Macaabi Elite Tel Aviv player Sarunas Jasikevicius, is included in the All-Athens first team selected by NBA.COM. The point guard who led Lithuania to fourth place, is in good company with Tim Duncan (USA), Pau Gasol (Spain), Manu Ginobili (Argentina) and Yao Ming (China), The second team consists of: Catlos Arroyo (Puerto Tico), Arvydas Macijauskas (Lithiania), Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greece), Gianmarco Pozzecco (Italy) and Luis Scola (Argentina).
In a scouting report on NBA.COM, prepared by Simone Sandri, who correctly predicted that Argentina would win the gold medal, he refers to International players who are not part of the NBA. Sandri is surprised that Jasikevicius is not playing in the NBA. He believes that in spite of his deficencies in defense and his age (28), he can be a success in the NBA.
