Robertas Javtokas

GTO · Post #1 » by **GTO** » Sat Sep 6, 2008 11:56 am

I am fairly impressed with his work in the Olympics. Does he have any intention of coming to the NBA? What's his contract status like?

mnWI · Post #2 » by **mnWI** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:44 am

The Spurs tried to bring him over either a year ago or two years ago, but he was asking for too much money. They still own his rights, and he currently doesn't have a contract for this upcoming season. Word coming from his agent is he might retire and open up a development academy near his home town.

EuroFan · Post #3 » by **EuroFan** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:17 am

mnWI wrote:The Spurs tried to bring him over either a year ago or two years ago, but he was asking for too much money. They still own his rights, and he currently doesn't have a contract for this upcoming season. Word coming from his agent is he might retire and open up a development academy near his home town.

Dude, seriously where do you get this stuff from?

1. He is contracted to Dynamo Moscow. He will be a free agent next summer.
2. He is 28 years old, at his prime, being in the starting five of the team. Why would he retire and open a development academy? This is crap.

Spurs hold his rights and they did try to sign him in the 2006-07 season but he turned them down because Panathinaikos' (his previous club) contract offer was too good to turn down, about $2.5M per year. His current contract with Dynamo Moscow is worth about $2M per year.

mnWI · Post #4 » by **mnWI** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:17 pm

EuroFan wrote:
mnWI wrote:The Spurs tried to bring him over either a year ago or two years ago, but he was asking for too much money. They still own his rights, and he currently doesn't have a contract for this upcoming season. Word coming from his agent is he might retire and open up a development academy near his home town.

Dude, seriously where do you get this stuff from?

1. He is contracted to Dynamo Moscow. He will be a free agent next summer.
2. He is 28 years old, at his prime, being in the starting five of the team. Why would he retire and open a development academy? This is crap.

Spurs hold his rights and they did try to sign him in the 2006-07 season but he turned them down because Panathinaikos' (his previous club) contract offer was too good to turn down, about $2.5M per year. His current contract with Dynamo Moscow is worth about $2M per year.

I got that 'crap' from a very high profile international scout with an NBA team. He claims to be a good friend of Javtokas' agent...

EuroFan · Post #5 » by **EuroFan** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:22 am

mnWI wrote:I got that 'crap' from a very high profile international scout with an NBA team. He claims to be a good friend of Javtokas' agent...

So you don't bother cross-checking the info you are given? As for Javtokas, he took part in Dynamo's first pre-season friendly game in Lithuania. So much about being a free agent and retiring I guess...

mnWI · Post #6 » by **mnWI** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:07 am

EuroFan wrote:
mnWI wrote:I got that 'crap' from a very high profile international scout with an NBA team. He claims to be a good friend of Javtokas' agent...

So you don't bother cross-checking the info you are given? As for Javtokas, he took part in Dynamo's first pre-season friendly game in Lithuania. So much about being a free agent and retiring I guess...

For the purposes of this message board, no I don't think it's worth it to spend a ton of time digging through information. If it's for the work I do, that's a totally different matter. But a very good percentage of the information I've passed along on realgm has turned out to be accurate.

salaner · Post #7 » by **salaner** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:36 pm

A "ton of time"? More like two seconds...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBC_Dynamo_Moscow

Greek · Post #8 » by **Greek** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:57 am

It will be funny if Jaftokas plays in NBA. He has 1 of the greatest bodies that a basketball player can have, good athlete, but thats all. I have never seen more unskilled player to play for Pana.