You just had to be there.
If you weren’t around for the wraparound passes, the unlikely bursts of athleticism from an ancient body, and the flat-footed threes, then you wouldn’t understand.
Arvydas Sabonis was a specimen the likes of which the NBA hadn’t seen, and the Portland Trail Blazers were lucky to have him, even if it was a decade and several lower body injuries later than we would have liked.
In a piece of ESPN both deep and insightful, Baxter Holmes paints the shadow cast by father Arvydas over son Domantas, current forward for the Sacramento Kings.