How Domantas Sabonis Became The REAL DEAL In The NBA!

Domantas Sabonis was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the 11th pick of the 2016 NBA draft...but he was traded twice in one year and found himself on the Indiana Pacers. He was just considered as a throw-in when the Paul George trade happened, but he has become a legit NBA player. The Pacers have quietly developed a good young core of players, and Sabonis is going to be a huge part of their future.
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[@Purple_Reign]

And now he’s helping our Sacramento Kings improve to our best season so far in 16 seasons. Great job domas!

[@deanfirnatine7814]

4 years later he is a three time All Star and is averaging over 19 points over 12 rebounds and an amazing 7+ assists per game while shooting 62% from the field on a playoff team.

[@mattschultzfinkler]

As a pacers fan I can promise you we love him here

[@suunflourrr2720]

DemonYellowCabbage lol pacer fan lol xdddds got rekt by cavs xdddd lolololol

[@springheeledjack165]

Hendrix x got rekt? Dumb ass the Cavs barely won with complete bias from the refs and Lebron playing damn near 48 minutes a game. Check the free throw differential and crunch time calls. Pacers blew the cavs out twice in that series while the cavs needed everything they had to win by 3-5 points. Quit being such a homer for Lebron bro, that guy has enough homers in the NBA front office as it is.

[@suunflourrr2720]

Why u salty kiddo

[@lolmllbobdunk1066]

Spring Heeled Jack yeah im a pacer fan and the series was good except for the refs. Dont listen to the other people who underestimate the pacers. We are young and will grow. #PacerNation

[@JoeCnNd]

Pacers swept golden state in the regular season. If the refs would have just did their job and Pacers got in the finals we could have at least made it a game with them.

[@nayem0019]

Sabobnis and oladipo have been through all those trades together

[@PanagosGr33kG134EVER]

Maybe its the beginning of a new NBA bromance :3

[@stefdav5782]

Πούλαγε τομάτες.

[@ExxeDuxzzGMG]

and ended up being a masterpiece

[@crisclay2678]

It’s over with

[@deedudedee5148]

😬

[@arnas5027]

Yes Finally someone acknowledged Domantas! 💪🏼🇱🇹🔥

[@springheeledjack165]

Arnas N We love Domas in Indy, hopefully we dont use him as trade bait for another stat stuffer with no heart.

[@Kaipsuprast]

Zdrw arnai ka tu 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹

[@albertoruiz3423]

🇪🇸🇪🇸

[@jaxs378]

Yoo pagaliau

[@YoloTB]

Wtf is your profile picture

[@deflandre8286]

I admit, despite his legendary father, i didn't believe in him. Now i see he is good NBA player, who can be allstar one day.

[@sandernista6499]

Deflandre He was in a shitty situation with Westbrook and a terrible coach in Billy Donovan who turned Sabonis into a 3 point shooter... Oladipo became an allstar as soon as left OKC

[@Esoeso933]

+Ryan Lajara U are so fried lmao decent starter? Man u need to watch basketball more

[@christiancayabyab5899]

Deflandre lets talking about it, maybe he come him in the bench in a playoff team. He is going to be perfect if Sabonis went career is long about 15 or 20 years.

[@cleomanuel7062]

.

[@ben-mb1wi]

Bro i am living in Lithuania

[@deimiss9088]

Who's here because he is now a first time all star ? :D

[@legionary1656]

Me!

[@menimeni7331]

Me!!!

[@daltonevans2862]

Who’s here because Sabonis is a center that gets triple doubles?

[@_TEMP-jm9zy]

Everybody 😁

[@tyruswolf8519]

Dalton Evans sadly he’s a PF 😔

[@godfreyofbouillon966]

Sabonis improved so much since this video he probably deserves another one!

[@kestastreigys9728]

😀👍👍👍👍😀

[@jin_jinius]

Now, He is an all star.

[@Darty555]

I agree with Andy, Sabonis is a good solid player but the Pacers performance on the court really dips when both he and Turner are on the court together. A lot of the Pacers worst defensive lineups include them both starting so it will be interesting to see how the Pacers can reallocate minutes next season

[@kinger7261]

I really hope the pacers get this figure out because they both love playing in Indy and the Indy fans love both of them add that they are 21 years old, it can't get better than that

[@stkthefirst3463]

Also, this is one of the reasons why Billy Donovan should be fired.

