JV at EuroBasket 2013 is Done, Lithuania Gets Silver

[chimpston17]

you mean they went down from one pick'n'roll every 2 games to one every 3 games?

Jonas was a FANTASTIC pick'n'roll guy in Europe and the only reason he hasn't had major success with it here is that nobody on our team knows how to pass to a wide-open rolling 7 foot guy with his hands in the air yelling for the ball.

Yes you are absolutely right, Jose Calderon is an absolutely terrible P'n'R guy.

Honestly...I don't even

If you don't realize the difference between Jonas's roll and, say, Howard/Chandler/Duncan's roll, then you're just a lost, lost soul

Dwight Howard doesn't even run PnR anymore. Jonas is a great roller he gets open plenty but his teammates didn't look for him, hopefully that starts to change now

[sisibilio]

Him being lighter and faster was more of the advantage in pick and roll play. I am not sure he could be consistent pick and roll finisher in the NBA, with the added weight. He is simply not as quick as before. He has good fundamentals and finishing ability though, so who knows.

And speaking about shooting, you are talking about very small sample size. Most if not all of his mid range attempts were balanced and wide open. Tho again, I do think he can develop a KG mid range jumper, he is already a passable pick and pop option.

Which there's nothing wrong about. If you play center you're going to have those wide open looks quite often, i don't think anybody expects him to start shooting off the dribble like Bargs or posting up from 10-15 feet like Dirk.

[lobosloboslobos]

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[lobosloboslobos]

you mean they went down from one pick'n'roll every 2 games to one every 3 games?

Jonas was a FANTASTIC pick'n'roll guy in Europe and the only reason he hasn't had major success with it here is that nobody on our team knows how to pass to a wide-open rolling 7 foot guy with his hands in the air yelling for the ball.

Yes you are absolutely right, Jose Calderon is an absolutely terrible P'n'R guy.

Honestly...I don't even

If you don't realize the difference between Jonas's roll and, say, Howard/Chandler/Duncan's roll, then you're just a lost, lost soul

Are you saying Jose spent a lot of last year feeding a rolling Jonas? Or that he had an opportunity to? Let's see, the first part of the season Jonas barely got touches. Then he missed a couple months. Then Jose got traded. So...when did Jonas get a chance to get a steady feed of passes in the paint from Jose? Besides, Jose is only an OK picknroll PG. With a good one who is willing and able to thread the needle or seize split-second opportunities he would be rolling and finishing non-stop.

[PD28]

For those of you who wanted to see JV highlights from the last game here it is:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUGPW2tLvpc[/youtube]

[DG88]

Bump, game is tomorrow

[SuperSant]

Bump, game is tomorrow

Do the Swedes have anyone of substance? Any NBA players?

[DG88]

Bump, game is tomorrow

Do the Swedes have anyone of substance? Any NBA players?

Jonas Jerebko I believe is swedish.

[BackseatBoss]

Bump, game is tomorrow

Do the Swedes have anyone of substance? Any NBA players?

Jonas Jerebko I believe is swedish.

I think that Jeff Taylor from the Bobcats is also Swedish.

[SuperSant]

Bump, game is tomorrow

Do the Swedes have anyone of substance? Any NBA players?

Jonas Jerebko I believe is swedish.

Yea, I just dont think basketball when I think about Sweden for some reason haha.

For some reason an image of the Sedin Twins in basketball uniforms keeps popping up in my head

[Elastic]

But the word is that neither Jerebko nor Taylor will play these friendly games.

[UcanUwill]

I believe Jerebko and Taylor haven't joined Swedish squad yet (they will though). Should be pretty one sided either way.

[KarolisJ]

The game is 19 hours and 15 minutes from now, for anybody wondering/struggling to find time

[3gbrrrfkyt]

Gonna go to today's game. Hopefully JV has a good game

[Dri3er]

Jonas Valanciunas is PLAYING TODAY 12:15 AM Canada time (7:15 PM Lithuania time) against Sweden. It's a preperation games in Lithuania.
Today won't be playing: Jonas Maciulis, Darjus Lavrinovic, Tomas Delininkaitis.

Official Streaming links:
http://www.sportotv.lt/
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sportotv-lt

Highlights from first 2 preperation games:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T35teJwI76M[/youtube]

JV is very popular in Lithuania:

[VanGuard]

JV is very popular in Lithuania

[DG88]

Jonas being asked questions at a kids summer camp in Lithuania
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yHJxKaT7AI[/youtube]

[KarolisJ]

One of the kids asked Jonas why he said 'It's been **** man' to DeRozan during summer league lol

[DG88]

One of the kids asked Jonas why he said 'It's been **** man' to DeRozan during summer league lol

Awesome

[username1]

One of the kids asked Jonas why he said 'It's been **** man' to DeRozan during summer league lol

You forgot to mention that other kid's question, who asked whether Jonas ever had a heart attack