Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace today announced that the
Grizzlies acquired center Jonas Valanciunas (YO-nahs vah-lahn-CHEW-nas), guard
Delon Wright (deh-LON), guard/forward C.J. Miles and a 2024 second round draft
pick from the Toronto Raptors for center Marc Gasol.
Valanciunas (7-0, 265), who will wear jersey #17 for the Grizzlies, has appeared
in 30 games (10 starts) and has averaged a career-high tying 12.8 points, 7.2
rebounds and 1.0 assists in 18.8 minutes while shooting 57.5 percent from the
field and 81.9 percent from the free throw line this season. He has averaged
15.3 points and 8.4 rebounds in 23.0 minutes in 10 games as a starter. The
26-year-old Lithuanian native has competed in 470 career regular season games
(444 starts) over seven NBA seasons and has averaged 11.8 points, 8.4 rebounds
and 1.02 blocks in 25.1 minutes while shooting 55.9 percent from the field and
78.7 percent from the free throw line since he was selected by Toronto with the
fifth overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Wright (6-5, 183), who will wear jersey #2, has appeared in 49 games (two
starts) and has averaged 6.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 18.3
minutes while shooting 43.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from
three-point range and 86.9 percent from the free throw line this season. The
26-year-old has seen action in 172 career regular season games (seven starts)
over four NBA seasons and has averaged 6.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists
in 17.5 minutes while shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 35.3 percent from
three-point range and 81.3 percent from the free throw line since he was taken
by Toronto with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.
Miles (6-6, 230), who will wear jersey #6, has appeared in 40 games (one start)
and has averaged 5.5 points and 1.7 rebounds in 14.1 minutes this season. The
31-year-old has competed in 825 career regular season games (303 starts) over 14
NBA seasons and has averaged 9.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.4
minutes for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers and Raptors since
he was selected by the Jazz with the 34th overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft.
Gasol (7-1, 255) has averaged 15.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.48
blocks in 33.7 minutes while shooting 48.4 percent from the field, 34.4 percent
from three-point range and 77.7 percent from the free throw line in 769 career
regular season games (762 starts) in 11 NBA seasons, all with the Grizzlies.
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 48th overall pick in the 2007 NBA
Draft, Gasol leaves the Grizzlies as the franchise leader for points (11,684),
field goals made (4,341), free throws made (2,701) and attempted (3,474),
defensive (4,624) and total rebounds (5,942) and minutes played (25,917). A
member of the Grizzlies’ 2013 Western Conference Finals team, the Barcelona,
Spain native became the first European-born player to win the NBA Defensive
Player of the Year Award (2012-13). He is the only player in franchise history
to be named to the All-NBA First Team (2014-15) and Second Team (2012-13) and
was selected to a franchise-record three NBA All-Star Games (2012, 2015, 2017),
starting the 2015 NBA All-Star Game opposite his older brother, Pau Gasol.
Fans who want to support the Memphis Grizzlies and purchase 2018-19 Season
Tickets can do so now by calling (901) 888-HOOP or going online to
grizzlies.com/tickets. Single Game Tickets are also available for purchase at
the FedExForum Box Office, ticketmaster.com, online at grizzlies.com/tickets or
by calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX. For more information on the Grizzlies, visit
grizzlies.com, ‘like’ Memphis Grizzlies on Facebook or follow on Twitter and
Instagram (@memgrizz).
Player: CJ Miles
Player: Jonas Valanciunas
Player: Delon Wright
Player: Marc Gasol
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