Florida Gators basketball addition Kajus Kublickas of Lithuania to arrive in Gainesville this week
Kajus Kublickas of Lithuania, a recent addition to the Florida Gators basketball program at guard, will arrive in Gainesville this week, Zach Abolverdi of Gators Online confirmed.
Kublickas, whom Gators Online first reported on in June, will get to town Wednesday.
He’s reporting for the fall semester; the first day of classes is Aug. 23. His paperwork is already official and his arrival will be announced by Florida soon.
Kublickas, listed at 6-foot-1, turns 19 on Sept. 2. He’ll be a freshman at Florida.
While playing for Zalgiris Kaunas II of the Lithuanian League this year, he averaged 8.9 points, 3.6 boards and 1.3 assists over 21 games while shooting 40 percent from the field and 37.7 percent from 3-point range.
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Said Gators coach Todd Golden in a June 22 interview with Gators Online: “Kajus won’t join us until later in the summer, he’s playing on the U20 team in Lithuania this summer. So he has that commitment, is actually training with them right now.”
Golden is excited about this addition to the program … and others.
Todd Golden on his 2023-24 roster
In a one-on-one interview with Gators Online this summer, Golden assessed his current team and what he likes about the makeup of the roster.
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“Obviously, I’m more confident now going into next year with this group we’ve been able to assemble,” he said. “I feel like we’re balanced. I feel like we have good depth and most importantly, we have pieces that mesh well together. We didn’t just go out and say, ‘Alright, we’ll get talent, talent, talent and try to figure it out.’
“I feel like we did a good job of balancing our frontcourt, we balanced our backcourt. We have shooters, we have playmakers, we have defenders, rebounders, we have guys that will play well together, which I think is the most important thing.”
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Florida’s incoming transfer class is ranked No. 1 nationally by the data and analytics website EvanMiya.com and checks in at No. 5 in the On3 team rankings.
The Gators signed six transfers, including five in the top 175 of the On3 player rankings and three in the top 60 — Iona combo guard Walter Clayton Jr. (21st nationally), Marshall center Micah Handlogten (40th), UC Riverside point guard Zyon Pullin (57th), Yale power forward EJ Jarvis (171st), Seton Hall forward Tyrese Samuel (172nd) and San Francisco guard Julian Rishwain.
