Jonas Valančiunas EN

Jonas Valančiunas EN

Jonas Valančiūnas (born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

Lithuanian president, Valančiūnas open adolescent day center

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Jonas Valančiūnas , playing for the Toronto Raptors, have on Tuesday opened an adolescent day center,...

Greg Monroe on the brawl with Jonas Valančiūnas: I would much rather play with a tough guy like Jonas than some timid player

The Toronto Raptors are getting ready for the upcoming basketball season this year by putting together a dominant duo in the front court. Masai Ujiri,...

Sabonis named most influential sports figure in Lithuania – survey

Former Lithuanian basketball player Arvydas Sabonis , who previously led the country's basketball federation, has been named the most influential sports...

An in-depth analysis of Lithuania’s national basketball team after the third window games!

About 6 minutes into Lithuania’s first game versus Poland on June 28th, I was thinking to myself that Lithuania was in big trouble. They didn’t start out...

Domantas Sabonis: I would like to finish my career in Žalgiris

On June 18, Kaunas Žalgiris players celebrated the 20th championship in club history and also their 8th championship of the LKL (Lithuania’s Basketball...