Jonas Valančiūnas
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Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans 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.
Valančiūnas in 2022
Valančiūnas blocks future teammate Greg Monroe
Valančiūnas dunks into the basket
Valančiūnas with the Toronto Raptors in 2018
New Orleans Pelicans
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The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at the Smoothie King Center. Since 2014, the NBA officially considers New Orleans as an expansion team that began play in the 2002–03 NBA season.
Chris Paul, selected by the Hornets as the fourth pick of the 2005 NBA draft
Anthony Davis, seen here in 2014, was drafted first overall by the Pelicans in 2012 and subsequently became the focal point of the team for many years.
Alvin Gentry coached the team from 2015 to 2020
Zion Williamson