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Photograph: KKF, Scanpix Baltics-Scanpix
After a successful start to the season, Rokas Jokubaitis, who received even more attention from across the Atlantic, decided to withdraw his application to participate in the NBA Rookie Exchange.
Rokas Jokubaitis
MIN: | 17.44 |
PTS: | 5.67 (48.65%) |
REB: | 1.17 |
AS: | 3.33 |
ST: | 0.5 |
BS: | 0 |
TO: | 1.5 |
GM: | 6 |
According to the website BasketNews.lt, the 19-year-old talent from Kaunas Žalgiris withdrew from the candidates just before the deadline. On the decisive day, another young Kaunas resident, Marekas Blaževičius, 19, withdrew his application.
Jokubaitis will be able to decide on his candidacy next year, and Blaževičius next and next year.
This year, automatically invited to 1998. young people born.
Sportando sources said on Saturday that the app was also withdrawn by Arnas Velička, who is competing in France.
Participants from abroad could decide on their participation 10 days before the start of the exchange, until November 8. The exchange event will be held remotely on November 18.
ESPN, which renewed the ranking of the top 100 NBA participants in late October, gave Jokubaitis 49th.
In his dealings with Eurosport, the basketball player revealed that he had contacted two NBA clubs: the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers.
The defender, who has started the season successfully in the Euroleague, accumulates an average of 7.4 points, makes 3 assists, bounces 2 balls and records 9.6 points of utility.
LKL statistics reach 5.7 points, 3.3 assists and 1.2 rebounds.
In late October, a coronavirus was detected in Jokubaitis, causing the Žalgiris to fall out of line for about two weeks.
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