Jonas Valanciunas is expendable.
The statistics don’t lie. Valanciunas’ lack of quickness and agility gets taken advantage of. Last season, when Valanciunas was on the court, the Toronto Raptors’ defence was only better than five that of teams. Since 1989, there have only been six NBA teams that made it to the NBA Finals with a defence that ranked outside of the top-10 that year. In addition, the team suffers with him on the court offensively. They drop from fourth league-wide in points per 100 possessions without JV to 11th with him present. Valanciunas has yet to find his fit with the Raptors.