Valanciunas has taken a leave from the Lithuanian national team in order to
return to Toronto to firm up an extension, reports ESPN's Marc Stein. The
sides have until Oct. 31 to work out a deal, otherwise Valanciunas will
become a restricted free agent next summer.
In line with this summer's benchmark deal for restricted free agent Enes
Kanter, Stein estimates the extension - which wouldn't kick in until 2016-17
- at more than $60 million over four years.
據ESPN Marc Stein的報導指出, 為了與暴龍隊簽下延長合約Jonas Valanciunas離開了
立陶宛國家隊, 合約必須在10/31前簽約完成, 否則Valanciunas會在明年夏天成為限制
自由球員. 據Stein的消息來源指出, 這份延長合約的價值約為4年60M.
Valanciunas has spent August training with the Lithuanian national team in
anticipation of the upcoming Eurobasket 2015 tournament.
The Raptors selected Valanciunas fifth overall in 2011. After spending a
season overseas, Valanciunas has shown great promise and tremendous
improvement across his first three NBA seasons.
今年八月, Valanciunas與立陶宛國家隊進行訓練, 立陶宛將參加今年的歐洲盃.
暴龍2011年以第五順位簽選中了Valanciunas. 在展開第一個NBA球季前, Valanciunas曾
在海外打一個球季, 而這讓在NBA的第一季有非常顯著的進步.
Last year, Valanciunas averaged 12 points and 8.7 rebounds in 26.2 minutes
while shooting 57.2 percent from the field and 78.6 percent from the line.
Those numbers were good for a scorching true-shooting percentage of 62.3,
with a PER of 20.3.
Valanciunas flourished in the post last season, scoring a league-leading 1.02
points per post up in 306 possessions, per NBA Stats. He doesn't have much
range and is a hesitant jumpshooter, but he's working on adding a midrange
shot this summer.
Valanciunas去年在場均26.2分鐘的出場時間內繳出12分, 8.7籃板的數據, 他的FG%則是有
57.2%, 罰球命中率也有78.6%. 除此之外, Valanciunas的真實命中率更達到了62.3%, PER
則是20.3 . 他上一季對位單打的數據也非常優異, 在共306次的對位單打中, Valanciunas
每次單打所得到的分數為1.02分, 為聯盟領先. 但他的中長距離投射能力相對匱乏, 然而
這個暑假他已經開始訓練中距離挑投了.
Defensively, Valanciunas ranks as a slow-footed defender best suited to
protecting the basket. His limited mobility renders him ineffective in
guarding the perimeter on switches or high hedges, but he's a decent defender
at the basket. He held opponents to 46.5 percent shooting around the hoop
last season.
以防守層面來看, Valanciunas的腳步並不敏捷, 移動力缺乏. 這讓他在防守中距離球員,
高位球員以及錯位時比較沒效率. 但他在籃下的防守卻非常紮實, 讓對手在籃框附近的
命中率只有46.5%.
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