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Gallery: Donatas Motiejunas Season in Review 2016-17

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Pelicans, Pepsi Partner for Circle K Opening

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Pelicans Host Smoothie King Staff for Fit Camp with Cousins, Motiejunas

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Donatas joins the Pels for practice January 4, 2017

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Meet the Team: Donatas Motiejunas

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1)      A native of Lithuania, Motiejunas was a first-round pick in 2011, officially selected No. 20 overall by Minnesota. He was the recipient of the 2010-11 Eurocup Rising Star trophy, marking him as a player with a bright future. Other recent winners of that award: Jonas Valanciunas (2011-12, now a starting center for Toronto) and Kristaps Porzingis (2014-15, now a certain future All-Star for New York).

2)      He adds talent and depth to the New Orleans frontcourt. During a recent stretch for the Pelicans, the vast majority of the minutes at power forward and center have been logged by Anthony Davis, Dante Cunningham and Terrence Jones, with Solomon Hill also sliding over at times at the big forward slot.

3)      Although a back injury prevented him from participating in the playoffs two seasons ago, Motiejunas started 62 regular season games among 71 total appearances for Houston in 2014-15. Those Rockets went 56-26 en route a Southwest Division championship, then reached the Western Conference finals, being eliminated 4-1 by eventual NBA champion Golden State.

4)      The 7-footer established career highs nearly across the board in ’14-15, his third NBA campaign. Motiejunas was one of the league’s most accurate perimeter shooters among players at his height, making 36.8 percent of his attempts (49 of 133). He averaged 12.0 points and 5.9 rebounds, while shooting a tick over 50 percent from the field.

5)      Motiejunas is left-handed, joining Jones as the only southpaws on the current New Orleans roster. Coincidentally, Motiejunas and Jones were teammates with Houston for all four previous seasons of their NBA careers. Jones started 24 games for the ultra-successful ’14-15 Rockets, as well as 71 in ’13-14.

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Five things to know about Pelicans forward Donatas Motiejunas

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed free agent forward/center Donatas Motiejunas (doh-NAH-tahs moe-tee-YOU-nus). Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Motiejunas, 7-0, 222, previously played for the Houston Rockets from 2012-16. In 214 career regular season games, the Lithuanian native holds averages of 7.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 19.0 minutes per game.

Motiejunas will wear number #12 for the Pelicans. New Orleans’ roster currently stands at 15.

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Pelicans Sign Donatas Motiejunas

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