After last night’s showing against the New Orleans Pelicans, Jonas Valanciunas proved that he has significant talent. Based on that one performance alone, one could assume he has the talent of a borderline All-Star. I think everyone can agree that the Lithuanian has tremendous basketball ability. No matter how slow he may be, or how bad he occasionally is defensively, he has great skill. The issue that I realized last night is that while he may be talented, I think Jonas has a motivation issue.
Jonas is a beast when he’s on. He’s an absolute animal in the paint, especially offensively.