Jonas Valanciunas Summer Discussion Thread (Olympics!)

KarolisJ · Post #361 » by **KarolisJ** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:54 pm

Kavaliauskas plays a lot, the coach wants to try him, but anyway, I dont think he will make it into the roster

SCF99 · Post #362 » by **SCF99** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:56 pm

stupid question but is JV signed yet??

Post #363 » by **theSkinny** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:07 pm

SCF99 wrote:stupid question but is JV signed yet??

He hasn't signed a contract with us officially yet, but his buyout is established so it's only a matter of time..likely he signs after our other FA signings so as not to take up cap space.

TM85 · Post #364 » by **TM85** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:17 pm

Doesn't look like Val is playing today...

Raptor_Claw · Post #365 » by **Raptor_Claw** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:22 pm

Kleiza looked like he had no chance at being able to guard Papanikoloau.

trenekas · Post #366 » by **trenekas** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:37 pm

Jonas on the court!

LithuanianOne · Post #367 » by **LithuanianOne** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:40 pm

JV is playing right now!

KarolisJ · Post #368 » by **KarolisJ** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:42 pm

JV is not doing well

_MidNight_ · Post #369 » by **_MidNight_** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:43 pm

Anyone has a link?
I know there's a legal link somewhere, just don't know where to look.

Edit: Never mind, it's on the regular sites

Morse Code · Post #370 » by **Morse Code** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:43 pm

yeah not having much of an impact yet

HSOB SIRHC · Post #371 » by **HSOB SIRHC** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:44 pm

Wow what happened? I stopped watching at halftime when the score was close.

Morse Code · Post #372 » by **Morse Code** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:46 pm

between bargs and JV, I don't think we will have trouble guarding pick and rolls. They both seem to have great lateral quickness when motivated to D up.

KarolisJ · Post #373 » by **KarolisJ** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:56 pm

JV cannot defend PnR in this game at all :/

Morse Code · Post #374 » by **Morse Code** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:22 pm

he fouled the ballhandler once for an and-1 and since then he's been spot on. he's definitely quick enough, but I think it will take some time for him to get used to Casey's system and when to make his rotations. I'd be willing to throw him in the lion's den right off the get-go and let him make mistakes and learn. It would be good to have a mentor for him but I don't think Val is the type of player to give a lesser effort if handed minutes.

nahom1319 · Post #375 » by **nahom1319** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:34 pm

Stats???

UcanUwill · Post #376 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:38 pm

Everyone was out of sync, but for the most part, guards are to blame in this one. How many times Jonas was left to guard both, C and PG?

Jonas is a project. His D is lacking, he is all tools and not much else at this point. He did improved a lot tho, his pick and roll and on ball d used to be absolutely terrible.

Raptor_Claw · Post #377 » by **Raptor_Claw** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:42 pm

UcanUwill wrote:Everyone was out of sync, but for the most part, guards are to blame in this one. How many times Jonas was left to guard both, C and PG?

Jonas is a project. His D is lacking, he is all tools and not much else at this point. He did improved a lot tho, his pick and roll and on ball d used to be absolutely terrible.

Keep in mind also that this is the Greek national team. Even if it was basically their 2nd and 3rd unit players. That's a really serious level of competition. Valanciunas does not play against that level of competition during the season, more than a few times probably.

So there is a natural adjustment there.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #378 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:46 pm

How many tune-ups are there before the tournament?

UcanUwill · Post #379 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:52 pm

I am not gonna hype this particular Greek Roster, but today they played very fast and left Lithuanians stunned.
By the way, congrats on Greece beating Russia yesterday, yellow to Karagounis was ridiculous.

TheAlchemist · Post #380 » by **TheAlchemist** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:38 pm

This is why it's completely WRONG for Colangelo to try to make the playoffs next year. In order to do that we'll have to limit JV's minutes at least for the beginning, as he'll definitely make mistakes that'll cost us games.

It's just how Rookie's go.