This guy was explosive when he was young and he was on the national team as a teenager. I've never seen a better passing 7-foot dude ever and was for his entire career.
@@20000lukas It was during USSR times, Lithuanian team was called "Respublikanskaia Komanda" get your history and terminology right. Soviet player - Soviet national Team, American Player - American National Team. It addresses a NATION which was USSR.
@@AlexeiPavlov He was a real lithuanian and still is. So i don't know what are you talking about ;) he was forced to play fors ussrs. So bett stop learning from Stalin books.
@@20000lukas dude get real, Lithuania was part of USSR, and he played for USSR national team. get your facts straight. Republican teams were called "Сборная республики" USSR national team was called Сборная СССР
I've seen Sabonis playing whit the URSS un Spain when he was 20 years old, and he crashed the table in the trainig round. I was just a child but I never forgot it
@@magicogonzalez8465 eran otros tiempos, piensa que probablemente nadie en ese pabellón había visto jamás algo así. Y el baloncesto europeo de los 80 era bastante más calentito de lo que es ahora, igual que pasa con la NBA. De todas formas, Sabonis se reconcilió con Madrid y con el público madrileño poco después, en la semifinal del mundobasket 86. Terminó el partido en la grada, saludando y agradeciendo el apoyo. El hombre no sabía que más que amor al soviet, lo que había presenciado era odio a Drazen.. 😛
I can't think of any center that had the skill set of Sabonis (except maybe Olajuwan)... As a passer, he's likely the best all time among bigs. He also had a great post up game and could shoot from distance. Some of the most highly regarded centers look pedestrian in comparison. He was past his prime when he came to the nba, and remains relatively unknown in America.. but he's a legend in Spain and undoubtedly a hero in Lithuania.
KIRIK123321 l have to correct you a bit, since 1981 he played in Europe - occupied Lithuania. In 1989 he starts playing in Spain - free democratic country.
При росте 220 иметь такую координацию движений,такую технику бросков и передач это действительно выдающийся баскетболист и самый самый на постсоветском пространстве всех времен!!! И даже предствить страшно как бы он еще лучше играл не будь у него этой злощастной травмы ахилового сухожилия! Он бы на года 3 раньше попал бы в НБА,в пору его расцвета а не заката(все таки он туда попал в 32 года).Уверен что тогда мы бы не Шаком востогались бы,а Сабонисом.И это не Сабонис бы играл против Шак и Робинсона,а Робинсон и Шак играли бы против Сабониса(я думю что многие поняли что я имел ввиду)
I remember Arvydas Sabonis at his prime in Europe. For helping the NBA fans to figure out what he was.... imagine Magic Johnson in the body of Shaquille O'Neal or Hakeem Olajuwon (actually around 4 inches taller than them). Just unbelievable
How he can be best with 3 asist per game than Jokic who has somethimes even 15,16? :D Jokic is another level of productivity and he has better higlights in only 1 year than Sabonis in whole life :) Modern era, that we can' t compare, today' s centers are another level
He and Bill Walton would both be top 5 centers of all time if they were allowed to play the entirety of their primes in the NBA and without suffering injuries
sabonis was good past his prime, with bad knees in the nba. yes, he would have fairly dominated in the era he played in, had he not screwed up his knees.
Sabonis such a great player! I still remember the super talented trailblazers from the 90's They always made the playoffs but came up short all the time.
Young Sabonis had the height and vertical of a young Ralph Sampson, the post work of a prime Olajuwon or Kevin McHale, the Girth of Shaq and the passing of Magic Johnson.
scary idea...would have been amazing to watch when you put it that way. His paasing game was pretty buttery tho as a high posting big man. He hurt paint defenses even till his last playing years.
Sabonis did play against Olajuwon from 1995-2001. Sabonis won 7 games, Olajuwon won 6. Sabonis had more rebounds and had a higher FG%, 3p% and FT%. If a very injured and old Sabonis could do this to Olajuwon then a young Sabonis is better than Olajuwon, sorry.
Человек - эпоха баскетбола,площадку видел на 360* градусов,спасибо ,что такие люди выступали за, великую страну,которой больше никогда не будет ,здоровья тебе Арвидас,мы тебя никогда не забудем!
loooooooooooooooooooooooool btw it s Irk nowitzky cause he has no D ......^^ god, how funny a player that built his career on a single move can be so popular .......except his fade away post shoot, irk never played BB....he s certainly the most boring player to watch and one of the greatest overrated player of all times .....
