2023-04-21 04:36:26
“The will is for it to continue, because it has to mark an era,” said the manager in charge of the section, Josep Cubells
The Lithuanian came to the Barca bench in the summer of 2020, his contract ends on June 30 and… he has not yet renewed
In the week before the Euroleague quarterfinal play-off once morest Zalgiris, andl Barça gave a strong backlash to the possible renewal of Sarunas Jasikeviciuswhose contract expires at the end of the course.
And he did it in the mouth of Joan Cubells, head of the section at management level that surprised by bringing to light a subject that seemed parked until following a hypothetical Final Four. However, his words can be understood as an attempt to give confidence to Saras and the club project.
“The will is for him to continue, because we consider that he is a coach who has to mark an era in Barça,” said Cubells in statements to ‘Jijantes’.
Club sources confirmed to SPORT that despite the speculations and rumors that arose at the beginning of the year, for quite some time is being worked on going forward with Jasikevicius as the number 1 option for the bench.
few alternatives
When the option of the Lithuanian continuing on the bench seemed colder, some names were heard with a special mention for the former Barcelona coach Xavi Pascual (He signed a juicy contract with Zenit without an exit clause and his release this summer seems unfeasible) without forgetting either the genius Zeljko Obradovic (he will not leave Partizan now that the project is going from strength to strength) or the former Barca player and former second coach of the subsidiary Jaka Lakovic, who is having an excellent campaign with Gran Canaria.
Xavi Pascual lives his second season at Zenit
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Be that as it may, the truth is that Jasikevicius’ work as a club man is valued very positively at Barça and his ability to overcome setbacks as important as the Achilles tendon injury that kept Nikola Mirotic KO until December.
Lights and shadows
Since his arrival on the bench almost three years ago, Saras has always had as ‘leit motiv’ the creation of a solid and very physical block that he practices fast and modern basketball from the attack with interiors capable of shooting from three (the only exception is Jan Vesely whose four-meter shot was extraordinary).
The ex-Barça player in two stages He made his big debut on the bench in the 2020-21 academic year lifting the League and the Copa del Rey; in the Euroleague they lost the final once morest Anadolu (81-86) in a Vasilije Micic festival with 25 points.
Saras has earned the trust of his players
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In the second, Barça revalidated the cupbearer titlebut from then on the team went downhill to fall in the Euroleague semifinals once morest Madrid despite Mirotic’s 26 points and 12 rebounds (83-86) and also once morest the whites in the Endesa League final for 3-1.
In the current course came the KO cupbearer in the quarterfinals once morest Unicaja in the only great hit of the ‘Saras era’ and maintains all the options in the two regularity competitions. The azulgrana team leads the League tied with Cazoo Baskonia, finished second in the regular phase of the Euroleague following Olympiacos and has all five senses in the quarterfinal once morest Zalgiris.
The stages
The Final Four on May 18 and 20 in Kaunas It is the great obsession of all Barcelona fansso that the tie once morest the club where he trained as a coach and where he hung up his shoes acquires a fundamental character.
Jasikevicius might end up renewing his contract
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If you pass this penultimate round, it would be necessary to calibrate if the club chooses to advance its initial plans and close the renewal of Saras before the Final Four or if you wait for it to be played. In this case, he might renew a champion technician or… an almost champion.
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