Sarunas Jasikevicius on Svetislav Pesic: “We never had the best relationship”

Ahead of tonight’s game, Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius referred to Barcelona head coach, Svetislav Pesic.

Here is what the Lithuanian coach said, per Donatas Urbonas:

On his relationship with Pesic: “We never had the best relationship. But, I didn’t have any problems with him. We talk to each other normally.”

On Pesic’s locker room speech about “Saras as his 3rd assistant in Barca”: “I don’t have problems with locker room speeches. Sometimes I also motivate my players this way. The only problem it went public. We’re family & we solve our problems inside the team.”

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On what Barcelona coach said regarding the Lithuanian League: “It’s his opinion. But, I think that we have far better teams than Fuenlabrada. I always followed the philosophy to look at yourself. But, if he doesn’t like LKL level, we’ll try to make it higher for him.”

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