Donatas Motiejunas declares for draft; BallinEurope revisits prospect

One of last year’s projected top five selections in the NBA Draft has declared instead for the 2011 edition of the world’s biggest hoops talent lottery: Big man Donatas Motiejunas deferred in 2010 because “really felt like he needed another year of international ball before he was ready for the NBA” … so how has one more go-around with Benetton Treviso enhanced his chances in the American league? Approximately one year ago, the following was BallinEurope’s take on Motiejunas, in part. Strengths: Donatas is a highly touted, talented centre coming out of Benetton Treviso (the same team that produced NBA draftees such as Toni Kukoc, Jorge Garbajosa and Andrea Bargnani) and is a shooting centre with range all the way out to the 3-point line and can hit it from almost anywhere, as well as this he has a good dribble-drive and can finish with either hand, resulting in him being exceptionally hard to guard… Weaknesses: Unfortunately, due to his obvious talent, Motiejunas sometim...