Rokas Jokubaitis, who performed for the Knicks throughout Summer time League, is in “superior talks” with Maccabi Tel Aviv, in line with Alessandro Maggi of Sportando.
The Lithuanian level guard has spent the previous three years with Barcelona, the place he averaged 5.3 factors and a couple of.8 assists per recreation final season. Barcelona lately declined to train an choice on his contract, making him a free agent.
Jokubaitis appeared in 5 video games for New York in Las Vegas, averaging 9.8 factors, 1.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals in 19.1 minutes per evening. He shot 57.1% from the sphere, 50% from three-point vary and 71.4% from the foul line because the Knicks posted a 3-2 Summer time League document.
The 23-year-old was chosen by Oklahoma Metropolis with the thirty fourth choose in 2021 and was traded to New York on draft evening. The Knicks will retain his NBA draft rights irrespective of the place he performs this season.
Jokubaitis can be a member of the Lithuanian nationwide crew, which misplaced to Puerto Rico within the finals of a pre-Olympic qualifier earlier this month.
If he indicators with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jokubaitis will be a part of former NBA guard Jordan Loyd, who performed 12 video games for Toronto throughout the 2018/19 season. In accordance with Maggi, the crew can be hoping to signal Daryl Macon, who had temporary NBA stops with Dallas and Miami.
