Career
He is currently playing for the Latvian club BK Valmiera in LBL. Laksa started his career with ASK Group (a software company) Rīga junior squad. In August 2009 Laska tried out for Spanish club Bilbao Basket. Starting from 2009-2010 season Laksa played for VEF Rīga, where he spent three years.
After playing in Riga Laksa made a move to BK Ventspils.
Laksa has represented the Latvian national youth team in several competitions. Mārtiņš Laksa is son of former Latvian Northwest Territories player Jānis Laksa.