Robertas Javtokas
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Robertas Javtokas (born March 20, 1980 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian basketball center playing for Panathinaikos in the Greek A1 and Euroleague. Member of Lithuania national basketball team since 2000. In the 2001 NBA Draft was selected by San Antonio Spurs as #56.
Javtokas has very good athletic ability, long arms and good coordination. He is a good jumper who before his injuries had a 40 inch vertical [1]and can easily dunk in traffic. Still has to work on his technique and to improve his free-throw shooting. He can run the floor and make plays on the perimeter with his good athletic ability, nice size, and good hops. Not a bad rebounder and becoming a good defender as well.
On May 1st, 2002 while driving his Honda motorcycle around 140 kilometers per hour towards Vilnius, he had a serious accident. Approaching a side road, Javtokas started to pass a van, but the van driver did not see the motorcycle and turned left. There was no chance for Robertas to stop. Javtokas hit the van, losing control but not the bike, which crashed into a car in the opposite lane. Javtokas flew dozens of meters and landed in bushes off the road. He returned for the 2003-2004 season.
At European Championship 2005 played 6 games for Lithuania national basketball team: 11.0ppg, 5.8rpg, 1.5apg, FGP-2(61.7%), FT: 47.1%
[edit] Career
- 1997-1999 - Šiauliai
- 1999 - January 2000 - University of Arizona
- 2000 - 2006 - Lietuvos Rytas
- 2006 - till now - Panathinaikos Athens
[edit] Awards/Achievements
- Lithuanian League Champion - 2000, 2002
- Baltic League Vice-champion - 2005
- ULEB Cup winner and Final MVP - 2005
- Greek Cup - 2007
- LKL Rookie of the Year - 2001
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| 2001 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Kwame Brown | Tyson Chandler | Pau Gasol | Eddy Curry | Jason Richardson | Shane Battier | Eddie Griffin | DeSagana Diop | Rodney White | Joe Johnson | Kedrick Brown | Vladimir Radmanović | Richard Jefferson | Troy Murphy | Steven Hunter | Kirk Haston | Michael Bradley | Jason Collins | Zach Randolph | Brendan Haywood | Joseph Forte | Jeryl Sasser | Brandon Armstrong | Raul Lopez | Gerald Wallace | Jamaal Tinsley | Tony Parker | |
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| Second Round Trenton Hassell | Gilbert Arenas| Omar Cook | Will Solomon | Terence Morris | Brian Scalabrine | Jeff Trepagnier | Damone Brown | Mehmet Okur | Michael Wright | Earl Watson | Jamison Brewer | Bobby Simmons | Eric Chenowith | Kyle Hill | Sean Lampley | Loren Woods | Ousmane Cisse | Antonis Fotsis | Ken Johnson | Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje | Alton Ford | Andre Huston | Jarron Collins | Kenny Satterfield | Maurice Jeffers | Robertas Javtokas | Alvin Jones | Bryan Bracey |
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