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Photo: Fotodiena.lt/J.Elinskas
Photo Fotodiena.lt/J.Elinskas
On Thursday, Šarūnas Jasikevičius officially left Kaunas “Žalgiris” and moved to “Barcelona”. Such a transition was positively evaluated by the Chimki strategist from the Moscow region Rimas Kurtinaitis.
The 60-year-old specialist praised Jasikevičius for his contribution to Žalgiris and stressed the importance of such a transition for Lithuanian basketball.
“While not playing down the players and the like, Shar took the Žalgiris to a whole new level. Sure, let’s say the same budget may have been partially higher than before, but the game itself has already improved significantly. Shar discipline, rigor , you will no longer hide anything here – it bore fruit, ”Kurtinaitis told lrt.lt journalist Gintara Grikštaitė.
“I think that none of our coaches have entered an elite European club.” Let’s say yes – Jonas Kazlauskas worked for CSKA, Kęstutis Kemzūra – Piraeus Olympiacos, but here – Barcelona, Fenerbahce. These are the main clubs. Potential Euroleague champions, ”continued the legendary basketball player.
Helmsman Chimki also noted that Jasikevičius sees the NBA gate in the future.
“I think he’s a potential NBA coach. Sure, there’s a slightly different current behind the Atlantic, it’s not easy to attack there, it could be better there, it’s completely different there, but I think he has a future there. I remember when we used to say that it is very difficult or impossible for European players to enter the NBA, now we can see that the NBA is starting a championship with 107 or 110 non-Americans, “said Kurtinaitis.
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