[@Darty555]

King.ER7 King.ER7 Exactly the Pacers have a bright future with both of them as long as they can figure out the right lineup changes they can really become one of the best teams in the East

[@christiancayabyab5899]

Daiton more interesting.

[@FecalMatador]

How does it affect the defense? I don’t live in Indiana so I can’t catch all their games, but they seemed to be a pretty solid defensive team and Turner is a legit shot blocker who is more than mobile enough to stay on the perimeter. I’m genuinely curious

[@Bambo_waffle]

Awesome video man! Sabonis is gonna be a star one day! Much love from Lithuania!

[@o7_AP]

Pacers robbed the Thunder. If OKC actually let Oladipo and Sabonis do something instead of just letting Westbrook play hero ball they would’ve been a great team

[@ianosaurus27]

o7 Amen

[@TheAnanaki]

Donovan is such a hack he kept Sabonis out of the post and instead had him outside on the wing. Hack. Never seen a coach do less with more talent than ol Billy.

[@stkthefirst3463]

If PG13 leaves OKC, Sam Presti and Billy Donovan should be fired

[@tedmyers8005]

o7 agreed, Billy Donovan is an awful NBA coach

[@chandlerrodgers5415]

Ted's Tarantulas And Other Inverts thank you for saying ‘NBA’ coach. He’s a pretty damn good coach. Arkansas never beat him in the sec...

[@portfoliodigitaldavidfcrespo]

If Arvydas Sabonis had not been injured he would have been an MVP

[@arnas5027]

Waki Crespo Sabonis was in his 30’s when he came to the NBA, rarely do you see people above 30 win MVP...Sabonis winning MVP would have been possible but I wouldn’t guarantee it. If he would have come to the US as a 20-25 year old I would’ve guaranteed you at least one MVP.

[@sandernista6499]

Arnas N He was already injured and banged up when he came to the states. If he was fit, he could definitely have won an MVP at the age of 30. He was still decent even as an old guy with multiple injuries. I'm sure hed be at least a borderline allstar level if he was fit.

[@stpbasss3773]

Yup in his 20s he was the goat but he didn't play in the states then and a lot of people have no clue how good he was because they didn't see him play.

[@vytautaslapinskas2171]

Arvydas have beaten the USA team in 1998, against Robinson, that say everything.

[@vytautaslapinskas2171]

1988

[@tongdak.]

you know whats funny as hell.. pacers traded pg for oladipo and sabonis and did much better in the playoffs against the reigning eastern conference champions than okc did against utah

[@itspeteryt2503]

Justin Kim Westbrook just makes players worse

[@stpbasss3773]

Facts both comments lol

[@tpoli5447]

Just proves why you don't call people busts after their first year

[@stpbasss3773]

T Poli even after a couple years people just expect a rookie to come in and dominate lol like everyone freaking out about Wiggins right now he's only 23 he's fine.

[@kohsmoger1567]

I don’t think Wiggins is a bust, but I think he was way overhyped.

[@geneanotado]

Arvydas was denied his prime in the NBA by politics. His son is just living the American dream. And balling like a boss.

[@kanishkpshah]

This wildly explains the Westbrook effect.

[@littlesunshine4heart]

kanishk Shah lol it’s kinda right

[@millanmixy]

Same thing is happening to Deni Avdija right now.. Westbrook effect, he needs the ball 90% of the time and when the ball is not in his hands Beal has it

[@hooshangmaster]

his dad was a legend. played in the nba with no knees and didn't whine.

[@gupalegria6948]

Arvydas was the best center of all time.

[@gupalegria6948]

Leon Wang you are right

[@MrYoYoBoBoChaddyInsaneZhangII]

Leon Wang Well it’s an opinion xd

[@theprocessss]

Gup Alegría Hakeem is better

[@stpbasss3773]

Trust The Process sabonis was like a 30 year old rookie, go watch the documentary on him if he came into the league at a normal rookies age he would have been the best big ever period, people don't understand how fucking good he was in his 20s.

