Janis Strelnieks
Janis  Strelnieks
Position: PG
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Age: 34 yo (1989 September 01)
Birth place: Talsi, Latvia
Citizenship: Latvian
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MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
BCL 24:15 61.9%
26/42
49.2%
30/61
87.1%
27/31
1.1
0.8/0.3
3 0.6 1.3 0.1 - 1.7 - 14.1 11.7 12 »

Last 10 games
Date Opponent MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
23 80%
4/5
50%
2/4
100%
1/1
3
3/0
1 0 0 0 1 15 15
20 60%
3/5
33.3%
2/6
66.7%
4/6
1
1/0
0 0 1 0 2 16 6
24 50%
1/2
40%
2/5
100%
2/2
0
0/0
5 2 2 0 2 10 9
23 66.7%
2/3
66.7%
4/6
100%
2/2
3
2/1
1 0 0 0 2 18 17
20 100%
2/2
0%
0/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
2 0 0 0 2 4 3
31 33.3%
2/6
75%
3/4
100%
4/4
2
2/0
6 1 3 1 1 17 18
27 0%
0/1
66.7%
4/6
100%
4/4
0
0/0
5 2 2 0 1 16 17
27 66.7%
2/3
28.6%
2/7
100%
3/3
3
2/1
5 0 2 0 1 13 12
28 100%
3/3
42.9%
3/7
50%
2/4
0
0/0
0 1 0 0 2 17 10
26 75%
3/4
57.1%
4/7
100%
2/2
1
0/1
1 0 5 0 2 20 11
2023-03-16
Performed medical tests confirmed the worst-case scenario for AEK Athens veteran guard Janis Strelnieks after the latest BCL game. According to Christos Tsaltas of SDNA, Strelnieks ruptured his Achilles tendon. The 33-year-old Latvian NT member left Wednesday's game vs. Galatasaray early, scoring 15 points in more than 23 minutes.
2022-08-10
Basketball Champions League team AEK Athens signed a one-year deal with Latvian veteran Janis Strelnieks, per the official report. The 32-year-old guard is coming off an injury-plagued season with Zalgiris Kaunas. He averaged 6.5 points, 1.8 assists, and 5.6 PIR over 23 EuroLeague games last season. 
2022-06-17

Zalgiris Kaunas have said their goodbyes to three foreign players after the closure of the 2021-22 basketball season.

Career
Season Team
2007-2008 BK Ventspils
2009-2010 BK Ventspils
2011-2013 Spartak Saint Petersburg
2013-2014 Budivelnyk Kyiv
2014-2017 Brose Bamberg
2017-2019 Olympiacos Piraeus
2019-2021 CSKA Moscow
2021-2022 Zalgiris Kaunas
2022-2023 AEK Athens
2011 Latvia
2013 Latvia
2015 Latvia
2016-2017 Latvia
2021-2022 Latvia

Personal records
Efficiency 34 2015-09-10
Points 25 2017-02-02
Assists 13 2017-09-02
Steals 4 2016-02-25
Rebounds 8 2011-09-02
Blocks 1 2014-10-22

2023-03-16
Performed medical tests confirmed the worst-case scenario for AEK Athens veteran guard Janis Strelnieks after the latest BCL game. According to Christos Tsaltas of SDNA, Strelnieks ruptured his Achilles tendon. The 33-year-old Latvian NT member left Wednesday's game vs. Galatasaray early, scoring 15 points in more than 23 minutes.
2022-08-10
Basketball Champions League team AEK Athens signed a one-year deal with Latvian veteran Janis Strelnieks, per the official report. The 32-year-old guard is coming off an injury-plagued season with Zalgiris Kaunas. He averaged 6.5 points, 1.8 assists, and 5.6 PIR over 23 EuroLeague games last season. 
2022-06-17

Zalgiris Kaunas have said their goodbyes to three foreign players after the closure of the 2021-22 basketball season.

2022-06-06

With around eight players leaving, the newcomers are going to shape the fresh face of Zalgiris Kaunas. Former Lithuanian champs are encountering a giant rebuild entering the 2022 summer market.

