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Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall)

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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#321 » by HarthorneWingo » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:42 am

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Nice creativity! Shot looks decent too. Hope he eventually comes over.

Wow. Now why can't we have a PG like that!

He looks like he got stronger and put on muscle mass. Perhaps his stated position of choosing to stay in Europe a couple more years is a smokescreen ... or not? Maybe he wants nothing to do with the Thibs or Dolan.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#322 » by The Lamma » Tue Mar 22, 2022 4:48 am

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Nice creativity! Shot looks decent too. Hope he eventually comes over.

Wow. Now why can't we have a PG like that!


We need to run Magic Burks at the 1 for several more years first to reallllllly get a good look at him before even trying anything else
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#323 » by Clyde Frazier » Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:31 am

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Nice creativity! Shot looks decent too. Hope he eventually comes over.

Wow. Now why can't we have a PG like that!

He looks like he got stronger and put on muscle mass. Perhaps his stated position of choosing to stay in Europe a couple more years is a smokescreen ... or not? Maybe he wants nothing to do with the Thibs or Dolan.


All he said in that interview recently is he doesn't want to come over unless he has a decent role/minutes. Makes sense.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#324 » by HarthorneWingo » Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:35 am

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BKlutch wrote:Wow. Now why can't we have a PG like that!

He looks like he got stronger and put on muscle mass. Perhaps his stated position of choosing to stay in Europe a couple more years is a smokescreen ... or not? Maybe he wants nothing to do with the Thibs or Dolan.


All he said in that interview recently is he doesn't want to come over unless he has a decent role/minutes. Makes sense.


Trade Mr. Cancer, Noel, and Burks, bring in Rokus Pocus, and let's go young.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#325 » by HarthorneWingo » Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:41 am

Clyde_Style wrote:We need to fire Thibs to solve our PG problem

He literally has no say. Leon/Perry should trade Randle, Noel, and Burks for whatever we can get. Then bring Rokus to play PG with IQ and Deuce and go young.

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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#326 » by thebuzzardman » Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:40 am

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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#327 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:01 pm

He’s an actual PG. I forgot what they look like being a Knicks fan, but I’d like to see that in a Knicks uniform
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#328 » by Clyde_Style » Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:10 pm

Fire Thibs

Play Rokas and Deuce as the two PGs

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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#329 » by knicksNOTslick » Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:29 pm

Clyde_Style wrote:We want you Rokas

You’ll own the city if you can come here and take that starting PG position

I would be all for it if Thibs actually plays people that earn their minutes. He just says all that for show. He definitely has his favorites and plays them too many minutes.

Burks is not a PG yet still has the starting spot. If given a choice, I wouldn't play for a Thibs-run team unless I'm guaranteed minutes.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#330 » by thebuzzardman » Tue Mar 22, 2022 1:03 pm

This guy never wants to play for the Knicks. Yet another f*ck up by Leon & co.
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Post#331 » by BKlutch » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:13 pm

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Nice creativity! Shot looks decent too. Hope he eventually comes over.

Wow. Now why can't we have a PG like that!


We need to run Magic Burks at the 1 for several more years first to reallllllly get a good look at him before even trying anything else

OK, as long as it's Magic Burks and not that Burks who can't play the point.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#332 » by knicksNOTslick » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:49 pm

thebuzzardman wrote:This guy never wants to play for the Knicks. Yet another f*ck up by Leon & co.

He actually attended our summer league though. I think he wants to come over as long as the situation is favorable. He's trying to play it smart.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#333 » by thebuzzardman » Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:51 pm

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thebuzzardman wrote:This guy never wants to play for the Knicks. Yet another f*ck up by Leon & co.

He actually attended our summer league though. I think he wants to come over as long as the situation is favorable. He's trying to play it smart.


Like I said, they messed up. :D
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#335 » by The Lamma » Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:47 pm

Euro guards Knicks have drafted in the second round

Milos Vujanic. The old heads here will remember this name. Had a decent amount of hype, never came over.

Ognjen Jaramaz. Never brought him over. Not as big a deal because iirc he was the last pick in the 2nd round

Rokas Jokubaitis. On a struggling team that's been starved for PG talent for eons you'd think we'd make it a priority to get him over here to see what we can do. And if we're not planning on actually bringing him over there were a ton of interesting guys still on the board where we were picking. Ayo, Jared Butler, Boston. Get him over here next year cotdammit
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#336 » by Makar » Wed May 11, 2022 10:51 am

He should have won last season to, but then somehow this title was given to Garuba

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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#337 » by Polk377 » Wed May 11, 2022 1:33 pm

Makar wrote:He should have won last season to, but then somehow this title was given to Garuba

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Steal of the draft. Knicks would be dumb not to make room for him and give a meaningful role.
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#338 » by UcanUwill » Wed May 11, 2022 6:47 pm

knicksNOTslick wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:This guy never wants to play for the Knicks. Yet another f*ck up by Leon & co.

He actually attended our summer league though. I think he wants to come over as long as the situation is favorable. He's trying to play it smart.


He dreams of playing for the Knicks, hes just not ready, wtf that guy smoking?

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Garuba was the right selection, his defense was amazing for a 19 year old.
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Post#339 » by thebuzzardman » Wed May 11, 2022 7:46 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
knicksNOTslick wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:This guy never wants to play for the Knicks. Yet another f*ck up by Leon & co.

He actually attended our summer league though. I think he wants to come over as long as the situation is favorable. He's trying to play it smart.


He dreams of playing for the Knicks, hes just not ready, wtf that guy smoking?

Makar wrote:He should have won last season to, but then somehow this title was given to Garuba

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Garuba was the right selection, his defense was amazing for a 19 year old.


Thibs will be ready to play him in 11 years when he's the correct age
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Re: Knicks select Rokas Jokubaitis (34th overall) 

Post#340 » by UcanUwill » Wed May 11, 2022 7:57 pm

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Thibs will be ready to play him in 11 years when he's the correct age


Guy wants to play, but right now he is not NBA caliber. He could have come and spend a year in G league scoring 15-20 ppg. or he had a chance to go to Euroleague contender and learn from guys like Jasikevicius, Mirotic, Higgins and Calathes. Not sure what is better, but if he came over last year, thats one year of second round rookie salary wasted, cause he is not contributing much.

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