Arvydas Sabonis - Hall of Fame

Arvydas Sabonis - Hall of Fame Career

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• Arvydas
• Sabonis;
• Portland
• Trail
• Blazers

[Xionc]

When I was 8 or 9, I got a book called "The 100 Greatest Basketball Players Ever". Arvydas was right there, and I credit them for that inclusion.

[bigdadguy]

He was the missing piece to the Blazers winning the championship in the early 90s.

[zyxwut321]

Part of that "main man" thing is a cultural difference. Americans just don't realize how casually intimate they can be with people they don't know well and how that's viewed as phony and suspicious by many people from other cultures. It's kind of like how foreigners are often irritated by the way Americans greet each other with "how are you?" when they don't mean it or say "have a nice day". It sounds trite and insincere to many people outside our culture.

[Viktse26]

@imkayfull And what about Frank Sinatra, Einstein or Leonardo da Vinci? Never heard of? Unbelievible. Sabonis is the best player ever, because basketball consist not only of how many points you can make (like Kobe, i'm good, i dont need a team, i can make 80% of all throws the team make, why should i pass the ball ), or Shaq (i can dunk, what is free throw for?). That is not basketball. And NO ONE has ever got such a respect like Sabonis as a person.

[iamhungey12345]

Drexler believed that had he played for the Blazers in his prime, they would have won multiple championships.

[Aldon3]

I remember seeing him in the Goodwill Games in 86 and he was huge for the USSR in the Olympics in S. Korea. Would love to have seen him in the league when he could still move.

[chineseboxdrink]

concord xi's @ 3:14

[teeoak]

this guy is a legend! europeon centers these days should look up this guys game...the most complete center to come out of europe.

[junk11111111]

Him and Rodman going into the hall fame is awesome.

I saw the Blazers practicing at Lewis & Clark just before Sabonis began his first official NBA season.

I walked in and witnessed a fast break and the ball was passed to a big guy under the hoop with 3 defenders. In a blink of an eye from facing the point guard to turning to the hoop he dunked the ball.

I never saw a big guy move so fast then I realized that must be Sabonis. And in the next moment I realized I'm witnessing another NBA legend.

[cupolove1]

possibly the most underrated player EVER!. really pleased with the hall of fame including him and rodman.

[browndani166]

You kno when I was a kid playing basketball I was always the taller kid who could shoot and pass and played center. When I was young my friends always use to call me Sabonis, and when I was young I hated that comparison/nick name. Now looking back at it, I feel like an idiot I should have loved that nick name and comparison.

[wearethesc]

you know