2022-01-27
Zalgiris Kaunas welcomed back some of the players before the trip to Italy, where the Lithuanian champions will face AX Armani Exchange Milan. Arturas Milaknis and Tai Webster recovered from Covid-19 and are traveling to Italy. Both of them took part in practice with the rest of the team. However, Paulius Jankunas still remains in Kaunas and should join the team soon. Zalgiris head coach Jure ...
2022-01-19
Zalgiris Kaunas lost another player due to an injury on Tuesday. Janis Strelnieks hurt his hamstring during the King Mindaugas Cup game against CBet Jonava. Earlier on Tuesday, Arturas Milaknis, Tai Webster, and Paulius Jankunas were diagnosed with positive COVID-19 cases and were isolated from the team. Zalgiris is traveling to Istanbul without Strelnieks on Wednesday, as EuroLeague Round 22 game ...
2021-10-25
Zalgiris Kaunas prepare for the upcoming double week in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, where they’ll have two away games against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Anadolu Efes Istanbul. It will be the second double week for both Zalgiris and new head coach Jure Zdovc. However, unlike the first time, Zdovc had much more time for preparation. “The schedule isn’t the friend of ours, ...
2021-10-15
Zalgiris Kaunas have announced that they will be without two of their main guys in tonight's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague match against Olympiacos Piraeus. Team captain Paulius Jankunas and veteran guard Janis Strelnieks will miss the game in Piraeus, Greece. Both players suffered calf injuries in Zalgiris' loss to Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade on Tuesday. Jankunas is averaging 1.0 points, 3.5 ...
2021-10-07
Janis Strelnieks' appearance against Zenit St. Petersburg was a game-time decision. But his effort helped Zalgiris Kaunas to run into a close game vs. EuroLeague playoffs team. However, Strelnieks 14-point performance wasn't enough to win 64-70. "We lost two games, so I guess I better don't score, and we win games," Strelnieks smiled ironically in the post-game conference. He couldn't finish the ...
2021-10-07
Zalgiris Kaunas have announced that three of their injured players will be able to help the Lithuanian powerhouse in Thursday's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague home game against Zenit St. Petersburg. The team captain Paulius Jankunas will return to action after injuring his calf at the end of September. Lukas Lekavicius and Janis Strelnieks who suffered minor injuries during Zalgiris' loss to LDLC ...
2021-10-01
Zalgiris Kaunas lost its debut Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game on the road against ASVEL. It wasn't a nice performance for the Lithuanian team, who struggled defensively and allowed opponents to score 88 points. At the end of the game, both Emmanuel Mudiay, who finished with 12 points, and Janis Strelnieks, who was the top scorer of Zalgiris with 21, highlighted the team's defensive issues. ...
2021-09-22
Zalgiris Kaunas newcomer Janis Strelnieks appeared on the BasketNews podcast URBONUS. The 32-year-old reflected on his career, basketball idols, NBA offers, an impressive list of past teammates, Latvia's painful experience with FIBA windows, and injuries. Strelnieks discussed the players he looked up to as a young player and listed four great point guards. "Diamantidis, for sure. And even ...
2021-08-25
After an injury-riddled experience with the CSKA Moscow, the newcomer of Zalgiris Kaunas, Janis Strelnieks, is excited about the prospects of the Lithuanian champions. A small injury suffered with Latvia’s national team is preventing Strelnieks from being a full-strength participating in Zalgiris training sessions, but the conditions and care in Kaunas make the shooting guard happy. ...
2021-07-29
Zalgiris Kaunas have announced a one-year contract with Janis Strelnieks. The 1.91 guard spent the last two years with CSKA Moscow. Beforehand, he was a member of Olympiacos Piraeus, Brose Bamberg, Budivelnyk Kyiv, Spartak St. Petersburg, and Ventspils. Strelnieks averaged 4.4 points (41.7% from three), 1.6 assists, and 3.2 PIR over 13.8 minutes in the EuroLeague last season. The 31-year-old ...

Basketball Champions League

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
22/23 AEK Athens 24:15 61.9%
26/42
49.2%
30/61
87.1%
27/31
1.1
0.8/0.3
3 0.6 1.3 0.1 - 1.7 - 14.1 11.7 12 »

