Throwback: Arvydas Sabonis' Near Perfect Game (32 PTS, 92% FG%, 10 REBS, 6 BLKS) 

He was the best player in Europe and he came to nba at game 30s

Gives me goosebumps thinking about just how dominant he would have been in his PRIME in the nba without injuries

I don't need to imagine that. I'm old enough to remember a young Arvydas Sabonis playing in the Zalgiris Kaunas team against Real Madrid. It was like seeing an alien. A guy that size, being so fast and scoring 3 pointers? That was crazy back then in european basketball, big guys like Tkachenko, Meneghin or Fernando Romay were slow. It's a shame he wasn't allowed to play in the NBA sooner, he was a beast.

@@gamian_skillard1333 Thing is Sabonis had very high IQ about the game. Hes not selfish, he didnt played to be dominant like players these days. He played to win. I think if you put prime Sabonis in these days NBA he would probably be best C in a league due his IQ, passing abilities, 3pt shots. He was all round player good at offence and good at defence which is kinda rare in NBA. And just look at his jumps at 30s + after all those crazy injuries:) This man can't jump anymore and he still played at top quality.. Well, but we will never know what would have happened if USSR would have let him join NBA at early age. Probably he would not had so many injuries. Anyway It's nice to see people in NBA still remember him, cause here in our Country hes like a national treasure and BC Zalgiris vs Moscow CSKA back in 80s was crazy. Those Lithuanians like Sabonis who played basketball under USSR, but always said Im not Russian Im Lithuanian gave some extra strenght for whole nation to get its freedom back. I hope Domantas Sabonis will be same good as his dad, because we need a leader in our national basketball. Generations changed and atm I don't see anyone who could lead our basketball team on a court :) See you all in World Cup this year!

@@vecislt good luck to you and your team and nation brother! agree with everything you said above!

Hahaha.... yeah, but if you watch videos when he was in his prime the man can jump out of the building!

thats definitely NBA sabonis. biggest what if from europe

@Jason Graves counldt have said it better myself 😂

he literally was that old dude...

Jokic plays like that at a much younger age.

Nah, he looks like 7 foot Dan Akroyd

looking like archenemy of Jusuf Nurkic's father

I refuse to believe he's not a mafia boss

​@@oldfrend I was like “wait wait wait, you are GOAT, Put the gun down, Domantas”

Wish he played in America sooner

💍💍💍

With our early 90's starters.....we would've had multiple rings....

Wouldve had a better chance at beating detroit and chicago

He wasn't underrated. The 80s and 90s had too many big men. If he wasn't injured he would've been one of the best

@@vamoneygroup He wasn't underrated in Europe, but most people don't realize that, in his prime, he was easily one of the greatest centers ever. A lot of people don't realize how well he would have likely performed if he had played in the NBA during his prime.

SugaHoneyIceTea36 couldn’t have put it any better

So many blazers were massive could've beens and what ifs. It's tragic

We all know drose the biggest could've been tho

Drose_since_06 Grant Hill

@@golden-sun Yep. Sabonis, Brandon Roy, Drazen petrovic, Greg oden

Maybe by fans, but he’s not underrated he’s in the Hall Of Fame lol

Sucks that his body was already broken when he was just a rookie. His game was sweet nevertheless.

Old man ran point center dam near half his rookie season, wished we could got him sooner

He's broken coz he played for the blazers.

@@UdonTZai I wasn't because of that but alright

I dont think you can argue him being better than Jokic but if only Arvydas was younger Im sure it wouldve been a debate

Jokic is but arvydas couldve been if he got to the nba back in '86

Maybe so

No

When he was young, before injuries, he would have been a Victor Wembeyama kind of thing, he was as a young basketball player big, powerful, with excellent passing and shooting skills. When he went to NBA at 31 he was physically ran down, he was absolutely something else an artist and something wonderful. Not the best player in history but on my book the biggest what if ever and I absolutely loved the guy as a player.

@@javierzapatero7379 well he was definitely better than Wemby. Sabonis was very strong and had skills.

I know He would be in the Hall if fame battling Dirk for best euro player ever....

Shawn A Sabonis was a way better overall defender than Dirk, along with the shot blocking Dirk never had. Plus he was an unreal playmaker for any position, while Dirk was just average at his position.

@@SethKasso Dirk?? Average?? At his position?? Do you even know what you're talking about?

