Toms Leimanis

Toms Elvis Leimanis (born August 7, 1994) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League. Standing at 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in), Leimanis plays both point guard and shooting guard positions. He also serves as a member of the Latvian national basketball team.

Toms Leimanis
No. 17 – Tsmoki-Minsk
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1994-08-07) August 7, 1994
Ventspils, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height6 ft 2.8 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2006 / Undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2014Ventspils
2014–2016Liepājas Lauvas
2016–2017Ventspils
2017–2018Liepājas Lauvas
2018Valga-Valka
2018–2019Koroivos
2019–2020Valladolid
2020–presentTsmoki-Minsk
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Latvia
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2013 Estonia National Team

Professional career

Leimanis started his career with Ventspils, with which he made his first professional career in the Baltic League. During his first two seasons, his playing time was not big, but he managed to win with Ventspils the Baltic League in 2013 and the Latvian League in 2014.

The following two years, he played with Liepājas Lauvas. At his second year, in 62 matches at the Latvian and Baltic League, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.9 assists in 23.2 minutes per game. In the 2016-17 season, he returned to Ventspils, making his debut also in the Basketball Champions League. Overall in 41 games in the year in all competitions, Leimanis averaged 4.4 points and 1.3 assists in 12 minutes per game.

At the start of the 2017-18 season, he joined Liepājas Lauvas for a second stint.[1] After making really good appearances with the team, he finished the season with Valga-Valka of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.

On July 17, 2018, he joined Koroivos of the Greek 2nd Division.[2]

On July 4, 2019, he joined Ciudad de Valladolid of the LEB Oro (Spanish 2nd Division). On July 14, 2020, Leimanis signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.[3]

Latvian National Team

Leimanis has played for Latvian U16, U18 and U20 National Team as well as Senior National Team. In July 2013, Leimanis was part of Latvia's historic run at U20 European Championship in Tallinn, Estonia, which was highlighted by making the finals.[4]

Honors and awards

Club career

National Team
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References
  1. "Toms Leimanis signs with Liepājas Lauvas". prime-athlete.com.
  2. "Toms Leimanis signs with Koroivos". sportando.basketball.
  3. "Toms Leimanis signs with Tsmoki-Minsk". Sportando. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. FIBA Europe


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