Rodions Kurucs

Rodions Kurucs

26-Year-Old ForwardF
 Free Agent  Foreign  
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Rodions Kurucs in 2024. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
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$Signed a three-year, $5.1 million contract with the Nets in July of 2018. Traded to the Rockets in January of 2021. Traded to the Bucks in March of 2021. Waived by the Bucks in May of 2021.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Rodions Kurucs was born in 1998 in the northeastern Latvian city of Cesis, which is famous for the Cesis Castle. His basketball career started in Latvia with VEF Riga's youth academy, VEF Riga Skola. In 2014, Kurucs signed a multi-year deal with VEF Riga and played in Latvia's second men's division (LBL2). That led to his 2014-2015 debut playing for VEF's first team in the LBL as well as the EuroCup. Then in the summer of 2015, the lanky Latvian signed with the popular Spanish franchise FC Barcelona. He would eventually make his EuroLeague debut on Mar. 24th, 2017 in a home win over Crvena zvezda Belgrade. After another season with Barcelona, Kurucs would declare for the 2018 NBA Draft. He has played on a few different Latvian national teams, including the entry in the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying games. Rodions Kurucs spent his mid-teen years with VEF Riga as part of Latvia's second men's division. As a 15-year-old, he played in 10 games and averaged 3.2 points. The following season, he showed plenty of potential by scoring 19.6 points and 6.1 rebounds in 19 games for Riga. Kurucs showed his willingness to take long range shots and converted 31.3 percent of his 3-pointers for 2.2 treys per game. In 2015, he played in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament. Later in 2015, The 6-9 forward then moved to FC Barcelona and spent his first season with the reserve team, Barcelona B. In the 2016-17 season, he averaged 9.5 points per contest over 24 games. In 2017-18, as a 19-year-old, he split time between FC Barcelona's top team and minor league team, though his playing time Barcelona's top team was modest. He appeared in 26 games (five starts) for FC Barcelona and FC Barcelona II in LEB Gold, ACB and Euroleague play, averaging 7.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 15 minutes per game. His athletic build and 6-foot-10 size drew interest from NBA scouts and Kurucs declared himself available for the 2018 NBA Draft.

Waived by Bucks
FFree Agent
May 8, 2021
The Bucks are planning to waive Kurucs, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Milwaukee is the third team Kurucs has suited up for this season after starting the year with Brooklyn and ultimately getting traded to Houston. He only saw significant minutes with the Bucks in one game and otherwise never really had an opportunity to carve out a role for himself. The 23-year-old will now be forced to look for a new opportunity.
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How does Rodions Kurucs compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
  • True Shooting %
    An advanced statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball that takes field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and three point percentage into account.
  • Effective Field Goal %
    A statistic that adjusts field goal percentage to account for the fact that three-point field goals count for three points while field goals only count for two points.
  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
  • Free Throw Rate
    Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
  • Offensive Rebound %
    An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
  • Defensive Rebound %
    An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
  • Total Rebound %
    An estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
  • Assist %
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  • Steal %
    An estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while they were on the floor.
  • Block %
    An estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while they were on the floor.
  • Turnover %
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  • Usage %
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True Shooting %
50.0%
 
Effective Field Goal %
50.0%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
66.7%
 
Free Throw Rate
0.0%
 
Offensive Rebound %
0.0%
 
Defensive Rebound %
20.0%
 
Total Rebound %
10.5%
 
Assist %
14.9%
 
Steal %
0.0%
 
Block %
0.0%
 
Turnover %
0.0%
 
Usage %
8.2%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
1.9
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
0.6
 
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2019 Fantasy Outlook
Kurucs ended up enjoying a robust role for a second-round pick last season, as the now-21-year-old averaged 20.5 minutes over 63 games, with 46 of those starting assignments. The second-year pro from Latvia brought some Euroleague experience into the NBA, which may have helped lay the foundation for a solid start to his professional career stateside. Kurucs finished with 8.5 points (on 45.0 percent shooting) and 3.9 rebounds across 20.5 minutes last season, filling in at both forward spots. Kurucs finished off the postseason with a 14-point, seven-rebound effort over 15 minutes in Game 5 against the 76ers in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals and then followed it up with averages of 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals across 24.5 minutes over six games in Las Vegas Summer League play. Looking ahead to the coming season, Kurucs should be in for at least a slight increase in playing time, although a solid veteran in Wilson Chandler does slot in behind him on the depth chart and should see his fair share of opportunity. Kurucs still figures to be no better than a fourth option in the offense when the starting five is at full health, however. D'Angelo Russell has been swapped out for an equally high-usage asset in Kyrie Irving, while DeAndre Jordan now joins Jarrett Allen down low and figures to gobble up plenty of the frontcourt's rebounding opportunities. Meanwhile, highly capable wings Joe Harris and Caris LeVert figure to command a robust allotment of shot attempts as well, leaving Kurucs with some, but not an abundance, of opportunity to upgrade his rookie-season numbers.
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Available Tuesday
FMilwaukee Bucks
April 27, 2021
Kurucs (oblique) is listed as available on the Bucks' injury report ahead of Tuesday's game at Charlotte.
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Won't play Sunday
FMilwaukee Bucks
Biceps
April 25, 2021
Kurucs (biceps) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Eric Nehm of The Athletic reports.
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Questionable Sunday
FMilwaukee Bucks
Biceps
April 25, 2021
Kurucs (biceps) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Hawks.
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Tallies eight points in six minutes
FMilwaukee Bucks
April 15, 2021
Kurucs tallied eight points (3-4 FG, 2-2 3Pt), one rebound and one steal across six minutes during Wednesday's 130-105 win over Minnesota.
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Yet to debut for new team
FMilwaukee Bucks
April 9, 2021
Kurucs has been active for each of the Bucks' first four games of April, but he has yet to play in any contest in coach's decision.
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In line for bigger role?
FHouston Rockets
February 6, 2021
Kurucs might be in line for an uptick on his minutes, according to Dana Gauruder of Hoops Rumors.
ANALYSIS
The Rockets will re-evaluate Christian Wood's recovery from a right ankle sprain on a weekly basis, and that means Kurucs could be in line for a slight minutes' increase off the bench in the next few games. He is logging just 7.8 minutes per game this season.
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