{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Simas Jasaitis | image = SimasJasaitis.jpg | image_size = | caption = Jasaitis, with Joventut Badalona, in 2009. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 218 | league = | team = Orlandina Basket | position = Small forward / shooting guard | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|3|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | nationality = Lithuanian | draft_year = 2004 | career_start = 2000 | career_end = | years1 = 2000–2001 | team1 = Sakalai | years2 = 2001–2006 | team2 = Lietuvos rytas | years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = Maccabi Tel Aviv | years4 = 2007–2008 | team4 = TAU Cerámica | years5 = 2008–2009 | team5 = Joventut Badalona | years6 = 2009–2010 | team6 = Galatasaray Café Crown | years7 = 2011 | team7 = Lietuvos rytas | years8 = 2011–2012 | team8 = Türk Telekom | years9 = 2012–2014 | team9 = Lokomotiv Kuban | years10 = 2015 | team10 = Lietuvos rytas | years11 = 2015–2016 | team11 = Orlandina Basket | years12 = 2016–2017 | team12 = Consultinvest Pesaro | years13 = 2017–2019 | team13 = Lietkabelis Panevėžys | years14 = 2019–2020 | team14 = Chocolates Trapa Palencia | years15 = 2020–2021 | team15 = BC Dzūkija | years16 = 2022–2023 | team16 = M Basket Mažeikiai | years17 = 2023-present | team17 = Orlandina Basket | 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) | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{LTU}}}} {{MedalCompetition|EuroBasket}} {{MedalBronze| 2007 Spain | National team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|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.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2010-11-signings/i/80979/4465/l-rytas-brings-shooting-ace-jasaitis-home L. RYTAS brings shooting ace Jasaitis home]</ref> In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with Türk Telekom B.K.<ref>[http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/turkey/29658/simas_jasaitis_inks_with_turk_telekom_ankara.html Simas Jasaitis inks with Turk Telekom Ankara]</ref> On 5 January 2015 he went back to Lietuvos rytas.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/lithuania/147398/simas-jasaitis-signs-with-lietuvos-rytas.html Simas Jasaitis signs with Lietuvos Rytas]</ref>
On 5 July 2016 he signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro.<ref>{{cite web|title=SIMAS JASAITIS firma per la VL Consultinvest Pesaro|url=http://www.victorialibertas.it/index.php/news/news-16-17/4-simas-jasaitis-firma-per-la-vl-consultinvest-pesaro|website=www.victorialibertas.it|accessdate=26 August 2016|language=it-IT|date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
On 28 July 2017 Jasaitis signed with BC Lietkabelis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-111802-simas-jasaitis-oficialiai-keliasi-i-lietkabeli.html|title = Simas Jasaitis oficialiai keliasi į "Lietkabelį"}}</ref> On 12 September 2020 he signed with BC Dzūkija.<ref>{{cite news |title=Simas Jasaitis signs with BC Dzukija |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/simas-jasaitis-signs-with-bc-dzukija/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=September 12, 2020 |date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Simas Jasaitis baigė krepšininko karjerą|url=https://basketnews.lt/news-190002-simas-jasaitis-baige-krepsininko-karjera.html|website=basketnews.lt|language=lt|date=27 May 2023|accessdate=27 May 2023}}</ref> However, the deal was cancelled as Jasaitis decided to continue his playing career with Orlandina Basket of the Italian third-tier Serie B.<ref>{{cite web|title=Susitarimas Mažeikiuose neišsipildė: Jasaitis išvyksta į užsienį|url=https://basketnews.lt/news-193068-susitarimas-mazeikiuose-neissipilde-jasaitis-isvyksta-i-uzsieni.html|website=basketnews.lt|language=lt|date=8 August 2023|accessdate=8 August 2023}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Euroleague player statistics legend}}
===EuroLeague=== {{Euroleague player statistics start}} |- | 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 {{S-end}}
==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: {{bronze medal}} * 2010 FIBA World Championship, Turkey: {{bronze medal}}
=== State awards === * {{flag|Lithuania}}: Recipient of the Commander's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania (2007)<ref name="Vle">{{cite web |title=Rimantas Kaukėnas |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/rimantas-kaukenas/ |website=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija |access-date=24 January 2026 |language=lt}}</ref> * {{flag|Lithuania}}: Recipient of the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (2010)<ref name="Vle"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Simas Jasaitis}} *[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/simas-jasaitis/bvc/ EuroLeague profile] * [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?&pcode=BVC Euroleague.net profile] *[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Simas-Jasaitis/Summary/2901 RealGM profile]
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