Sarunas Jasikevicius, di new head coach for Fenerbahce Beko, dey prepare im boys for di next edition of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and oda local competitions. Di coach tok with Eurohoops about how e don adapt since e take over from Dimitris Itoudis last December.
“After small time, like one month or one month and a half, everybody don dey understand wetin you dey ask of dem,” Jasikevicius yarn. “Right now, di problem dey different. Some guys dey miss big part of preseason, so we get issues. But we go handle dem well well.”
Jasikevicius don win EuroLeague title four times as player and dey gain experience from coaching FC Barcelona. Im talk say e don master how to manage pressure, even though im no believe say pressure dey. “I dey professional basketball for like 26, 27 years now. I don see things from different countries,” Jasikevicius bin reply. “We no get pressure.”
For di busy summer, Fenerbahce bring new players like Boban Marjanovic and Wade Baldwin IV join. Jasikevicius, yan say for him, na people e dey find, no be just players. “We dey spend ten months for locker room with each oda. Di most important ting na how dem go dey act with each oda,” im yarn.
Di conversation also touch NBA matter as dem discuss how NBA dey go “positionless” recently. But Jasikevicius believe say European basketball go still dey play normal position basketball.
As e dey look forward to di 2024-25 season, Jasikevicius dey hopeful say im players go dey under the radar, yet do well well. “On paper, Fenerbahce na good team. But we still dey gel together, we never turn full team. But we dey happy with the names wey we get.”
