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Zenit St Petersburg continued adding veteran depth to its roster, by signing Lithuanian forward Mindaugas Kuzminskasto a one-year deal, the club announced on Monday. 31-year-old (2.05) arrives from Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar where he averaged 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in the 7DAYS EuroCup, and also posted 14.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists in the VTB League action.

Free throws this season

79%13,8Points made:13,8Accuracy:79,2%Place in standings:9Record max:27Record min:4Most made FTs:Artūras GudaitisTeamEuroLeagueStatisticsSchedule

A well-traveled Kuzminskas now returns to the EuroLeague where he has 164 appearances over nine seasons. He has a career average of 8.0 points and 2.9 rebounds posted with Zalgiris Kaunas, Unicaja Malaga, AX Armani Exchange Milan, and Olympiacos Piraeus.

Kuzminskas, who just recently participated in the FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament with Lithuanian national team, also spent the entire 2016-17 with the New York Knicks. He averaged 6.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in 68 games in the NBA.

"It's very nice to play in the EuroLeague again. BC Zenit has an excellent coach, professional club and very good teammates.It's usually very difficult for me to make decisions, but this time it was pretty easy.I am glad to join the team and I hope that BC Zenit will be able to achieve the highest goals in the new season," said Kuzminskas in a message on the club's website.

"We are very pleased that Kuzminskas will become a part of our family," said Zenit head coach Xavi Pascual. "He is an experienced player who can play at two positions - small and power forwards, shoots well from a distance, and plays great in low-point."

Current roster

Zenit St Petersburg

Position Player Status PG Dmitry Khvostov Signed until 2022 PG Denis Zakharov Signed until 2022 PG Conner Frankamp(story) Signeduntil 2023 SG Jordan Loyd Signeduntil 2023 SG Dmitry Kulagin Signed until 2022 SG Billy Baron (story) Signed until 2023 SG Sergey Karasev Signeduntil 2022 SF Mateusz Ponitka Signeduntil 2024 SF Dmitry Kulagin Signeduntil 2022 SF Igor Volkhin Signeduntil 2022 SF/PF Mindaugas Kuzminskas(story) Signed until 2022 PF Andrey Zubkov Signeduntil 2022 PF Maksim Karvanen Signeduntil 2022 C Arturas Gudaitis Signeduntil 2024 C Alex Poythress Signeduntil 2022 Coach Xavi Pascual Expired contract Kevin Pangos, Austin Hollins (not coming back), KC Rivers (not coming back), Will Thomas, Anton Pushkov, Vitaly Fridzon, Vladislav Trushkin (not coming back) Rumored to leave Interested Kevin Pangos,Jordan Mickey(story)

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