Sarunas Jasikevicius
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Šarūnas "Šaras" Jasikevičius; born 5 March 1976) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and current head coach for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian League. Standing at 6'5", he played the point guard position. He is a four time triple crown winner and former representative of the Lithuanian national team. Moreover, he is the only player in Euroleague history to win the competition with three different clubs. Due to his outstanding ability to win titles and important games, he often was...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth5 March 1976
advantage basketball chance fought gave good hung ourselves together
We hung in there, gave ourselves a chance to win, but didn't take advantage of it. We fought together and showed that we could be a good basketball team.
approach attitude bunch fighting game good guys healthy hopefully lately problems prove resilient
Sometimes we prove we're a resilient bunch and get through all these problems and show how good we can be. Sometimes we're not so good. Lately we've been all right. Lately our attitude and how we approach the game has been much better. We just have to keep fighting and hopefully we can get the guys healthy and make a run.
playoffs
Sometimes we are very good, and other times we are very bad. Hopefully, we can get in the playoffs and do well.
ask belt game jersey looking move positive season trying
I was more aggressive. I was looking for my shot. I didn't go into New Jersey (Tuesday) and do many things. I was just trying to get my first game under my belt and move on. The season is very long. The most positive thing for me is I'm more comfortable with every minute. That's the only thing I can ask for right now.
believe care help kindness month question ready role stuff ultimately
I would like to have some kind of role on this team, there's no question about it but ultimately we help Pacers to win, ... Don't get me wrong. I would like to play. I would like to play a lot. That's not a question. But we're one month away from the season, and there's so much more important stuff than your role on the team. If you're in shape, if you come ready to play, if you take care of your body, then that other stuff will take care of itself. I really believe that.
adapt adjust might team
I think I'm going to have to adapt to the team much more than they're going to have to adapt to me. I'm a rookie. I might be very old for a rookie, but I am one. So I'm going to adjust to the team.
adds bad experience
I don't think it's anything serious. It just adds more to the bad experience of losing.
answer deal emphasis game message needs send start team
I don't know what it is. I can't answer it. The emphasis going into the game is to start aggressive; in a way to send a message we're going to play hard. I don't know what the deal is. We're a team that really needs some wins.
experience forward higher looking pace preparing until
Mentally, you're preparing yourself for the higher pace and things like that, but you can't know about it until you experience it. So I'm looking forward to it.
great perfect short situation tonight trades truly
We're short of players, we don't know what's going on with the trades so it's not the most perfect situation for this team, but tonight it was truly a great win.
felt
I felt like the Pacers . . . they've already been there,
everybody fans games gets good great happen healthy settled win
I feel that when we get everybody healthy and everybody gets settled in again, we will win games and show our fans what good things can happen here. I thought we had a great effort.
developing favors home move playing schedule seems standpoint
We all collectively have to know we can't have any letdowns because we're playing good. It seems like we're developing something good. The schedule favors us from the standpoint that we're home and we just need to keep it going because we can make a move on some teams.
level matter playing sort stop team
We've been a team that when we get a lead, we sort of stop playing as hard. For us, it's a matter of playing at the same level that we can for 48 minutes. If we can do that, we're going to be all right.