Yo Mama I think he meant dirk was an average playmaker in comparison to arvydas Everyone knows dirk as a whole player is NOT average

​@Yuval Ski You have no idea what you're talking about. I love Dirk, he had one of the greatest playoff runs in NBA history, but he's not the basketball savant Sabonis was. And in Sabonis's prime, he was way more athletic than Dirk, a far better playmaker, and a far better defensive player. I would maybe give Dirk a slight edge as a scorer, but in every other aspect of the game, Sabonis was superior by a significant margin.

Tomas Lundström Jokic: No impossible (watching Sabonis highlights clips) actually I get it

Hahaha top.

@lol shit is this dude Domantas' dad? lol

Philippe Ochoa Yeah hes the guy that is averaging 18.5 pts and is now a all star sooooo

@@deivydasbaksa3324 he never said anything bad about domas

Marciulionis didn't play for Zalgiris, he played for Statiba Vilnius, the other Lithuanian team in the top-tier Soviet league. Chomicius was not starting very often for USSR as well. Usually it was either Valters or Sokk. Nonetheless, Zalgiris were an awesome team in the 80s: winning three straight championships against CSKA Moscow, going into European Cup Finals, only to lose to incredible Cibona, with Drazen Petrovic.

more like a upgraded version of domantas sabonis

@@qiyushen1985 domantas would look like a bench player compared to prime Arvydas

@@qiyushen1985 more like a fusion of Porzingis and Doncic

sasarasasarasa damn he was AMAZING when he was 16

CSGO Betting that did not age well

You can tell those are die-hard fans..

Check out some of his highlights, m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PHAdHgRHAo4.html

What about Brandon Roy?

Clyde the glide

Not literally, though (?) 🤔

He was broken a lot of times, but he always came back.

Velesas no one could guarantee that but the Russians had him going on painkillers during injuries and seriously fucked him up

He basically saying he would have loved to see him play in the NBA when he was younger and more athletic. His size plus skill set would have made for a hell of a C, just look at what he did once he was able to play in the league.

It wasn't his knees it was his Achilles tendon that he wrecked jumping off a building in Lithuania after maybe having a few too many shots of Vodka. There was a big article with pictures of his leg and the operation in a magazine called Mokslas it Gyvenas

@@kanadietis you are talking bullshit about jumping off a building

yeah even shaq and horry agreed easily the toughest team they ever faced. these blazers arent intimidated by the lakers then

Yeah but they coudlnt have done anything cuz of soviet union

@John doue Quebec Klay got 37 pts in 9 minutes.He too,like Arvydas had a ridiculous stretch going 13/13 from the field.

Jm Gonzales 11-12 From the Field

he was 37 here

Juan Rodriguez Jokic would be a better protege.

@@y2shuproblem Why not his own son 💀

@@user-qp3tj3si6n cause his son plays nothing like him haha

@@AKA.SV9 wrong lol, you obviously don't watch indiana basketball

Sabonis now looks after Basketball federation in Lithunia :) I love those 80s thing where USSR starting five was like 2-3Lithuanians, 1 Ukranian and 1 Georgian I think, with no Russians xD

GREAT!!

That’s a good one. RIP

Arvydas ! A not O

Ah yes, the great Sturat Scott. Well played @theSteepBike

I miss Stu

ProBasket Spec It’s Pete Pranica the same commentator for the Grizzlies today

Sabas was 37 here...

That Blazer team was the Defacto NBA champs that year. Pippen, Sheed, S Smith, Rider and Sabonis had the Lakers figured out and were up 17 with 8 minutes to go in the 4th when the referees completely conspired against them. The obvious fix was in, no doubt. But that was the NBA under David Stern, corrupt as hell.

@@marktrail8624 After they fouled out Sabonis on ticky tack calls it was over for Portland. They should've been the champs that year.

trapezemusic imagine if they didnt fuck both of his knees

a no brainer... HOF... I only woulda been shocked if he didn't make it

Sabonis (17 years & 11months with 2'18 m) faces Ralph Sampson (22 years with 2'24 m) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zSgqedZ4now.html Sabonis gets angry, Sabonis over Robinson @ 3:15 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BEFcfjOhZWg.html Sabonis breaks the backboard (1984) @ 3:28 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gqxRL7Svt7Y.html TOP ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WEYnLxrs4W8.html