Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. At the 2019 trade deadline, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. In the 2021 offseason he was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. He has also played for the Washington Wizards.
Valančiūnas has been a member of the Lithuania men's national basketball team since age 19. He won two EuroBasket silver medals in EuroBasket 2013 and EuroBasket 2015, earning All-Tournament honours in the latter. Valančiūnas also appeared in the documentary The Other Dream Team.
| Sacramento Kings Current Roster |
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| 0 Monk • 3 I. Jones • 7 McDermott • 8 LaVine • 10 DeRozan • 11 Sabonis • 13 Murray • 15 M. Jones (TW) • 17 Valančiūnas • 20 Fultz • 22 Carter • 23 Ellis • 24 Crawford (TW) • 33 LaRavia • 41 Lyles • 99 Crowder |
| Players who left during the season: 3 McLaughlin • 5 Fox • 9 Huerter • 20 C. Jones • 25 Len • 25 Labissière • 32 Taylor • 77 Robinson |
| Head coach: Christie (interim) • Assistant coaches: Barbosa • Fois • Loucks • Moran • Triano |