Jonas Valanciunas Summer Discussion II

Berserk_Raptor · Post #1441 » by **Berserk_Raptor** » Sat Sep 1, 2012 2:32 am

just hope he keeps it up... i dont want our team to suck this season, but if that happens.. Big V will have his chance in garbage time..

Mack11 · Post #1442 » by **Mack11** » Sat Sep 1, 2012 2:56 pm

Satoransky wrote:

he looks like a girl

Yoga · Post #1443 » by **Yoga** » Sat Sep 1, 2012 5:37 pm

RapsFanInVA wrote:
All of this is meaningless anyway. Jonas is fine.

Good to hear. Can't wait to see Jonas V on the court in 2 months

Berserk_Raptor · Post #1444 » by **Berserk_Raptor** » Sun Sep 2, 2012 3:54 pm

its only one month to preseason, i guess..

Ado05 · Post #1445 » by **Ado05** » Sun Sep 2, 2012 7:28 pm

When one Jonas leaves, another one comes.

Man, im so excited to see him play. Hopefully he is even better than we think he is.

Bryan Colangelo · Post #1446 » by **Bryan Colangelo** » Sun Sep 2, 2012 7:35 pm

Let's hope he has similar career as Zydrunas Ilgauskas had.

dagger · Post #1447 » by **dagger** » Sun Sep 2, 2012 7:37 pm

Bryan Colangelo wrote:Let's hope he has similar career as Zydrunas Ilgauskas had.

With better feet.

Yoga · Post #1448 » by **Yoga** » Mon Sep 3, 2012 3:16 am

dagger wrote:
Bryan Colangelo wrote:Let's hope he has similar career as Zydrunas Ilgauskas had.

With better feet.

+1

JV4MVP · Post #1449 » by **JV4MVP** » Mon Sep 3, 2012 4:04 pm

Adrian_05 wrote:Hopefully he is even better than we think he is.

Lol... you're new to the site. Read Part 1 and you'll see the hype.

Let's hope he's nearly as good as we expect him to be, especially during the first year.

HSOB SIRHC · Post #1450 » by **HSOB SIRHC** » Mon Sep 3, 2012 4:49 pm

So is JV in Toronto now? Reading twitter, I know that Ed flew to Toronto on the 30th. Wonder who else is there.

Post #1451 » by **DG88** » Mon Sep 3, 2012 6:53 pm

From what I've read he's coming to Toronto mid September so in about a week and half from now.

SuperRaptorsFan · Post #1452 » by **SuperRaptorsFan** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 2:05 am

Adrian_05 wrote:When one Jonas leaves, another one comes.

Man, im so excited to see him play. Hopefully he is even better than we think he is.

impossible right?

People here think Valanciunas will be better than Olajuwon. I m not very optimistic about that to be honest.....lol

I think he'll struggle this season. From what i saw from him in Olympic, he isnt ready for NBA yet. I dont like centers who arent athletic. He has length but 7'4" wingspan isnt special for a player of his size

John Henson(7'5" wingspan), Anthony Davis(7'6" wingspan) n Drummond(7'6" wingspan) may all have better length n I dont think Valanciunas is 7 foot as he has been advertised. I think he's around 6'11"

sisibilio · Post #1453 » by **sisibilio** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 5:01 am

SuperRaptorsFan wrote:
Adrian_05 wrote:When one Jonas leaves, another one comes.

Man, im so excited to see him play. Hopefully he is even better than we think he is.

impossible right?

People here think Valanciunas will be better than Olajuwon. I m not very optimistic about that to be honest.....lol

I think he'll struggle this season. From what i saw from him in Olympic, he isnt ready for NBA yet. I dont like centers who arent athletic. He has length but 7'4" wingspan isnt special for a player of his size

John Henson(7'5" wingspan), Anthony Davis(7'6" wingspan) n Drummond(7'6" wingspan) may all have better length n I dont think Valanciunas is 7 foot as he has been advertised. I think he's around 6'11"

He's 6'11" barefoot, which basically makes him a legit 7 footer with shoes. 6'11 and 3/4 if you want.

Yoga · Post #1454 » by **Yoga** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 6:27 am

DG88 wrote:From what I've read he's coming to Toronto mid September so in about a week and half from now.

Can't wait to see Jonas V play....he is the only reason to watch games this season

UcanUwill · Post #1455 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 8:59 am

SuperRaptorsFan wrote:I think he'll struggle this season. From what i saw from him in Olympic, he isnt ready for NBA yet. I dont like centers who arent athletic. He has length but 7'4" wingspan isnt special for a player of his size

John Henson(7'5" wingspan), Anthony Davis(7'6" wingspan) n Drummond(7'6" wingspan) may all have better length n I dont think Valanciunas is 7 foot as he has been advertised. I think he's around 6'11"

You have no idea how long Jonas is. Thats one thing you cant take away from him. His standing reach is around 9'4'', which is ridiculous. The only 2012 draftee who comes close is The length himself, Mr. Stretchman if you will, John Henson.
Jonas' arms are insanely long even for a 7 footer. Drummond for example has freakishly wide shoulders, which is a good thing, but it also cheats in wingspan measurements a little bit. I am pretty sure Jonas has longer arms/reach. Some of combine results actually surprised me. Like Meyers Leonard's 7'3 wingspan. I swear Jonas arms were noticeably longer the last time I saw those 2 together.

