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I'm not worried at all. He's just not getting the minutes, and the Lithuanian coach doesn't have any vested interest in "developing" Jonas' game. Combine that with the lackluster officiating, and there isn't much room for a young player to learn through his mistakes.
Give Jonas a proper training camp, 8 pre-season games, with a coaching staff whose eyes are glued on him every waking minute, and we'll see a different player come October 31st.
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Can't help but think that the Summer League would have done his some good. He could have had more playing time and oriented himself with some of his team mates and coaches as well as the NBA style of play. In the Olympics he's playing against much better competition, but he's been facing players of close to that calibre in his Euro league team for a while now. He's not really seeing anything different. Having said that it's an honour he couldn't turn down I guess.
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I think it's good experience either way. Obviously he's not happy about it, and I'd rather send him out against guys like Scola, instead of some summer league hacks who are likely to get cut anyways. If he shows any shine during the Olympics I'd take that experience over summer league any day. I love that Scola said he's good.i8theball.com it's a website...about, you know....basketball.
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I'm not going to make excuses for Jonas, because whatever, he's young and it's ok to have a bad game. But the whole team's defensive execution, especially on the p'n'r, was just completely atrocious for most of the game. Rotations were poor, and especially the 2nd rotation was almost never there, at least that's how it felt when I was watching. Basically, the team sucked: every time a perimeter player got in the D fell apart. Help was late, especially after the first rotation of Jonas or whoever else was there to defend the paint/rim, no one would take Scola/whoever rolled, perimeter players got trapped à la Calderon a lot (cheating off your man at the 3pt line without actually helping) leaving open shots and easy cuts...Really, their D looked a lot like ours under Triano. So yeah, getting carved up by a team of very skilled veterans makes sense when your D is that bad. Just to add, I also felt like their D was bad against Nigeria. I think this team will struggle to beat teams they can't outscore.
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Valanciunas is just 20 and his inexperience is showing. His being foul prone is a combination of being a little over exuberant, his having some difficulty holding his position, and the opposition going after him as they are all too aware of JV's tendencies.
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stretch wrote: View PostValanciunas is just 20 and his inexperience is showing. His being foul prone is a combination of being a little over exuberant, his having some difficulty holding his position, and the opposition going after him as they are all too aware of JV's tendencies.
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pillowmint wrote: View PostI think it's good experience either way. Obviously he's not happy about it, and I'd rather send him out against guys like Scola, instead of some summer league hacks who are likely to get cut anyways. If he shows any shine during the Olympics I'd take that experience over summer league any day. I love that Scola said he's good.
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No, it was his expierence playing against men in the pro league. I always thought he would be better served (from the Raps perspective) to play summer league so they could work on transitioning to the NBA game, which would include addressing his tendency to foul. The Lithuanian's team goal is to win as many games as possible and medal, the Raps would develop the player.
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