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Donatas Motiejūnas

ドナタス・モティエユナス　/　どなたす・もてぃえゆなす

Basketball player from Lithuania

September 20, 1990 (age 35)　・　Kaunas, Lithuania

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My Take

At 213 centimeters, Donatas Motiejūnas commands attention before he even moves, but what interests me is the journey behind the frame. Lithuania is a tiny nation utterly obsessed with basketball, and to emerge from Kaunas, get drafted 20th overall in 2011, and carve out an NBA run with Houston takes more than height. I respect that he kept reinventing himself, now starring for Crvena zvezda in the EuroLeague rather than fading away. There is something admirable about a player who tastes the American game, returns to Europe's elite, and keeps competing. That refusal to coast is what I find most compelling about him.

Overview

Donatas Motiejūnas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [dɔˈnaːtɐs moːtʲiəˈjûːnɐs]; born September 20, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda Merdianbet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves who traded his rights to the Houston Rockets.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Donatas Motiejūnas
Name (Japanese): ドナタス・モティエユナス
Reading: どなたす・もてぃえゆなす
Born: September 20, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: Kaunas, Lithuania
Blood type: Private
Height: 213 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9

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