There was definitely some question as to Jonas Valanciunas’ level of buy-in with the Nuggets after attempting to retire from the NBA and sign with a EuroLeague team, but once it was clear that Denver wanted him to honor his contract, he said all the right things. JV released a statement saying he would play for the Nuggets and give it his all to win a championship.
It was nice to hear, but Jonas had 10.4 million reasons to come play for the Nuggets, so it wasn’t exactly a shocking decision. The bigger issue was just how invested he was going to be in this season.