Arvydas Sabonis' injury-marred basketball journey ends in Hall of Fame

[baseline bum]

Watching Sabonis was like watching Walton; just as complete a bigman as you'll ever find. On top of that he could shoot like Sam Perkins and was more athletic than Walton too. I have no doubts a healthy Sabonis would win multiple MVPs even in the Jordan era, and putting him with Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, and Buck Williams would have created one of the great dynasties in NBA history and created a rivalry with Chicago on par with Boston/LA in the 80s.

[Giuseppe]

Watching Sabonis was like watching Walton

Fine analogy, Bum.

Walton, at prime was near beautiful to behold. The embodiment of perfection.

[Axe Murderer]

I wasn't questioning his compe iveness by saying he wasn't someone who cared about the scoring le, I was saying it always seemed like he cared about other (like winning games), and not the scoring le.

Shaq probably embellished the autograph story. If he wanted to pull a story out of thin air I think he woulda done something better than "D-Rob yelled at me for asking for an autograph," and as you said, he needed something to motivate him. He never seemed like someone who was motivated by basketball itself.

Actually I think if Shaq wanted to make up a story that would be the perfect one to pull up. Obviously Robinson turned down people for autographs over the years and it's not like he remembers every single one.

[midnightpulp]

of a player. Congrats.

[lil_penny]

"He's not my Vydas.

He's not your Vydas.

He's our Vydas, Arvydas Sabonis."

[der Kaiser]

That's right, he was gonna be a Daddy Stopper. Daddy had some mercy on him though. Unlike Mutombo who he just slaughtered.

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