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Jonas Valanciunas

Denver Nuggets
Number #17
Position C
Age 34
Height 6-11
Weight 265LBS
Draft 2011 R1 Pick 5
Nationality Lithuania
Born May 6, 1992
College / Team Lietuvos rytas Vilnius

Key Insights

2025-26
Something goes wrong when he and Bruce Brown share the floor
Bruce Brown

Denver Nuggets are 12.2 points per 100 possessions worse with him and Bruce Brown on the floor together than when that pair sits.

-4.8 net rating together vs +7.4 apart, over 639 shared minutes. 95th percentile of 1864 qualifying duos, 2025 (both players rotation regulars).
Cameron Johnson beside him changes where he shoots from
Cameron Johnson

He takes fewer of his shots at the rim when Cameron Johnson is beside him: 44% of his attempts, against 54% otherwise.

10.1 points of shot mix over 140 attempts together and 250 apart. 84th percentile of 4366 qualifying teammate pairs league-wide, 2025.
He scores noticeably less with Spencer Jones on the floor
Spencer Jones

He scores 18.9 points per 75 possessions next to Spencer Jones, against 26.6 without him.

519 possessions together, 1228 apart. 96th percentile of 4366 scoring-rate shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
He and Julian Strawther have been getting better as the season goes on
Julian Strawther

Over the last 15 games he and Julian Strawther are +5.8 points per 100 possessions, against -25.2 earlier in the season.

145 possessions in the window, 313 before it. 83rd percentile of 875 qualifying duos over the last 15 games, 2025.
His teammates tend to play worse when he is on the floor

His teammates play worse with him on the floor: the median one of the 8 who qualify is 10.7 points per 100 possessions worse beside him than without him.

0 of 8 qualifying teammates are better with him. 78th percentile of 5032 teammate splits around one player, 2025.
He is the piece that makes that group work

Alongside Jamal Murray, Bruce Brown, Peyton Watson and Tim Hardaway Jr., that four is +15.9 per 100 possessions with him as the fifth and -13.1 with Nikola Jokic instead.

97 minutes with him, 81 with Nikola Jokic. 86th percentile of 183 four-man cores with 2+ tested fifths, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB May 6, 1992
Birth Country Lithuania
Draft 2011 (R1 / P5)
College Lietuvos rytas Vilnius