Four biggest questions for Sarunas Jasikevicius in Fenerbahce / News - Basketnews.com

BasketNews expert Augustas Suliauskas takes a look at Fenerbahce's decision to hire Sarunas Jasikevicius and tries to explain what changes we might expect in the Turkish powerhouse after the Lithuanian tactician's arrival.

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7 losses in the last 10 games in all competitions have endedDimitris Itoudis'career inFenerbahce Beko Istanbul. CanSarunas Jasikeviciusraise them to another level?

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EuroLeague's head coaches have never been under the heat more than now. Itoudis is the 5th manager to be fired this season, and we're only two full months into the season. Kazys Maksvytis was also on the verge of losing his job until his own players intervened.

But we are here to talk about his fellow Lithuanian. Former Fenerbahce player himself, Jasikevicius is coming into a tense situation in Istanbul.

Itoudis had an average campaign in the 2022-23 EuroLeague's regular season. Still, the Turkish side were inches away from qualifying for the Final Four if not for Kostas Sloukas' heroics in Game 3.

However, after strengthening the squad in the off-season with the signings ofGeorgios Papagianis,Sertac Sanli,Yam Madar, andNate Sestina, Itoudis couldn't deliver better results.

In this article, I'm going to look into the main questions Sarunas Jasikevicius is facing: the biggest Fenerbahce problems, which players are potentially looking at increased/decreased minutes, and potential changes to the roster and the rotations.

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