Donatas Motiejunas thread

[straight forward]

Game winner shot against Rytas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI8mM8M27cE

[skangles]

Game winner shot against Rytas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI8mM8M27cE

If he is going to keep doing that against Rytas I'd prefer that he joins the Rockets! :p

[TalkBasket]

Season with Houston Rockets so far:

Points per game: 10.6
Rebounds per game: 6.1
Assists per game: 1.4
Minutes per game: 27.5

[Al Bundy]

2014/15 season was so good for D-Mo. Sadly hadnt chance to play in Play-Offs. He was really missing in Rockets game.

[TalkBasket]

Despite strong interest from European teams, Motiejunas is not rushing to the Old Continent. Only time will tell if he's doing the right thing.

[Al Bundy]

Have not tracked the news recently, is he still in a Rockets squad or still a member of their organization?

He should sign weaker teams in my opinion but his health issues are unknown so that's maybe the problems. Europe is not a bad idea. China is always an option if you think about money

[TalkBasket]

There seems to be some progress in his saga:

The Donatas Motiejunas saga in Houston has strayed into November, but stay tuned.

After weeks of mostly silence about the restricted free agent's future, action is starting to bubble here.

Whether that action results in a deal that restores Motiejunas to active duty remains to be seen, but league sources say that the Rockets have ramped up their attempts to sign the Lithuanian power forward, with Thanksgiving week serving as an unofficial deadline for a deal.

Nov. 23 is the date of particular significance, sparked by the fact Motiejunas can't be traded this season if he's signed after that date, which could possibly lower his value with potential outside suitors as well. Any new deal with Motiejunas after Nov. 23 would leave less than three months before the league's annual Feb. 23 trade deadline, making him ineligible to be included in any potential deals, something that the ever-aggressive Rockets would prefer to avoid.

Motiejunas remains a restricted free agent after he chose to let Houston's $4.4 million qualifying offer for this season expire Oct. 1. Sources told ESPN on Friday that the Rockets' latest offer is a multiyear deal that starts at $7 million annually, with attainable incentives that could take it to $8 million.

The Rockets are presently unwilling to fully guarantee more than the first season in a new contract, sources say, in a nod to the back injury that scuttled Houston's trade with Detroit in February that briefly made Motiejunas a Piston until the deal was voided due to a failed physical.

Six teams out there still possess in excess of $10 million in salary cap space to make a play for him if they wish -- Philadelphia, Denver, Brooklyn, Utah, Phoenix and Minnesota -- but the Rockets remain able to match any offer Motiejunas receives.

As ESPN's Calvin Watkins reported recently, Motiejunas stopped receiving paychecks from last season's $2.2 million salary on Nov. 1. Another option available to the 26-year-old, of course, is signing a deal to play overseas this season, but the money available abroad typically falls well shy of NBA levels.‎ He would also remain a restricted free agent in that scenario.

http://www.espn.com/blog/marc-stein/post...z-and-more