Yokubaiti ends from Maccabi: “It’s a common secret here …”

In another basketball “roof” it seems that his career will continue his career Rocha yokubaitis. The Lithuanian guard made statements at the start of the preparation of his country’s national team in view Eurobasketand let me mean that he would leave the Maccabi Tel Aviv.

“We’ll see in a few days, it’s like a common secret here”said the Yokubaite In the Lithuanian media upon arrival at the National Team’s coaching camp. “Let’s wait a few more days, maybe even tomorrow, there will be new ones.”fill in.

Lithuanian still has two years of contract with Maccabi, but the situation changed dramatically for him after the Iranian attacks to Israel who interrupted and eventually canceled the country’s championship. As he himself said, this experience was catalytic in his decision to leave.

“The war certainly played a role, because as you saw in the media, I wanted to stay. They had offered me contractbut things happened out of my control. My family, me and my friends were very worried about it. The way we had to get home from the Tel Aviv… We basically lived a war. It is not a pleasure to remember it. Certainly didn’t help »he said.

Now, the international regional will look elsewhere for the next station of his career, with a potential destination for Bayern Munich. In fact, he said he came into contacts and for a possible return to ZalgirisBut these were fruitless.

“It’s true, we talked, but we didn’t come to an agreement. Most importantly, there was no anger, everything was respected and positive. I’m glad for that. There were no bad feelings »he said about his contacts with his homeland team.

THE Yokubaite were one of the few who stood out in her bad season Maccabi in the Euroleague, having 12.6 points and 4.6 assists An average in the 28 games in which the racing.

In the past he has fought in Zalgiris and Barcelonawhile the New Gork Knicks have their rights to NBAwhich they acquired through the exchange with the Thunders, the team that chose him at No. 34 of Draft in 2021.