Maccabi Tel Aviv
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No no 
I want him at Maccabi next year. He helps us winning the Euroleauge Champions last year, and now he is missing to us ...And like I'm think, we going to lose one of the best players in Europe, that alot of NBA teams want him and even afraid from him SarunasJasikevicius.
http://www.euroleague.net/plantillas/jugador.jsp?id=ADG
http://www.nba.com/athens2004/jasikevicius_feature.html
I will post here clips about Maccabi in a few day...
Oh, and next year we going to play againts The Raptors, The Nets and Miami Heat. For us is a very (!!!) big thing!
*My English is soooooo bad!
I want him at Maccabi next year. He helps us winning the Euroleauge Champions last year, and now he is missing to us ...And like I'm think, we going to lose one of the best players in Europe, that alot of NBA teams want him and even afraid from him SarunasJasikevicius. http://www.euroleague.net/plantillas/jugador.jsp?id=ADG
http://www.nba.com/athens2004/jasikevicius_feature.html
I will post here clips about Maccabi in a few day...
Oh, and next year we going to play againts The Raptors, The Nets and Miami Heat. For us is a very (!!!) big thing!
*My English is soooooo bad!
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The great Saras
It will take a lot of money to bring Jasikevicius to the NBA
He's a great pick & roll player. He's a great shooter. He's a great passer and a true point guard. Sarunas Jasikevicius should be playing for an NBA team. And yet, after winning two Euroleague titles in a row, after leading Lithuania national team to the European Championship, the summer came and went with only Milwaukee Bucks offering him a guaranteed minimum contract. Minimum? For this guy? No thanks, he said, opting to stay in Maccabi Tel Aviv to play more minutes and earn a lot more money and respect. He is a star in Israel and is more than happy to face the challenge of winning a third Euroleague title in a row.
But now things might change. They really have to, from an NBA perspective. Did you see what he did to team USA (you won't find me calling them Dream Team)?
He did to them exactly what he's been doing in Europe for a long time.
Win ball games.
Hit big three-pointers.
Play without fear while leading his teammates.
He scored 28 points, 12 consecutive in the fourth quarter against a not so bad USA defense. Larry Brown said after being defeated again that Saras (that's how everybody calls him, pronounced Sharas) is a great International player, but isn't quick enough for the NBA. "You can't hide his defensive problems in the NBA", he added. Well, he's a mediocre defensive player in Europe as well. But you have to take the good with the bad and today, when you're allowed to play zone defense, he can play in the best league, and receive top dollar.
Why didn't the Mavericks pick him up after Steve Nash left? Donnie Nelson, their president, is an assistant with the Lithuanian national team. He knows him and admires his game (at least that's what he wrote me in an e-mail last year).
Why didn't Houston consider signing him after trading away Steve Francis?
I know he can't defend, but he can create and he can win. He just showed the whole world, U.S. included.
Israeli basketball fans would love for him to stay another year. In fact, he has a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv for the upcoming season. He had an opt-out clause to the NBA, but it expired a month ago. Now, if NBA teams want him, they will need to talk to Maccabi and buy out his contract. The asking price should be much more than the 350,000 dollars allowed by NBA teams to pay internationally, meaning he would have to complete the rest from his own pocket, if he still wants to leave.
Jasikevicius isn't obsessed with the NBA, according to things he said last year. He wants to come for the right money, and more importantly, for the right situation. I don't see it happening this year so the NBA's loss is Maccabi Tel-Aviv's gain.
Posted by Yaron Talpaz - Aug 21 2004 5:04PM
It will take a lot of money to bring Jasikevicius to the NBA
He's a great pick & roll player. He's a great shooter. He's a great passer and a true point guard. Sarunas Jasikevicius should be playing for an NBA team. And yet, after winning two Euroleague titles in a row, after leading Lithuania national team to the European Championship, the summer came and went with only Milwaukee Bucks offering him a guaranteed minimum contract. Minimum? For this guy? No thanks, he said, opting to stay in Maccabi Tel Aviv to play more minutes and earn a lot more money and respect. He is a star in Israel and is more than happy to face the challenge of winning a third Euroleague title in a row.
But now things might change. They really have to, from an NBA perspective. Did you see what he did to team USA (you won't find me calling them Dream Team)?
He did to them exactly what he's been doing in Europe for a long time.
Win ball games.
Hit big three-pointers.
Play without fear while leading his teammates.
He scored 28 points, 12 consecutive in the fourth quarter against a not so bad USA defense. Larry Brown said after being defeated again that Saras (that's how everybody calls him, pronounced Sharas) is a great International player, but isn't quick enough for the NBA. "You can't hide his defensive problems in the NBA", he added. Well, he's a mediocre defensive player in Europe as well. But you have to take the good with the bad and today, when you're allowed to play zone defense, he can play in the best league, and receive top dollar.
Why didn't the Mavericks pick him up after Steve Nash left? Donnie Nelson, their president, is an assistant with the Lithuanian national team. He knows him and admires his game (at least that's what he wrote me in an e-mail last year).
Why didn't Houston consider signing him after trading away Steve Francis?
I know he can't defend, but he can create and he can win. He just showed the whole world, U.S. included.
Israeli basketball fans would love for him to stay another year. In fact, he has a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv for the upcoming season. He had an opt-out clause to the NBA, but it expired a month ago. Now, if NBA teams want him, they will need to talk to Maccabi and buy out his contract. The asking price should be much more than the 350,000 dollars allowed by NBA teams to pay internationally, meaning he would have to complete the rest from his own pocket, if he still wants to leave.
Jasikevicius isn't obsessed with the NBA, according to things he said last year. He wants to come for the right money, and more importantly, for the right situation. I don't see it happening this year so the NBA's loss is Maccabi Tel-Aviv's gain.
Posted by Yaron Talpaz - Aug 21 2004 5:04PM