Well, besides the second round of Eurobasket. (I always forget how good Lithuania is. If that team were an NBA team, it might be my favorite. That's mostly because of Linas Kleiza.) Anyway, Sarunas Jasikevicius -- one of the best guards in Europe, yet a fellow who has been criminally underused in both his NBA stops -- is reportedly looking to get on with a top-flight European club. Roughly 207 teams have been rumored as the favorite... yet very little has been said about Saras' existing contract with Golden State. (The Bay Area media has been understandably pre-occupied.)I have no personal doubt Chris Mullin could find an NBA home for Jasikevicius. Boston, if Wyc Grousbeck is willing to spend the luxury tax associated with Saras' $4 million contract, would be an easy guess. Teams like Cleveland, Miami, even Milwaukee or Orlando should be willing to hand Saras a spot for a season. Hell, he's an expiring contract... Sacramento, anyone? I can count the teams who have no use for an average-at-worst point guard on one hand.
But the real interest for Jasikevicius, like Charlie Bell before him, lays in familiar Europe. Barcelona has been mentioned (but seems to be going after Bell), and Olympiacos is also heavily rumored. I haven't seen a word about Maccabi Tel Aviv, Saras' pre-NBA club... but that pairing wouldn't make terrible sense since you'd think Saras would want to go somewhere with a legit chance to win another Euroleague MVP.
