Donatas Motiejunas

brassviews · Post #1 » by **brassviews** » Tue Apr 7, 2009 3:59 pm

What's the news on this guy?

He's supposedly the next best European prospect.

KWSN-Men · Post #2 » by **KWSN-Men** » Tue Apr 7, 2009 8:40 pm

PopularByDemand wrote:What's the news on this guy?

He's supposedly the next best European prospect.

IMO Giorgi Shermadini is better than him. But hey, Draftexpress sets all the rules these days.

Joana · Post #3 » by **Joana** » Thu Apr 9, 2009 4:33 pm

PopularByDemand wrote:He's supposedly the next best European prospect.

That's basically it. Tomorrow he'll be playing in the next Nike Hoops Summit in Portland. The game is going to be broadcasted by FSN. I hope he joins a top European club next season to see how he performs at a higher level. Right now he reminds me a lot of a younger, taller Al Jefferson if Al Jefferson had never entered in a weight room.

Apollo64 · Post #4 » by **Apollo64** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:40 am

He reminds me somewhat of Gregor Futska. Not sure if he is the kind of player that should be NBA bound.

brassviews · Post #5 » by **brassviews** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:46 pm

Nike Hoot Summit - Tomorrow at 7:00 pm pacific time

A good chance for people to see Motiejunas along with my fav Nocedal play (he'll be with Tau next season).

Post #6 » by **revprodeji** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:02 am

Joana wrote:
PopularByDemand wrote: Right now he reminds me a lot of a younger, taller Al Jefferson if Al Jefferson had never entered in a weight room.

Those are big words.

Post #7 » by **jman3134** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:46 am

Not really because that would make Donatas largely ineffective at the next level.

Post #8 » by **revprodeji** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:02 am

Al Jefferson's footwork on anyone makes them at least interesting. Add the "taller" part and you could have a nice player.

I miss Al. Rumor has it he has gotten in crazy shape while out. Him and Brewer and having good recoveries.

Joana · Post #9 » by **Joana** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:59 pm

Apollo64 wrote:He reminds me somewhat of Gregor Futska.

Gregor ****? Why? Because of the body type?

Not sure if he is the kind of player that should be NBA bound

With this I may agree. But he's so young, how can one be sure of anything?

Joana · Post #10 » by **Joana** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:07 am

revprodeji wrote:Al Jefferson's footwork on anyone makes them at least interesting. Add the "taller" part and you could have a nice player.

Yeah, and I was basically thinking about the footwork - Motiejunas didn't have the luxury of a few years working with Clifford Ray and a season with Kevin McHale, but he's extremely skilled and polished. I can't think of many youngsters of his age with such a diversified and developed post game. He was the played I had more fun watching seeing youth tournaments in the last few years. He'll need lots of other things to play in the NBA: for example, to build a body and the right mentality, something it's difficult to understand he may have because he's never played at a high level as a pro.

Post #11 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:22 am

Mike Schmidt has a nice write-up on him at DX right now.

brassviews · Post #12 » by **brassviews** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:52 am

17 points and 7 rebounds for Motiejunas so far.

Post #13 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:51 am

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Nik ... ces--3169/

brassviews · Post #14 » by **brassviews** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:56 pm

Replay of the game for those who want to watch it.

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/ ... CID=933448

Alyosha12 · Post #15 » by **Alyosha12** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:09 pm

PopularByDemand wrote:Replay of the game for those who want to watch it.

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/ ... CID=933448

Can't watch it because i'm not from the US any chance for a link somewhere else?

jumanji · Post #16 » by **jumanji** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:23 pm

If he had a little luck in the 1st half he probably would have had 30, long way to go though, i was expecting more of a lowpost player but he seems to want to play outisde a lot. I was actually more impressed with Zubcic and Macvan but Donatas is intriguing.

If you had to rank the best players on the court the 3 foreignes would probably be ranked in the top 6 or so, of course having the Maestro there (Ricky Rubio) would have made it perfect and frankly might have made it a rout but it would have been nice. The USA just didnt have anyone on the boards to be able to win this game. Entertaining to say the least.

Rasho Brezec · Post #17 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:04 pm

Alyosha12 wrote:
PopularByDemand wrote:Replay of the game for those who want to watch it.

http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/ ... CID=933448

Can't watch it because i'm not from the US any chance for a link somewhere else?

Google Hotspot Shield.

Joana · Post #18 » by **Joana** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:49 pm

jumanji wrote:If he had a little luck in the 1st half he probably would have had 30, long way to go though, i was expecting more of a lowpost player but he seems to want to play outisde a lot. I was actually more impressed with Zubcic and Macvan but Donatas is intriguing.

If you had to rank the best players on the court the 3 foreignes would probably be ranked in the top 6 or so, of course having the Maestro there (Ricky Rubio) would have made it perfect and frankly might have made it a rout but it would have been nice. The USA just didnt have anyone on the boards to be able to win this game. Entertaining to say the least.

True. Probably it was by coaching design though; every time I saw him in the past he was playing much more inside. I'm really curious to see him playing at a higher level.

Zubcic surprised me, he looks much improved from last year U18 EC.

Tiago · Post #19 » by **Tiago** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:39 pm

Am I seeing the Pecherov 2.0 in Donatas Motiejunas?

Post #20 » by **magee** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:15 am

^No. After watching him in that game, he's going to be better than Pecherov. Pecherov wants absolutely nothing to do with anything inside the 3-point line. Motiejunas showed he can at least post up. Add some bulk on his frame, 15-25 pounds of muscle, and I'd say he'd be a go-to guy in the low-post.