Knicks Bringing in SECRET WEAPON…

Knicks Bringing in SECRET WEAPON…

The Knicks secret weapon may have been revealed to be coming to the NBA for the first time after being drafted in 2021 by the New York Knicks and we have to talk about this so what’s up guys welcome back to Nick’s digest it’s Chris here and we’re going to jump right into

The video because rockas yokus who was drafted by the Knick’s 34th overall in 2021 will be coming over to the NBA this summer to make summer league debut in order to try to make an NBA roster specifically the New York Knicks who do own his draft rights after picking him a

Few years ago ahead of a current Nicks role player and let’s just jump right into it because as we saw rockas yakobus is expected to leave Barcelona at the end of the season he’ll play in Summer League to pursue the NBA Dream and if he stays in Europe

Zirus whatever I I I don’t know is the favorite to sign the Lithuanian point guard now here’s the deal rockis yok yokitis was picked by the New York Knicks in 2021 34th overall and he was actually picked ahead of this current New York Knicks role player Duce McBride

Now in the beginning of the second round the Knicks had two draft picks at that they ended up getting in return for that 32nd overall where it says they took Jeremiah Robinson Earl and then we saw those kind of switch around the Knicks now have rocket’ draft rights and they

Have obviously Duce McBride who is broken out as the Knick’s backup point guard but also kind of a combo guard in general and we know how great Deuce has been for the New York Knicks but we now have another guard coming over which could fit right into the Nicks plan as

We do know the New York Knicks prefer seeing Duce McBride as more of an undersized shooting guard kind of of that Avery Bradley mold more than anything else and now rockus is coming over and he is going to get a chance to play for the New York Knicks in the

Summer league and if he plays well he could see himself get actual minutes with the new New York Knicks next year as a ton of Nicks players will be hitting free agency they’re going to need to fill out depth for the roster they might make a major trade that could

Affect who is currently on the Knicks bench we don’t really know what’s going to happen this summer it could certainly be an interesting free agency for the Knicks and that means that rockas yoka just could have a pathway to actually getting NBA minutes next season Now Rocket has been hesitant to come over

For this exact reason he doesn’t want to just sit on the bench or be stuck in the G League he wants to be in an NBA rotation so he’s taken his time since he got drafted he kind of let his game and his body fill out more so he could be

Really truly NBA ready once he comes over as a 23y old and if we look here this is kind of what it alludes to he’s still a young 23-year-old Hooper and he spent his last few seasons playing for FC Barcelona in the country’s national league and the world renout Euro league

Which is viewed to be the best league outside of America in that time he’s also become one of the most prominent players in in Lithuanian basketball now none of that however has seemingly convinced the Knicks to offer him a chance to cross the pond nor the player to get comfortable with signing a

Low-key deal with the New York Knicks and as we continue just something that we’ve seen is that Ruckus was picked 34th overall in the 2021 draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder who ended up trading his rights to the New York Knicks in that Jeremiah Robinson Earl deal and he participated in the NBA

Summer League before dedicating the summer of 2022 to the Lithuanian national team and what he said now this is from last year he said I’m in touch with them a bit they have ongoing they have the ongoing season right now everything’s tense but we keep in touch

My agent T was there to talk with them we haven’t heard much from them he will go there again in April what we did hear is that the Knicks would like to see me but the main question is whether they’d like to have me in the summer league or on the main roster

We have to wait because at this point where I nor they know anything about and that’s definitely an interesting thing if you’re rockus because currently he’s overseas playing basketball just doing his thing getting actual professional basketball minutes and a lot of overseas players are comfortable doing that and

Would prefer to do that rather than be on the end of an NBA bench somewhere just kind of hanging out in America where you’re really really far away from home you’re on the Western Hemisphere you’re away from everything and yeah though you’re in the the NBA there’s a

Good chance no one’s going to know who you are outside of some guy who was on some bench for a few years and rockus doesn’t want that he wants a chance to actually play NBA basketball and for him it’s been important for him to mold his game outside of the NBA through

Continually playing now I personally believe the best way to develop a player is to give them playing time they just need sitting someone on the end of a bench is not going to help as much as getting them actual minutes getting them comfortable playing basketball just let

Them kind of have the freedom to really just play and understand because you’re never really going to understand how to do something what to do especially in an NBA level until you’re just in the game until you’re into the flow of it Duce McBride started slow when he became the

