Donatas Motiejunas

You know you needed yet another Donatas Motiejunas update. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, the 7-footer is now expected to sign a deal with the New Orleans Pelicans to seal his NBA return: Free-agent power forward Donatas Motiejunas is in serious discussions to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources told The Vertical. [...]

Hopefully you’re ready for another twist in the Donatas Motiejunas-Houston Rockets saga. The Rockets announced on Thursday night that they would be renouncing their rights to the restricted free agent, officially eliminating the possibility of his return while making him an unrestricted free agent who can sign with any team—except, of course, the Brooklyn Nets. [...]

And here you thought Donatas Motiejunas’ return to the Houston Rockets, and the NBA in general, was finally official. The reunion for Houston and Motiejunas is on hold yet again due to issues with the seven-footer’s physical. Here’s Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle with the latest: With the Rockets’ planned efforts to return forward/center [...]

The dance between Donatas Motiejunas and the Houston Rockets is finally over. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/807251998928240640] [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/807253559817502720] And so ends one of the more bizarre player-team sagas in recent memory. Houston tried to deal Motiejunas to the Detroit Pistons ahead of last year’s trade deadline, only to have him fail [...]

Let’s briefly recap what’s happened between the Houston Rockets and Donatas Motiejunas over the past year. The team tried trading him to the Detroit Pistons last season. But the deal was rescinded because Motiejunas failed a physical on a account of his back. He finished out the season with them, logging some serious time in [...]

Well, the Brooklyn Nets took their shot. Again. And they missed. Again. The Nets signed restricted free agents Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson to offer sheets over the summer. Both deals were matched by incumbent teams. Fast forward to December, and the Nets took a shot on unsigned restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas. But his [...]

Donatas Motiejunas’ foray into restricted free agency didn’t go as planned. Not only did the Houston Rockets fail to offer him a contract he deemed acceptable, but he hasn’t gotten one from another team, otherwise, you know, he’d be playing in the NBA. But that seems like it’s about to change. According to the Houston [...]

Patrick Beverley is on course to make his regular-season debut for the Houston Rockets, which means the team is finally whole again! Well, almost whole. Head coach Mike D’Antoni was quick to point out that the Rockets won’t be whole until they bring back Donatas Motiejunas—assuming they bring him back at all, per Jonathan Feigen [...]

There is a reason why the Houston Rockets renounced the rights to Terrence Jones, now of the New Orleans Pelicans, but not Donatas Motiejunas, who remains unsigned. He is a pretty hot commodity. Don’t let his current status fool you. D-Mo is a wanted man, per Fox 26’s Mark Berman: Forward Donatas Motiejunas would be [...]

Ryan Anderson and Stan Van Gundy, together again? Yes, please. The Detroit Pistons have positioned themselves to be big spenders this summer. They delayed an extension for Andre Drummond, used the stretch provision on Josh Smith in 2014-15 and have a number of non-guaranteed and expiring contracts that will allow them to create max-contract space. [...]