Leedu korvpallikoondise liider Jonas Valanciunas naaseb p\u00e4rast 14-aastast seiklust NBA-s kodumaale ning esindab tuleval hooajal Kaunase \u017dalgirist. Tsenter r\u00e4\u00e4kis, et \u017dalgirise maruline toetajaskond m\u00e4ngis otsuses suurt rolli.<\/p>\n
2011. aastal NBA draft’is viienda valikuga v\u00f5etud Valanciunas veetis seitse ja pool aastat Toronto Raptorsis, misj\u00e4rel kolis ta vahetustehinguga Memphis Grizzliese ridadesse. 2021-22 hooajal siirdus ta New Orleans Pelicansi, kus m\u00e4ngis kolm hooaega. 2024-25 hooajal m\u00e4ngis ta nii Washington Wizardsis kui ka Sacramento Kingsis, l\u00f5ppenud hooaja veetis ta Denver Nuggetsis.<\/p>\n
34-aastane keskm\u00e4ngija otsustas v\u00e4hemalt praeguseks oma NBA karj\u00e4\u00e4ri l\u00f5petada ning s\u00f5lmis lepingu koduse lipulaeva Kaunase \u017dalgirisega<\/a>. Tegelikult r\u00e4\u00e4giti tema siirdumisest juba eelmisel suvel, kui Valanciunas Denverisse vahetati, aga Nuggets ei tahtnud soliidsest tsentrist loobuda<\/a> ja ta pidi oma lepingu l\u00f5puni m\u00e4ngima.<\/p>\n “Protsess v\u00f5ttis p\u00e4ris kaua aega, meil oli mitmeid vestlusi, aga Leedu, \u017dalgiris ja korvpalli areng Leedus m\u00e4ngis minu otsuses suurt rolli,” r\u00e4\u00e4kis Valanciunas \u017dalgirise kodulehele.<\/p>\n “Euroopa ja NBA f\u00e4nnide erinevustest r\u00e4\u00e4gitakse omajagu. Korvpall on ikkagi korvpall, aga ma tahaksin seda erinevust tunda ja n\u00e4ha, kuidas see terve areeni \u00fcle v\u00f5tab. Esimene m\u00e4ng Euroliigas pakub selles osas ilmselt k\u00f5ige v\u00e4gevama elamuse,” r\u00e4\u00e4kis Valanciunas, kes sai 2010-11 hooajal Vilniuse Rytase eest Euroliigas platsile..<\/p>\n “Olen m\u00e4nginud suviti Euroopa korvpalli, aga m\u00e4ng on samuti erinev Pean veidi oma m\u00e4ngu k\u00fcll muutma, m\u00f5ned asjad toimivad Euroopas paremini kui NBA-s. Aga korvpall on korvpall, pall peab korvi j\u00f5udma,” lisas Valanciunas.<\/p>\n \u017dalgiris tegi mullu Euroliigas muljetavaldava hooaja, kui v\u00f5itis 38 m\u00e4ngust 23. Play-off’i avaringis tuli aga tunnistada Istanbuli Fenerbahce paremust. T\u00e4navuseks hooajaks on lisaks Valanciunasele tiimi toodud veel ameeriklased Sterling Brown, Saben Lee ja Carsen Edwards. Lisaks liituvad tiimiga leedulased Marek Bla\u017eevic ning Marius Grigonis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leedu korvpallikoondise liider Jonas Valanciunas naaseb p\u00e4rast 14-aastast seiklust NBA-s kodumaale ning esindab tuleval hooajal Kaunase \u017dalgirist. Tsenter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[18],"tags":[37,33,35,34,36,86797,6957,5918,159,158],"class_list":["post-229739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport","tag-ee","tag-eesti","tag-eesti-keel","tag-estonia","tag-estonian","tag-jonas-valanciunas","tag-kaunase-zalgiris","tag-korvpalli-euroliiga","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ee\/116930654047518921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}