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.L. RYTAS brings shooting ace Jasaitis home In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with Türk Telekom B.K.Simas Jasaitis inks with Turk Telekom Ankara On 5 January 2015 he went back to Lietuvos rytas.Simas Jasaitis signs with 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
EuroLeague
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos rytas | 20 || 19 || 29.2 || .473 || .396 || .741 || 5.0 || 1.0 || 1.5 || .2 || 10.7 || 10.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | style="text-align:left;"| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 23 || 19 || 25.0 || .503 || .400 || .816 || 3.5 || .5 || .6 || .1 || 9.9 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | style="text-align:left;"| TAU Cerámica | 21 || 5 || 14.5 || .507 || .500 || .833 || 1.4 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 4.6 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | style="text-align:left;"| Joventut | 10 || 7 || 21.5 || .449 || .342 || .818 || 2.8 || 1.0 || .8 || .2 || 9.3 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos rytas | 6 || 4 || 17.4 || .353 || .250 || .833 || 2.3 || 1.2 || .3 || .2 || 5.5 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Lokomotiv Kuban | 23 || 14 || 21.5 || .447 || .353 || .1000 || 2.8 || .6 || .7 || .1 || 6.2 || 5.8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| 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: 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkey:
State awards : Recipient of the Commander's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2007) : Recipient of the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2010)
References
External links
EuroLeague profile Euroleague.net profile RealGM profile