Last season, the 30-year-old Ate spent the Romanian team in Cluj-Napoca’s U-Banca Transilvania.
In the FIBA European Cup, he went on the field in 16 games, scoring an average of 8.1 points, winning 3.3 rebounds and making 2.1 assists. In the Romanian championship, the Latvian participated in 15 fights, gaining 8.2 points on average, winning 2.8 balls under baskets and returning 1.5 passes. A similar performance for him in two Romanian Cup games.
Playing in Romania Atem was the first experience as a legionnaire. Before going abroad, he spent two seasons as a member of “VEF Rīga”, but before that he played for three years in “Ventspils” and Liepāja club. Ate is last year’s Latvian champion.
In the Latvian men’s team, he played in Ate Square in 14 games, in which he scored on average 3.6 points, won 2.6 rebounds and distributed 1.3 assists.
It has already been reported that the first addition to “VEF Rīga” in this off-season is the defender of the Latvian national team Aigars Šķēle, but after that the hiring of Mārčs Vītols and Arnolds Helmanis was announced.
Last season, the people of Riga were declared the winners of the Latvian championship, but in the FIBA Champions League, “vefiņš” suffered 13 losses after one victory and did not qualify for the elimination tournament. The Riga club will also play in the Champions League next season.
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