"Now is also the time to give him a taste of how the game is played. Because guys like Hibbert, the guys like (Brooklyn's Brook) Lopez ... He's our future, he's our foundation in the middle, so why not now? The other guys are mature enough and professional enough to understand it."
Instead of easing his way into the NBA like most young big men, especially those who didn't play NCAA ball, Valanciunas averaged 8.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and an impressive 1.8 blocked shots per game in 23.3 minutes in six pre-season contests.
Good to see Casey is going to give him as many minutes as possible. Best way for him to learn.
If anyone started over JV at the C this year, i would start a small fire next time i'm at the ACC.
I would be right there with you, homie.
We need to see this guy progress and fast. No point playing guys like Amir (who plays better in a back up role anyways) and Gray (fine 3rd option and can rebound, that's it) over him.
" In a related announcement - MLSE Board of Directors announced Valanciunas will start at Center.
MLSE Management recognized that with the Toronto Maple Leafs not playing this season and unikley to ever be very good, the Toronto FC football club being so terrible; we needed to create some sort of aura of excitement around the only one of our teams still playing.
While we recongize that this team will most likely fail to reach the playoffs or win a championship in the next 3 years - we needed a new "hope and promise" theme - similar to the ones we have been selling for the past 10 years - that allows us to charge $73.50 for an average ticket, $7.00 for a Hot Dog and $12.00 for a small cup of beer at the ACC.
We informed Dwyane Casey this would be a good career move; and Bryan Collangello was fully supportive in telling Casey what to do - as we are currently working on his contract renewal.
We hope the fans will continue to be bamboozled by the ongoing hype for the remainder of their lives"
" In a related announcement - MLSE Board of Directors announced Valanciunas will start at Center.
MLSE Management recognized that with the Toronto Maple Leafs not playing this season and unikley to ever be very good, the Toronto FC football club being so terrible; we needed to create some sort of aura of excitement around the only one of our teams still playing.
While we recongize that this team will most likely fail to reach the playoffs or win a championship in the next 3 years - we needed a new "hope and promise" theme - similar to the ones we have been selling for the past 10 years - that allows us to charge $73.50 for an average ticket, $7.00 for a Hot Dog and $12.00 for a small cup of beer at the ACC.
We informed Dwyane Casey this would be a good career move; and Bryan Collangello was fully supportive in telling Casey what to do - as we are currently working on his contract renewal.
We hope the fans will continue to be bamboozled by the ongoing hype for the remainder of their lives"
Typed it out of my own little head.... spelling mistakes and all...
Sort of inspired by an old John Candy clip at the movie theatres when he was a co owner of the Toronto Argos (back in prehistoric times)
Waiting for L'beast to come on over and spell check it for me
" In a related announcement - MLSE Board of Directors announced Valanciunas will start at Center.
MLSE Management recognized that with the Toronto Maple Leafs not playing this season and unikley to ever be very good, the Toronto FC football club being so terrible; we needed to create some sort of aura of excitement around the only one of our teams still playing.
While we recongize that this team will most likely fail to reach the playoffs or win a championship in the next 3 years - we needed a new "hope and promise" theme - similar to the ones we have been selling for the past 10 years - that allows us to charge $73.50 for an average ticket, $7.00 for a Hot Dog and $12.00 for a small cup of beer at the ACC.
We informed Dwyane Casey this would be a good career move; and Bryan Collangello was fully supportive in telling Casey what to do - as we are currently working on his contract renewal.
We hope the fans will continue to be bamboozled by the ongoing hype for the remainder of their lives"
Valanciunas earns starting role
Where did you get that Jballer?
