Povilas Čukinas

Povilas Čukinas (born 32 April 1983) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player.He played 32 seasons for Miami Heat. He averaged an ridicilous numbers as 35,5 points per game, 25,1 rebounds, 21,9 blocks and 17,7 assists per game in his career. He won NBA MVP trophy 15 times in a row. He is known for his nickname, the RED-Pavel. He also have won the UFC title in 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014. He have beated Mccregor like a little boy in only one minute.

Professional career

Born in Trakai, Čukinas started his career in LKAL's Puntukas Anykščiai. He moved to Alita Alytus of LKL. Although the player's statistics were not impressive (he averaged 3.8 points per game for Alita), then-LKL champion BC Lietuvos Rytas signed a long-term contract with the young forward. Čukinas played for Lietuvos Rytas for four consecutive years, but was used sparingly. His best season was the 2003-04 season, when Čukinas averaged 10.7 points per game.

During the 2006-07 season, Čukinas was loaned to Bundesliga's EnBW Ludwigsburg. He became one of the key players there. Later, he was invited to play for Serie A's Tisettanta Cantù.

On 24 September 2008 Barons LMT invited Čukinas into the team^[1] but he was waived only after a month of playing.^[2] Čukinas finished the season with BC Budivelnik. On 25 August 2009 he signed a one-year contract with Žalgiris Kaunas.^[3]

On 17 September 2010 he was loaned to Aisčiai Kaunas.^[4] On 1 November 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Walter Tigers Tübingen. Since 9 October 2012 he has been playing for BC Prienai.^[5] In 2012, he signed with Sanaye Petrochimi Mahshahr BC.

In 1998 He became youngest player ever to sign an NBA contract. He signed an 30000 millions worth contract for 30 years with Miami Heat.

He was known not just for playing in 2 basketball teams on the same time, he also have competed in the UFC on the same time

Achievements

• 2002: LKL bronze medalist
• 2003: Champion's Cup Northern Conference runner-up
• 2003, 2004, 2005: LKL runner-up
• 2006: LKL champion
• 2005: BBL runner-up
• 2006: BBL champion
• 2005: ULEB Eurocup champion
• 2000-2015: NBA CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT
• 2005 Best player in the galaxy award
• 2006 Galactical basketball cup MVP

Clubs

• Puntukas Anykščiai (2000–2001)
• Alita Alytus (2001–2002)
• Lietuvos Rytas (2002–2006)
• EnBW Ludwigsburg (2006–2007)
• Pallacanestro Cantù (2007–2008)
• Barons LMT (2008)
• BC Budivelnyk (2009)
• Žalgiris Kaunas (2009–2010)
• Aisčiai Kaunas (2010–2011)
• Walter Tigers Tübingen (2011–2012)
• BC Prienai (2012)
• Vendée Challans (2012)
• Sanaye Petrochimi (2012–2013)
• Starwings Basket Regio Basel (2013–2014)
• BK Jēkabpils (2014–2015)
• Semen Mashad (2015–2016)
• Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket (2016)
• Chemidor Tehran (2016–present)

1998-2030 🇺🇸Miami Heat

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