Linas Kleiza
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Linas Kleiza (born January 3, 1985 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian basketball player in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets.
Kleiza, a 6'8", 245 lb (2.03 m, 111 kg) power forward, came to the United States in 2002 to play a season of high school basketball at Montrose Christian High School in Rockville, Maryland, and went on to play two years of college ball at Missouri. Kleiza was taken with the 27th overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and traded to Denver on draft day.