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Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:46 am
by eyeatoma
This dude is straight up balling this year. It's a travesty that the Raptors never gave him the proper run he deserved. On the Grizzlies he continued to develop, and now he's a legit stretch big.

Dude was absolutely torching the clippers and it's only half time.

7 of 7 from 3, and his expression when he's hits that 7th three is instant meme/gif gold!

Read on Twitter


Read on Twitter


Also, it's pretty bad ass to see a dude balling with his Viking style beard.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:51 am
by FreeThrowLine
He should have shrugged

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:54 am
by DaPessimist
What's crazy is the Pelicans will probably lose this game. :lol:

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:01 am
by zimpy27
Dude has become the best 3 point shooter in the league. It's super bizarre.

Singe-handedly saving David Griffin's career.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:04 am
by jlokine
eyeatoma wrote:This dude is straight up balling this year. It's a travesty that the Raptors never gave him the proper run he deserved. On the Grizzlies he continued to develop, and now he's a legit stretch big.

Dude was absolutely torching the clippers and it's only half time.

7 of 7 from 3, and his expression when he's hits that 7th three is instant meme/gif gold!

Read on Twitter


Read on Twitter


Also, it's pretty bad ass to see a dude balling with his Viking style beard.




not arguing whether or not raps would've won with/without JV.. but they got a championship out of the trade for gasol, hard to argue about that. gasol was vital in defense of embiid and giannis. i'd take a championship over having JV today.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:16 am
by eyeatoma
jlokine wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:This dude is straight up balling this year. It's a travesty that the Raptors never gave him the proper run he deserved. On the Grizzlies he continued to develop, and now he's a legit stretch big.

Dude was absolutely torching the clippers and it's only half time.

7 of 7 from 3, and his expression when he's hits that 7th three is instant meme/gif gold!

Read on Twitter


Read on Twitter


Also, it's pretty bad ass to see a dude balling with his Viking style beard.




not arguing whether or not raps would've won with/without JV.. but they got a championship out of the trade for gasol, hard to argue about that. gasol was vital in defense of embiid and giannis. i'd take a championship over having JV today.
Fair enough, also fair to say he wasn't developed properly there. It's the same thing happening with Boucher.

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Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:17 am
by Childs
I forgot, why did the Grizzlies trade Jonas for Steven Adams?

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:27 am
by God Squad
Childs wrote:I forgot, why did the Grizzlies trade Jonas for Steven Adams?

Defense. But Adams looks totally washed right now.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:30 am
by NeoDragonKnight
eyeatoma wrote:
jlokine wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:This dude is straight up balling this year. It's a travesty that the Raptors never gave him the proper run he deserved. On the Grizzlies he continued to develop, and now he's a legit stretch big.

Dude was absolutely torching the clippers and it's only half time.

7 of 7 from 3, and his expression when he's hits that 7th three is instant meme/gif gold!

Read on Twitter


Read on Twitter


Also, it's pretty bad ass to see a dude balling with his Viking style beard.




not arguing whether or not raps would've won with/without JV.. but they got a championship out of the trade for gasol, hard to argue about that. gasol was vital in defense of embiid and giannis. i'd take a championship over having JV today.
Fair enough, also fair to say he wasn't developed properly there. It's the same thing happening with Boucher.

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That was on Dwayne Casey, he hated JV, JV would be playing amazing and he would be inexplicably benched. As flawed as Stewart is, his development will probably take a hit because of Casey, just like JV did. But as others have said, to get Gasol, we needed to give up something, and Gasol's team and man defense was a billion times better than JVs, the difference was immediate. As good as JVs offense is, he will never reach Gasol's level of defense. I had actually hoped JV would come back and Gasol teach him how to be an anchor on D. Happy for JV though, will always be a Raptor for me, he even attended the championship run games after he was traded.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:39 am
by LuDux1
Speaking of former Raptors, Ibaka was 3/3 before missing 4th three pointer

Speaking of Lithuanians, Sabonis had 16-25-10 game tonight

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:41 am
by GSP
Jonas would be perfect on current Raps team. They have no size or true big man ATM

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:47 am
by JujitsuFlip
Finished with 39 points and 15 rebounds, plus the win. Shwoo, good drink.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:47 am
by Ritzo
Trade Graham, Ingram and Zion.
Build around Valanciunas.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:50 am
by jlokine
NeoDragonKnight wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
jlokine wrote:


not arguing whether or not raps would've won with/without JV.. but they got a championship out of the trade for gasol, hard to argue about that. gasol was vital in defense of embiid and giannis. i'd take a championship over having JV today.
Fair enough, also fair to say he wasn't developed properly there. It's the same thing happening with Boucher.

Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk


That was on Dwayne Casey, he hated JV, JV would be playing amazing and he would be inexplicably benched. As flawed as Stewart is, his development will probably take a hit because of Casey, just like JV did. But as others have said, to get Gasol, we needed to give up something, and Gasol's team and man defense was a billion times better than JVs, the difference was immediate. As good as JVs offense is, he will never reach Gasol's level of defense. I had actually hoped JV would come back and Gasol teach him how to be an anchor on D. Happy for JV though, will always be a Raptor for me, he even attended the championship run games after he was traded.




i actually hoped for him to get a ring.. lowry asked for his ring size. i think it's terrible nav batia got a ring and JV didnt. i only say this as he was traded at the deadline. not suggesting derozan should've got the ring too.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:12 am
by Funcrusher
God Squad wrote:
Childs wrote:I forgot, why did the Grizzlies trade Jonas for Steven Adams?

Defense. But Adams looks totally washed right now.

Jonas isn't even a bad defender compared to Adams, which makes the trade that much funnier lol

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:16 am
by AussieCeltic
I've always liked Jonas and felt he's been underrated.

He's not a star by any means but he can certainly be the starting C on a championship team.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:24 am
by Dacost
Regular season.

Come playoff time he is basically unplayable against the Curry's or Lillards of the world because of his awful pick roll defense.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:40 am
by RaptorPride
JV!
A fan favourite in Toronto. I hope to see him on a winning team that goes deep in the playoffs. Was always the most consistent player on offence during the playoffs for us.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:53 am
by BruttoNostra
Dacost wrote:Regular season.

Come playoff time he is basically unplayable against the Curry's or Lillards of the world because of his awful pick roll defense.

90% of starting centers are unplayable against the Curry's or Lillards of the world in playoff.
You still can win a series or two without playing Curry/Lillard and you even have to get to that playoffs in the place. So among these 90% starting centers who might be exposed by Curry/Lillard, Val is still one of the top choices for quite some time already.

Re: Man on Fire!! Jonas Valanciunas with 29 points and 7 of 7 from 3 at the half.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:56 am
by Pachinko_
Blaming Valanciunas for Curry scoring points LOL