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javtokas signin for anything lesser than 2mill is a n steal compared to orbs who cant jump even 1mm of the ground for a reb
http://www.lrytas.lt/?id=11490661951148736702&view=4
It's in lithuanian, so I don't understand all but this article says that Javtokas will sign with San Antonio and will be replaced by Zukauskas in Rytas.
Financial terms are unknown for the moment.
Can somebody with a better knowledge of lithuanian language confirm this great news, please ?
javtokas signin for anything lesser than 2mill is a n steal compared to orbs who cant jump even 1mm of the ground for a reb
It's pretty early in the summer for anything like this to be close to official. I'm guessing that RJ's team is getting ready for Javtokas' expected departure. I doubt the Spurs are guaranteeing him anything as of now ... unless he just wants like a standard training camp invite.
It's the start of the signing season in europe : Spurs must decide now if they want to sign their euros. Garbajosa has already reach an agreement with Toronto and there still are a lot of moves in Europe.
BTW, Mahinmi with likely sign with l'ASVEL (Lyon) and the funny thing is that he will play against Spurs in October.
I never understood exactly how this part works. Are NBA teams supposedly allowed to discuss contracts right now with the foreign players whose rights they have? Or do they have to officially wait until July 1st like with the rest of free agents?
That's funny.
I don't think they have to wait and you can discuss with all players not playing in nba at any time.
The reason why you have to wait with nba players is that they are under contract with another nba team until July 1st.
I don't think they can talk hard numbers, since there is no cap figure, and everything drives off of that, but if we own their rights, I would think that we could talk ballpark figures.
man ive been searching everywhere for a lithuanian to english translator...no such luck. id like to see him and scola in some summer league action before they make any major decisions to sign them.
Bruno will l'ASVEL be one of the teams that qualifies to play in the Euroleague next year?
This guy is a center?
That's great news. I still think that Mahinmi should and will get an invite to Spurs training camp. I just hope that signing with I'ASVEL (Lyon) won't interfere, or proove to be another Scola situation.
No, l'ASVEL won't play the euroleague.
L'ASVEL will likely play the Uleb Cup (the second best european competetion in europe).
To sum up Mahinmi's situation :
He will sign with a french team but he won't sign with Pau-Orthez.
It's the french semifinal, four teams are qualified (Strastbourg, le Mans, Nancy and Pau-Orthez).
If Le Mans win the championship, L'ASVEL won't be qualified for the Uleb Cup and Mahinmi will likely sign with Strasbourg, Le Mans and Nancy. Le Mans will play the euroleague, Strasbourg and Nancy will play the Uleb Cup.
If Strasbourg, Nancy or Pau-Orthez win the championship, L'ASVEL will play the Uleb Cup and Mahinmi will likely sign with L'ASVEL.
I'm assuming then that Pau has interior players that would keep Mahinmi from seeing much playing time. I wonder if Mahinmi is still progressing at the rate the Spurs had hoped.
The reason given by Pau-Orthez president for not signing Mahinmi was "he is more focus on his persornal development than on the team development".
That can mean more things :
- Ian wanted guaranteed playtime and Pau-Orthez can't guarantee it.
- Ian wanted to play some PF and Pau-Orthez wanted to play him only at C.
- Ian wanted to sign a one year contract while Pau-Orthez wanted a 2 years contract.
Yes. Most def. He has been used primarily as a screener, rebounder and interior defender. He's a better than avg. shot-blocker in Europe but how that translates to the NBA game is unclear. He's not flashy and not the great leaper he used to be. He's just a strong, solid post player. My opinions are based on having watched him play in the Olympics last summer and several games telecast on NBAtv over the past few years.
- Ian wanted to sign a one year contract while Pau-Orthez wanted a 2 years contract.
he must think he would be ready next year to join the spurs!
Is Mahinmi going to be signing his contract soon or will they wait until after summer league? If he tears up summer league, perhaps the Spurs would want him this season.
I don't know but I think he will sign before the summer league because french teams have still started to sign players : french players are usualy signed before american players because of a quota rules.
We will know if l'ASVEL play the ULEB cup between june 6th and june 16th and I think Ian will sign just after that.
He's still a great leaper...I've seen it(and you can to if you click on some of the vid links), and I've seen it noted by Euro analysts during games, recent games.
He's not more highly regarded for the same reasons he wasn't originally highly regarded...he doesn't have much of an offensive game and he has a tendency to pick up a lot of fouls.
So does anyone here know Lithuanian that can translate that article accurately?
I know someone here must know it.
I've found a french-lithuanian dictionary and i start the translation.
An agreement (Details aren't defined for the moment) between Spurs and Javtokas has lead to Zukauskas signing.Sutarties su NBA San Antonijaus Spurs klubu detales baigiantį derinti Robertą Javtoką Vilniaus Lietuvos ryto komandoje gali pakeisti Eurelijus Žukauskas.
I will translate too the last paragraph who should be about Javtokas too.
"An agreement (Details aren't defined for the moment) between Spurs and Javtokas has lead to Zukauskas signing." that is really good news, I am excited about this guy wearing the silver and black next season
Is this report legitimate or do we wait until an announcement from the Spurs?
Javtokas immediately passes Oberto and makes Nazr a less likely sign...2 good things IMO.
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