<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/nurk.jpg"></figure><h1>Jusuf Nurkic calls out Jonas Valanciunas on ‘dangerous play’ that injured Kings forward Chimezie Metu</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-16T20:18:19-08:00">February 16th, 8:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-16T20:18:19-08:00">February 16th, 8:18pm</time><address><a>Chris Guest</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Valentine’s Day, Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas delivered a cheap shot on Sacramento Kings big man Chimezie Metu after a dunk. As a result of the play, Metu <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-jonas-valenciunas-dangerous-play-injures-chimezie-metu/" rel="noopener">broke his wrist</a> and will now be out for a few weeks.</p><p>After the report of Metu’s injury surfaced, Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic called out Valanciunas for the cowardly play. Commenting on a video of the dangerous play on Instagram, the Bosnian Beast said the Grizzlies center can do better than that.</p><blockquote>“Come on Jonas, bro, we can do better than this. Metu, he’s a baller #fastrecovery,” the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXx_H_gfvf/" rel="noopener">Blazers big man wrote</a> of the foul on the Kings player.</blockquote><p>Indeed, Jusuf Nurkic is right to call out his fellow big man. What Jonas Valanciunas did is frankly inexcusable, as Chimezie Metu was completely exposed dangling from the rim. Valanciunas walked underneath him, grabbed the Kings center by the legs and threw him down.</p><p>While that might sound ejection-worthy or even suspension-worthy, you’d be surprised to find out that while the 28-year-old was given a technical foul, he was not assessed a flagrant nor was he ejected from the game against the Kings.</p><p>Let’s not forget, Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs was once ejected from a game for laughing too boisterously, and only two years ago, Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks was ejected from a game for staring at Kris Dunn too hard.</p><p>It seems NBA refs have decided that laughing and using one’s eyes are ejection-worthy, but not breaking an opponent’s hand. Quite curious, wouldn’t you say?</p><p>Either way, let’s hope the Kings youngster has a speedy recovery and returns to once again dunk on Valanciunas–and he decides not to retaliate this time. After all, basketball is just a game and is not a reason to hurt others.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jusuf Nurkic calls out Jonas Valanciunas on ‘dangerous play’ that injured Kings forward Chimezie Metu

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/metu.jpg"></figure><h1>Jonas Valanciunas’ ‘dangerous play’ results in broken wrist for Kings player Chimezie Metu</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-16T15:56:03-08:00">February 16th, 3:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-16T15:56:03-08:00">February 16th, 3:56pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sunday night’s matchup between the Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzlies involved a bit of a heated moment between Chimezie Metu and Jonas Valanciunas. The (semi/almost) <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/video-jonas-valanciunas-goes-full-petty-mode-after-getting-dunked-on-vs-kings/">altercation</a> ultimately led to Metu suffering a broken wrist in a play that has been called out by Sacramento head coach Luke Walton.</p><p>Metu poesterized Valanciunas late in the game, and he hovered over the Grizzlies big man for a bit after the highlight-reel dunk. Valanciunas did not appreciate Metu’s antics (although it looked like Metu really didn’t have any choice) and decided to throw down the 23-year-old to the ground. Here’s a look at the play:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Valanciunas wasn't having it after Metu dunked on him. <a href="https://t.co/ET2b2JSgPr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ET2b2JSgPr</a></p><p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1361185673739345923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Unfortunately, Metu sustained a broken wrist after using his hand to break his fall. According to <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article249286590.html">Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee</a>, Metu will now be forced to miss “several weeks” because of the injury.</p><p>Coach Walton was clearly unhappy with how the play developed, and he even thought that Valanciunas should have been whistled for a flagrant foul for his excessive action. Walton called it a “dangerous play,” which true enough, resulted in a significant injury for Metu.</p><p>Metu hasn’t exactly been the most important player in Sacramento’s rotation so far this season (he’s averaging just <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/metuch01.html#all_per_game">6.5 minutes</a> per game) and it’s not as if the Kings will be at a complete loss without him. That’s not the point here, though.</p><p>Valanciunas clearly put an effort in trying to take down Metu in what seemed like a heat-of-the-moment type of reaction. He probably didn’t expect Metu to fall that badly and it even looked like Valanciunas tried to pull him back at the last second. Be that as it may, the damage has been done. We’d be surprised if the league took action here against JV, though.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jonas Valanciunas’ ‘dangerous play’ results in broken wrist for Kings player Chimezie Metu

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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
6.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.4

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
6.3	3.1	0.8	0.5	0.4