page_title: Donatas Motiejūnas
section_title: 2012–13 season
hierarchical_section_title: Donatas Motiejūnas / Professional career / NBA and CBA / Houston Rockets (2012–2016) / 2012–13 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Jeff Withey of the New Orleans Pelicans looks for a shot as Donatas Motiejunas of the Houston Rockets defends during an NBA preseason basketball game, October 5, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
context_page_description: Donatas Motiejūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who last played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before going on to win the 2012 Polish Basketball League championship with Asseco Prokom Gdynia. After spending four seasons with the Houston Rockets from 2012 to 2016, Motiejūnas joined the New Orleans Pelicans in January 2017.
context_section_description: On July 6, 2012, Motiejūnas signed a four-year, rookie scale contract with the Houston Rockets and joined them for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In his summer league debut, he recorded 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. After the game, he quoted a famous Lithuanian idiom describing his debut: "Jeigu bijai vilko – neik į mišką" (English: If you're scared of wolves, don't go into the woods). Overall, he averaged 16.3 points and 7.8 rebounds in four games.
  On November 14, 2012, Motiejūnas was assigned to Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League. In his D-League debut on November 23, he recorded 31 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steals. Two days later, he was recalled by the Rockets. He was later reassigned two more times throughout the season and in seven D-League games, he averaged 20.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. In 44 games for the Rockets, he averaged 5.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
caption: Motiejūnas defending Jeff Withey in October 2013
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