Giedraitis rejects NBA offer, will remain in Baskonia

Donatas Urbonas
Senior Staff Writer
2021-08-16 04:45
Credit: BasketNews.lt/D. Lukšta
Credit BasketNews.lt/D. Lukšta

Baskonia forward Rokas Giedraitis has rejected an NBA offer and will stay in Vitoria for at least one more season, per BasketNews sources.

Giedraitis, 29, received a one-year minimum contract offer from the NBA team this summer, sources say BasketNews. A minimum salary for NBA players with no experience in the league is set at $925,258 gross for the 2021-22 season. 

According to sources, Giedraitis is expected to make around $900K after taxes in the EuroLeague this season.

Rokas Giedraitis

Rokas  Giedraitis
Team: TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz
Position: SF, SG
Age: 29
Height: 200 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Birth place: Tauragė, Lithuania

His contract with Baskonia runs through 2023. A €1M NBA buyout is included in his agreement.

Giedraitis averaged 12.7 points, 3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game past EuroLeague season. In the ACB League, Baskonia's newcomer added 13.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.

Current roster

 

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

Position Player Status
PG Jayson Granger (story) Signed until 2022 + 1
PG Arturs Kurucs Signed until 2023
SG Sander Raieste Signed until 2024
SG Wade Baldwin IV (story) Signed until 2022
SG Vanja Marinkovic (story) Signed until 2024
SG Miguel Gonzalez Signed until 2024
SF Rokas Giedraitis Signed until 2023
SF Tadas Sedekerskis (story) Signed until 2024
SF Simone Fontecchio (story) Signed until 2024
SF Pavel Savkov Signed until 2024
PF Alec Peters Contract option +1
PF Ondrej Hanzlik Signed until 2024
PF/C Matt Costello (story) Signed until 2024
C Landry Nnoko (story) Signed until 2022
Coach Dusko Ivanovic
Expired contract Illimane Diop (released, story), Pierria Henry (not coming back), Achile Pollonara (not coming back), Quino Colom, Zoran Dragic, Franz Massenat
Rumored to leave  
Interested  

See all the EuroLeague transfer market news here.



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