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Jānis Blūms (born April 20, 1982) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays for Sidigas Avellino of the Italian Serie A. Standing at , Blūms plays both point guard and shooting guard positions. He also serves as the captain of the Latvian national basketball team. ==Player career== Blūms started his career with Brocēni and later continued to play in their successor Skonto. In 2003, he signed with Polish club Anwil Włocławek, where he spent one season before returning to Latvia, where he joined BK Ventspils. After two years in Ventspils, Blūms joined Lithuanian powerhouse BC Lietuvos rytas. In 2007, Blūms accepted offer from Italian side Eldo Napoli where he had a decent season. In 2008, Blūms signed a two-year contract with Bilbao Basket of Spain's ACB League.〔(iurbentia Bilbao Basket bags Janis Blums )〕 Totally he played four very good seasons seasons in Bilbao. Some of highlights with Bilbao includes making Liga ACB finals, Euroleague quarterfinals and Eurocup Final Four (twice). During his tenure with Bilbao Blūms developed reputation as a fierce competitor who can be deadly from three-point range and can play lock-down defense, because often he would guard best player of the opposite team. Due to his passion and effort he became one of the city's fan favorites. After his experience in Basque Country, Jānis moved back to Lietuvos Rytas, which played Euroleague that season. In July 2013, Blūms signed a one-year contract with BC Astana.〔(BC Astana signs Latvian PG Janis Blums )〕 On October 1, 2014, he signed with the Greek club Panathinaikos.〔(Panathinaikos strengthens backcourt with Blums )〕 On April 5, 2015 he won the Greek Cup. In July 2015, Janis signed with the Italian team Sidigas Avellino, making a comeback to Italy after seven years.〔(Sidigas Avellino announces Janis Blums )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jānis Blūms」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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