Jonas Valanciunas Summer Discussion Thread (Olympics!)

nelabai · Post #1421 » by **nelabai** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:00 am

Val uses way too much hands and upper body movements when positioning his man in the post, those are fouls, he needs to look at the tape and stop doing same things over and over

clockwork · Post #1422 » by **clockwork** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:01 am

nahom1319 wrote:So is that it? Is Lithuania in the olympics now or is there another match?

no, the next two winners are automatically in, then the winner of the two losers get in.

UcanUwill · Post #1423 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:02 am

chimpston17 wrote:I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this but Puerto Rico's coach reminds me of Jabba the Hutt

It is not nice to talk about guys looks, but I was thinking the very same thing. More likely very, very very sad, bankrupt Jabba the Hutt. Looks like totally nice person tho.

Dr Positivity · Post #1424 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:02 am

nahom1319 wrote:So is that it? Is Lithuania in the olympics now or is there another match?

If they beat Dominican Rep. they get in the Olympics. If they lose they play the loser of Russia/Nigeria, with the winner of that getting in. Lithuania has to win one of the next 2 games.

nahom1319 · Post #1425 » by **nahom1319** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:02 am

clockwork wrote:
nahom1319 wrote:So is that it? Is Lithuania in the olympics now or is there another match?

no, the next two winners are automatically in, then the winner of the two losers get in.

ahhhh good to know...so basically lithuania needs to lose both of their next matches in order for jonas to join our SL team

nahom1319 · Post #1426 » by **nahom1319** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:04 am

Dr Mufasa wrote:
nahom1319 wrote:So is that it? Is Lithuania in the olympics now or is there another match?

If they beat Dominican Rep. they get in the Olympics. If they lose they play the loser of Russia/Nigeria, with the winner of that getting in. Lithuania has to win one of the next 2 games.

Wow... interesting. If nigeria wins Russia would be out for blood. If russia wins I think Lithuania kills them.

Rapsfan4life · Post #1427 » by **Rapsfan4life** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:05 am

what was Jonas' stat line

UcanUwill · Post #1428 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:07 am

Lithuania is almost there. Very unlikely they lose to Dominicans and even if they do, I doubt they lose to Nigeria again. Its gotta be Nigeria, Russia is too good.
Hope Val has a good game tomorrow, shows Al Horford whos boss :lol:

xprt · Post #1429 » by **xprt** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:07 am

nahom1319 wrote:
Dr Mufasa wrote:
nahom1319 wrote:So is that it? Is Lithuania in the olympics now or is there another match?

If they beat Dominican Rep. they get in the Olympics. If they lose they play the loser of Russia/Nigeria, with the winner of that getting in. Lithuania has to win one of the next 2 games.

Wow... interesting. If nigeria wins Russia would be out for blood. If russia wins I think Lithuania kills them.

I think nigeria has as much chance beating Russia as Bobcats to be nba champs upcoming season...

RaptorLakerJay · Post #1430 » by **RaptorLakerJay** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:08 am

Rapsfan4life wrote:what was Jonas' stat line

Not great. Played limited minutes due to several fouls. Can fault the refs for some of those.

TheCustodian · Post #1431 » by **TheCustodian** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:09 am

Rapsfan4life wrote:what was Jonas' stat line

3 rb and 5 pf in 6mins

xprt · Post #1432 » by **xprt** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:13 am

Jonas 5pf in 6mins, other two C's
Javtokas 4pf in 15mins
Salos 5pf in 19 minss
Nice job refs.

Darknemo2000 · Post #1433 » by **Darknemo2000** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:13 am

nelabai wrote:Val uses way too much hands and upper body movements when positioning his man in the post, those are fouls, he needs to look at the tape and stop doing same things over and over

The second foul wasnt a foul though. The refs somehow decided that he was holding his opponent but in reality it was pretty clear he did not. Refs were really merciless on Jonas. Can't say that he did not deserve three of those calls though. But two of them were doubtful at best.

Izzit · Post #1434 » by **Izzit** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:18 am

Kunigėlis at his best.

xprt · Post #1435 » by **xprt** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:25 am

Izzit wrote:Kunigėlis at his best.

Did you heard him cursing too or I am imagining things because of lack of sleep...?

UcanUwill · Post #1436 » by **UcanUwill** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:28 am

xprt wrote:
Izzit wrote:Kunigėlis at his best.

Did you heard him cursing too or I am imagining things because of lack of sleep...?

It was real...

ZanTabak2 · Post #1437 » by **ZanTabak2** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:37 am

we should trade JV before he gets exposed in the League, his trade value will never be higher then it is right now

two5 · Post #1438 » by **two5** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:42 am

He's definitely going to be foul prone in his first couple of years. He doesn't have the strength @ C.

mcray · Post #1439 » by **mcray** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 3:00 am

two5 wrote:He's definitely going to be foul prone in his first couple of years. He doesn't have the strength @ C.

+1

When you take a look at the C's that he was playing against (so far) you will realize that most of them have been almost as beefy as Howard. Physically he just wasn't effective enough. However there's no reason to think that JV will be this bad once he matures physically.

TheRealDeal · Post #1440 » by **TheRealDeal** » Sat Jul 7, 2012 3:02 am

ZanTabak2 wrote:we should trade JV before he gets exposed in the League, his trade value will never be higher then it is right now