Sabonis dominating the US, aged 18

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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    [video=youtube;fyzUZWVLJy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyzUZWVLJy8[/video]

    Anyone recognize any of the US players?

    (Check out the goaltend at 4:50.)
     
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    Is that when he dominated David Robinson? Sabonis was amazing when he was younger. Damn good when he was on the Blazers but just a shell of the player he was in his prime.
     
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    This game was played 2 years before Rudy Fernandez was born in Palma de Mallorca - Spain. I wonder if Sabes could hear Rudy bitching then too???
     
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    seriously what could have been if he were here in his prime

    ::(
     
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    #4 is Scott Skiles. Hard to recognize him with hair. :)

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    Sabonis dominated in 1988... this is five years earlier. Amazing.

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    On a lark, I did a comparison:

    Oden last year versus Sabonis...
    1995-96:
    http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=1fP5O

    1996-97:
    http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=5o6SU

    Two things I take away from this... (1) holy crap Sabas was incredible, getting that kind of production at 32 with no Achilles tendons. (2) If Oden can maintain his performance over 72 games, he will be right between Sabas's two best seasons as a Blazer. If he improves? Oh my goodness.
     
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    I've always said that the low side projection of Oden's career is Arvydas. Limited minutes, lots of injuries, but when you can actually get him on the damned court he has a huge impact on the game from the center position.
     
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    Prime Sabas + Buck + Clyde + TP + Kersey = constant struggle with Magic/Bird/Jordan over 10 titles.

    Maybe not much of a struggle really except against Jordan. I wonder sometimes if Jordan wouldn't be even better were he young today. I feel like he was bored after his first 3 titles. He was so dominant compared to anyone else it was almost incredible. He would have loved the challenge.
     
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    Prime Sabas with Duck as the backup C basically takes two championships away from Detroit, and two from Chicago. I see us winning 4 straight from 1989-1992.
     
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    Sabas is one of my favorite Blazers and probably always will be.

    I'd love to find a jersey.
     
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    Don't think I have to say much more than post... (check my username)
     
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    Sort of pointless to ponder, as he would have been doing it for the Hawks.
     
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    Is #15 John Stockton?
     
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    Nah. The pick was voided because Sabas was too young.

    Interesting that he didn't get hurt until AFTER picked by the Hawks, though.

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    A shell in terms of overall game, but he still averaged a 21.2 PER as a Blazer. Sabas was a fucking stud. Too bad he didn't come over to the NBA in his mid-20s. Shaq would have been jealous, and he wouldn't have dissed the old Sabas that he competed against.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sabonar01.html
     
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    Steve Alford looks like #15. Was that Bobby Knight coaching the US?
     
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    Is that really why they lost his rights? I always thought it was because you couldn't hold onto rights indefinitely back then.
     

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