JV at EuroBasket 2013 is Done, Lithuania Gets Silver

Clementine9 · Post #201 » by **Clementine9** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:07 pm

nahom1319 wrote:Is it just me or has D-Mo been terrible today? Seems like he has caused like 3-4 turnovers

He also did this weird thing where he got the ball down low and he was wide open and just threw it back out to the perimeter. This was when he was playing with JV. Still though, from what I understand he's an excellent player.

Clementine9 · Post #202 » by **Clementine9** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:08 pm

pbj wrote:
Clementine9 wrote:I wonder how long opposing players take to recover from the bruising after facing Jonas.

Body or pride?

Yourself and BeerBall make fair points. And to answer your question- both.

BackseatBoss · Post #203 » by **BackseatBoss** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:10 pm

It's kinda good to see Kleiza sucking not only for the Raptors.

Post #204 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:10 pm

Missed the first half, how did Jonas play?

Clementine9 · Post #205 » by **Clementine9** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:11 pm

DG88 wrote:Missed the first half, how did Jonas play?

Only 2/6 for FTs!! But got there at will and dominated the other team. They were force feeding him in the post (good thing!) and he delivered just fine.

UcanUwill · Post #206 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:11 pm

DG88 wrote:Missed the first half, how did Jonas play?

Besides missed FTs, he was really good I thought.

Post #207 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:12 pm

JV is boss 8-)

Thanks guys.

Clementine9 · Post #208 » by **Clementine9** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:13 pm

Are there any Lithuanian members on this board who play either the 1, 2, or even 3 positions? Your national team needs you.

BackseatBoss · Post #209 » by **BackseatBoss** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:13 pm

Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

KarolisJ · Post #210 » by **KarolisJ** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:15 pm

we're okay with 2 and 3 positions. This is only second game, everyone looks terrible and it's pain to watch these games at this early stage.

Clementine9 · Post #211 » by **Clementine9** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:18 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

How many minutes did he play? If he hadn't uncharacteristically missed his FTs he'd have 9-10 points, a couple rebounds, a blocked shot, and an assist. Not only that but he's just bullying people and getting position pretty much whenever he wants.

I know what you're saying as far as comparing him to summer league, but I think it's only in the stats where he isn't delivering as much- and it's not much of a drop off from summer league. He still seems like a man amongst boys when he plays, which is good. Though to be fair this is the Belgian team we're talking about...

Darknemo2000 · Post #212 » by **Darknemo2000** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:18 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

yeah he was defending nice, gave a good pass to Motiejunas and was causing enough problems for them download. He missed a lot of Ft's though but hit one midrange jumper and one semi-hook under the basket. I thought he was solid. Not dominant but he needs to get used to the team and timezone a little bit.

UcanUwill · Post #213 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:19 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

He only played number of minutes, got just a few looks, was 100% from the field, draw more fouls than he got touches, alter and blocked few shots. He was good.

BackseatBoss · Post #214 » by **BackseatBoss** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:22 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
BackseatBoss wrote:Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

He only played number of minutes, got just a few looks, was 100% from the field, draw more fouls than he got touches, alter and blocked few shots. He was good.

He was good, but not REALLY good. When you say really good, I assume he played like against the Heat in SL in the first half.

Post #215 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:25 pm

Jonas starting in the second half

JV4MVP · Post #216 » by **JV4MVP** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:25 pm

Regarding the Lav brothers, I can't tell them apart. Is one or both of them dominating today and yst?

Maybe they both deserve a spot on the team?

nahom1319 · Post #217 » by **nahom1319** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:25 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
BackseatBoss wrote:Really good? Really? I don't know, to me Jonas didn't really look that impressive. He wasn't bad by any means, but he wasn't as dominant against Belgium so far as he was when he played in the SL.

He only played number of minutes, got just a few looks, was 100% from the field, draw more fouls than he got touches, alter and blocked few shots. He was good.

He was good, but not REALLY good. When you say really good, I assume he played like against the Heat in SL in the first half.

To be fair its harder to dominate in the paint when the three point line is closer. Easier to help. Granted if JV hit those freethrows his stats would have been impressive given his playing time.

UcanUwill · Post #218 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:26 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:He was good, but not REALLY good. When you say really good, I assume he played like against the Heat in SL in the first half.

Well yeah, that was more of the expression. He looked like he could have been summer league good if they played directly through him. Every single time he touched the ball he produced.

Post #219 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:26 pm

Jonas with the left

BackseatBoss · Post #220 » by **BackseatBoss** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 5:26 pm

Jonas with that weird runner.