Mindaugas Kusminskas doesn’t remember every basketball camp he’s participated in on his journey to the NBA. So the Knicks rookie forward drew a blank when asked about a specific camp from six years ago.
But Kings coach Dave Joerger vividly remembers coaching Kuzminskas at the 2010 adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy. Other notable players in camp that year were Washington’s Tomas Satoransky and Kings stash pick Bogdan Bogdanovic, but Joerger recalled qualities “Kuz” had then that helped him become an impact player off the Knicks’ bench.
“[I] love him. Love the energy that he brings to their second group.