In his sophomore year, Kuksiks established himself as a solid third option behind NBA draft picks James Harden and Jeff Pendergraph, by averaging 10.3 points in 33.1 minutes per game.

[4] In November 2014, he returned to playing on the basketball courts, after recovering from an injury, and he joined BK Jēkabpils.

He then signed with the Russian club BC Nizhny Novgorod, where he made his debut in Europe's premiere basketball league, the EuroLeague.

[9] On November 6, 2015, he left Pitești and signed with the Italian club Pallacanestro Varese, for the rest of the season.

[11] On January 4, 2017, he moved to the French club Hermine Nantes Basket, for the rest of the season.

[13] On November 28, 2017, he returned to Italy and signed a one-month deal with VL Pesaro, a team competing in the highest-tier level of the Italian league pyramid, the LBA.

The previous record was six three-pointers made in one game, held by three different players (Sandis Valters, Uvis Helmanis and Ainars Bagatskis).