Often considered one of the best Lithuanian and European point guards ever, Jasikevičius was a two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection, the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 2005 and a four-time triple crown winner.

In 2015, Jasikevičius was named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend as a reward for his playing career[2] and was honored with a ceremony.

According to Rita: "Everything was calculated, planned: Olympic Games, then - the increase of family, one year break and then back to sports again.

[6] "One day, for example, (my dad) told me that up until a short time ago Lithuania had been an independent country - you could have blown me down with a feather.

If you didn't join you were putting yourself in a bad situation, you risked never finding a job and you would be cut off from social life, at all levels.

His mother remembers that soon after learning to walk, Šarūnas immediately began to run leaning at 45 degrees.

His first coach was Feliksas Mitkevičius in Kaunas basketball school, who was strict and never chased Šarūnas when he tried to run away from workouts.

Following it, his dad had some strong words for Šarūnas and forbade him to drop basketball, which he wished to replace with tennis.

However, his parents were happy to see him pouring his hyperactivity into basketball, and this made them urge him on towards the sport, as it also helped him avoid bad company.

It was far from ideal, but his parents preferred to see him play with the scrap metal hoops in front of their home than down at the pitch, where it would have taken him less than five minutes to pick a fight with the wrong person.

Following the Žalgiris' victory in 1986 Intercontinental Cup, he begged his father to take him to the airport to welcome home the players, where hundreds of people were waiting in the freezing cold.

His father knew some of the players, and managed to get signed posters and photos that he used to decorate all the walls of his room.

He had to take the bus to go to school even though the thermometer outside read minus twenty and he knew that the most important thing for his parents was that he spent as little time as possible with the bad kids on Partizanai Street.

He remembers that his classmates were listening with their mouths gaped open when he was telling them about the French fries, bread rolls with minced beef and fizzy drinks.

He was also curious about politics, especially when Perestroika began, because of which he was able to travel to Berlin with his father and brother, and was amazed by the visit to the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

However, he was noticed by Billy Hahn, who was working as University of Maryland assistant coach and who invited Jasikevičius to join them.

[15] He did not see much playing time in his first two years in college, with seniors Duane Simpkins, Johnny Rhodes, and Exree Hipp ahead of him at the wing positions.

Jasikevičius made his pro debut in the 1998–99 season, with the Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas, of Vilnius.

On 17 January 2007, Jasikevičius was traded to the Golden State Warriors, along with Stephen Jackson, Al Harrington, and Josh Powell, in exchange for Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Ike Diogu, and Keith McLeod.

[23] He underwent a knee surgery that same year, and after 5 months of rehabilitation, he returned to the court with limited playing time.

In November 2010, Jasikevičius signed a one-year contract with Lietuvos rytas of the Lithuanian Basketball League.

[26] At age 36, he was named the Greek Cup Final MVP, as he helped Panathinaikos to victory against Olympiacos, in a game that finished with a score of 71–70.

[32] On 30 September 2013, he debuted with Žalgiris, during a game against Unics Kazan, scoring 6 points and dishing out 4 assists.

Jasikevičius was also a member of the senior Lithuanian national team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

[39] Over his entire career as a senior Lithuania national basketball team member, he averaged 10 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game.

[40] On 29 July 2014, Jasikevičius announced his retirement from playing basketball, and was appointed to an assistant coach position with Žalgiris.

On 26 April 2018, Žalgiris qualified for the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four by beating Olympiacos in game 4 to clinch a 3–1 series win.

[57] On 26 June 2023, in a surprising move, Jasikevičius parted ways with the Catalan powerhouse after three seasons, despite having won the 2023 Liga ACB championship a few days before.

[63] In 2015, his biographical book Laimėti neužtenka (English: To win is not enough) was published in Italian, Greek and Lithuanian languages.

[66][67] Many famous basketball personalities attended the event, including Željko Obradović, Dimitris Itoudis, Mike Batiste, Paulius Jankūnas, Darius Songaila, and others.