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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Soviet Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Sov…
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sports · Lithuanian basketball player and executive (born 1964) · basketball player · also Arvydas Sabonis, Sabas, Arvydas Romas Sabonis, Sabonis
Born 19 December 1964 · Q297750
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2026· 2 entries
ACB: Estad. Avanzada Arvydas Sabonis
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2023· 1 entry
Sabonis appeared in a movie Bilietas (The Ticket), which covered basketball club Žalgiris Kaunas in 1979–1989
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2014· 1 entry
Sabonis appeared in a documentary entitled Arvydas Sabonis
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2012· 1 entry
And was distributed by Lionsgate in the U
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2011· 1 entry
En route to being enshrined into the Naismith Hall of Fame
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2010· 1 entry
Won the FIBA Hall of Fame with _Retired Basketball (2010).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Friendship (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Won Euroleague MVP (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Played for BC Žalgiris (2003–2004).
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2002· 2 entries
Joined Portland Trail Blazers in 2002.
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Played for Portland Trail Blazers (2002–2003).
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2001· 3 entries
Earned Silver Olympic Order (2001).
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Joined BC Žalgiris in 2001.
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Played for BC Žalgiris (2001–2002).
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1999· 1 entry
Were swept by the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs, and the next year a starting five of Sabonis, Smith, Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, and recently added Scottie Pippen lost to the Los Angeles Lakers (at the begin
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1995· 3 entries
Won the EuroLeague with _Retired Basketball (1995).
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Joined Portland Trail Blazers in 1995.
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Played for Portland Trail Blazers (1995–2001).
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1993· 2 entries
Won the Liga ACB with _Retired Basketball (1993).
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And 1995, and he was also voted the FIBA European League Final Four MVP, in 1995
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1992· 3 entries
After playing with Fórum Valladolid for three seasons, Sabonis joined the Spanish club Real Madrid, and with them, he won two Spanish League titles, and a FIBA European League (EuroLeague) title, in 1994–95
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Joined Real Madrid Baloncesto in 1992.
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Played for Real Madrid Baloncesto (1992–1995).
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1989· 3 entries
Sabonis left Žalgiris, and signed with the Spanish Liga ACB club Fórum Valladolid
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Played for CB Valladolid (1989–1992).
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When his Soviet national teammate, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, went to North America, Sabonis postponed his travel, over feeling that he was not physically ready for the NBA
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1988· 1 entry
When Sabonis had a surgical Achilles procedure performed in Portland, but was rushed back on the floor with the USSR Olympic team, before a full recovery
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1985· 2 entries
Won the FIBA EuroBasket with _Retired Basketball (1985).
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Awarded Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1985).
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1983· 1 entry
And 1985, and he was named the EuroBasket MVP in 1985
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1982· 2 entries
Won the FIBA World Cup with _Retired Basketball (1982).
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Sabonis was one of the players in the senior Soviet Union national team that toured the United States, playing against various college basketball teams
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1981· 3 entries
Joined BC Žalgiris in 1981.
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Played for BC Žalgiris (1981–1989).
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With one of the oldest basketball teams in Lithuania, Žalgiris, in his hometown of Kaunas
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-12-19.
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