Augusto Lima

Augusto Lima
No. 23 – Žalgiris Kaunas
Position Power forward / Center
League LKL
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1991-09-17) September 17, 1991
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian / Spanish
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 260.1 lb (118 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Unicaja
2009–2011 → Clínicas Rincón
2011 Granada
2011–2013 Unicaja
2013–2016 UCAM Murcia
2016–present Real Madrid
2016–present → Žalgiris Kaunas
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Brazil
FIBA Americas Championship
2011 Mar del Plata
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team

Augusto César Lima Brito (born September 17, 1991) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He is 6'10" (2.08m) tall[1] and he can play as either a power forward or a center. He currently plays for Žalgiris of the LKL, on loan from Real Madrid. He is left handed, but at the age of ten, his parents forced him to learn to write and shoot with the right.[2] He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

Professional career

Lima went to Unicaja at 16, to play with the junior teams of the organization. He also combined his playing time with Málaga's farm team, Clínicas Rincón, of the Liga EBA.

Under coach Aíto García Reneses, in 2009–10, in 9 games played in the Spanish League, he averaged 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds, in 15 minutes per game.

In the next season of 2010–11, his playing time in the Spanish League was limited to 7 games, with an average playing time of 4.6 minutes per game, with his numbers dropping down to 1.7 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.3 blocks per game.

Nevertheless, that same season, the Brazilian player had his first good performance in a Euroleague game, in which he also produced his best performance of the season, in a game against Brose Baskets, the leader of the German League, in which Lima scored 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He averaged 2.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game during the Euroleague 2010–11 season.

In 2011, he was transferred to CB Granada, to fill the empty roster space following the departure of Robert Kurz, in the inside game of CB Granada, sharing minutes with Paulão Prestes.

In the 2011–12 season, he returned to Clínicas Rincón, a subsidiary of Unicaja, while also playing in 17 games in the Spanish League with the senior men's first team, but with little continuity, due to not having a European passport. On January 26, 2012, Lima acquired Spanish citizenship.

On 25 January 2016, Lima agreed a contract until the 2017–18 season with Real Madrid.[3][4] On July 29, 2016, Real Madrid loaned him to Žalgiris.[5]

Brazilian national team

Lima was a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina, which qualified Brazil for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great-Britain.

In 2013, Lima was summoned again to the Brazilian senior men's team, led by head coach Rubén Magnano, for the initial training phase before the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, but due to a herniated disc, he had to be cut from the training of the team.[6]

2013 NBA Draft

In 2013, Lima was registered in the 2013 NBA Draft, but he was not drafted.

References

  1. ↑ Augusto Lima nombre completo: Augusto Cesar Lima Brito lugar y fecha de nac: Rio de Janeiro, 17/09/1991 posición | altura | peso: P | 2.08 m (Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Ficha de Lima en la web de unicaja". web site oficial Unicaja Baloncesto (in Spanish). Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lima, new Real Madrid player". realmadrid.com. 25 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Official Announcement: Lima". realmadrid.com. 25 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Zalgiris gets big man Lima on loan from Madrid". zalgiris.lt. 29 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hérnia tira Augusto Lima da seleção brasileira". Fibasquete (in Portuguese). Retrieved July 29, 2013.

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