[@theprocessss]

sk8tillyoudie 83 ik all about Sabonis it’s just that to me Hakeem will always be the best

[@soti]

He has improved a lot. The pacers find the way to coexist him with turner, creating a fun playstyle to watch. I hope they can get deep into the playoffs this year

[@nbabackcourtmedia]

At the beginning of the season I thought he was a scrub, he has more potential than I thought

[@MrThyten]

Any player who leaves Westbrook has potential

[@kinger7261]

Great video Andy Hoops. I'm a huge pacers fan and I hardly get to see videos about our team/players. I'm excited for the pacers future. Hopefully this offseason we can get Aaron Gordon or even Marcus Smart.

[@vasilijepavlovic1675]

There is not a single video I didn't watch on your channel. Your video ideas are great, and I really enjoy watching your yt vids. One of the best nba youtubers if not the best

[@BenFrankDig]

been watching your channel since you was around 30k it’s amazing seeing you grow so much love the vids andy keep it up !

[@kendrezflournoy2429]

Who came back after he's a all star?

[@michaelfarotto3456]

After watching him in the tournament I knew he'd do well. Smart player, skilled finisher. Was pumped when we drafted him, pissed when we traded him and dipo. Sucks to be a magic fan

[@LebronJames-rp3hb]

Really like that dude.Hope he becomes an all star one day

[@thinkerrealist8324]

this comment aged well lol

[@PLandPain]

Good vid as always

[@Symbianity]

Greetings from Lithuania! Great video!

[@jhayar15]

i noticed him when i saw a game on the recent playoffs and he's just mowing down his defender on the low post, i was like, man, that dude is so powerful down low

[@speznaslordtachanka1064]

I‘m so sad that I didn‘t find you before, I love your videos!! Keep the work up man, you deserve more subs tbh.

[@pascualfernandezripoll6202]

He moved to Spain at a really young age, played in the academy’s teams of a euro League team. It is the same thing that happened with Doncic they were part of the organization of a professional team, but they didnt play against a high level, professional team until they turned 16. Its just that in Spain all the professional teams, have many “academy “ teams, good players dont play in their highschools.

[@gubball]

Every time you said Gonzaga wrong, I died a little inside. Zags had a down year that year, nearly missed the tournament. Ended up getting hot, winning the WCC tournament before upsetting the Big East Champs (Seton Hall) & #3 Utah.

[@kestastreigys9728]

👍👍👍👍😀

[@sigisboc843]

Thank you for making this video! I am from Lithuania and he is a big deal and he is our future!

[@springheeledjack165]

Sigis Boc He is a big deal in Portland and Indiana too. He is all heart and class.

[@marco818ful]

Andy, great vid as always. Can u please consider doing a 'How Good was Arvydas Sabonis?' video. Really curious about how good he was compared to those top centres, like Shaq.

[@AndyHoops]

yeah I'll consider it, although it's hard to tell...if only Sabonis came to the NBA sooner

[@rlgiglio]

If Sabonis went to the NBA at a young age and kept away of injuries, he would be on the conversation for GOAT. If he played his career in today's NBA, it might possibly be no conversation for who's the GOAT might be. His game was pure basketball pleasure

[@chapeltom9424]

Dom2k has already looked at jt... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHaplJmghM2Njck

[@Rimpianto]

He would have easily be better than Shaq. If Yao Ming had more size and a 3pt shot he would be a poor man Sabonis.

[@zauris3]

Thank you for covering him!

[@MrBurtonPE]

Very interesting story, would have never known about him if it wasn’t for your video. Keep it up Andy!

[@VT-fh9fm]

Domantas should work on his jump shot. He missed a bunch of open shots vs the Cavs

[@therevanchist9986]

V T Woooow.... Thats just one game and you already tell a player to get better at something... Next time you might tell him to get better at layups lol if you think this way.

[@jfrd-pw4hk]

Damn Pop would love to have Domas in the Spurs.

[@chrisbrewer2769]

I love this . your on point. thanks for showing 317 some love . I just subbed .

[@toamataafa9463]

I always like Arvydas game while with the T’Blazer..very good player.

