Sarunas Jascovius, another European king who is not adapted to the environment in the NBA

Will anyone still remember Sarunas Jascovius? Another European king who is not adaptable to the NBA.

Sarunas Jasikevicius, Sarunas Jaskevicius, 6-foot-4 (193cm), plays as a point guard. He was born in Lithuania's second largest city/former capital Kaunas in March 1976. He is from Lithuania, produced by the University of Maryland. In the offseason in 2005, Jaskevius defeated the halo of Dream 6 and signed with the Indiana Pacers as a free agent. He played for the Pacers (2005-2007) and the Warriors (2007) in his NBA career.

Sarunas Jascovius has a broad vision of passing and is a very creative organizer. He has excellent long-range shooting skills, especially three-pointers are an important scoring method. Moreover, the rich game experience accumulated in the European League before entering the NBA has enabled him to remain calm in high-intensity games like the NBA and make correct decisions at critical moments. However, in NBA-level games, his physical fitness is average, his athletic ability is mediocre, his speed and explosive power are relatively poor, he has obvious shortcomings on the defensive end, and he cannot adapt to the NBA's game style, rhythm, rules and referee standards. In his two seasons of NBA career, Jascovi Hughes played 138 games in the regular season, including 18 games starting in 18 games, averaging 18.3 minutes per game, scoring 6.8 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.04 blocks. He played in a total of 10 games in the playoffs and failed to get a starting opportunity. He averaged 7.2 minutes per game, scoring 1.8 points, 0.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.1 blocks. Although Jascovius had a serious disagreement in the NBA, he also had some outstanding game performances.

Local time in the United States, on January 2, 2006, in the Indiana Pacers' home victory over the Seattle Supersonics (now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder), Sarunas Jascovicius played for 27 minutes on the bench, made 5 of 10 shots (3 of 7 three-pointers), and made 7 free throws, scoring the highest single-game 20 points in NBA career, plus 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. On March 1, 2006, in the Indiana Pacers' 99:93 away game against the Washington Wizards, Jascovi Hughes started for 39 minutes, scored 14 points, and sent the highest 11 assists in a single game in his NBA career, which is also his only double-double in his NBA career.

On November 1, 2006, in the Indiana Pacers' 106:99 away game against the Charlotte Bobcats (now known as the Charlotte Hornets), Jascovi Hughes played for 21 minutes on the bench, making 5 of 6 shots (including 2 three-pointers), and 8 of 10 free throws, scoring the highest single-game 20 points in the NBA career, plus 1 rebound, 5 assists and 1 steal. On February 7, 2007, in the Golden State Warriors' loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves 93:121 away game, Jascovi Hughes started for 33 minutes, made 7 of 14 shots (including 3 of 5 three-pointers), and made 3 of 4 free throws, scoring and tying the highest single-game 20 points in NBA career, plus 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. In the offseason in 2007, Sarunas Jascovius bid farewell to the NBA and returned to the European arena, signed with the Greek league Panasinacos Basketball Club, and competed until 2014. At the end of July 2014, Jascovius officially announced his retirement. After retiring, he started his coaching career. In 2017, he became an assistant coach of the Lithuanian national team and was promoted to head coach in 2021. In July 2020, he was invited to become the head coach of Barcelona Basketball Club in the Spanish League. To this day, Sarunas Jascovius is still working hard for the basketball career in his coaching position.