Joe Arlauckas

Joe Arlaukas
Player information
Full name	Joseph John Arlauckas
birthday	July 20, 1965 (55 years and 42 days)
place of birth	Rochester , New York , United States
size	206 cm
position	Power forward
college	Niagara
NBA draft	1987 , 74. Pick, Sacramento Kings
Clubs as active
1987 Sacramento Kings 1988 Snaidero Caserta 1988–1990 Caja Ronda 1990–1993 Taugrés Vitoria 1993–1998 Real Madrid 1998–1999 AEK Athens 1999–2000 Aris Thessaloniki00 00 00 00

Joseph John "Joe" Arlauckas (born July 20, 1965 in Rochester , New York) is a retired American basketball player . Mostly it was used as a power forward .

Career

Born in Rochester to Lithuanian immigrants, Arlauckas began his college career in 1983 with the Niagara Purple Eagles in the NCAA's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . At 1987 NBA draft , he was the 74th pick by the Sacramento Kings selected, but came during the first half of the following season only to nine NBA -Einsätzen with the Kings, which is why he in December in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A to Snaidero Caserta changed and won the trophy straight away . In the summer of 1988 Arlauckas signed with the Spanish first division club Caja Ronda . After two years with the Andalusians , he moved to Taugrés Vitoria . During his three years with the Basques , he rose to one of the best power forwards in the league and was named MVP of the Spanish Cup in 1993 . He then moved to the Spanish top club Real Madrid , where, together with the Lithuanian star center Arvydas Sabonis, he formed one of the best front courts in Europe. In the 1993/94 season they won the Spanish championship and in the following season the "Royal" conquered the European Cup with a 73:61 in the final against Olympiacos Piraeus . Arlauckas himself made a name for himself primarily through his offensive strength and his spectacular dunks . In the 1995/96 season he achieved an average of 26.4 points per game, the highest value in the Euroleague and on February 15, 1996 he set a record in the highest European competition with 63 points in an away game against Virtus Bologna . With Real Madrid he won a second international title with the Eurocup in the 1996/97 season before he left the club for Greece in March 1998 . With the first division club AEK Athens he reached the final of the cup in January 1999, where his team was defeated by PAOK Thessaloniki with 54:71, Arlauckas himself was the best thrower of his team with 18 points. In December 1999 he signed for Aris Thessaloniki , where he let his career end.

At the beginning of 2008, Joseph John "Joe" Arlauckas belonged to a group of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euroleague basketball and / or basketball enthusiasts to determine fifty important basketball figures in Europe , active in the period from 1958 to 2008 and subsequently in May 2008 in Madrid ( Spain ). All nominated players played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euroleague basketball and were each among the particularly prominent stars of their national league teams.

successes

• Italian Basketball Cup : 1988
• Spanish championship : 1993/94
• European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1994/95
• Eurocup : 1996/97

Honors

• MVP of the Spanish Cup : 1993

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joseph John Arlauckas (Real Madrid Teka). In: fibaeurope.com. Retrieved May 9, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Virtus Bologna 96-115 Real Madrid. In: fibaeurope.com. Retrieved May 9, 2011 . 
3. ^ The All-Time Player Nominees ( Memento from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - A to Z. Website Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

Web links

• Profile on acb.com (Spanish)
• Profile on leyendasbaloncestorealmadrid.es (Spanish)
• Profile on DatabaseBasketball.com (English)