[@thebadass375]

I love Sabonis. He is my favorite current player right now. I even have his jerseys for indiana

[@therevanchist9986]

Fairchild Sports Review Glad my fella Lithuanian gets recognition.

[@matesallay3668]

My man's a TWO TIME ALL STAR now with a hall of fame potential. crazy how things change

[@brucelau2023]

Great video as always Andy

[@larzenasaytono4332]

Sabonis is now a Sacramento Kings player

[@DoubleTen95]

I came back to this video the night he got his first career triple double! Only upward momentum for Domas

[@MarquisdeSuave]

He's got one of the best post games in the NBA today. He reminds me a lot of Kevin McHale or Vin Baker, a guy who utilizes a vast repertoire of finesse moves and bully bumps to get to the basket. He's never going to be Kevin McHale defensively but he definitely will be in the conversation for future all-star games.

[@kestastreigys9728]

👍👍👍👍😀

[@youtubedoctor6223]

Wow! Sabonis was traded twice with Oladipo.

[@devmo03]

We already know this video is gonna be a banger

[@anzelatoleikyte2083]

Well, even in Lithuania we didn't expect such a rapid development. The reason is top level professionalism and work ethics.

[@ramunasserpenskas3624]

His stats says all. Dont forget he starts from a bench! 14,1pts/8,8rb/2,5assists

[@MrBonzer99]

Tq andy you make me to understant about nba and i like you story good man keep make more videos.hi from malaysia

[@PurplePrinceNBA]

Indiana is SO HAPPY right now.

[@Ladddddddd]

You should do How Sabonis became All Star

[@mykstaz793]

Brilliant video mate, solid work. And big Thank You for shining a light on Lithuanian players. ;)

[@ruffalo4053]

i knew he was comin when i seen him in collage

[@arss066]

Great video! Greetings to Sabonis 🇱🇹

[@user-us7hm2wv2u]

Now Sabonis an All star player.

[@Khyyr]

1st season - eeeh, who is he? But shows some potential to become a decent reserve player. 2nd season - shows potential to become a decent 6th man. 3rd season - one of three candidates to win 6th man award. 4th season - here you are, a legit all-star double-double machine with few triple-doubles already. If he keeps improving and stays healthy, he could be a 20-10-4 star for the next 5-7 seasons.

[@Phike9391]

I had Sabonis on my Fantasy team and he was a solid player... I don't expect anything crazy out of him but I do think he the type of play who gonna have a good long career in the NBA

[@brotherffa_1624]

Sabonis is an absolute beast

[@grufscruf]

You nailed this one ^^ now hes a 2 time all star centerpiece for the kings. Great breakdown and your projections on his game wre legit

[@Valdasgs]

This aged real well !

[@emilkoch4098]

Awesome video!!! I'm waiting for Charles, Ernie, Shaq and Kenny from Inside the NBA to have a segment on him. He's averaging 20.3 ppg, 11.2 rbg , 6.2 apg so far in 2021!!!!. His stats mirrors his father's stats in his prime back in the 80's. He'll be a much better player I think in the NBA than his dad was!!!. Second generation NBA Player.

[@kestastreigys9728]

👍👍👍👍😊

[@sebai]

What happened to Cliff Alexander's College Career? From 3rd best high school player in his class and ranked over devin booker, to a french league.

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

He looks more like Detlef Schrepf ( his father played with Schrepf on the Blazers in 1999-2000)

[@manny3ci]

His dad arvydas is one of the best players during the iron curtain era

[@andriuscybas7]

Arvydas Sabonis ir Domantas Sabonis is NBA stars 🏀🇱🇹

[@amarigotemgood9971]

I love being from Indiana

[@mr10tomidnight]

If Sabonis had joined the Portland TrailBlazers around 1988 or 1989 I have no doubt Portland would have been able to upset the Chicago Bulls in 1992. They were so close with their team of Clyde Drexler, Cliff Robinson, Terry Porter, and Buck Williams. I don't think Chicago would know what to do with a 7'3 center that could shoot three pointers lights out. He could easily shoot over their best defenders like Horace Grant, Scott Pippen, and Michael Jordan. Their centers like Bill Cartwright, Will Perdue, Scott Williams, and Stacey King would have to be chasing him at the three point line which would take them away from their inside game of collecting rebounds which they were good at. His large body and shot blocking abilties would have prevented those Chicago centers from making those easy buckets. Sabonis would have caused Chicago many mismatches.

