Saski Baskonia keeps his best scorer. Lithuanian winger Rokas Giedraitis will wear the colors of the Basque club well next season. And this despite a transatlantic interest.
“During the summer, I was able to think about my situation, what I wanted. I had a few NBA offers but spoke with my family and we decided to stay here ”, justifies the 29-year-old player, quoted by EuroHoops.
It does not say more about the franchises interested, or the amount of offers put on the table. Lithuanian site BasketNews.com understands it was a veteran minimum contract of around $ 925,000, an amount comparable to what it is expected to earn in EuroLeague in the coming season. His NBA exit clause is also valued at 1 million euros.
“Of course I want to play in the NBA”, he said a year earlier, while a “two-way contract” had been offered to him earlier. “I want to try to be there. A few years ago, I said that I could fit into certain teams. But, in basketball, you have to work hard and have some luck. Time will tell. “
Obviously, that time has still not arrived. The winger is back in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where he was around 13 points on average both in the Spanish championship and in the Euroleague.
