Jonas Valanciunas Articles - Page 7

If averaging a near double-double doesn’t seem legitimate enough for an NBA center, it appears that Jonas Valanciunas‘ real passion is off the court. Doing what you say? — figurines. But not just any figurines, but ones of himself. https://youtu.be/xMOr3CV6ofo In this GoDaddy Canada ad, the 7-foot Toronto Raptors big man makes every hilarious figurine you […]

During the 2011 draft, the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs were both trying to make some trades with the same goal in mind, and that is to move up the order to select Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas. Both teams’ respective front offices were close to pulling the trigger for the number five pick that year, but, as we […]

Toronto Raptors‘ center Jonas Valanciunas is officially listed as questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a knee contusion he suffered last week. He is considered day-to-day. Valanciunas (knee) didn't practice today, Casey says he's still day-to-day. He'll travel with the team to OKC and Charlotte this week. — Josh Lewenberg […]

It has only been three days of NBA basketball, but we didn’t need long to witness one of the greatest fantasy performances of all time. In a losing effort to the Nuggets, Anthony Davis scored 95.7 fantasy points on Fanduel, exceeding every performance put forth by an NBA player last year (including his own 89 […]

DeMar DeRozan had an explosive season-opener against the Detroit Pistons, dropping 40 points in three quarters during Wednesday night’s 109-91 win. The Toronto Raptors swingman was especially aggressive after the break, scoring 21 of his 40 points in the third quarter — one short of his teammate Kyle Lowry‘s team record 22 in a period. […]

Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas is quite lucky Shaqtin-A-Fool is also in its offseason. The 7-foot Lithuanian international was doing a preseason photo shoot for the Raptors website and casually dribbling two basketballs, when he decided to add a little flair to his dribbling and go behind his back and between his legs, fumbling one of the balls […]

After being blown out by Australia in Wednesday’s quarterfinal game and out of the Rio Olympics, Lithuania’s head coach, Jonas Kazlauskas could not keep his frustration to himself and expressed disappointment to arguably their most important player, Jonas Valanciunas. A tweet by Donatas Urbonas of 24Sek summarizes how the 61-year-old bench tactician felt towards the 7-foot […]

Over the past few years, the NBA has had a tremendous increase of international players bringing their talents to the league. This goes to show how the popularity of basketball has grown around the world. A perfect example is this year’s Rio Olympics, where a record 47 players from the association are competing and representing […]

The continuous improvement of Jonas Valanciunas’ game has meant that the Toronto Raptors center’s name has been uttered more regularly on live television over the last couple of years. On TNT’s NBA coverage, the ever entertaining, and sometimes annoying to others, Charles Barkley has found it a somewhat difficult challenge to pronounce the Lithuanian big man’s […]

The Toronto Raptors have had the best season they’ve ever had. In a season that almost saw coach Dwane Casey’s job on the hot seat, and talks of star DeMar DeRozan possibly leaving in free agency, the Raptors were able to play beyond a level they ever have, and fight all the way to the […]

Since going down with a right ankle sprain in Game 3 of the Toronto Raptors‘ semifinal series against the Miami Heat, Raptors starting center Jonas Valanciunas has been unable to play. Now he’s able to play again and head coach Dwane Casey involved as they head back to Cleveland for Game 5. “Hopefully we can […]

After suffering a couple of beat-downs in Game’s 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors bounced back to take Game 3 and make this a series. Now, they could receive a much needed boost in the paint. Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas has been out […]

The Toronto Raptors have overcome adversity throughout the playoffs, but this latest blow appears to be detrimental. After falling behind two games to none to the vaunted Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, Raptors fans were hoping for the return of starting center Jonas Valanciunas in Game 3 back in Toronto. Unfortunately, that won’t be […]

For their last four games, the Toronto Raptors have been without their starting center, Jonas Valanciunas. As coach Dwane Casey told the media on Monday, that will continue for at least the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavs. Casey says won't rule out Valanciunas for series but can't see Game […]

DeMarre Carroll may have a sore wrist, but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to prevent him from playing in Game 6. With the Toronto Raptors one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals, Carroll sounded confident that he’ll play on Friday night while talking to reporters on Thursday: “I’ll have a lot […]