JV at EuroBasket 2013 is Done, Lithuania Gets Silver

BeerBall · Post #701 » by **BeerBall** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:29 pm

cold_cowboy wrote:
BackseatBoss wrote:5 seconds in and one of Lithuanian players gets injured.

who?

SG Renaldas Seibutis

BackseatBoss · Post #702 » by **BackseatBoss** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:35 pm

So Jonas managed to miss a dunk and then miss a layup...

JV4MVP · Post #703 » by **JV4MVP** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:35 pm

JV blew a fairly open dunk (no lift).

Kleiza is aggressive but over doing it a bit. Has 10 pts in the 1st quarter but forcing things.

Finland's defense is awful and the LTU refs are biased against them. All Finland has been doing so far is nail 3s.

KarolisJ · Post #704 » by **KarolisJ** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:36 pm

6/7 three pointers for Finlands in the 1st quarter

BackseatBoss · Post #705 » by **BackseatBoss** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:39 pm

Jonas is trying to do too much on offense today. Looks really bad.

YoungG · Post #706 » by **YoungG** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:42 pm

Jonas just has to slow down a bit more and let the game come to him. Finland is crowding the paint on defense and doubling him early. He has to look to pass as soon as he gets it

BackseatBoss · Post #707 » by **BackseatBoss** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:47 pm

The good thing about Jonas is his rebounding. Should be pretty close to 8-9 rebounds already.

YoungG · Post #708 » by **YoungG** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:52 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:The good thing about Jonas is his rebounding. Should be pretty close to 8-9 rebounds already.

Exactly, he's still being active. Offensively, he should get more looks in the second half, I don't think Finland will play him as tough as they'll be looking at Kleiza more so.

MEDIC · Post #709 » by **MEDIC** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:56 pm

YoungG wrote:Jonas just has to slow down a bit more and let the game come to him. Finland is crowding the paint on defense and doubling him early. He has to look to pass as soon as he gets it

I'm glad he's getting this experience now though. We knew he'd eventually start getting doubled in the post. Next step is to identify the double & find the open man.

BackseatBoss · Post #710 » by **BackseatBoss** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:59 pm

After the first half Jonas has 2 points (1/5 FG's, 0/2 FT's) and a bunch of rebounds, around 10. He has been terrible on offense but pretty good at everything else.

YoungG · Post #711 » by **YoungG** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:04 pm

BackseatBoss wrote:After the first half Jonas has 2 points (1/5 FG's, 0/2 FT's) and a bunch of rebounds, around 10. He has been terrible on offense but pretty good at everything else.

It'll come to him, you can tell the game has already started slowing down for him, but now it comes down to his Basketball I.Q. When to post up, when to do a flash screen, roll, up and unders, etc. He needs to use his mid-range shot every now and then to keep the defenders honest which will get his pump fakes going. Mix up his game.

UcanUwill · Post #712 » by **UcanUwill** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:04 pm

Jonas never raises his hand when defends faced up guys. A big flaw in his game. Look how Javtokas defends the perimeter, hands shouldn't be down when you face a shooter.

1/5 FG 0/2 FT
I think its in his head now, he wants to shake the criticism off, but hes making it worse.

T-D0G · Post #713 » by **T-D0G** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:04 pm

Jonas has been really struggling from the FT line. Probably because of the the added strength.

AK47MVP · Post #714 » by **AK47MVP** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:11 pm

I would not worry about his FT. Different rims all the time, different ball then in NBA. He will be just fine . Guy just does not go down from being 80% FT shooter to 60%.

JV4MVP · Post #715 » by **JV4MVP** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:12 pm

T-D0G wrote:Jonas has been really struggling from the FT line. Probably because of the the added strength.

Nonexistent sample size. Don't draw any conclusions from several attempts.

MEDIC · Post #716 » by **MEDIC** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:13 pm

T-D0G wrote:Jonas has been really struggling from the FT line. Probably because of the the added strength.

His FT shooting was excellent in SL.

YoungG · Post #717 » by **YoungG** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:13 pm

T-D0G wrote:Jonas has been really struggling from the FT line. Probably because of the the added strength.

I think so. I noticed when shooting the ball, when I started working out my oblique muscles as well as my back and traps, my shot isn't the same.

AK47MVP · Post #718 » by **AK47MVP** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:20 pm

I am surprised Mottola is still playing, is he like 40 year old?

UcanUwill · Post #719 » by **UcanUwill** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:23 pm

AK47MVP wrote:I am surprised Mottola is still playing, is he like 40 year old?

Will be 37 soon. I myself thought he was older, checked his age few weeks ago for this very reason.

JV4MVP · Post #720 » by **JV4MVP** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:24 pm

AK47MVP wrote:I am surprised Mottola is still playing, is he like 40 year old?

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