basketball Academy
2014–2017	Reggiana
2017–2018	Orlandina
2017–2018	→Pallacanestro Orzinuovi
2018–2020	Pallacanestro Trieste
2020	Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
2020–2021	Pallacanestro Varese
2021–2023	Reggio Emilia
2023–present	Derthona Basket

Artūrs Strautiņš (born 23 October 1998) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA.

Professional career

Between 2012 and 2014, Strautiņš played for DSN Rīga in the Latvian Basketball League second division. On 20 October 2013, he became the second youngest player to debut in the Latvian Basketball League first division at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 27 days.^[1][2] He played for the LMT Basketball Academy and recorded three points and four rebounds in a 79-point loss to Latvijas Universitāte.^[1] He appeared in one more game for LMT BA on 27 October 2013 before returning to DSN Rīga; in two seasons for Rīga, he appeared in 32 games.^[3]

On 18 August 2014, Strautiņš signed with Pallacanestro Reggiana of the Lega Basket Serie A.^[4] On 6 January 2015, he helped Reggiana's youth team win the 26th annual Bruna Malaguti Trophy Cadet Tournament and subsequently garnered tournament MVP honours.^[5][6] Four days later, he made his Serie A debut in a 79–56 win over Enel Brindisi.^[7] He played a further two games for Reggiana's senior team to close out the 2014–15 season,^[8] and in July 2015, he was retained by the team for the 2015–16 season.^[9] He scored his first two points for Reggiana in the team's EuroCup game against MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg on October 28, 2015, hitting two free throws in the 76–65 win.

On July 17, 2018, Strautiņš signed a three-year deal with the Italian basketball club Pallacanestro Trieste in LBA.^[10]

On January 23, 2020 Strautiņš was released from Trieste^[11] and transferred in the Serie A2 second league to Pallalcesto Amatori Udine.^[12]

On June 16, 2020 he came back to the Serie A, signing with Pallacanestro Varese to a 2+1 years deal.^[13]

On July 4, 2021, he has signed with Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[14]

On July 4, 2023, he signed with Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA.^[15]

International career

In 2013, Strautiņš debuted for the Latvian national junior team in the Under 16 European Championship, averaging 11.8 points and 7.9 rebounds in eight games.^[16] The following year, he again competed for Latvia in the same tournament, this time averaging 12.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists in nine games.^[17][18]

References

1. Artūrs Strautiņš kļūst par otru jaunāko spēlētāju LBL vēsturē (in Latvian)
2. 16 gadu vecumā spēcīgajā Itālijas basketbola čempionātā debitē latvietis Strautiņš (in Latvian)
3. ARTURS STRAUTINS basketball profile – 2013–14 season statistics
4. Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia signs Latvian prospect Arturs Strautins
5. Il biancorosso Strautins mette in bacheca il "Malaguti" (in Italian)
6. Strautiņš pirms debijas A sērijā saņem MVP kadetu turnīrā Itālijā (in Latvian)
7. LEGABASKET SERIE A - 15° GIORNATA ANDATA: Enel Brindisi 56 - 79 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (in Italian)
8. Artūrs Strautiņš Legabasket profile Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
9. Reggio Emilia plans to keep Pechacek and Strautins
10. "Pallacanestro Trieste signs Arturs Strautins to a three-year deal". Sportando.basketball. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
11. "ARTURS STRAUTINS LASCIA TRIESTE E SI ACCASA ALL'APU UDINE" (in Italian). pallacanestrotrieste.it. 23 January 2020.
12. "Un altro colpo dalla serie A: arriva Strautins!" (in Italian). apudine.it. 23 January 2020.
13. "ARTŪRS STRAUTIŅŠ, NUOVA FIRMA PER LA PALLACANESTRO VARESE". pallacanestrovarese.it. 16 June 2020.
14. Carchia, Emiliano (July 4, 2021). "Arturs Strautins leaves Varese, joins Reggio Emilia". Sportando. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
15. "Artūrs Strautinš: fisicità e atletismo per il Derthona". derthonabasket.it (in Italian). July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
16. Artūrs Strautiņš | U16 European Championship Men (2013)
17. Artūrs Strautiņš | U16 European Championship Men (2014)
18. Strautiņš kļūst par ceturto labāko sodu izprovocētāju EČ (in Latvian)

External links

• Artūrs Strautiņš Archived 2017-06-29 at the Wayback Machine at legabasket.it
• Reggio Emilia to sign Arturs Strautins to his first pro contract