Tuesday NBA Notes

Couple of things from the NBA:

• Jonas Valanciunas and the Toronto Raptors are reportedly nearing a deal that would pay the big man $60M over four years. That seems reasonable in the current market. Valanciunas has posted some impressive numbers over the first few years of his NBA career, but hasn't quite put it all together to become one of the league's top big men. The chance that he does so, however, is the Raps most likely path to elevating to another level as a team.
• Dorell Wright has signed with a Chinese team after two meh years in Portland. My initial reaction is: would Wright have been a better choice than Tayshaun Prince? He's younger, but has had some injury problems in the past. He's a better three point shooter (in fact that's pretty much all he does), but is not as famous. I think I would have rolled the dice on him before Prince, but it's marginal.
• Maya Moore won another Player of the Week award for last week, despite a poor game in Washington to finish out the week. Her 30+ in two wins earlier in the week were enough to earn the award, the 14th time she's won it. Ho hum.