Friday, April 12, 2013

Profile: FC Barcelona Regal's Saras Jasikevicius, back to his favorite city - Euroleague

There's no detail by detail or reasonable explanation. It's simply one particular love-at-first-sight kind of things, and it is no secret, Jasikevicius and Barcelona just have it going. aTo inform you the facts, the first time I came to Barcelona I was 14, and Iave held it's place in love with the city since. I must say I can not describe it,a Jasikevicius said of the arelationshipa he has enjoyed for more than two decades. aI am very comfortable and very happy here. Over time, I have met a lot of great people, and created a lot of buddys. I desire to stay here for several years.a, and just like it in Barcelona The city, club and its fans keep a particular meaning for the Euroleague story, and in 2003 that experience was significantly more than good as Saras served Barcelona a after five title-game beats over a period of 19 years a' win its first Euroleague trophy ever. aWinning the Euroleague in Palau Sant Jordi was something very speciala, Jasikevicius remembered of the Final Four when Barcelona beat Benetton in the finals. aThis membership waited for quite a while to try to win the Euroleague, and we finally made it happen in 2003. It had been such a enormous issue for the town and for the club. It was really large, and it was my first Euroleague concept, too. That made it a lot more specific, it is only really an unbelievable memory.a Exactly a decade have passed since the team taught by Svetislav Pesic, and with other stories a including Dejan Bodiroga, Juan Carlos Navarro and Gregor Fuka among others a' raised the clubas first-ever Euroleague title. It's already been a decade since Jasikevicius left Barcelona. His career continued to bloom after making, as Jasikevicius progressed into one of the best European point pads actually. He proceeded to win another, two with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2004 and 2005, and three more Euroleague titles with Panathinaikos Athens last year to get to be the only player in opposition record to win the Euroleague with three different groups. Saras was also the 2005 Euroleague Final Four MVP, a All-Euroleague First Team selection, and has won national titles in Israel, Greece and Turkey along with Spain. All through his time away, his feelings towards Barcelona have always come back. Especially when he would just take the ground at Palau Blaugrana as a visiting player. aIt was always one of the most challenging things, to come back and play in Palau because of the old emotions, and because of the part of this sport. I often had when I'd come back; maybe one out of five games I'd play well really bad games. It had been always very difficult.a He no further has that problem. Last summer, when he received the decision to return, Saras was more than ready to re-join Barcelona. aWhen I left in 2003, I made it clear I wished to keep coming back. It really was strange how my career turned around, and how it took me so long ahead back.a Of the players who played throughout his first stint with the club, and who won the triple-crown in 2003, just Navarro stayed. But also for Saras, being very familiar with the city and with the team, it feels as though not much has changed. aI was a type of somebody who was always returning to Barcelona, either to see the hockey or baseball games, or to go to old friends. I just about know everyone on the staff a' many individuals would be the same. And even though only Juan Carlos has slept with the group over these years, when you perform therefore often times in the Euroleague, you know all the people. So, another hasn't been very difficult.a There is also another reason coming back to join Barcelona was a no-brainer for Jasikevicius. To win! Jasikevicius has four Euroleague games, the absolute most of any active participants. With another one, he'd join a list of hockey greats with five or more brands. Clifford Luyk, Aldo Ossola and Fragiskos Alvertis have five, and Dino Meneghin has unprecedented seven Euroleague brands. And if Barcelona may over come his former team Panathinaikos in the playoffs, Jasikevicius will reach the Ultimate Four for the sixth time in his career, some thing only few players have managed to do. It'd only be fitting if Jasikevicius can achieve those activities while wearing a Blaugrana jersey. Quite a nice twist nearby the end of a glorious career, specially knowing there were moments Saras was afraid he'd not be considered a Barcelona player again. aTo tell the truth, there have been times I didn't believe it was going to take place, and I believed I was going to finish my career without playing again in Barcelona. Therefore, when opportunity presented it self, I truly did not think about it that long. It absolutely was fairly obvious for me personally this could be the place where I needed to be again.a

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