Knick’s backup point guard after the IQ trade but now if we look at it he’s one of the best guys on this Nick’s team when it comes to role players he’s going to have a massive role in the playoffs and this really came just through him getting more and more minutes tibs

Trusted him he kept giving him minutes and it ended up working out now does that always happen no of course not sometimes he gives someone minutes and it turns out they just can’t hang we don’t know what the deal is with rockus we know that he’s a very good playmaker

We know he’s a smart player we know he gives a ton of effort we know his three-point shooting is not exactly where we want it to be though there are a lot of positives with him he’s young he’s got real potential as a backup point guard for this New York knck Squad

Which would let Duce McBride play that two spot which would really work out well for the Knicks now as we continue something that Rus did talk about last year is the feeling inside has to come naturally the understanding has to come now that I have to try my luck with the

Inconsistency this of the season it’s hard to tell whether I feel like I’m ready to go there I have to be on the regular roster if I went there I don’t want to wander between the g-league or wait for someone to get injured I have to fully trust myself at the same time

They have to fully trust me if I helped win a more important Title by not just being beside the action that would add to my desire to go to the NBA so rockus just continues saying the same thing that we’ve seen which is that yeah he

Wants to go to the NBA but he doesn’t want to be stuck on the end of the Knicks bench he would want minutes and I think it’s also clear that if the Knicks weren’t to give rockus minutes then he would rather go to a different NBA team

And you kind of can do that draft and stash rules are we so yeah the Knicks currently own the draft rights to rockus which means if he is to sign with a team that it’s going to have to be the Knicks that’s just how draft rides work you cannot sign with

Anyone else you’re a free agent but you can only sign with the Knicks now we’ve seen guys end up on different teams before one being Bogden bogdanovich who found his way to the Sacramento Kings despite not being drafted by them and it all worked out fine he’s now on the

Hawks he’s now one of the bet the better sixth men in the NBA he’s a great shooter he is a very very respected NBA player he torched the Knicks in the 2021 playoffs so we’re going to see rockus come over and I hope he plays for the

Knicks I love the idea of drafts and stash players I just find it fun personally if you ask me I just think it’s an enjoyable thing and if you look at his stats he appeared in 28 Euro League games for Barcelona starting two of them averaging nearly six points per

Game two rebounds and three assists he’s logging nearly 17 minutes while shooting 50% from Two and then nearly 31% from three-point range while he’s only shooting 66.7% from the free throw line so I think the main concern is his shooting he can get to the rim well he

Finishes well he passes really well the problem is he doesn’t exactly shoot the ball very well though with the Knicks bench if things go correctly then it’ll be fine we know Josh Hart’s going to work with JJ reck this summer we know duice McBride is a 40% shooter from

Three maybe rocket is shooting won’t be the end of him the 66.7% from the line is definitely concerning because when you look at it the way you shoot free throws is a good way to tell how much like how much potential you really have as a shooter so maybe that’s not the

Best but the Knicks don’t need Rus to be a knockdown shooter what they need him to be is just a solid playmaker the Knicks don’t have enough playmaking on this roster so bringing him over could be a massive help and I know those numbers don’t jump out of you but

Numbers are lower in the Euro league you’re not going to get some guy who’s putting up 35 points per game like you are in the NBA that’s just not how the Euro league plays basketball it’s slower there’s more fundamental to it and also he’s only getting 17 minutes per game

Because they’re favoring the older players like you know the NBA does so it’s fine I’m not really that concerned by the stats I want to see how rockus does in the summer league I really really hope he ends up on the New York Knicks I’m rooting for him because last

Time the Knicks had a draft in stash player I want to say that was in 20 no they didn’t have draic in 2016 because they wanted to trade for Isaiah Whitehead and didn’t um 2017 or 2018 they drafted Anan jarez who never came over because he just I

Guess wasn’t that good they also drafted him 58th overall it’s a little different but I do want to see a draft and stash player on the New York Knicks hopefully it’s rockas yabas I would love if he worked out and they could instantly get some extra playmaking on this roster

Comment down below what you guys think about rockus have you heard of him in the past what do you know on him what do you want to see from him do you think he will end up on the New York Knicks next season do you think he’ll get minutes

He’s also a pretty decent Defender so tibs might like him playmaking and defense goes far for the this New York Knicks team let me know Down Below guys have a great day go Knicks

Could the New York Knicks have a secret weapon in Rokas Jokubaitis? The Lithuanian point guard is coming over to the NBA this summer and the Knicks hold his draft rights. Chris Gallagher breaks down why this could get interesting.

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