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U-Nikola Mirotic uthathe indebe yoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo kumdlalo wokugqibela, kodwa ngaphandle komlingo we-Rokas Jokubaitis kwikota yokugqibela ngekhe akwazi ukuyenza. Umdlali waseLithuania, oneminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, waphule umdlalo ngamanqaku alithoba alandelelanayo anyanzela iMadrid ukuba idlale ngokuchasene nemizuzu yokugqibela yomdlalo. Imizuzu emibini yokuphambana apho waqala wongeza kathathu owanika iqela lakhe ithuba lokuqala lobusuku, emva koko iingobozi ezimbini ezinokudubula okongeziweyo. Izenzo ezigcwele amandla kunye nokuzithemba. Iimpawu ezimbini ezenza ngokuqinisekileyo lo mdlali aboshwe yi-NBA kuye.
AbakwaKnick benze ngamalungelo abo kwidrafti yehlobo elidlulileyo, nangona bakhetha ukumvulela ucango lokubuyela eYurophu ukuze agqibe ukwenza.
Isiseko asizange sifumane indawo engcono kunokuba phantsi kwengalo yobuhlobo kaJasikevicius, umqeqeshi owayemnike enye indlela eZalgiris njengomdlali oselula kwaye oye waba ngumdlali ophambili kule Barcelona. “Ndiza kumbiza ngomntwana, kuba usemncinci kakhulu. Kube kuhle kakhulu. Andikwazi ukuthi ndothukile, kuba ndimbona eziqeqesha yonke imihla kwaye uyiloo nto siyibone sonke ngobu busuku. Namhlanje usinike, ngexesha eliphambili, amanqaku akhe kunye namandla akhe. Ndicinga ukuba uRokas ngomnye wabaselula ababalaseleyo eYurophu kwaye sinelungelo lokonwabela umdlalo wakhe kunye nothando lwakhe, olumangalisayo. Mna, sele ndineminyaka engama-30 ubudala, xa ndibona uthando analo, lundenza ndifune ukwenza okufanayo. Ungumlo kwaye namhlanje sisebenzise ithuba lokuphumelela umdlalo ", kuchaza uMirotic, uMVP wokugqibela, owayefuna ukwabelana ngekhredithi kunye nomfana waseLithuania.
Kwihlobo elidlulileyo, uJasikevicius waqinisekisa ibhodi yeBarça ukuba yenze indawo yeJokubaitis ngaphandle kwento yokuba kukho oonogada ababini abahlukileyo kwiqela, iCalathes kunye neLaprovittola. Ukucinga ukuba i-Knicks ayinaye, bambizile kwaye ukukhusela kunye namandla kuye kwaba ngundoqo kwimidlalo emininzi kule sizini.
UJokubaitis, ophumelele kumdlalo wokugqibela ngamanqaku ali-12 kunye nabancedisi abathathu, ubengomnye wabonwabe kakhulu emva komdlalo. Wabhiyozela isihloko sakhe sokuqala ngesitayile, enceda uKuric ukuba asike umnatha webhaskithi kwaye ahlambe umcebisi wakhe kwigumbi lokutshixa. Ulonwabo olupheleleyo kuye, eqinisekile ukuba ukwindawo efanelekileyo yokukhula ngaphambi kokutsibela kwi-NBA ngumbandela wexesha kuphela, nangona engenabhaso. Iindaba ezimnandi zeBarca.
