BK Skonto is the name of a former professional basketball club that was based in Riga, Latvia.
BK Skonto was founded in 2001 as a basketball section of FC Skonto. The basketball team was founded by FC Skonto president Guntis Indriksons and basketball legend Valdis Valters. Skonto took the place in Latvian Basketball League from BK BrocÃÂni, another basketball club from Riga, which stopped to exist in 2001. Skonto's main focus was developing young Latvian talents and they did so by developing players such as Andris Biedrià Âà ¡, Kristaps Valters, JÃÂnis Blà «ms, Sandis Valters, Kaspars BÃÂrzià Âà ¡, Kristaps JaniÃÂenoks and others.
Skonto lasted for three seasons, making the Latvian league finals in every one of them. In 2004 club's president Guntis Indriksons announced that he would not continue to support the basketball section, thus, ending the existence of BK Skonto.