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Jonas Valančiūnas

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Born
1992 (32 years old)

Birth Place

Utena, Lithuania

Position
Center

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
17

Height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)

Weight
265 lb (120 kg)

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Washington Wizards

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Jonas Valančiūnas (/ˈjoʊnəs/ /ˌvælənˈtʃunəs/ YOH-nəs val-ən-CHOO-nəs; Lithuanian pronunciation: ; born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards 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. In the 2024 offseason he was traded to 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.