Still a very slow summer in Raptors news, but Valanciunas made the senior national team as the third-string center, and after some injuries to other players, he's now played 3 games as the backup center in the European Olympic Qualifying tournament. In those 3 games, he's averaging 13 points, 1.3 steals, 1.3 blocks, 4.7 rebounds in 21 minutes, and is shooting an impressive 75% from the field. Good news that he keeps measuring up against increasingly tough levels of competition. Next up he'll be going up against France's NBA-calibre big men, Noah and Diaw. I think France will win the tournament with Spain second, but Lithuania have themselves in great position to qualify for the Olympics.
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