I wish he had came to NBA 10 yrs ealier than he did. At his prime he would have been the greatest Center to played the game. He might be in the GOAT conversation with MJ, Kobe and Lebron.
Ехал однажды через Сербию из Литвы, остановился на заправке, вышел директор заправки увидел литовские номера и кричит работнице - "иди Сабонису окно на машине помой". Эх до чего было приятно. (: А ведб это было лет пять назад и Сабонис уже давно не играет. Удивил меня мужик.
thx for sharing his sensitivity is the reason why we should love him. if he can control weight and avoid alcohol. his legendary in NBA should be much longer and higher
Indeed. Many people wonder what could have been. But the Ruskies with their Cold War mentality to win no matter the cost overused him very badly in the eighties. That is what laid the foundation for his future chronic leg issues. Still put up quite a show for a semi-disabled athlete. :D Cannot but bow down and respect the dude.
you dont know what you are talking about. In NBA each team play 82 games, how come 'Ruskies' overused him? He played more than 82 games? He played maybe a few games with injection, but hey, this is a norm in NBA! Besides, Patrick Ewing had almost same problems at his late 20s. he totally lost his mobility even in 1993, at the age of 30. Maybe the Russkies overussed him, too, though he never heard about it?
Такое исполнение,скромность,третий глаз на затылке- любовь помноженная на трудолюбие собирает людей в зале и потом долгие дни они вспоминают и жизнь становиться полнее и радостней.
I'm related to this guy. One of the most underrated players of all time. I'd even call him the greatest passing center of all time with his skill. Can't wait to see Domantas Sabonis tear up the NBA when he leaves Gonzaga!
With all the flaws of how the Soviet idea was implemented in our country, many ideological principles underlying it - a sense of collectivism, tolerance towards other nations, a willingness to sacrifice everything for the homeland - are not bad at all for the moral education of people and athletes, agree? Of course. I often said that my homeland is the Soviet Union ... Do you have any unrealized childhood dream? Or was basketball so busy all the time that there was no possibility of dreaming? In our youth, by and large, there was one dream - to get into the national team. It was the most important thing in life. If I made my way into the national team, I got a training suit with the inscription "USSR" interview with Arvidas Sabonis 2013 in the national team of the USSR he became the champion of the world, the champion of Europe, and the champion of the Olympics games, according to your idiotic logic, he lost years xa xa
he can shoot threes, with good dribbling, good body advantage, high basketball intelligence... and 7'3 tall !! If he plays in current NBA he would be dominating the league.....
I saw this guy play live in 1986 when I was 12 years old in a Germany vs USSR match...he was just unbelievable, 2.21m tall, running and shooting threes like a guard...he seemed to be just toying with the other guys on the court...his haircut was terrible, though ;)
Only if. Had he played, the Blazers would have won 3-7 championships. MJ is the greatest but he could not have overcome a Blazers team w/ this juggernaut.
This guy was explosive when he was young and he was on the national team as a teenager. I've never seen a better passing 7-foot dude ever and was for his entire career.
SSRS wasn't his national team :(
@@20000lukas It was during USSR times, Lithuanian team was called "Respublikanskaia Komanda" get your history and terminology right. Soviet player - Soviet national Team, American Player - American National Team. It addresses a NATION which was USSR.
@@AlexeiPavlov He was a real lithuanian and still is. So i don't know what are you talking about ;) he was forced to play fors ussrs. So bett stop learning from Stalin books.
@@20000lukas dude get real, Lithuania was part of USSR, and he played for USSR national team. get your facts straight. Republican teams were called "Сборная республики" USSR national team was called Сборная СССР
if only he joined the NBA in his prime
just imagine if he played his prime years in the NBA
With Drexler and Porter..would have been hell of a team:)
We could be talking about Sabonis, the greatest NBA center of all time
+scotti pippen That would've been SCARY
yenes, 3 times champions, ten time all star
AlphaDwg hey would have been a modern day bill russell
I am a big fun of his talent. thank you Mr.Sabonis
the art of basketball
I watched that Olympic game years ago against David Robinson, Sabonis just killed him it was amazing!
I've seen Sabonis playing whit the URSS un Spain when he was 20 years old, and he crashed the table in the trainig round. I was just a child but I never forgot it
que lo pague, que lo pague, que lo pague...!!!! gritaba el pabellón..
@@magicogonzalez8465 y le pitaron una técnica por desconsideración... 😛
Fernando, supongo que la jugada a la que te refieres es la del 3:50 de este vídeo. Torneo de Navidad, la URSS vs Real Madrid.
