(1/10) Long thread of clips on young Sabonis. The links to the full games are in the scouting report I wrote a month ago: https://medium.com/@7FS/arvydas-sabonis-retrospective-scouting-report-8383d0d8a1a6. Due Sabonis’ size, entry passing was very easy for his teams. He could catch almost everything, even if it required acrobatic skills.

(2/10) Due to his shooting touch, he drew a lot of attention on the perimeter, and he often used fakes to create even better scoring opportunities. This movement is just absurd for a 7’3" human being.

(3/10) In this clip, he is only 17. The shot, for some reason, reminds me a bit of Dirk Nowitzki.

(4/10) You couldn’t leave him open anywhere because he could pull up any time, even off long offensive rebounds or ridiculous catches like this. Throughout the 12 games I watched, he shot 13-30 from midrange and 6-9 from three.

(5/10) His favorite shot was the fadeaway. Teams had some success forcing him to take it towards the baseline, but once he got to the middle, it was over. He shot 22-42 on fadeaways throughout the 12 games.

(6/10) As a stand-still passer, he could do everything Jokic can do. At times, it really seemed like he had four eyes. He could hit cutters and shooters, throw great outlets, was completely oblivious to double teams and almost made no mistakes as a passer.

(7/10) He didn’t do as much live-dribble-passing as Jokic does, but this is still incredible.

(8/10) Defensively, he couldn’t defend in space very well (that also wasn’t asked of him), but he was an incredible rim-protector as the primary or as a help-defender.

(9/10) Unfortunately, Maccabi Tel Aviv didn’t learn throughout the game and kept challenging him at the rim. He finished this game with 7 steals and 8 blocks.

(10/10) And while he wasn’t a Wilt-esque vertical leaper, he could really throw it down too. Even with David Robinson in the way.