Rokas Jokubaitis, a young jewel for Barça
Barça and Rokas Jokubaitis have an agreement for the 20 year, 193cm Lithuanian to join the club until 30 June 2025. Jokubaitis is a full international for his country and came up through the youth teams at Vladas Knašius Basketball School in Klaipeda and Zalgiris in his native Lithuania.
Still developing
Barça's new guard was chosen as the second best young player in the 2020/21 Euroleague and the 20 year old continues to improve. He made his debut in the competition and in the domestic league under the man who will be his new coach at Barça, Sarunas Jasikevicius.
In last season's Euroleague Jokubaitis averaged 7 points (39% in three pointers), 2.5 assists and 21 minutes per game. In the league he finished the season with 8 points, 4 assists and 20 minutes per game.
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🏀 El mensaje de Jokubaitis a la afición una vez anunciado su fichaje hasta 2025 pic.twitter.com/88ZbqN1WAW
Gaining experience
Despite his youth, Jokubaitis has played 53 games in the Euroleague since his debut in December 2018 and a total of 99 games for Zalgiris in the Lithuanian league.
Jokubaitis is a full international and this summer featured in the pre-Olympic tournament with Lithuania.