Klāvs Čavars

Klāvs Čavars (born February 11, 1996) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Yokohama Excellence of the B.League. The 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) center played six seasons for VEF Rīga.

Klāvs Čavars
Čavars in 2021
No. 15 – Yokohama Excellence
PositionCenter
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1996-02-11) February 11, 1996
Ventspils, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2018: undrafted
Career history
2012–2014VEF Rīga
2012–2014LMT Basketbola Akademija
2015–2016BK Liepāja
2016–2017İTÜ B.K.
2017–2018VEF Rīga
2019–2020BK Ventspils
2020–2021BC Tsmoki-Minsk
2021–2022Astoria Bydgoszcz
2022–2023Start Lublin
2023–presentYokohama Excellence

Professional career

VEF Rīga

Čavars first joined the VEF Rīga and played in the 2012–13 season. Although loaned to other teams, Čavars played a total of six seasons for VEF Rīga. Čavars' career high was during the 2013–14 season, playing 4 games and averaging 9.0 points and 9.5 rebounds.[1] During the 2018–19 season, Cavars finished with 23 games played and averaged 2.5 points, 0.2 assists and 2.2 rebounds. This was his second career low with the team after the 2018–19 season finishing with an average of 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists.[2]

BK Liepājas Lauvas

Čavars played one season for the BK Liepājas Lauvas. During the 2015–16 season he played in both the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League, in a total of 54 combined games (42 in LBL, 12 in BBL).[3]

BK Ventspils

Čavars played for the BK Ventspils during the 2019–20 season. He played for 20 minutes in 20 games and averaged 11.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.[4]

Tsmoki-Minsk

On June 10, 2020, he has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.[5]

Astoria Bydgoszcz

On July 23, 2021, he has signed with Astoria Bydgoszcz of the PLK.[6]

Start Lublin

On July 23, 2022, he has signed with Start Lublin of the PLK.[7]

Yokohama Excellence

On July 4, 2023, it was announced that Čavars had signed with Yokohama Excellence which at the time of the announcement was in the third division of the Japanese B.League.[8]

National team career

Čavars is currently scheduled to represent the Latvia men's national basketball team in the upcoming 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

References
  1. ProBallers.com Profile
  2. Profile on Proballers.com
  3. Basketball.RealGM.com Profile
  4. FIBA Europe profile
  5. "BC Tsmoki-Minsk ink Klavs Cavars". Sportando. June 10, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. "Łotysz środkowym Enea Astorii". plk.pl (in Polish). July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. "Cavars zmienia klub, zagra w Lublinie". plk.pl (in Polish). July 23, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  8. "クラヴス・チャバルス選手、2023-24シーズン契約合意のお知らせ". yokohama-ex.jp (in Japanese). July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.


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