One night before being enshrined as a Euroleague legend, Sarunas Jasikevicius took command of Euroleague’s Twitter account to answer questions from fans about anything and everything. Given we expected the Lithuanian great to be asked all the standard basketball related questions, we opted for a slightly different approach in addressing the legend.
. @bie_basketball It will be cheese, kétchup, tomatoes, mustard… now you made me hungry! And bacon, of course!!
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
Sadly Saras did not respond to our other request but it’s a movie that needs to be made.
Would you consider doing a buddy cop movie with Zlatan Ibrahimovic? #AskSaras
— Ball in Europe (@bie_basketball) February 11, 2015
Here are some of the best questions and answers from an informative session with Saras who isn’t on Twitter personally although has one of the better known fake accounts in his honour.
.@FatoSUBLAIM My Way by Frank Sinatra – that's my favourite song! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@Nick_Calathes15 Only you, Nick, only you! Number one forever! Nobody comes even close! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@minduliss Madison Square Arena, Kaunas Sports Hall (our old gym) #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@kayamw After Zalgiris, I must go with CSKA, Olympiacos and Barcelona
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@YasinAcikgoz I played with Arvydas Sabonis, so it has to be him, of course! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@emiratesdagli The one to Pekovic to beat Olympiacos in Berlin, 2009 #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@thieres59 Michael Jordan, Arvydas Sabonis and Drazen Petrovic mostly. Especially Drazen.
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@ZontarMatej @union_olimpija Thanks a lot! The best and worst was working with Sagadin. I improved a lot but it was like hell! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@sabisubyan I really don't think but I think it comes from my father. I can wear contact lenses if you want!
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@KimiSanton Best Lithuanian player is Valanciunas. What makes us good is the fact that basketball is like a religion here #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@rihwoo Hmm… 2004 Olympic semifinal in Athens, it was my worst loss. I would love to change that.
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@javimarcos7 That is an difficult one.. I think it was David Rivers. He was a nightmare! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@turuwilder I didn't know I was! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@turuwilder It has to be Kobe Bryant #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@CharlieSaturday There is not much trash talking going on in the Euroleague but @J_R_Holden was the one to talk quite a bit
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@galkada_ Yes, it would be a bad dream and I would hope to wake up from it! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@kostasgurcinas It is not true. I just prefer good basketball, that not many NBA teams play. #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@AleksejusP Greatest moment – winning gold at EuroBasket 2003 in Stockholm. I would train differently to prepare to the NBA #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@SauliusBets Maceo Baston and Anthony Parker! Loads of alleyoops! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
.@galis78 It is probably between Jure Zdovc and Dimitris Diamantidis! #AskSaras
— EuroleagueBasketball (@Euroleague) February 11, 2015
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