Overview
- Jokubaitis arrives from Maccabi Tel Aviv after averaging 12.6 points per game in last season’s EuroLeague campaign.
- FC Bayern sport director Dragan Tarlac praised the 24-year-old’s maturity and decision to choose Munich over an NBA route.
- He is slated to replace Carsen Edwards as the team’s primary ‘king’ point guard and lead the backcourt in domestic and continental competitions.
- The Lithuanian brings seven years of EuroLeague experience, including three seasons with FC Barcelona and a 34th-overall selection in the 2021 NBA draft.
- Jokubaitis joins Lithuania’s EuroBasket roster and will face Germany—and future Bayern teammate Oscar da Silva—on August 30.