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Robertas Javtokas (born March 20, 1980 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a Lithuanian basketball center playing for MBC Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Basketball Super League. Member of Lithuania national basketball team since 2000. In the 2001 NBA Draft he was selected by San Antonio Spurs as #56 overall pick.
Javtokas has very good athletic ability, long arms and good coordination. He is a good jumper who before his injuries had a 40 inch vertical and can easily dunk in traffic. Still has to work on his technique and to improve his free-throw shooting. He can run the floor and make plays on the perimeter with his good athletic ability, nice size, and good hops. Not a bad rebounder and becoming a good defender as well.
On May 1st, 2002 while driving his Honda motorcycle around 140 kilometers per hour towards Vilnius, he had a serious accident. Approaching a side road, Javtokas started to pass a van, but the van driver did not see the motorcycle and turned left. There was no chance for Robertas to stop. Javtokas hit the van, losing control but not the bike, which crashed into a car in the opposite lane. Javtokas flew dozens of meters and landed in bushes off the road. He returned for the 2003-2004 season. He played the 2006-07 season with Panathinaikos, winning the Greek A1, Greek Cup and Euroleague, although playing very limited minutes all season. On July 24 2007 he signed a two year contract with Dynamo Moscow.
At European Championship 2005 played 6 games for Lithuania national basketball team: 11.0ppg, 5.8rpg, 1.5apg, FGP-2(61.7%), FT: 47.1%





