Jonas Valančiūnas thread

[mbenga]

First time hear about it...

He's in the roster of Lietuvos Rytas.

http://www.euroleague.net/events/nike-international-junior-tournament/l-hospitalet/i/63730/3314/item#rytas

[Straight forward]

There's no info so far. Maybe they flew today and Valančiūnas will play and maybe not because Perlas will have a game in Jan 5.

[Simonas123]

Can the same player play for more than one team? I see some names in that link you've given, that were in Zalgiris roster not that long ago in Rome. Or am I just not aware of something?.. :/
Tomas Lekunas and Dovydas Redikas are the ones I can recall for sure off the top of my head.

[Straight forward]

Can the same player play for more than one team? I see some names in that link you've given, that were in Zalgiris roster not that long ago in Rome. Or am I just not aware of something?.. :/
Tomas Lekunas and Dovydas Redikas are the ones I can recall for sure off the top of my head.

Redikas and Lekunas are not playing for Rytas team. Valanciunas is playing.

PS: Rytas is playing against Unicaja and they have Sabonis in their roster

[Straight forward]

Nike international junior tournament: Rytas- Unicaja 58-60

Valančiūnas dominated, but that wasn't enough:
18 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks, 40 ranking points in 33 minutes.

Judging from stats this Rytas team is the same as U18 this summer, only bad news from backcourt.

[Migelitas]

Another outstanding performance by Valančiūnas in Hospitalitet 33pts(10/13, 0/1, 13/16)+9Rb+4Blck+12 Rv.fouls with 50rkg

[Gytaz]

Valančiūnas goes to Rytas. Do you think he's ready? Personally, I think this might be good for him, but Kurtinaitis must be willing to give the guy at least 15-20 minutes per game in not important LKL and BBL games.

[kecal]

Valančiūnas goes to Rytas. Do you think he's ready? Personally, I think this might be good for him, but Kurtinaitis must be willing to give the guy at least 15-20 minutes per game in not important LKL and BBL games.

Majority of the games left are not important/easily winable. I think Valančiūnas will get his fair share of minutes, and I'm very excited about that. On the other hand, I'm not so sure about Bajramovič signing, if Rytas keeps Baynes. Maybe Kenan was just a real bargain at this time of the year?

All in all, Rytas chances to prevail against Žalgiris are once again looking not so bad...

[adebisi]

On the other hand, I'm not so sure about Bajramovič signing, if Rytas keeps Baynes.

He was signed looking forward to the upcoming season.
P.S. Nothing oficial, but I've heard some talks that Baynes' gonna stay for the
2010/11 season as well.

[Dreamcatcher]

Great Valanciunas's debut in Lietuvos Rytas. He was the best scorer against Techasas in LKL game.

18 points (20 min, 8/11 2pt, 2/3 ft, 5 reb, 20 eff)

What is more, he has become the youngest LR player in its history - 17 years, 8 months, 13 days.

[Simonas123]

LithuaniaBaketball.com - Valančiūnas makes debut in Rytas

Just a tiny bit more about his debut (including some photos):

http://www.lithuaniabasketball.com/news-135-valanciunas-debuts-with-18-points-bajramovic---10.html

[Straight forward]

Some moments of Valančiūnas' first game in Rytas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYrc-SwafE&feature=player_embedded

[rikhardur]

Some moments of Valančiūnas' first game in Rytas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYrc...layer_embedded

He really needs to get some muscle.

[Dreamcatcher]

He really needs to get some muscle.

He's 17 years old, you want him to look like Kambala? And by the way, northern boys don't grow as serbian ones, for example, which organism developes earlier, so their 18-19 year players look much older. I have noticed it while watching lithuanian-serbian youth games.

[Simonas123]

He really needs to get some muscle.

He is quite skinny, but you've got to keep in mind that he's only 17. This will come with time and I'm not sure if overforcing the issue would help.

And here's all of his points: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyoPc...ayer_embedded#