@@aha3885 ¿desconsideración por romper el tablero?... je je je.. que vergüenza..
@@magicogonzalez8465 eran otros tiempos, piensa que probablemente nadie en ese pabellón había visto jamás algo así. Y el baloncesto europeo de los 80 era bastante más calentito de lo que es ahora, igual que pasa con la NBA. De todas formas, Sabonis se reconcilió con Madrid y con el público madrileño poco después, en la semifinal del mundobasket 86. Terminó el partido en la grada, saludando y agradeciendo el apoyo. El hombre no sabía que más que amor al soviet, lo que había presenciado era odio a Drazen.. 😛
I can't think of any center that had the skill set of Sabonis (except maybe Olajuwan)... As a passer, he's likely the best all time among bigs. He also had a great post up game and could shoot from distance. Some of the most highly regarded centers look pedestrian in comparison. He was past his prime when he came to the nba, and remains relatively unknown in America.. but he's a legend in Spain and undoubtedly a hero in Lithuania.
One of my favorite players, very underrated.
+wiley schmitt Those fucking injuries and USSR at the beginning stoped him for becoming the greatest or one of the greatest C in NBA :(
Mr. Putler Gollum
I agree, he would've dominated for sure.
+wiley schmitt he should give the same respect as those top centers. In the 1988 he lead the USSR win the gold metal.
KIRIK123321 l have to correct you a bit, since 1981 he played in Europe - occupied Lithuania. In 1989 he starts playing in Spain - free democratic country.
+Mr. Putler Gollum So, Spain also stoped him for becoming the greatest or one of the greatest C in NBA?
The most underrated player.. But i love this man..
При росте 220 иметь такую координацию движений,такую технику бросков и передач это действительно выдающийся баскетболист и самый самый на постсоветском пространстве всех времен!!! И даже предствить страшно как бы он еще лучше играл не будь у него этой злощастной травмы ахилового сухожилия! Он бы на года 3 раньше попал бы в НБА,в пору его расцвета а не заката(все таки он туда попал в 32 года).Уверен что тогда мы бы не Шаком востогались бы,а Сабонисом.И это не Сабонис бы играл против Шак и Робинсона,а Робинсон и Шак играли бы против Сабониса(я думю что многие поняли что я имел ввиду)
The Soviets destroyed his career
уедь Сабас без травмы в 89, в финале 91 Портленд убил бы Джордана
esli ne griobany sssr...... SABONIS by papal v NBA v svoyom rasvete.
a mountain with a touch and vision of a hawk, a real legend...
Saboniis-Lietuvas leģenda.💥💥💥
The Legend!! I still remember duel between AS & David Robinson at 1986 Goodwill Game.. His hammering dunk and dancing-like pivot steps.
A 7'3 Larry Bird.
...Incredible player.
7 4
One of the smartest players in NBA history.
It's a shame he was limited by his age and various injuries.
I remember Arvydas Sabonis at his prime in Europe. For helping the NBA fans to figure out what he was.... imagine Magic Johnson in the body of Shaquille O'Neal or Hakeem Olajuwon (actually around 4 inches taller than them).
Just unbelievable
very smart guy. had great vision of the court. and his assists... marvelous. an all round player.
The best center pasing the ball I ever see!🏀
How he can be best with 3 asist per game than Jokic who has somethimes even 15,16? :D Jokic is another level of productivity and he has better higlights in only 1 year than Sabonis in whole life :) Modern era, that we can' t compare, today' s centers are another level
@@milosjovicevic6083 holy hell what dribble is that, Jokic can't even tie sabonis's shoes.
Center with pointguard passing skills, incredible! one of the kind!
He and Bill Walton would both be top 5 centers of all time if they were allowed to play the entirety of their primes in the NBA and without suffering injuries
Brian Hill he also joined the NBA way past his prime, his son is now doing great playing for the Pacers
Brian Hill no
sabonis was good past his prime, with bad knees in the nba. yes, he would have fairly dominated in the era he played in, had he not screwed up his knees.
Top centre he's not top 5
and Sabonis son too
Great video! Thank you! I'm a big fan of Arvydas and his skills
Sabonis such a great player! I still remember the super talented trailblazers from the 90's They always made the playoffs but came up short all the time.
He is Yao Ming's idol. A real talent. Great music BTW.
Luyu Wang yaoming definitely studied his game well, he had an identical over the head pass to Steve Francis
He remains one of the best basketball players in the world. A fine representative of Lithuanian basketball.