[@spyretto]

Even better if he had joined them in 1986 when he was drafted he would have been one of the all-time NBA centers. That was before his Achilles injury. Too bad politics didn't allow it.

[@carmuhdy7684]

Love your vids. Please dont stop. A lot of youtubers wash up.

[@HobbesRH]

Loved him and victor on the thunder as an okc fan an hope they do great, I’ll never forget that NASTYYY poster victor had on Dwight

[@hotpot328]

And now there is a debate that Sabonis is better than Paul George

[@emrino5899]

Love from Lithuania ❤

[@Arvissz]

HI :) you need to renew, or make part 2, for this video :) Domantas is doing great now :D

[@aileenbularan5392]

Idea - Do a what happened to Al Jefferson career

[@springheeledjack165]

Aileen Bularan He is basically a coach with the Pacers. The NBA completely changed style of play and a slow plodding old school center does not fit in the modern NBA. He also got old and out of shape.

[@audriusgulbinas612]

Domantas never lived in Lithuania, he grew up in Malaga, Spain, where he learned to play ball.

[@domasdomisi5918]

Nice video. tknx

[@gediminaspuskorius1195]

grats with tripple double

[@mantasl6776]

Im from lithuania and its funny how you say Domantas

[@lukewenberg4271]

Domantas Sabonis is one of my favorite player :D It's GON-ZA-GA, not GON-ZA-GUH. . . . :P

[@RobertLewis85]

Now Sabonis is already 2x all-star and will have a huge role on the Sacramento Kings this upcoming season.

[@bieberbigal9489]

I just love Andy even his name is Andy

[@Smileshare]

and now he’s All Star.. Just wow!

[@badger5531]

Can't believe OKC has lost Harden, Olodipo, Sabonis, Durant, George, and now Westbrook. They need a change in the front office asap.

[@fgpsychology]

And he wasnt playing for the euroleague . He played for the EBG Málaga until he was 16 then played in the Junior team of the Unicaja de Málaga. >Then he played some games for Unicaja in the ACB in the local Spanish league.

[@calmmcfarland7248]

Good video

[@oldfrend]

12 team league, what would be a good draft position for him? i imagine his ceiling isn't very high since he backs up turner AND oladipo has the ball a lot.

[@ihaventshoweredintwoweeks8318]

As an okc fan i was pissed when this trade was announced, this just shows how okc really doesn't like to develop their rookies. I bet the rookies they've drafted won't get any pt or will be traded.

[@zacharywilkinson9840]

As a blazers fan. I have respect for him and his dad

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

Sabonis looks like a good fit for the Spurs. I wonder when he becomes a FA, if the Spurs will make him an offer?

[@reggiemiller2543]

Keep wondering because Indy's not stupid enough to let him go, plus he loves playing for the Pacers and him and Dipo have chemistry and bond together.

[@KhiryTheKonqueror]

I remember his dad great passing big man, reb, scoring etc. He gonna be good player probably an all star

[@rashb3994]

Even though his numbers didn't show it, I thought he was efficient on OKC. I only watched a few of their games that year but whenever I watched he was hitting everything and wasn't making too many mistake. I kind of thought he was underrated. But good to see other people giving him his props. I think with his outside he can play some 3 on offense. I thought has was a 4 that feels like that should be his natural position.

[@littlesunshine4heart]

wow I watched his father played and he was amazing

[@arturas7561]

That day came really quick 🤫🤫🤫✨

[@lovindc2004]

Good Video

[@sdhsbbdns2507]

can you make video on porzingis

[@stkrd1467]

Anyone noticed that Oladipo and Sabonis got drafted by the Magic, played for the Thunder and got traded to the Pacers. *COINCIDENCE* I THINK NOT

[@mugesananandarajah6318]

andy you were right this man is good bro

[@parisfrazier897]

Oladipo and Sabonis going to be the next Adams and Westbrook watch