Pirm\u0105ja J.Valan\u010di\u016bno NBA komanda tapo \u201eToronto Raptors\u201c, tiesa, po naujok\u0173 bir\u017eos, kurioje lietuvis buvo pa\u0161auktas penktuoju \u0161aukimu, auk\u0161ta\u016bgiui teko dar vienerius metus praleisti tuometiniame Vilniaus \u201eLietuvos ryto\u201c klube.<\/p>\n
V\u0117liau, kad jis gal\u0117t\u0173 i\u0161vykti \u012f NBA, \u017eaid\u0117jui sostin\u0117s komandai teko sumok\u0117ti nema\u017e\u0105 i\u0161pirk\u0105.<\/p>\n
33-ej\u0173 J.Valan\u010di\u016bnas neseniai apsilank\u0117 \u201eThe Old Man and The Three\u201c tinklalaid\u0117je, kurioje papasakojo apie savo i\u0161vykim\u0105 \u012f kit\u0105 Atlanto pus\u0119.<\/p>\n
\u201eTur\u0117jau \u201eLietuvos rytui\u201c sumok\u0117ti didel\u0119 i\u0161pirk\u0105, nes jiems priklaus\u0117 teis\u0117s \u012f mane. Vilniuje praleidau dar vien\u0105 sezon\u0105, nes tur\u0117jome tok\u012f susitarim\u0105. Vis d\u0117lto \u201eRaptors\u201c manimi patik\u0117jo ir sutiko palaukti tuos metus.<\/p>\n
Dal\u012f i\u0161pirkos sumok\u0117jo jie, o likusi\u0105 dal\u012f teko sumok\u0117ti man. Tuo metu man buvo 19 met\u0173, o ki\u0161en\u0117s buvo tu\u0161\u010dios (\u0161ypsosi). Tur\u0117jau pinig\u0173 maistui ir nuomai, bet reik\u0117jo sumok\u0117ti \u0161e\u0161ia\u017eenkl\u0119 sum\u0105 siekian\u010di\u0105 i\u0161pirk\u0105.<\/p>\n
Laukdavau atlyginim\u0173 ir pervedin\u0117davau pinigus \u012f Lietuv\u0105\u201c, \u2013 atsiv\u0117r\u0117 J.Valan\u010di\u016bnas.<\/p>\n
Lietuvis NBA rungtyniauja nuo 2012-\u0173j\u0173. Per \u0161\u012f laikotarp\u012f jis gyn\u0117 \u201eToronto Raptors\u201c, \u201eMemphis Grizzlies\u201c, \u201eNew Orleans Pelicans\u201c, \u201eWashington Wizards\u201c, \u201eSacramento Kings\u201c bei \u201eDenver Nuggets\u201c klub\u0173 garb\u0119.<\/p>\n
Visa tinklalaid\u0117 su J.Valan\u010di\u016bnu:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pirm\u0105ja J.Valan\u010di\u016bno NBA komanda tapo \u201eToronto Raptors\u201c, tiesa, po naujok\u0173 bir\u017eos, kurioje lietuvis buvo pa\u0161auktas penktuoju \u0161aukimu, auk\u0161ta\u016bgiui…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[37,39,36,38,40,47,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-94396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sportas","8":"tag-lietuva","9":"tag-lietuviu","10":"tag-lithuania","11":"tag-lithuanian","12":"tag-lt","13":"tag-sportas","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@lt\/115977919231502197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}