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What happens if Arvydas Sabonis comes to the NBA in the 80s and stays healthy?
What does that do for the championship success--and the legacies--of the late 80s Celtics and Lakers, Bad Boys Pistons, and Jordan Bulls?
"Just how good was prime Sabonis?" was the first question that popped into my head when I read this.
Sabonis was...not the same player by the time he finally made it to the NBA. Impossible to say for sure, but his theoretical upside and playstyle is current Jokic.
That's the entire what if
With a lot more athleticism. Sabonis could move in ways Jokic cannot.
League woulda been fucked. Especially if he had team doctors helping him stay healthier, at least relatively to what he went through
Ah yes, the famously injury-preventing Blazers doctors
Jk he obviously would've been better off with NBA doctors but that was just too easy of a joke to make
2 soon 2 serious
And it's not just about Sabonis. Having Sabonis around would have really unlocked Drexler who already had an amazing career.
Yup. That late 80s Blazers squad would have been a very interesting force to come out of the west to go against some of the juggernauts of the east in that era.