2021-22 EuroLeague Rising Star candidate: Rokas Jokubaitis

Jokubaitis, 21, was the runner-up in the Rising Star Trophy voting last season and has made an excellent case to bring it home this season. He has been worth 7.9 points while shooting 57.8% on two-pointers and 57.1% on threes plus 3.1 assists for the team atop the standings. He leads all Rising-Star eligible players in scoring, assists and PIR (8.6).

ABOUT EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational activities, led by the One Team program, in alignment with the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. On the academic side, the EB Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.

About One Team
One Team, Euroleague Basketball's corporate social responsibility (CSR) program , supported by Turkish Airlines as the One Team Founding Patron and with the collaboration of Special Olympics as Proud Partner, uses basketball to achieve real social impact in our communities. With an innovative model of interconnectedness across an entire continent, Euroleague Basketball and its clubs have developed a complete CSR program that brings together activities from each team in an integrated, impactful way, working under the theme of "community integration" that actively addresses targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10 on Reduced Inequalities. Each participating club develops a specific One Team project tailored to its own community needs to benefit groups in danger of exclusion due to problems such as substance abuse and gender, physical or intellectual disability. Since its founding in 2012, the One Team program has reached already directly and indirectly more than 23,000 participants through its various team projects.

[Martin-vpir]

I mean...At this age he's playong matyre basketball..Reading of the game, desicion making, passing, driving to the basket, step back two's, three pointers!!! Amazing talent raised by Coach saras! He brought Rokas from Zalgiris-2 (youth team) amd saw his potencial.
Despite his young age back then, he was brave on making desicion, aggresive ant fighting for every ball.
Thats why Saras fell in love with him.When saras left Zalgiris and Rokas was hsving new coach schiller he started to get more minutes in local league and even in euroleague..After succesfull season saras took him..Everyone in Lithuania was talking that he's not ready for barca, too young...Guard line in barca so strong that he wouldnt get time to play shile barca jas calathes, lapro...But in his first season in Barcelona he's already silencing crowds in europe. And everyone who sas saras playing can see that Rokas taking lessons from him.
Sky os the limit for this guy.
Praying for him to avoid injuries.
Future nba player and main PG for national team of lithuania definetely.🙌

[markboyce]

I’m looking forward to the day he put on his New York Knicks uniform and stands in the middle of Madison Square Garden for a regular season game. He truly is a maestro with all the tools. I look forward to his defensive game to catch up to his offenses and creativity.

[rindanefikirleriolanflano]

Even if we consider the age difference, Victor Wembamyama is better.