Simas Jasaitis

Simas Jasaitis

File:SimasJasaitis.jpg Jasaitis, with Joventut Badalona, in 2009.
Orlandina Basket
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1982-03-26) 26 March 1982 Vilnius, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2004: undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2001	Sakalai
2001–2006	Lietuvos rytas
2006–2007	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2007–2008	TAU Cerámica
2008–2009	Joventut Badalona
2009–2010	Galatasaray Café Crown
2011	Lietuvos rytas
2011–2012	Türk Telekom
2012–2014	Lokomotiv Kuban
2015	Lietuvos rytas
2015–2016	Orlandina Basket
2016–2017	Consultinvest Pesaro
2017–2019	Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2019–2020	Chocolates Trapa Palencia
2020–2021	BC Dzūkija
2022–2023	M Basket Mažeikiai
2023-present	Orlandina Basket
Career highlights
2× EuroCup champion (2005, 2013) ACB champion (2008) 2× LKL champion (2002, 2006) LKL All-Star Game MVP (2006) 2× LKL All-Star (2006, 2011) IBSL champion (2007) BBL champion (2006)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Stats at Basketball Reference
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Lithuania EuroBasket Bronze medal – third place 2007 Spain National team World Cup Bronze medal – third place Turkey 2010 National team

Simas Jasaitis (born 26 March 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team.

Professional career

Jasaitis' first team in the LKL was Sakalai during the 2000-2001 season. In the fall of 2001 he moved to Lietuvos rytas, and played there till 2006. In his first season with the club he was averaging 8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. Jasaitis returned to Lietuvos Rytas on 31 December 2010. In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with Türk Telekom B.K. On 5 January 2015 he went back to Lietuvos rytas.

On 5 July 2016 he signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro.

On 28 July 2017 Jasaitis signed with BC Lietkabelis. On 12 September 2020 he signed with BC Dzūkija.

On 27 May 2023 Jasaitis announced his retirement from professional basketball and was set to become an assistant coach for BC Mažeikiai in the 2023–24 season. However, the deal was cancelled as Jasaitis decided to continue his playing career with Orlandina Basket of the Italian third-tier Serie B.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2005–06	Lietuvos rytas	20	19	29.2	.473	.396	.741	5.0	1.0	1.5	.2	10.7	10.9
2006–07	Maccabi Tel Aviv	23	19	25.0	.503	.400	.816	3.5	.5	.6	.1	9.9	9.2
2007–08	TAU Cerámica	21	5	14.5	.507	.500	.833	1.4	.2	.2	.0	4.6	3.3
2008–09	Joventut	10	7	21.5	.449	.342	.818	2.8	1.0	.8	.2	9.3	9.2
2010–11	Lietuvos rytas	6	4	17.4	.353	.250	.833	2.3	1.2	.3	.2	5.5	3.7
2013–14	Lokomotiv Kuban	23	14	21.5	.447	.353	.1000	2.8	.6	.7	.1	6.2	5.8
Career		103	68	22.1	.472	.389	.815	3.1	.7	.7	.1	7.8	7.2

Awards and achievements

Pro clubs

• 2× Lithuanian League Champion: (2002, 2006)
• 2× ULEB Cup (EuroCup) Champion: (2005, 2013)
• 2× Lithuanian All-Star: (2006, 2011)
• Lithuanian All-Star Game MVP: (2006)
• Baltic League Champion: (2006)
• Israeli League Champion: (2007)
• Spanish League Champion: (2008)

Lithuanian senior national team

• EuroBasket 2007: File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
• 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkey: File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze

External links

• EuroLeague profile
• Euroleague.net profile
• RealGM profile