Jul 11, 2011, 2:46 pm
[quote name='skangles' timestamp='1310306414' post='32042']
Since Valanciunas is the future of the Lithuanian national team, I think that they need to find a way to get him on the Eurobasket roster. The experience would benefit him and the national team in the long-term.
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Everyone is crazy about Valanciunas after WC, probably all people who only heard about him before saw his pure talent. However U19 is no Eurobasket <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Let's wait and see how ready is he to push around with Javtokas, PetraviÄius and other bigs. It will depend a lot on fiba's decision about the rosters. ValanÄiÅ«nas is a center. That means his direct competitors are Javtokas, PetraviÄius and maybe DarjuÅ¡. PetraviÄius is in very questionable shape. Basically, ValanÄiÅ«nas should prove he's better, KemzÅ«ra won't take him because of the future. He cut off MotiejÅ«nas in 2010 even though our front court had only 3 players - Javtokas, Kleiza and Jankunas.
Logically, he still needs one more year to be as tough as anyone in Europe. Subjectively, he's everyday improving player and you never know with that much talented player.
Since Valanciunas is the future of the Lithuanian national team, I think that they need to find a way to get him on the Eurobasket roster. The experience would benefit him and the national team in the long-term.
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Everyone is crazy about Valanciunas after WC, probably all people who only heard about him before saw his pure talent. However U19 is no Eurobasket <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Let's wait and see how ready is he to push around with Javtokas, PetraviÄius and other bigs. It will depend a lot on fiba's decision about the rosters. ValanÄiÅ«nas is a center. That means his direct competitors are Javtokas, PetraviÄius and maybe DarjuÅ¡. PetraviÄius is in very questionable shape. Basically, ValanÄiÅ«nas should prove he's better, KemzÅ«ra won't take him because of the future. He cut off MotiejÅ«nas in 2010 even though our front court had only 3 players - Javtokas, Kleiza and Jankunas.
Logically, he still needs one more year to be as tough as anyone in Europe. Subjectively, he's everyday improving player and you never know with that much talented player.