Legend,respect!!!!!!!!!
I think u become legend after death and he is still alive...
aras volosenko what about mj
Or Larry Legend
magic Johnson, bill russell Kareem abdul-jabaar.
Baba Yaga what?
one of the biggest what if in NBA
Лучший баскетболист СССР в её существование
Ne tolko vo vsiom mire tocno v petiorku...
Young Sabonis had the height and vertical of a young Ralph Sampson, the post work of a prime Olajuwon or Kevin McHale, the Girth of Shaq and the passing of Magic Johnson.
+Sal Amander don't forget his 3 point range
scary idea...would have been amazing to watch when you put it that way. His paasing game was pretty buttery tho as a high posting big man. He hurt paint defenses even till his last playing years.
Sal Amander his post game wasn't Hakeem level
12.0 ppg 2.1 APG 7.3RPG is not that impresive.
Sabonis did play against Olajuwon from 1995-2001. Sabonis won 7 games, Olajuwon won 6. Sabonis had more rebounds and had a higher FG%, 3p% and FT%. If a very injured and old Sabonis could do this to Olajuwon then a young Sabonis is better than Olajuwon, sorry.
I heard he was amazing b4 he got to the nba...when he came to the nba, he was a shell of his earlier days. Imagine what he would have done here.
Человек - эпоха баскетбола,площадку видел на 360* градусов,спасибо ,что такие люди выступали за, великую страну,которой больше никогда не будет ,здоровья тебе Арвидас,мы тебя никогда не забудем!
He was a great passer with the blazers. He could pass the ball. I loved watching him play for the blazers.
Arvydas DIDIS krepsininkas,all Lithuania love his guy......
arguably the most skillful big man that played the sport. also very entertaining to watch.
Budz Pogi dirk
loooooooooooooooooooooooool btw it s Irk nowitzky cause he has no D ......^^ god, how funny a player that built his career on a single move can be so popular .......except his fade away post shoot, irk never played BB....he s certainly the most boring player to watch and one of the greatest overrated player of all times .....
Сабонис лучший центр всех времен.
Da soglasen...
I wish he had came to NBA 10 yrs ealier than he did. At his prime he would have been the greatest Center to played the game. He might be in the GOAT conversation with MJ, Kobe and Lebron.
Какой всё таки, чудный и обаятельный Арвидас. Браво. Булат. Г Костанай Казахстан
Dude looks like he's a regular sized grown man playing with those kid's basket balls. He's massive! His skill was amazing!
Умный, быстрый великан!
Арвидас-Красавец!Второй по значимости баскетболист для меня после Джордана.
"Замрите, ангелы, смотрите - я играю. Разбор грехов моих оставьте до поры . Вы оцените красоту игры. " 😍
Sabonis had the finesse of making things look easy and elegant.
Best no look passer ever.
Ехал однажды через Сербию из Литвы, остановился на заправке, вышел директор заправки увидел литовские номера и кричит работнице - "иди Сабонису окно на машине помой". Эх до чего было приятно. (: А ведб это было лет пять назад и Сабонис уже давно не играет. Удивил меня мужик.
thx for sharing
his sensitivity is the reason why we should love him. if he can control weight and avoid alcohol. his legendary in NBA should be much longer and higher
His knees were already shit when he came to the u.s. and he still tore it up in the league.
Indeed. Many people wonder what could have been. But the Ruskies with their Cold War mentality to win no matter the cost overused him very badly in the eighties. That is what laid the foundation for his future chronic leg issues. Still put up quite a show for a semi-disabled athlete. :D Cannot but bow down and respect the dude.
Not the Ruskies , soviets .
Remigijus Jonaitis Yes, with a particular emphasis on Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians, not to mention Georgians.
zybergis and Russians ;)
you dont know what you are talking about. In NBA each team play 82 games, how come 'Ruskies' overused him? He played more than 82 games? He played maybe a few games with injection, but hey, this is a norm in NBA! Besides, Patrick Ewing had almost same problems at his late 20s. he totally lost his mobility even in 1993, at the age of 30. Maybe the Russkies overussed him, too, though he never heard about it?
Hell yeah, I had me a Sabonis jersey back in the mid 90's. I wasn't even a Portland fan, just loved the big guy pulling up for 3's.
великолепный! помню.
LIETUVA!!! Sabonis..Lithuanian Legend!!!
Every time I watch Jokic play, I see him 💯
Tai buvo Labai protingas zaidejas.
