Thrilling, daring, and strangely majestic, it’s one of the most unique moments in all of current Pacers basketball. Domantas Sabonis, a 6-foot-11, 240-pound center with passing vision akin to a point guard, rips the ball off the glass and impulsively pushes the ball up the floor in the open court without any consideration for his size and all the momentum of a large, yet surprisingly spry, boulder rolling down a hill.
For those brief seconds, with his eyes constantly attuned to the presence of cutters and his dribble at times flirting with disaster, imagining a reality where the lefty big man’s handle gets unceremoniously snatched feels just as plausible as one where he does something so slick as to justify a celebratory hop-step out of appreciation for his own unexpected artistry.