EuroLeague

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
21/22 Zalgiris Kaunas 20:05 48%
24/50
33.7%
28/83
85.7%
18/21
1.7
1.4/0.3
1.8 0.7 1 0.1 0.2 1.8 1.5 6.5 5.6 23 »
20/21 CSKA Moscow 13:20 46%
23/50
41.7%
20/48
64.3%
9/14
0.8
0.7/0.1
1.6 0.3 0.5 0 0 1.7 0.6 4.4 3.2 26 »
19/20 CSKA Moscow 15:40 53.8%
28/52
41.7%
20/48
92.1%
35/38
1.8
1.6/0.2
2 0.6 0.8 0 0 1.5 1.9 7.2 8.5 21 »
18/19 Olympiacos Piraeus 20:12 53.7%
29/54
45.9%
28/61
86.8%
33/38
1.9
1.8/0.1
2 0.7 1 0.1 0.3 2.3 1.7 8.8 8.3 20 »
17/18 Olympiacos Piraeus 19:21 50%
41/82
38.2%
39/102
91.8%
56/61
1.3
1.2/0.1
2.1 0.6 0.9 0 0.2 1.7 1.6 7.5 7.1 34 »
16/17 Brose Bamberg 24:30 58.1%
108/186
45.9%
78/170
89.2%
66/74
2.2
2/0.2
3.5 0.6 1.2 0 0.1 2 2 11.7 12.8 44 »
15/16 Brose Bamberg 23:47 55.8%
43/77
40.4%
36/89
91.3%
42/46
2
1.7/0.3
3.3 0.7 1.4 0 0 1.9 1.9 9.8 10.7 24 »
13/14 Budivelnyk Kyiv 21:54 55.2%
16/29
46.4%
13/28
100%
10/10
1.4
1.1/0.3
2.6 0.9 1.4 0 0.4 1.4 1.4 8.1 8.4 10 »

FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
21/22 Latvia 20:30 50%
3/6
60%
3/5
-
0/0
0.5
0.5/0
6.5 0.5 1 0 - 1.5 - 7.5 10 2 »

FIBA EuroBasket

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
2017 Latvia 27:34 80%
16/20
27.8%
5/18
83.3%
5/6
3.4
3.3/0.1
6.6 0.7 1.4 0 - 3 - 7.4 11.1 7 »
2015 Latvia 28:00 55.8%
24/43
21.4%
6/28
80%
16/20
3.1
2.8/0.3
5.4 0.8 1.4 0 0 1.7 2.8 9.1 13.1 9 »
2013 Latvia 25:30 53.3%
16/30
24%
6/25
75%
6/8
2.5
2.1/0.4
3.6 0.6 2 0 - 1.4 - 7 6 8 »
2011 Latvia 25:24 45%
9/20
8.3%
1/12
75%
9/12
3.4
2.6/0.8
2.6 0 2.2 0 - 1.8 - 6 3 5 »

EuroCup

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
14/15 Brose Bamberg 27:53 50%
155/310
45.1%
205/455
93.2%
205/220
2.2
2.1/0.2
3.4 0.5 1 0.2 0 1.8 2.7 12.6 14.1 90 »
13/14 Budivelnyk Kyiv 32:00 75%
9/12
14.3%
1/7
100%
7/7
4
3.5/0.5
6 0 1 0 - 1.5 4 14 21 2 »
11/12 Spartak Saint Petersburg 14:04 66.7%
14/21
30.4%
7/23
100%
7/7
1.1
0.8/0.2
2.2 0.5 0.8 0 - 1.5 1 4.3 4.8 13 »

VTB United League

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
12/13 Spartak Saint Petersburg 24:08 36.5%
23/63
40.8%
29/71
79.2%
19/24
1.5
1.3/0.1
3.2 1 1.3 0 - 2.2 0.4 7.2 5.6 21 »
Seasons:   22/23 | 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11

Date Team Opponent Score MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
92-78 23 80%
4/5
50%
2/4
100%
1/1
3
3/0
1 0 0 0 1 15 15
63-69 20 60%
3/5
33.3%
2/6
66.7%
4/6
1
1/0
0 0 1 0 2 16 6
82-72 24 50%
1/2
40%
2/5
100%
2/2
0
0/0
5 2 2 0 2 10 9
71-81 23 66.7%
2/3
66.7%
4/6
100%
2/2
3
2/1
1 0 0 0 2 18 17
88-66 20 100%
2/2
0%
0/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
2 0 0 0 2 4 3
82-85 31 33.3%
2/6
75%
3/4
100%
4/4
2
2/0
6 1 3 1 1 17 18
73-70 27 0%
0/1
66.7%
4/6
100%
4/4
0
0/0
5 2 2 0 1 16 17
80-72 27 66.7%
2/3
28.6%
2/7
100%
3/3
3
2/1
5 0 2 0 1 13 12
80-72 28 100%
3/3
42.9%
3/7
50%
2/4
0
0/0
0 1 0 0 2 17 10
66-73 26 75%
3/4
57.1%
4/7
100%
2/2
1
0/1
1 0 5 0 2 20 11
73-84 17 33.3%
1/3
100%
2/2
-
0/0
0
0/0
4 1 0 0 2 8 9
91-88 25 60%
3/5
33.3%
2/6
100%
3/3
0
0/0
6 0 0 0 2 15 13
Seasons:   22/23 | 21/22 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 15/16 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11

