The big man returns to the EuroCup after eight seasons away
Lietkabelis inks Augustine Rubit to short term deal
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Lietkabelis Panevezys has announced that veteran big man Augustine Rubit penned a short-term contract with the club. Lietkabelis signed Rubit (2.03 meters, 36 years old) as an injury replacement for Fardaws Aimaq, who joined the club earlier in the summer.
Rubit was a EuroLeague star before suffering an Achilles injury in February 2023. After that, he played two games with Rostock in the German League in April 2024, and spent last season with Al Kuwait SC, where he posted 19.2 points and 8.8 rebounds in five league appearances.
Rubit spent five seasons and logged 143 appearances in the EuroLeague earlier in his career with Brose Bamberg, Olympiacos Piraeus, Zalgiris Kaunas and FC Bayern Munich and also played two seasons in the EuroCup with ratiopharm Ulm.
The American wing started his career with Tigers Tubingen of Germany in the 2014-15 season and then joined Ulm the following summer. He played 28 games in the EuroCup with Ulm between 2015 and 2017, posting 11.4 points and 5.4 rebounds.
The season after that, Rubit was given a chance to play in the EuroLeague with German side Bamberg, and made an instant impression in Europe's premier club basketball competition, averaging 10.1 points and 4.7 rebounds across 30 appearances in that 2017-18 season.
In years to come, Rubit spent a season with Olympiacos, then went on to play for Zalgiris in the 2020-21 campaign. He enjoyed a bench role at both clubs before Bayern gave him a chance to become a starter in two seasons there. He averaged 10.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and a 13.8 PIR in 20 EuroLeague games in the 2022-23, and even earned the January MVP of the Month award, before his season was cut short due to an Achilles injury.
Rubit now brings all his experience to help Lietkabelis overcome preseason injury woes.