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Valanciunas is leader of 1992 generation
Grigonis is leader of 1994
Sabonis is leader of 1996
Sedekerskis is leader of 1998
Jokubaitis is leader of 2000 generation
I think it's way premature to mention 20 year old Rokas Jokubaitis in the same breath as Jonas Valančiūnas, Domantas Sabonis or even Marius Grigonis. That's putting way too much pressure on a young fellow because it implies that he'll not be realizing his full potential if he falls short of their level of stardom. It's absolutely begging for disappointment.
Yes I think that Jokubaitis is not ready for this Olympics, because I saw how our biggest 3 young tallents of last decade looked at Olympics at similiar age.
Jonas at 20 in 2012, Sabonis at 20 and Grigonis at 22 in 2016.
But do I think it was mistake to take those generational tallents ? no I dont, it was right thing to do .
I don't expect nothing from Rokas in this Olympic summer, but expecting big things from him going further.
Jokubaitis is Kalnietis succeeder, he must get his feet wet in those NT tournaments as soon as possible, before we can dream he can seriuosly help our NT in most hardest position to play.
That kind of tallents I think is smart to take to NT sooner than later as investment for the future even in Olympic year.But also Iearned watching in first 1-2 years do not expect big things even from such generational tallents playing againts best men.
It takes few tournaments even for them to figure it out things.
I find the idea of taking a young fellow who's not ready for the big stage simply scary. With the possibility of injuries and foul trouble, a fifth guard could easily become critical in not just one game but several.
Now I'm not saying that Jokubaitis shouldn't be invited to training camp. I think both he and Arnas Velička should be invited to camp. But if they're not among the five most game ready for serious competition guards at camp, I absolutely don't think they should be part of the twelve man roster.

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