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Beat Pistons, Lose To Bulls
Beat Bulls, Lose To Pistons
Beat Both The Bulls And Pistons
Beat Neither Bulls Or Pistons
What If....................Prime Arvydas Sabonis had the chance to play in the NBA?
Would the Blazers with Sabonis have beaten the Pistons and/or Bulls in the Finals?
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sorry i didn't see the poll. What a fail
Lets just say Hakeem wouldn't be considered the best foreign player of all time..
Better yet... what if Sampson never got injured? True twin towers and probably the best duo in league history. Sampson was amazing.
tbh I fully believe the Blazers with Sabonis would have beaten the Pistons and Bulls and probably won a 3rd le somewhere in that era as well.
Lose to Detroit for sure.
considering how TOSB, post-injury Sabonis fared... I can only imagine how well he would have played against the centers of the 80's and 90's. ill give them the benefit of the doubt
Sabonis, at his prime, would have been one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) matchup nightmares in NBA history.
That being said, I think he would have a good chance at beating both, but I'd still ultimately have to go with Michael & the Bulls over him.
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What if the clock operator wasn't asleep at the switch in game 5 of the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals?
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What if Enrique didn't go 6-23 in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Manu didn't turn the basketball over eight times in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Manu and/or Kawhi didn't miss crucial free throws in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Pop didn't sub Timmy out in crunch time in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
Sabonis was still steeped in funk & junk. It was in his bloodline.
Blazers with prime Sabonis would have destroyed the NBA
Was sabonis really that good? can someone just sum him up for me? I've always heard he would have been great but i didn't think he would have been great enough to the point where it would have easily swung championships in his teams favor
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wow didn't know any of that at all, its incredible that one guy said he would have been the best to ever play maybe
Not just anyone. Schrempf was a boss and a HOF member.
TOSB Sabonis was a fav of mine tbh. Don't even wanna think about Prime Arvydas in the NBA
Better passer than Vlade Divac, much better shooter than Rick Smits, almost as athletic as David Robinson, great rebounding and shotblocking instincts, a quick jump, 7'3" tall, I mean this guy would have likely won a couple of MVPs in the NBA before his knees went to playing in the Soviet Union. I mean damn, you remember how awesome a center he was in the 90s despite not being able to move at all? Dude was still a top center even though he moved like he was in quicksand. I mean a starting lineup of Sabonis, Buck Williams, Jerome Kersey, Clyde Drexler, and Terry Porter with Cliff Robinson and Drazen Petrovic off the bench would be one of the filthiest teams in NBA history. They would have dominated the West and would probably have a winning record against Chicago in the Finals. If you watched early 90s ball you can remember how Robinson used to dominate the Bulls. Now take an even better center and give him Drexler and Porter and you're talking a nightmare matchup for Chicago.
Sabonis wouldn't have changed anything
I shouldn't say Sabonis was almost as athtletic as David Robinson, as that's really underrating how much of a freak Robinson was athletically. But prime Sabonis was still very athletic for a bigman.
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What if Manu didn't foul Dirk in game 7 in the 2006 Western Conference Finals?
What if Enrique didn't go 6-23 in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Manu didn't turn the basketball over eight times in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Manu and/or Kawhi didn't miss crucial free throws in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
What if Pop didn't sub Timmy out in crunch time in game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
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