Everything Valanciunas

[rocwell]

Why would he be upset?

No idea, but.. there are some signs of "asset mismanagement". And Masai also admitted that he will have a talk w/ Casey on how Jonas was used.

[OldSkoolCool]

JV is a beauty teammate... always has been a team first guy no matter what.

If only there were more like him on the roster

[rocwell]

@TorontoRaptors_ star Valanciunas stopped by #Lithuania police over window film - @TorontoStar http://t.co/VB72KFImSs

— Lithuania Tribune (@lithuaniatribun) June 13, 2015

It's ovaaah for Mr. Valanciunas. He's going to Lithuanian prison.

[planetmars]

@TorontoRaptors_ star Valanciunas stopped by #Lithuania police over window film - @TorontoStar http://t.co/VB72KFImSs

— Lithuania Tribune (@lithuaniatribun) June 13, 2015

It's ovaaah for Mr. Valanciunas. He's going to Lithuanian prison.

He should get the death penalty for that crime. Unbelievable.

[Mack North]

@TorontoRaptors_ star Valanciunas stopped by #Lithuania police over window film - @TorontoStar http://t.co/VB72KFImSs

— Lithuania Tribune (@lithuaniatribun) June 13, 2015

It's ovaaah for Mr. Valanciunas. He's going to Lithuanian prison.

This is an outrage! Why wasn't the on the practice court with Hakeem, Bill and Kareem?

This guy is a bum and it shows he doesn't care about his game or the team.

[octothorp]

I don't blame him. I imagine it's hard being a national celebrity where everyone recognizes you, after months an offense where your teammates look past you like you don't exist.

[DanH]

Well, with that 14 Euro fine hanging over his head, he'll probably be forced to ask for a max contract now. Oh well.

[thead]

if your film exceeds the threshold for tinting the Police can't tell if you are white or not and may pull you over by mistake

[raptors999]

if your film exceeds the threshold for tinting the Police can't tell if you are white or not and may pull you over by mistake

Never thought of that 😮 Police really need to enforce this.

[MACK11]

if your film exceeds the threshold for tinting the Police can't tell if you are white or not and may pull you over by mistake

I've gotten pulled over many times for D.W.B.

[Chr1s1anL]

“I would love to be stubborn and just try to have (Valanciunas) guard a smaller, quicker center when a team goes small, but it’s difficult to do now in this stage of his career. Maybe someday he’ll get there, but he’s not there yet,” Casey said. “The day of the centres has gone by."

Said yesterday. When the Toronto star got up with him

http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2015/...s-has-gone-by/

[Primer]

“I would love to be stubborn and just try to have (Valanciunas) guard a smaller, quicker center when a team goes small, but it’s difficult to do now in this stage of his career. Maybe someday he’ll get there, but he’s not there yet,” Casey said. “The day of the centres has gone by."

Said yesterday. When the Toronto star got up with him

http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2015/...s-has-gone-by/

We're talking about this interview in a few other threads. If you want a quick tl/dr, Casey is a fucking idiot. They are worth the read though.

[MixxAOR]

http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story...t-kyrie-irving

ESPN 2011 Redraft

1. Kyrie Irving
2. Klay Thompson
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Jimmy Butler
5. Chandler Parsons
6. Nikola Vucevic
7. Kemba Walker
8. Brandon Knight
9. Tobias Harris
10. Tristan Thompson
11. Enes Kanter
12. Alec Burks
13. Nikola Mirotic
14. Reggie Jackson

[The Great One]

http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story...t-kyrie-irving

ESPN 2011 Redraft

1. Kyrie Irving
2. Klay Thompson
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Jimmy Butler
5. Chandler Parsons
6. Nikola Vucevic
7. Kemba Walker
8. Brandon Knight
9. Tobias Harris
10. Tristan Thompson
11. Enes Kanter
12. Alec Burks
13. Nikola Mirotic
14. Reggie Jackson

That's fair.

[white men can't jump]

http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story...t-kyrie-irving

ESPN 2011 Redraft

1. Kyrie Irving
2. Klay Thompson
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Jimmy Butler
5. Chandler Parsons
6. Nikola Vucevic
7. Kemba Walker
8. Brandon Knight
9. Tobias Harris
10. Tristan Thompson
11. Enes Kanter
12. Alec Burks
13. Nikola Mirotic
14. Reggie Jackson

That's kind of ridiculous in many ways, and smacks of...I don't know, recency bias? General stupidity?

I'm fine with the first 4, though I would never have Thompson ahead of Leonard or Butler. And while I'm not the biggest Irving fan, his talent still makes it so he would never drop out of that range, and the writer probably thought it wouldn't be PC to have Irving drop.

And I might be inclined to take Vuc or Kanter over JV in a vacuum if things were re-done...but situation counts for a lot. How good would JV look padding his stats in Orlando? Wasn't Kanter basically considered on the verge of busting til he was traded to OKC and became their 2nd option (with Durant down)? Meh. Whatever. But those guys should probably make up the 5-7 range...and it's possible any one of them could still improve and leap frog some spots.

My top 7 would have those guys, and I strongly disagree with the list in general here. The fact alone that Parsons is at 5 pretty much discredits the writer completely to me.