Everything Valanciunas

[DanH]

Fuck.... that's not good news to hear. Hope JV is okay.

He played the rest of the game, but yes, hopefully it doesn't swell up on him or anything.

[SkywalkerAC]

How did he badly injure his ankle AND miss 2 free throws at the very end of the game? Judging by the time of the tweets seems that he went back in?

I guess that's good news...except now he's probably going to continue playing for his country on a bad ankle.

[rocwell]

Valanciunas: 'Everything is great. Opponent fall on my ankle. It was big sudden pain. Nothing serious. It was more like bang than sprain'

— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) August 9, 2017

[GLF]

What did JV finish with?

[SkywalkerAC]

JV is the Raptor's whipping boy of 2017 but if he's got another notch of development as he rounds into a true NBA veteran, Valanciunas can be a winning big man. He's got an ugly game, a bit like DeMar in that it's going to annoy many, but people always say/said that bigs take a while - the guy has over 4000 points and 3000 rebounds in the nba by the age of 24.

Jonas has produced for winning teams and, just like with DeMar, you have to think that production, and that practice, will pay off like it traditionally has for 7-footers - ages 25-28.

I suggest you mute this video in favour of one of your own favourite tunes, and get down with the Lithuanian Lightning and your bad self.

PS - over the last three seasons JV has a PER of what... 21?

[DanH]

JV is the Raptor's whipping boy of 2017 but if he's got another notch of development as he rounds into a true NBA veteran, Valanciunas can be a winning big man. He's got an ugly game, a bit like DeMar in that it's going to annoy many, but people always say/said that bigs take a while - the guy has over 4000 points and 3000 rebounds in the nba by the age of 24.

Jonas has produced for winning teams and, just like with DeMar, you have to think that production, and that practice, will pay off like it traditionally has for 7-footers - ages 25-28.

I suggest you mute this video in favour of one of your own favourite tunes, and get down with the Lithuanian Lightning and your bad self.

PS - over the last three seasons JV has a PER of what... 21?

https://www.basketball-reference.com...7-sum:advanced

Right around there, yeah.

[Mess]

Poor Louis Labeyrie was eaten alive by Jonas Valanciunas. R.I.P.

— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) August 10, 2017

There goes JV's diet.

[rocwell]

Valanciunas was the best Lithuania NT player so far, averaging 13 points and 9 rebounds in 23 minutes. Sounds like he's playing for Raptors

— Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) August 15, 2017

[Mess]

Sounds like? Does he mean JV's grunting and yelling game is in mid-season form? That's um, good I guess.

[SkywalkerAC]

Plays in under an hour, vs France

[Double Helix]

A little surprised by the lack of highlights for him this go round. Usually the Lithuanian fans have been quick to post them. Plenty of Poelt highlights from his play with Austria out there.

[KHD]

Plays in under an hour, vs France

i just checked the stream, caught the last five mins or so before half time. haven't seen many touches from JV. looks like he's a bit more trim and maybe moving his feet a bit quicker though.

the main takeaway is that lithuania's guards are a disaster. can't shoot, can't dribble, can't pass.

[rocwell]

French ain't happy with Valanciunas, found this on twitter:

Valanciunas c'est la softitude incarnée... au moindre contact il explose et on lui donne la faute...

[ogi]

French ain't happy with Valanciunas, found this on twitter:

Valanciunas c'est la softitude incarnée... au moindre contact il explose et on lui donne la faute...

So they're calling him soft/flopper?

[rocwell]

So they're calling him soft/flopper?

Yeah