SAN FRANCISCO >> Golden State Valkyries general manager Ohemaa Nyanin walked into the Bill King Media Room inside Chase Center smiling from ear to ear following Monday’s WNBA draft.

Nyanin selected a 19-year-old guard from Lithuania that most American basketball fans have never heard of with the fifth overall pick and the franchise’s first-ever draft choice.

But for Nyanin, Juste Jocyte (whose name is pronounced YOU-steh Yo-CHEE-teh) couldn’t be a better fit for this team.

“She’s a phenomenal athlete,” Nyanin said. “She was the youngest athlete to play in the Euro League at 14 and we didn’t take that lightly. To have her be available at No. 5 was super important to us.”

But there is a caveat with Jocyte.

There is no guarantee that Jocyte will join the team this year. Nyanin said the timeline for Jocyte to join the Valkyries this season is “in flux.” Nyanin and the organization had plans to talk to her on Tuesday to figure out whether or not Jocyte will join Golden State for training camp in a few weeks.

Still, Jocyte’s potential was not going to be ignored by the league’s newest expansion team.

“She’s mature beyond her years,” Nyanin said. “Her basketball IQ, her physical ability within the game at such a young age right now, the sky’s the limit for her.”

Jocyte’s selection is not that much of a surprise if you look at how the Valkyries have constructed their roster. Jocyte is the 13th international player the Valkyries have added to their roster this season.

Each of 13 international players have six years or fewer in experience playing in the WNBA.

“I think something that we take into consideration is the level of talent that they are currently playing against, and how that will translate into the WNBA,” Nyanin said.

Since age 14, Jocyte has been playing against grown women on a nightly basis. Her potential as a three-level scorer and as a high-volume pick-and-roll ballhandler made her one of the most intriguing prospects in the draft.