Kaspars Cipruss

Kaspars Cipruss (born February 2, 1982) is a former Latvian basketball player. He is the current General Secretary of the Latvian Basketball Association.

Kaspars Cipruss

Cipruss in 2006
No. 4 – BK Jēkabpils
Position	Center
League	LBL2
Personal information
Born	(1982-02-18) February 18, 1982 (age 43) Rēzekne, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	253 lb (115 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1998–2016, 2019–2022
Career history
1998–1999	ASK/Brocēni/LMT
2000	BK Gulbenes Buki
2000–2001	Pallacanestro Trieste
2001–2002	KK Union Olimpija
2001–2002	KD Slovan
2002–2003	BK Skonto
2003–2004	Unia Tarnow
2003–2004	CB Sevilla
2003–2004	CB Ciudad de Huelva
2004–2006	CB Sevilla
2006–2007	CB Breogán
2007–2008	BK Ventspils
2008	BK Liepājas Lauvas
2008–2009	BK Prostějov
2009	Shabab Al Ahli
2009–2010	BK Jelgava
2010	BK Valmiera
2010	Óbila CB
2010	BK Valmiera
2011–2012	BC Rakvere Tarvas
2012	BC Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2012–2013	BC Odesa
2013	BK Jēkabpils
2013–2014	BK Valmiera
2014	BC Rakvere Tarvas
2015	Barons/LDz
2015–2016	BK Gulbenes Buki
2016	BK Ķekava
2019	Pieredze (3x3 basketball)
2019–2020	BK Jēkabpils
2022	Garkalnes Runči
2022	BK Jēkabpils
2022	Garkalnes Runči
2022	Roug Interiors

Club career

Born in Rēzekne, Latvia, Cipruss started his basketball career in Latvian powerhouse ASK/Brocēni/LMT in 1998. After extinction of the team he had a brief spell in Latvian team BK Gulbenes Buki.

In 2000, he drew interest from Rutgers, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, UNLV and Boston College.^[1] Cipruss signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Rutgers, but he had letter-of-intent problem, so he decided instead to play professionally in Europe.^[2]

Therefore, he moved to Italy, joining Lega Basket Serie A team Pallacanestro Trieste. Soon after he signed a 3-year contract with Slovenian Euroleague team KK Union Olimpija, but was loaned to KD Slovan. Since then he has played professional basketball in Poland, various levels in Spain, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Estonia and Lithuania.^[3]

On 23 January 2015, he signed with Barons/LDz of the Latvian Basketball League.^[4]

National team

Cipruss started his Latvia national basketball team career with the youngest, U16 team. Few years later, in 1998 he was part of the team which managed to achieve 9th place at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship and semi-final spot in the U19 EuroBasket. Three years later he was also part of the senior team, which reached the quarterfinals of EuroBasket 2001. Later on he has also been in the final tournaments in 2005 and 2007.^[5]

Achievements

• Latvijas Basketbola līga: 1997-98, 1998–99
  • Runner-up 2001-02, 2006–07

Individual

• BBL Challenge Cup MVP: 2011-12
• Estonian Basketball Championship MVP: 2011-12