Jonas Valančiūnas is seriously considering — and reportedly nearing — a deal with Panathinaikos Athens. That’s not a sentence I expected to say this Friday, just three days after the Lithuanian big man was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Denver Nuggets.
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In fact, just yesterday I released a video praising that move and projecting how the Nuggets might look with JV backing up Jokic. Two hours later, we got this bombshell. And while nothing is official yet, I’ve got a lot of thoughts...
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