Just watched the Dominican game and Valanciunas was very good at very important times in the game. He played 26 minutes! How can you say that all 26 minutes in 40 minute game are "easy time". He was on the floor for the run early in the game that opened the game up. I would love to have seen his +/- in this one because even when he wasn't scoring he was impacting the game. I am impressed with his relentless screening on the offensive end. He captures so much attention on the screen and roll that his teammates are often able to get open 3's and/or open lanes as they follow the screen. He has not been great this tourny and some of the games he has looked outmatched, but you cannot say that in this game he played "easy time" and did not "play good at important moments of the game".
JV will apparently be signing in the next couple days according to Doug:
Source - Click hereDoug Smith (Twitter) wrote:
I wonder if he'll be merged in the Lowry/Fields press conference. Speaking of which, has anyone heard anything about it?, like when it will be
Shitty news for Lithuanian fans, but some positive (as cruel as that may sound) for Raptors fans. Robertas Javtokas suffered a stress break in his foot bone and therefore is out of the national team roster, so much more playing time for JV in the Olympics as he is going to become a starter and the main center for us, I imagine at least 30 minutes a game... If he's not going to foul out before that...
Last edited by omgsomuchpotential; Tue Jul 17th, 2012 at 04:01 AM.
The moment we've all been waiting for...
https://twitter.com/RaptorsPR/status/225695958284005376
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The #Raptors announced they have signed 2011 1st rd pick Jonas Valanciunas to rookie contract. Will join club for training camp.
Now official?
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...as_Valanciunas
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Yea!
Someone change the topic to 'Everything Valanciunas: Olympics'![]()


And at this page you can see your local time of the games.
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/court-sports/index.html
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