Bye the time he got here his knees were shot and he could not move very well. He got to portland he was already 31 years old!

Those portland teams were stacked with big men. In his Seven years he played with:

Uncle Cliffy
Rashweed
Jermain O'neal
Chris Dudley
Buck Williams
Kelvin Cato
Donkey Dale Davis
Shawn Kemp
and.........
Zach Randolph!

Arvydas in his youth was pretty slim and mobile for a big guy. Not until his 30's did he fill out.

Yao has a huge frame and just to be able to move that Noggin around is a feat unto itself! Yao towers over shaq but also his girth. The man is massive! His head alone must weight 50 lbs and be the size of a 7 year old child!

Nalod wrote:Sabonis at one time I believe might have been the best player on the planet when he was locked up in the Soviet team.

Bye the time he got here his knees were shot and he could not move very well. He got to portland he was already 31 years old!

and boy could Sabonis pass the ball....

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:Sabonis at one time I believe might have been the best player on the planet when he was locked up in the Soviet team.

Bye the time he got here his knees were shot and he could not move very well. He got to portland he was already 31 years old!

and boy could Sabonis pass the ball....

Came at end of his career
Was unreal in Europe during his prime

If Drago comes even close would be steal of century

Paladin55 wrote:

VDesai wrote:One of the most unique players we've ever seen but a shame he basically was never able to really fulfill his promise because of the injuries.

Wish we had a chance to have seen him in the NBA in his prime. Even as a shell of what he once was you could see that he was a special player.

And yeah- one of the best big men passers to have played in the game.

Would have been interesting to see him and Shaq banging into each other in their primes.

I saw him playing in Soviet Union in his prime.
He was dominant and was much bigger that most of the players.
I also sow Semjonova. She was playing for my city Riga/Latvia TTT team.
Semlonova was 6'11" and TTT with her won all possible woman bbal titles like for 10 years or so.
She used to leave in the same neighborhood were I was leaving and I saw her a lot in buses. She was always bending her head down to not hit the roof of the bus.
And man she was ugly as hell...