"The coach of the Zalgiris basketball club is one of the most prominent Lithuanian players in Europe. Therefore, a unanimous decision was made to propose awarding Jasikevicius the title of an honorary citizen," Benjaminas Zelvys, chairman of the city's Awards Commission, said.
The council voted in favor unanimously.
Jasikevicius led his team to a third-place finish in this year's Euroleague.
Arvydas Sabonis, another internationally famous Lithuanian basketball player, was named an honorary citizen of Kaunas back in 1997.
