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I would guess that Robertas knows more than the Spurs.
Dude, you nor the press know what really is going on, only Robertas and the Spurs.
I would guess that Robertas knows more than the Spurs.
I would guess I don't give a .I would guess that Robertas knows more than the Spurs.
So are you all saying it's now pronounced Yav - "took us" ?
I sense a CIA operation in progress.
Mike Monroe reports Javtokas is coming for the training camp if his old team has a replacement for him.
Spurs draft pick Javtokas likely to leave old team
Web Posted: 06/01/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Mike Monroe
Express-News Staff Writer
The Lithuanian team for which 2001 Spurs second-round draft pick Robertas Javtokas has played for the past five seasons is so convinced(?) Javtokas will be in the Spurs’ training camp this fall it has signed a player to replace him.
A report on Eurobasket.com indicated that recent player signings by the Lithuanian professional league team Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, for which Javtokas, a 6-foot-11, 240-pound center, has played since 2001, were motivated in part by the belief Javtokas will not return to the club so he can pursue a spot on the Spurs roster. The report cited Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius general manager J. Vainauskas saying his club “doesn’t have much hope on keeping R. Javtokas . . .“
Because Javtokas’ contract with his Lithuanian team has expired, the Spurs would not have to pay a buy-out fee to Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius before signing him.
Javtokas, a member of the Lithuanian national team since 2000, suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident on May 1, 2002, and did not play basketball for more than a year. Since returning to the court, he has been a consistent physical force for Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius and the Lithuanian national team. Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius won the 2005 Lithuanian League le and moved up to Euroleague compe ion in 2006.
With center Nazr Mohammed an unrestricted free agent this summer, the Spurs must make some decisions about the big men they will bring to training camp in October. French teen-ager Ian Mahinmi, the 6-foot-10 center-forward they selected with the 28th pick in the first round of the 2005 draft, is expected to join their summer league team in Utah in July.
...which one is really the real story?
Feh, Mike got his scoop from this board.
Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks that Javtokas is gonna be a poor poorman's Ben Wallace. That he is our answer for a defensive presence in the paint to put next to Tim. I want this guy so much more than I want Scola.
Okay, I got to find that damn Hebrew interview so we can see what Javtokas said exactly.
I don't think so. If that were the case, he'd at least know Javtokas is leaving his old team, what's left to know is where he is headed to.
Unless you can read Hebrew or can recognize some of the Hebrew alphabet (right to left, no less), there is little chance you could see the word Javtokas embedded in the article.
Example:
במחזור ה אחרון של העונה הסדירה ניצחון משכנע 76-100 אצל הקבוצה המפתיעה של גבעת שמואל. חמישה שחקנים במאזן דו ספרתי
31/05/2006
חמישה ימים לפני המשחק נגד עירוני נהריה בפיינל פור של ליגת העל, נראה שמכבי עלית תל אביב מוכנה לאתגר.
גינדי גבעת שמואל, אחרי סדרה מרשימה של ניצחונות, קיוותה לסיים העונה עם ניצחון על האלופה. אבל כבר ברבע הראשון למדה שמה שהיה טוב נגד יתר הקבוצות, אינו מספיק מול הצהובים, שסיימו את הרבע הראשון ביתרון 12-23 עם תצוגה מרשימה של ניקולה וויצ`יץ` (9 נק` ו-7 ריב`).
באסטון ספגה עבירה שלישית מיד בפתיחת הרבע השני אבל במחצית 33-47 למכבי.
הפער צמח ברבע השלישי ל-51-70. ברבע האחרון קלעו חניכיו של פיני גרשון 30 נק` וקבעו את תוצאת הסיום 76-100.
וויצ`יץ` שיחק רק 17 דקות אבל קלע 18 נק` ב-64% מהשדה וכמו כן הוריד 10 ריבאונדים. עוד קלעו למכבי: פארקר 16, ששון 16 נק`, 4 ריב` ו-3 אס`, באסטון 15, סולומון 12 ו-4 אס`, גרין 8 נק` ו-5 ריב`, שארפ 5, דותן 2 נק`.
לגבעת שמואל הירבו לקלוע: באוארס 20 נק` ו-6 אס`, וואלאס 12 נק` ו-7 ריב`, ברנר ותמיר 10 נק` כ"א.
שפטו: סמי בכר, ירון זריף, עומר אסתרון, 1,000 צופים באור יהודה.
some MVPs, slum dunk contest honors, very good offensive rebounder;
but, i worry about his 42-45% FT stats
and how are we supposed to read this Solid D?
0100101000101001001010010100101
31/05/2006
01010101010101010101110001001010010101000010101000 0101001001010101010101
01010101010101010101010101010101010100010101000000 0001010010101001010101000101
01010101010101001011111000000001010000100001010101 0000100100101010101
Translate to:
Javtokas
Sign
Spurs
I realize that. But I know it was interview with Javtokas -- I think I saw it linked on another site, it had his picture, looked like interview format and it was about 2 days ago.
Someone here can likely read Hebrew if I find it. I just can't find it.
Okay, I give up .. I can't find it again on my computer. LJ is looking on his.
Bottomline is that we won't know what he's doing for sure until he's actually signed. By the reports, he's probably considering both the Spurs and Maccabi. If he can get guaranteed playing time in Maccabi, then he'll probably just go there.
And you can't fault the guy for wanting to play (even though a lot of people here will).
If Razzmatazz doesn't think he can beat out Oberto and Rasho, it's just as well he never joins the NBA.
My stance on Javtokas is that if he isn't willing to take a small two-year contract to start off with (like Manu did) and prove that he's an NBA player by his play on the court, then I don't want him. He shouldn't be worried about playing time if he believes that he's good enough. If he doesn't think he's good enough, he should go sign with a Euro team and the Spurs are fine too because the last thing they need is another timid center.
The main reason I want Javtokas is so that the Spurs can trade away Rasho for nothing and be fine. With only seeing him play 10 or 12 times, I'd already take him over Rasho, especially considering their contracts.
But bottomline is if he doesn't want to man up and prove his worth in the NBA, so be it. Let him make his money in Europe and the Spurs will go out and find a player who wants to play here.
Exactly.
I guess maybe Scola's looking better.
My theory is that going after Kidd has jinxed the Spurs. Nothing great trade or draftwise has happened since that abomination.
Can we atleast get through this lost in translation period before we start to hang Robertas.
What do you guys think Scola is worth?
In other words, what's the max you want the Spurs to pay him to get him?
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