Roberts Blūms

Roberts Blūms
Penn State Nittany Lions
Position	Shooting guard
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	November 2, 2005 (age 20); Riga, Latvia
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Davidson (2024–2026); Penn State (2026–present);
Playing career	2023–2024
Career history
2023–2024	VEF Rīga
Career highlights
	Latvian Cup winner (2024); LBL champion (2024);
Men's basketball
Representing Latvia
European U-18 Championship Division B

Roberts Blūms (born November 2, 2005) is a Latvian college basketball player for the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Davidson Wildcats.

Career

During the 2022–23 season Blūms played in ASVEL Basket youth system, participating in LNB Espoirs and Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament.^[1] In the summer of 2023 he agreed to join Saint-Quentin system.^[2] He later changed his mind and joined VEF Rīga in his homeland.^[3]

On January 21, 2024, Blūms left his name in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League history books. The 18-year-old guard repeated the league record by scoring 41 points in a game against Kalev/SNABB.^[4] On April 16, 2024, Blums declared for the 2024 NBA Draft.^[5]

In 2023 Blūms led U-18 to a gold medal in 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B and was named the MVP of the tournament.^[6]

In February 2024 for the first time in his career Blūms was included in the candidate list of Latvia men's national basketball team but did not yet participate in any of games during the first window of EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers.^[7]

Roberts is the son of long-time Latvia national team captain Jānis Blūms.^[8]