Warriors waive Sarunas Jasikevicius
Sep 20th, 2007 by Inside Hoops
The Golden State Warriors have requested waivers on guard Sarunas Jasikevicius after reaching a contractual buyout agreement, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
“We think this was in the best interest of both parties,” said Mullin. “As a competitor, Sarunas obviously would like to have an opportunity to play a significant role on a team. This could potentially open up other avenues that will allow him to pursue that opportunity.”
Jasikevicius, 31, was originally acquired by Golden State on January 17, 2007, as part of an eight-player trade with Indiana. Following the trade, Jasikevicius appeared in 26 regular-season games with Golden State, averaging 4.3 points and 2.3 assists in 12.0 minutes per contest. Overall last season, he appeared in 63 games combined between Indiana and Golden State, averaging 6.1 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Since joining the NBA prior to the 2005-06 season, the Lithuanian native has appeared in 138 regular-season games, averaging 6.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 18.3 minutes.
The team is so terrible, and they’re so stupid to let go off such a talent like Sarunas…c’mon he’s probably one of the best player in the world today!!! I hope he land in a team that appreciate talent!!!
I think there was some trade talks between Cleveland & Golden State involving Sarunas Jasikevicius, Michael Pietruis & others but with 2 free agents the Cavs were left with old & bad contracts to offer. The likes of Newble, D.Jones, E.Snow & D.Wesley. They could of offered a future no. 1 with those players. They could of also done a sign & trade. Now however will the Cavs sign the former point guard & turn attention to Phoenix Suns Shawn Marion.