Type: Average | Totals

Basketball Champions League

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
AEK Athens 24:15 61.9%
26/42
49.2%
30/61
87.1%
27/31
1.1
0.8/0.3
3 0.6 1.3 0.1 - 1.7 - 14.1 11.7 12 »
Regular season 23:18 68.6%
24/35
45.1%
23/51
82.6%
19/23
1.1
0.8/0.3
2.5 0.4 1 0 - 1.8 - 13.6 10.5 10 »
Playoffs 29:00 28.6%
2/7
70%
7/10
100%
8/8
1
1/0
5.5 1.5 2.5 0.5 - 1 - 16.5 17.5 2 »
Home game 25:24 66.7%
10/15
48.3%
14/29
100%
12/12
1.4
1/0.4
3.4 0.8 2.2 0 - 1.4 - 14.8 12.8 5 »
Away game 23:25 59.3%
16/27
50%
16/32
78.9%
15/19
0.9
0.7/0.1
2.7 0.4 0.6 0.1 - 1.9 - 13.6 10.9 7 »
Wins 24:00 53.6%
15/28
52.5%
21/40
90.9%
20/22
1.5
1.3/0.3
3.4 0.8 1.3 0.1 - 1.5 - 14.1 12.9 8 »
Losses 24:45 78.6%
11/14
42.9%
9/21
77.8%
7/9
0.3
0/0.3
2.3 0.3 1.3 0 - 2 - 14 9.3 4 »
Last 5 games 22:00 70.6%
12/17
45.5%
10/22
81.8%
9/11
1.4
1.2/0.2
1.8 0.4 0.6 0 - 1.8 - 12.6 10 5 »
October 22:40 58.3%
7/12
53.3%
8/15
100%
5/5
0.3
0/0.3
3.7 0.3 1.7 0 - 2 - 14.3 11 3 »
November 28:00 100%
3/3
42.9%
3/7
50%
2/4
0
0/0
0 1 0 0 - 2 - 17 10 1 »
December 27:00 66.7%
2/3
28.6%
2/7
100%
3/3
3
2/1
5 0 2 0 - 1 - 13 12 1 »
January 25:15 50%
6/12
64.7%
11/17
100%
10/10
1.3
1/0.3
3.5 0.8 1.3 0.3 - 1.5 - 13.8 13.8 4 »
February 24:00 50%
1/2
40%
2/5
100%
2/2
0
0/0
5 2 2 0 - 2 - 10 9 1 »
March 21:30 70%
7/10
40%
4/10
71.4%
5/7
2
2/0
0.5 0 0.5 0 - 1.5 - 15.5 10.5 2 »
Versus Unicaja Malaga 20:00 100%
2/2
0%
0/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
2 0 0 0 - 2 - 4 3 1 »
Versus Telekom Baskets Bonn 27:00 85.7%
6/7
50%
7/14
66.7%
4/6
0.5
0/0.5
0.5 0.5 2.5 0 - 2 - 18.5 10.5 2 »
Versus Galatasaray Istanbul 23:00 75%
6/8
60%
6/10
100%
3/3
3
2.5/0.5
1 0 0 0 - 1.5 - 16.5 16 2 »
Versus Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 17:00 33.3%
1/3
100%
2/2
-
0/0
0
0/0
4 1 0 0 - 2 - 8 9 1 »
Versus CSP Limoges 22:00 57.1%
4/7
36.4%
4/11
75%
6/8
0.5
0.5/0
2.5 1 1.5 0 - 2 - 13 7.5 2 »
Versus Tofas Bursa 29:00 28.6%
2/7
70%
7/10
100%
8/8
1
1/0
5.5 1.5 2.5 0.5 - 1 - 16.5 17.5 2 »
Versus Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir 26:00 62.5%
5/8
30.8%
4/13
100%
6/6
1.5
1/0.5
5.5 0 1 0 - 1.5 - 14 12.5 2 »

Janis  Strelnieks
Janis Strelnieks
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Born: 1989-08-31, Talsi, Latvia