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BK Barons/LDz (previously Barons/LMT) was a professional club who was based in , . The team played in the first division of the Latvian Basketball League.


History
Barons Kvartāls played an integral part in 's basketball history. Under the name Princips, Barons Kvartāls was one of the founding teams of the Latvian Basketball League (LBL) in 1992. In the first season Princips carried off bronze in the LBL. After two seasons Princips was renamed the LainERS, making their way into Latvia's basketball history with its first American legionary , with a cheerleader show and first ever game programmes in the Latvian league.

LainERS won LBL bronze in 1994, and in the next two seasons finished in 4th place. They also reached the semi-finals in 1998. For the next couple of seasons, they achieved no greater success.

The club's revival started in the fall of 2001 when LainERS became Barons. The road to success was made with small steps with Barons winning LBL bronze in 2004. The next two years was historical for Barons when they ended in 2nd place. Barons made history again with the first players' cards. In January 2007 the third issue of the beloved fan cards was released. In the last season of the LBL, in a series of five games, Barons/O!Karte lost to the next Latvian champions ASK Rīga in the semi-finals but won the fight for bronze against Liepājas Lauvas.

Barons/O!Karte has participated in all three of the Baltic Basketball League championships. Their highest achievement so far was in 2006 when Barons/O!Karte participated in the Final Six in . On 15 October 2006, the Barons/O!Karte game against Kauņas Žalgiris was attended by a record high crowd of 11,500 spectators.

The 2008 season saw Barons/O!Karte get to the Baltic Basketball League final where they lost to Kalev/Cramo in a 'best out of two' game. The season can be considered historical for Barons/O!Karte, because for the first time Barons won the Latvian championship and .

Barons won the Latvian championship again in 2010.

During the 2011 – 2012 season, Barons played in the Latvian Basketball League 2nd division (LBL2), where they were ranked first place. The next season they came back to the LBL as Barons Kvartāls.

In September 2017 the club announced they would not participate in LBL any further due to financial reasons.


Roster
Salvis MētraG/F195 cm92 kg

G188 cm89 kg

F202 cm


Season by season
1991–92LBL3
1992–93LBL4
1993–94LBL3
1994–95LBL4
1995–96LBL4
1996–97LBL7
1997–98LBL4
1998–99LBL7
1999–00LBL6
2000–01LBL6
2001–02LBL5
2002–03LBL6
2003–04LBL3
2004–05LBL2Elite Division9
2005–06LBL2Elite Division6Played
2006–07LBL3Elite Division7Played
2007–08LBL1Elite Division4 Champion
2008–09LBL2Elite Division8Played EuroCup
2009–10LBL1
2010–11LBL4
2011–12LBL 21
2012–13LBL4
2013–14LBL7
2014–15LBL6


Notable players


Championships


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