JONAS VALANCIUNAS (NOP)
#17•JV
C • 6’11, 265 lbs; 12th year, Lithuania
HYBRID
NBA ROLE: HIGHLSKILLED OFFENSIVE PIVOT
Jonas Valanciunas is an extremely productive scorer & rebounder at the 5; opens up well on faceups, backs down aggressively, has soft hands – Jonas isn’t an above the rim finisher but likes eluding his defender before dropping in layups & hooks; top-10 fake man? – rises on his tiptoes (JV fools ya cause he never jumps on his normal shot), catches bigs off guard; great PnR option: Valanciunas catches everything, finishes well; has gotten better on defense but struggles to contend w/ shooting bigs, has difficulty closing out; excellent rebounder* (very active on the o-boards), usually amongst the league leaders; injury prone; loses time to smaller lineups; starting to step out & launch open triples, converted 36% of treys on 2 attempts/night in ‘21-’22; needs to always maintain a high level of aggression during the flow of games & adopt a mean(er) streak defensively; hand in glove fit w/ Pelicans – JV’s playing the best ball of his career, is looking to (help) push NOP to uncharted territory in 2024
*career-high 12.5 rpg in 2020-21
SIGNATURE!
DRIVING RIGHTY HOOK
FAKE --> DRIVING DUNK
#DOGTAGS: HYBRID, BUCKET-GETTER, BOARDER
MORE ON "JV"
Avg. career-high 19.9 points/game (2018-19 w/ MEM)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2013)
(FACTORY SETTING) NBA 2K24 RATING: 83