SuperRaptorsFan · Post #1456 » by **SuperRaptorsFan** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 9:25 am

UcanUwill wrote:
SuperRaptorsFan wrote:I think he'll struggle this season. From what i saw from him in Olympic, he isnt ready for NBA yet. I dont like centers who arent athletic. He has length but 7'4" wingspan isnt special for a player of his size

John Henson(7'5" wingspan), Anthony Davis(7'6" wingspan) n Drummond(7'6" wingspan) may all have better length n I dont think Valanciunas is 7 foot as he has been advertised. I think he's around 6'11"

You have no idea how long Jonas is. Thats one thing you cant take away from him. His standing reach is around 9'4'', which is ridiculous. The only 2012 draftee who comes close is The length himself, Mr. Stretchman if you will, John Henson.
Jonas' arms are insanely long even for a 7 footer. Drummond for example has freakishly wide shoulders, which is a good thing, but it also cheats in wingspan measurements a little bit. I am pretty sure Jonas has longer arms/reach. Some of combine results actually surprised me. Like Meyers Leonard's 7'3 wingspan. I swear Jonas arms were noticeably longer the last time I saw those 2 together.

Its people like u who kept overhyping Jonas Valanciunas and making him like another joke now. We Raptors fans are all seen as hyping machines by other fans.

Valanciunas may well be another Darko Milicic. Who knows? He hasnt played a single game in the NBA yet, he can be a bust. I am not very confident with a skinny european center who isnt athletic

Fans loved Adam Morrison, Thabeet, Darko Milicic n Kwame Brown after they've been drafted and before they've played their debut game in the NBA.

BTW, John Henson's standing reach wasnt even accurate, he was injured during the draft combine.

xprt · Post #1457 » by **xprt** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 9:28 am

And people like you talking bs like "he isnt athletic" or taking numbers from ass " I think he is 6'11''"

SuperRaptorsFan · Post #1458 » by **SuperRaptorsFan** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 9:32 am

xprt wrote:And people like you talking bs like "he isnt athletic" or taking numbers from ass " I think he is 6'11''"

Have u seen that pic with Valanciunas standing next to Terence Ross n Acy? He was like 3-4 inches taller, TOPS!

Terrence Ross however is 6'7" n Acy is 6'8"

And yes, almost all analysis ive read about Valanciunas says he isnt an explosive athlete. I think he is an above average athelte in Europe, but not very athletic in NBA

Valanciunas' future in NBA...............maybe i m the most objective Raptors fan around, but i m pessimistic. I m not as confident as u guys are.

Still very disappointed that we didnt pick Drummond or Jeremy Lamb at 8th this year

UcanUwill · Post #1459 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 10:20 am

SuperRaptorsFan wrote:Its people like u who kept overhyping Jonas Valanciunas and making him like another joke now. We Raptors fans are all seen as hyping machines by other fans.

Valanciunas may well be another Darko Milicic. Who knows? He hasnt played a single game in the NBA yet, he can be a bust. I am not very confident with a skinny european center who isnt athletic

Fans loved Adam Morrison, Thabeet, Darko Milicic n Kwame Brown after they've been drafted and before they've played their debut game in the NBA.

BTW, John Henson's standing reach wasnt even accurate, he was injured during the draft combine.

Ok, now where I over hyped him? I wasn't even talking about his skills, I was talking about his factual length. Geez, what is your problem? Your response rant makes no sense, at all. I absolutely agree that Jonas is overhyped, but how I overhyped him? Your comment was completely out of place. It was a forced trolling, you weren't even trying to make an appropriate response. It had nothing to do with my original post. Henson was injured, ok, lets say his standing reach is 9'7, i dont care... What is the difference? You think it makes Jonas look insignificant? Thats trolling.

SuperRaptorsFan wrote:And yes, almost all analysis ive read about Valanciunas says he isnt an explosive athlete. I think he is an above average athelte in Europe, but not very athletic in NBA

Again, none of us said that, we know he is not explosive. Who are you talking to? Its like you had a speech prepared before this conversation even started. You did it again.
Dont like the pick, but come on, relax.

RPzB · Post #1460 » by **RPzB** » Tue Sep 4, 2012 10:46 am

Ucan, you are trying too hard, man. You are trying to bring facts to people who don't need them, they are happy with some stuff some sister's buddy told them during some booze fest.