Sarunas' Stats National Avg. [5] Šarūnas remembers that his mother constantly said: "My son will give me back the Olympics". [27], Despite rumors that Jasikevičius would join Žalgiris,[28] in July 2012, Jasikevičius signed with his former team, FC Barcelona. [55] They divorced in 2008. His first coach was Feliksas Mitkevičius in Kaunas basketball school, who was strict and not once was chasing Šarūnas when he was trying to run away from the workouts. ", "Jasikevičius prisiekė meilę "Žalgiriui" ir pažadėjo klubui šviesią ateitį", "Sezono uždarymo šventė: LKL titulai byrėjo žalgiriečiams", "LKL sezono uždaryme – Š.Jasikevičiaus, E.Ulanovo ir „Žalgirio" triumfas", "Š.Jasikevičiui sukurti vardiniai krepšinio batai". He visited his parents, outlined the situation and stated that it would be a huge loss to Lithuania. [21] Jasikevičius became the only player in basketball history to win the EuroLeague with three different teams. [12], Later he continued his studies in the United States. [8] One of his childhood passions was history, especially about the Native Americans, as well as books about basketball as he was capable of reading a book of more than four hundred pages on basketball in two days. He also won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and the bronze medal at 2007 EuroBasket. [15] He did not see much playing time in his first two years in college, with seniors Duane Simpkins, Johnny Rhodes, and Exree Hipp ahead of him at the wing positions. The Roosevelt varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Centennial (Corona, CA) by a score of 69-52. On 25 September 2007, Jasikevičius signed with Panathinaikos. On 20 June 2018, he was named best coach of the 2017–18 LKL season after coaching Žalgiris to yet another Lithuanian League title. Warriors Request Waivers On Sarunas Jasikevicius. On 29 July 2014, Jasikevičius announced his retirement from playing basketball, and was appointed to an assistant coach position with Žalgiris. [13] In 1993–94 he attended the Solanco High School in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. Later on, Spanish and Israeli publishing houses also showed interest. To claim this profile, please confirm you are
Sarunas J. Jackson is an actor and writer, known for Insecure (2016), Good Trouble (2019) and Games People Play (2019). Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. 6'8" 0 lbs Senior. Jasikevičius's greatest youth memory in the city was the opening of the first McDonald's in Russia. Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Rimantas Kaukėnas retired from Lithuania national men's basketball team, "Zalgiris and head coach Krapikas part ways", "Sarunas Jasikevicius is the new Zalgiris head coach", "Pirmoji Šaro pergalė Eurolygoje: nepasiduodantis "Žalgiris" patiesė "Olympiakos, "Šarūnas Jasikevičius – kaip iš akies luptas krepšinio genijus", "Kauniečių dominavimas: LKL metų treneris – Š. Jasikevičius, organizacija – "Žalgiris, "Š. Jasikevičiui – "Spurs" kvietimas prisijungti prie trenerių štabo", "Fenerbahce's Zeljko Obradovic is voted the Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year! In 2009, he signed a contract extension worth € 3.5 million euros net income with Panathinaikos. In 2006, Jasikevičius became the first European player to have his own nominal basketball shoes manufactured by Adidas. He was named the tournament's MVP, after averaging 14.0 points and 8.2 assists per game. [23] He underwent a knee surgery that same year, and after 5 months of rehabilitation, he returned to the court with limited playing time. Real ruin Jasikevicius´ Euroleague legend induction, Barca bounce back. Thank you to the higher power, energy, the man above for another year. [16] He averaged a shade under 13 points and 4 assists in his junior and senior years. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Following the Žalgiris' victory in 1986 Intercontinental Cup, he begged his father to take him to the airport to welcome home the players, where hundreds of people were waiting in the freezing cold. [18] He did not become a part of the rotation in Golden State. The Roosevelt varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's neutral playoff game against Knight (Palmdale, CA) by a score of 58-53. Šarūnas Jasikevičius: 2002/2003 Europos vyrų čempionatas. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable. Sarunas Jackson. Jasikevičius also started to record games of Žalgiris and Petrović every time he was able to. [6] From 1987 to 1993, he was studying at Kaunas 4th Middle School. He averaged 4.3 points and 2.3 assists per game, in 26 games (2 starts) played, in only 11.9 minutes per game. His unselfishness, imagination and the way he dribbled, passed between his opponent's legs bewitched Jasikevičius. [54], In 2006, Jasikevičius married Israeli model Linor Abargil, the winner of the Miss World 1998 beauty pageant (as Miss Israel). He had to take the bus to go to school even though the thermometer outside read minus twenty and he knew that the most important thing for his parents was that he spent as little time as possible with the toughest people of Partizanai Street. [47], In the 2017–18 EuroLeague season, Jasikevičius and his Žalgiris surprised by ending in the sixth place in the regular season. His childhood dream was to become a Žalgiris player about which he was so crazy that he knew everything about every player, even the players’ shoe sizes. Reb/G 9.8. He remembers that his classmates were listening with their mouths gaping when he was narrating about the French fries, bread rolls with minced beef and fizzy drinks. However, his idol was Dražen Petrović, and he wished to be as good as him, watching matches of him over and over again, dozens of times, for hours and hours, and later started imitating him in workouts. With Union Olimpija, he won the Slovenian Cup. Blk/G 1.6. Consequently, once his dad stopped him from going on a trip to Minsk with the team, a trip of kind which happens only once a year, as his marks were disastrous and it was a punishment: "No school? He averaged 10.4 points and 5.6 assists per game, and scored a tournament-high 18 points against Turkey, on 3 September 2007.[38]. He towers at 6’8” which probably worked to his advantage when he played basketball when he was younger. Sorry, but the page you are looking for could not found. [8] Not surprisingly, his dad took him to the first basketball workout when he was 6 years old. The Roosevelt varsity basketball team won Friday's away playoff game against Valencia (Placentia, CA) by a score of 64-62. To follow this profile, please let us know your relationship to
[61][62] Many famous basketball personalities attended the event, including Željko Obradović, Dimitris Itoudis, Mike Batiste, Paulius Jankūnas, Darius Songaila, and others. He retired from the Lithuanian national team following the 2012 Summer Olympics. People were afraid to talk; almost everyone was a member of the Communist Party. Euroleague.net PANATHINAIKOS keeps Jasikevicius. [24], In January 2011, Fenerbahçe, bought-out Jasikevičius' contract with Lietuvos Rytas, and he signed a one-year contract with them. Jasikevičius joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2003, and helped them win two EuroLeague titles, two Israeli League crowns, and two Israeli Cups. On 9 February 2015, Jasikevičius was named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend, as a reward for his stunning playing career. (...) Nothing from Spain or Italy or anywhere else. Later on, the Soviet squad went on to win the Olympic gold medals in the Montreal Olympics and the national team's head coach shut the door for Rita Jasikevičienė to return into the national team in the future. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. [2] He was then honored with a ceremony on 12 February. The Roosevelt varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Santiago (Corona, CA) by a score of 87-52. Sarunas Jackson. We could not see their movies, except clandestinely, and only thanks to the advent of VCRs. We went with ten players, the bare minimum. Šarūnas' son Augustas Marčiulionis also is a professional basketball player, who on 19 September 2020 debuted in the Lithuanian Basketball League as a member of his father's first professional team Rytas Vilnius.
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