Zalgiris release Augustine Rubit / News - Basketnews.com

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Augustine Rubit has become a free agent. The American forward, who averaged 8.1 points, 4.2 rebounds last season in EuroLeague, has been released by his former club Zalgiris Kaunas. The Lithuanian side decided to opt-out of the player's contract, which was a 1+1 deal.Rubit is now on the lookout for his next career stop, his fifth overall in his six-year presence in Europe. The only team for which he got to play for more than one season was Brose Baskets in Germany (2017-19). He then moved to Olympiacos Piraeus and Greece, where he averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds over 31 games.

Current roster

Zalgiris Kaunas

Position Player Status PG Mantas Kalnietis Signed until 2023 PG Lukas Lekavicius Signed until 2022 +1 SG Steve Vasturia (termination expected) Signeduntil 2022 +1 SG Arturas Milaknis Signeduntil 2022 SG Tomas Dimsa (will be sent on loan) Signeduntil 2022 +1 SG Karolis Lukosiunas Contract option +1 SF Niels Giffey (story) Signeduntil 2022 +1 SF/PF Edgaras Ulanovas(story) Signed until 2022 PF Tyler Cavanaugh Signeduntil 2023 +1 C Joffrey Lauvergne Signeduntil 2022 +1 C Josh Nebo (story) Signeduntil 2022 +1 C Marek Blazevic Signeduntil 2023 Coach Martin Schiller Expired contract Thomas Walkup (not coming back), Marius Grigonis (not coming back), Augustine Rubit (not coming back), Patricio Garino (not coming back), Paulius Jankunas Rumored to leave Nigel Hayes (story), Martinas Geben (story), Karolis Lukosiunas, Rokas Jokubaitis, Steve Vasturia, Tomas Dimsa (loan) Interested Emmanuel Mudiay (story), Jaka Blazic (story), Jaleen Smith Thank you for reading us! We have even more content for you.