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
across couple finish last message players punished rest seriously stuff top
I think they got the message across that the rest of the world is not sleeping. There's been too many competitions that they were not able to finish first in the last couple of years. . . . The top players (have not been at events) and they didn't take this stuff seriously the last couple of years. They should have been punished already for it in Sydney.
chemistry definitely talent team
We can give up talent for team chemistry. Team chemistry is more important than talent. We definitely have enough talent to go very far.
decide disagree earliest everybody games guys last lost minutes nba normally plays remember saying seven shows six sort team totally uphill
I remember a lot of guys saying in the NBA everybody just sort of plays and then the last six or seven minutes you decide the game. Well, to tell you the truth, the team that shows up to play earliest normally wins. I totally disagree with that. So many games are lost in the first quarter. You get down 15 and it's such an uphill battle.
defense games guy involved might prefer running shooting sure teammates
I'm not the guy who will take many shots, ... Some games I might, just because of the way the defense will work. I haven't really been the one who's shooting a lot. I much more prefer to get my teammates involved and make sure the team is running properly. I would like to take 20 shots, don't get me wrong, but it might not happen.
basketball everybody goes good matters playing team time turning
I'm not worried; it's something everybody goes through. I'll be fine. It's not the first time that I've been in this situation. The thing that matters to me is that the team is playing good basketball and we're turning things around now.
ability best force hard mental mistakes players reason seem single team tough
I like the way that team plays. They seem to play hard and play the right way. The players really play hard and to best of their ability I believe. They don't seem to make a lot of mental mistakes or force many things. For some reason they play us tough every single time.
fourth
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs were just better.
hopefully piece puzzle small
Hopefully I'll be a small piece of the puzzle and contribute.
couple grinding stops win
I could really sense (a swing). We were grinding and we were grinding and then they got a couple of breaks, but we were still right there. Then at the end we were able to make a couple stops and get a run. It was a big win for us.
four good hear lost news
I mean, you've lost four in a row. You hear good news in the trade. You think you can go in and have a good practice, but then the first thing you hear is that. It's crazy.
lose losing running seems taking
I'm really running out of things to say. It's not about the losing; it's how we're losing. You can lose fighting, but we're not even doing that. It seems like we're taking the losing very lightly.