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Sarounas Jasikevicius the day he fought with Giorgos Bartzokas, just after Fenerbahce’s victory against Olympiakos for the Euroleague debut, he remembered what happened between them on February 9, 2018. When one was in Zalgiris and the other in Khimki…
If his memory Sarunas Yasikevicius it would have to be compared to something higher than man, only elephants – who remember anyone they met in their lifetime – would be stronger than the one of Lithuania. At least that’s how it happened!
Because when the fight was over i Ulker Sports Arena Istanbul, although Fenerbahce had beaten him before Olympic Games“Saras” as the coach of the home team went towards he was extremely irritated George Bartzokas. In fact, the two had been arguing for quite some time and the immediate intervention of the cooler people was needed, because her genetics was flirting with … holding hands.
Fenerbahce beat Olympiakos in Polis with a score of 82-71 in a game full of nerves and tension.
At first no one understood the extent and cause of their devastation. Bartzokas did not leave the incident unaddressed at the press conference. “What we had with Jasikevicius in the end was not a discussion. Saras attacked me as soon as the game ended. Whatever happened during the game, happened. After all, we got one technical penalty each. And when I finally gave him my hand, he attacked me. This is disrespectful. This is completely disrespectful”said his coach Olympic Games and everyone was waiting for the Lithuanian protology.
He appeared without any difficulty explaining – on his part – what happened and remembering the… prehistory.
“This was the second time he … taught me how to coach on the sidelines. The first time was when he was in Khimki. We had a little fight because I won’t let any coach tell me how to behave or what to do with my team.”he replied Jasikevicius. And the question that arose was, what happened when Bartzokas was the coach of Khimki?
“Saras” referred to the first… episode of the two coaches, which emerges February 9, 2018. From his fight Euroleague between the Khimki of Bartzoka and her Zalgiris Kaunaswhich was then competitively managed by a former Panathinaikos, Maccabi, Barcelona player and NBAer with the Indiana Pacers and the Golden State Warriors.
At that time, Khimki beat Zalgiris by 10 points in Kaunas. A few seconds before the end of the pardon Tyler Honeycutt (who died in 2018 at the age of 27 from a toxic substance he systematically ingested) by pointer, although he didn’t even have to do it, since the result was decided. The American had converted the score from 74-81 to the final 74-84.
Khimki’s decision to attack in the last possession upset Jasikevicius, who became more irritated shortly after when he heard the opposition coach, Giorgos Bartzokas, justifying this choice to his player. “Every basket counts!” and the… throwing the ball to Saras to solve the journalists’ questions at the press conference. “Ask Jasikevicius what he came and told me, but I believe he will not tell you. He will keep it to himself.”
Shortly after, “Saras” showed how “the last shot wasn’t my problem”putting on a different footing than expected why he got mad at Bartzokas in the first place. “I don’t want to tell you what I told him, but I told him what I wanted and what I thought was right”. He didn’t give the exact context, but he inferred it “I’m a new coach and I have some opinions that may be different. But I think the coaches should respect each other more.”
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Now the disrespect was sued by Bartzokasbut oh Sarunas Yasikevicius who is no longer a new coach, but an “established” coach in the field. He doesn’t want to be told how he and his team work and how he will be managing his team, but in reality he was probably being kept… manic!