With his hasty departure from can Barça, the siren songs of the NBA for Saras Jasikevicius. The former Barça coach has been the object of desire in the American league for years, although the interest never came to fruition due to the attractiveness of the project in Barcelona. Now, according to Home of Glory, the Lithuanian has an offer of three years and six million dollars to become the assistant technician of the Memphis Grizzlies.
This rumor implies that Jasikevicius would become, at 47, the highest paid assistant coach in the American competition, a surprising fact given his lack of experience on the wing on that side of the pond. Of course, it is not the first time nor will it be the last time that the United States is interested in their services.
In 2019, Nick Nurse, then head coach of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, acknowledged that he had a dozen calls with Jasikevicius with an eye on offering him the second-in-command job on the franchise bench. A year earlier, the Lithuanian coach shared his recruiting experience with the Canadians with MD: “I had a very nice experience with Toronto, they came to Lithuania to interview me. The truth is that they opened my eyes. It was my first interview with an NBA franchise and I was fascinated.”. Saras became a candidate for head coach of the Raptors in 2018, although they finally opted for Nurse and he wanted to incorporate his assistants into the body. At that time they also knocked on the door of the Cavaliers and the Grizzlies, who thought of him to join the team when they fired JB Bickerstaff.
Jasikevicius’s relationship with the United States began in his formative stage as a player, when with 17 years He went to the country to train with other Lithuanian promises such as Ilgauskas and Jurkunias. He played four years at university before returning to Europe to become Barça’s icon in the first Euroleague. Later, he had a disappointing two-year stint by his NBA winning standards, playing for the Pacers and Warriors.
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2023-06-27 07:44:34
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