The Jonas Valanciunas Thread

[phd1969]

Him and Linus now can be best of friends, it worked out well for Rasho-Slokar, Marco-Andrea, and Calderon-Jorge.

[JWiLL02]

bargnani
gheradini
belli
ajinca
kleiza
barbosa-although brazilian
jonas valanciunas

dude definitely trying to build a we are the world team.

mofo needs to be fired.

You're kidding right?

How many of those moves are in the last 2 years? Ajinca was a throw in, BC knew he wasn't a difference maker.

The fact that you even throw Barbosa in there in a failed attempt to prove your misguided point is laughable.

[Brinbe]

Liking what BC's saying here RE: instant gratification.

[ForeverTFC]

I could not be happier right now. A 12 and 10 guy with about 1.5 blocks and awesome defense. The only reason you would hate this pick is that his last name is not american, and that is it.

[HEDOBALL]

HOLY **** SOME SCRUB REPORTER IS GETTING LIT UP BY BC

[J-Roc]

At least they've watched him play. You even admitted you havent ever seen him. You know nothing about him! At this point, you're just trolling mad.

No one here is loving the pick because of what they've seen of him play. It's because of the scouting reports and stats. Those youtube clips are meaningless.

[Undefeated]

Well, John Hollinger ranked Jonas Valaciunas 4th on his draft rater, so that's got to say something.

[SharoneWright]

Schad, y'all are definitely entitled to your support of Val. I just don't see it at all. =\ The only thing that can change it is if Bargs is somehow gone.

Wrong. A thousand times wrong.

We have 4 bigs. Bargs and Amir signed to money for a handful of years. Ed and Jonas signed to rookie deals for a handful of years. We have no financial reason to deal one now. We have the luxury of a crowded frontcourt with which we can take time to evaluate and not panic. We have a strength. Utilize it. And if the time comes to deal, move the piece that makes the most sense from a position of strength.

[Kabookalu]

For those who like this pick, what do you think Val's ceiling is? My assessment, he's mainly a pick and roll player, I don't see the defense in him that people are stapling onto his resume, good rebounder, decent shotblocker, can't create his own shot. So a taller Joakim Noah with more of a pick and roll game with less defense. That's a decent player I guess.

[Brinbe]

Some of the media in this city are f'n idiots.

[Tough Tony D]

lol Steve Smith is killing BC with his questions.

[Tofubeque]

I love seeing posters who haven't been around since the season ended, and haven't contributed to any of the many draft discussion threads that have been going for the past month, swoop in to complain about what an obviously horrible pick this is.

[Volcano]

We needed defensive toughness inside and/or a good PG prospect. We don't need a weak PF/C who might turn into a poor man's Gasol. We had Biyombo who people are comparing to Ben Wallace(EXACTLY what we need) and 2 PG prospects in Knight or Kemba Walker who I both think will be good NBA players.

Just an all around disaster. 3 good prospects I'd put ahead of Val and we went with him. Matter of opinion, but that's why I'm against Val.

and how are you so sure of how it's going to pan out? Biyombo's also a project and extremely raw, just like Solomon Alabi. The guy is overzealous on D, which means he might not even be able to stay in the game due to foul trouble (remember Hoffa?). His offense is like at the same level as Joel Anthony's. He could turn out to be a bust or he could turn out to be a mini-Mutumbo. Just because he was compared to Ben Wallace, doesn't mean he'd actually get there. Jonas was compared to Sabonis, which is >> Big Ben.

Some people don't think Kemba/Knight may even turn out to be better than Bayless.

The point is, we can only project how these players will turn out, we don't know for sure. It was a consensus among scouts and teams that Jonas could have the highest potential in the draft and that he was a top 5 pick. The other three you mentioned, not so much. Bashing him just because he's Euro is dumb. Some guys here say he can rebound and block shots, which is something we need. He might be skinny, but he's only 19 and has a solid frame with a long wingspan. Who knows, maybe he'd be more effective as a defender being more fundamental compared to Biyombo, who's more athletic.

[Basketball_Jones]

Wow, really sounds like he may not play next year.

[juror1]

Gotta say I am not happy with this pick. Especially not happy that we passed on Knight.

Jerryd Bayless says hi.

Tell Jerryd Bayless he can GTFO.

[sonn]

Hostile media. And BC takes another shot at Bosh.

[JamesNaismith]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNugzv7_Uo&feature=related[/youtube]

[saham]

Great pick for the Raptors ... We would keep sucking for next years draft, get a high draft pick and have Jonas develop his game and body in Europe.

[darth_federer]

HOLY **** SOME SCRUB REPORTER IS GETTING LIT UP BY BC

TELL US MORE

[clockwork]

DAMN Minnesota picked Donatas, the dream is over.

he's goin to houston for brad with the 23rd along with flynn to houston.