ЛУЧШИЙ ЦЕНТР ВСЕХ ВРЕМЕН И НАРОДОВ!
This guy may have been the best all round player ever. The way he destroyed David Robinson in the Goodwill games was jaw dropping.
Jep ;)
Kazkas nuostabaus.
Who is here in 2020? He was smooth.
Malkieri77 82 I'm here to compare him to kai sotto
Такое исполнение,скромность,третий глаз на затылке- любовь помноженная на трудолюбие собирает людей в зале и потом долгие дни они вспоминают и жизнь становиться полнее и радостней.
Sabonis era foda demais. Adorava ver os jogos do Portland e criava bonecos dele nos jogos da NBA q não tinham. THE BEST|!
This is the guy that started the US Dream Team. He was dogging the college players.
The most talented bigman in the history of the game
Арвидас Сабонис красавчик, великий спортсмен. Люблю ❤
I'm related to this guy. One of the most underrated players of all time. I'd even call him the greatest passing center of all time with his skill. Can't wait to see Domantas Sabonis tear up the NBA when he leaves Gonzaga!
Grande Sabas!
The best Lithuanian and USSR center player!!
Лучший
He played basketball the way it should be played. He made basketball beautiful.
He is my fav player im from the same country as him
One of the first of the modern bigs
Would have been a different story had he come to the NBA in his prime
Best of best !
His court vision was out of this world.
Great awesome video, thanks!!!
#4 is truly amazing
Arvidas Sabonis has always been my favourite baskett-ball player; unfortunatelly he lost his best years playing for the former USSR.
With all the flaws of how the Soviet idea was implemented in our country, many ideological principles underlying it - a sense of collectivism, tolerance towards other nations, a willingness to sacrifice everything for the homeland - are not bad at all for the moral education of people and athletes, agree?
Of course. I often said that my homeland is the Soviet Union ...
Do you have any unrealized childhood dream? Or was basketball so busy all the time that there was no possibility of dreaming?
In our youth, by and large, there was one dream - to get into the national team. It was the most important thing in life. If I made my way into the national team, I got a training suit with the inscription "USSR"
interview with Arvidas Sabonis 2013
in the national team of the USSR he became the champion of the world, the champion of Europe, and the champion of the Olympics games, according to your idiotic logic, he lost years xa xa
Neko igra kosarku, neko se igra kosarke...
+dimi966 Uvik bilo i bit će tako :)
+dimi966 a neko svira kurcu na youtube
He had skills💯🔥
So strong, si powerful... 3:56 with his dunk, he broke the backboard and also the audio!
Арвидас лучший
That thumbnail of him looks like Ray Liotta.
+Air Zeus he's goodfella of basketball
ARVYDAS SABONIS is TEH BEST EVER CENTER!!!!
Najbolji evropski centar ikad, sa postovanjem prema drugim velicinama
I used to love this dude.
His prime was in Chamberlian or Jabbar level ...
Brilliant basketball mind.What a flair.
he can shoot threes, with good dribbling, good body advantage, high basketball intelligence... and 7'3 tall !!
If he plays in current NBA he would be dominating the league.....
SABONIS-MAGIA💪💫🏀
just finished the video and i will now go do 100 push-ups even though i normally can only do lol
so big player.... if haven t problem with knee ...... his doing mutch more...he is a legend!!!
El mejor center que ha dado Europa.
Una leyenda del basketball.
They should have an all-world Hall of Fame Toni kukoc Dirk Nowitzki and so many others
I saw this guy play live in 1986 when I was 12 years old in a Germany vs USSR match...he was just unbelievable, 2.21m tall, running and shooting threes like a guard...he seemed to be just toying with the other guys on the court...his haircut was terrible, though ;)
Proud to be Lithuanian !
У меня 180, если бы я не оставила баскетбол, я бы тоже была в топе лучших..... Сабонису РЕСПЕКТ 👍👍👍😊
Only if. Had he played, the Blazers would have won 3-7 championships. MJ is the greatest but he could not have overcome a Blazers team w/ this juggernaut.
Yes totally agree
with you I remember one game where sabonis scored 30 points against the Bulls
Greatest center in the history of basketball. He was basically a point guard trapped in a center's body.
A genius
Watched ball since 74 this guy was a closer
Hes not my Vydas, hes not your Vydas, hes our Vydas!!
This man in his prime would dominated the NBA hands down with his skill set as a center!!
nice hook ... nice player
LITHUANIAN 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