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Arvydas Sabonis

Arvydas Sabonis

Position: Center
Height: 7-3    Weight: 279 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1964 in Kaunas, Lithuania

Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (24th pick, 24th overall) of the 1986 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA 73 21 1735 394 723 .545 39 104 .375 231 305 .757 147 441 588 130 64 78 154 211 1058
1996-97 32 POR NBA 69 68 1762 328 658 .498 49 132 .371 223 287 .777 114 433 547 146 63 84 151 203 928
1997-98 33 POR NBA 73 73 2333 407 826 .493 30 115 .261 323 405 .798 149 580 729 218 65 80 190 267 1167
1998-99 34 POR NBA 50 48 1349 232 478 .485 7 24 .292 135 175 .771 88 305 393 119 34 63 85 147 606
1999-00 35 POR NBA 66 61 1688 302 598 .505 7 19 .368 167 198 .843 97 416 513 118 43 78 97 184 778
2000-01 36 POR NBA 61 42 1299 247 516 .479 1 15 .067 121 156 .776 51 280 331 91 40 62 85 137 616
2002-03 38 POR NBA 78 1 1209 172 361 .476 3 6 .500 129 164 .787 88 247 335 142 61 49 75 141 476
Career NBA 470 314 11375 2082 4160 .500 136 415 .328 1329 1690 .786 734 2702 3436 964 370 494 837 1290 5629

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA 73 21 23.8 5.4 9.9 .545 0.5 1.4 .375 3.2 4.2 .757 2.0 6.0 8.1 1.8 0.9 1.1 2.1 2.9 14.5
1996-97 32 POR NBA 69 68 25.5 4.8 9.5 .498 0.7 1.9 .371 3.2 4.2 .777 1.7 6.3 7.9 2.1 0.9 1.2 2.2 2.9 13.4
1997-98 33 POR NBA 73 73 32.0 5.6 11.3 .493 0.4 1.6 .261 4.4 5.5 .798 2.0 7.9 10.0 3.0 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.7 16.0
1998-99 34 POR NBA 50 48 27.0 4.6 9.6 .485 0.1 0.5 .292 2.7 3.5 .771 1.8 6.1 7.9 2.4 0.7 1.3 1.7 2.9 12.1
1999-00 35 POR NBA 66 61 25.6 4.6 9.1 .505 0.1 0.3 .368 2.5 3.0 .843 1.5 6.3 7.8 1.8 0.7 1.2 1.5 2.8 11.8
2000-01 36 POR NBA 61 42 21.3 4.0 8.5 .479 0.0 0.2 .067 2.0 2.6 .776 0.8 4.6 5.4 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.4 2.2 10.1
2002-03 38 POR NBA 78 1 15.5 2.2 4.6 .476 0.0 0.1 .500 1.7 2.1 .787 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.8 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.8 6.1
Career NBA 470 314 24.2 4.4 8.9 .500 0.3 0.9 .328 2.8 3.6 .786 1.6 5.7 7.3 2.1 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.7 12.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1995-96 31 POR NBA 73 21 1735 8.2 15.0 .545 0.8 2.2 .375 4.8 6.3 .757 3.1 9.2 12.2 2.7 1.3 1.6 3.2 4.4 22.0
1996-97 32 POR NBA 69 68 1762 6.7 13.4 .498 1.0 2.7 .371 4.6 5.9 .777 2.3 8.8 11.2 3.0 1.3 1.7 3.1 4.1 19.0
1997-98 33 POR NBA 73 73 2333 6.3 12.7 .493 0.5 1.8 .261 5.0 6.2 .798 2.3 8.9 11.2 3.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 4.1 18.0
1998-99 34 POR NBA 50 48 1349 6.2 12.8 .485 0.2 0.6 .292 3.6 4.7 .771 2.3 8.1 10.5 3.2 0.9 1.7 2.3 3.9 16.2
1999-00 35 POR NBA 66 61 1688 6.4 12.8 .505 0.1 0.4 .368 3.6 4.2 .843 2.1 8.9 10.9 2.5 0.9 1.7 2.1 3.9 16.6
2000-01 36 POR NBA 61 42 1299 6.8 14.3 .479 0.0 0.4 .067 3.4 4.3 .776 1.4 7.8 9.2 2.5 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.8 17.1
2002-03 38 POR NBA 78 1 1209 5.1 10.7 .476 0.1 0.2 .500 3.8 4.9 .787 2.6 7.4 10.0 4.2 1.8 1.5 2.2 4.2 14.2
Career NBA 470 314 11375 6.6 13.2 .500 0.4 1.3 .328 4.2 5.3 .786 2.3 8.6 10.9 3.1 1.2 1.6 2.6 4.1 17.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1995-96 31 POR NBA 73 1735 24.7 .617 .572 9.7 28.8 19.3 13.8 1.9 3.4 15.2 25.5 116 97 4.5 3.9 8.4
1996-97 32 POR NBA 69 1762 21.8 .592 .536 7.9 28.3 18.4 14.6 1.9 3.7 16.1 23.9 113 97 3.7 3.9 7.5
1997-98 33 POR NBA 73 2333 20.9 .581 .511 7.7 27.9 18.2 16.9 1.5 2.5 15.9 23.2 112 97 5.1 4.6 9.7
1998-99 34 POR NBA 50 1349 20.4 .546 .493 7.8 25.2 16.8 16.2 1.4 3.5 13.3 21.7 110 94 3.0 2.9 5.8
1999-00 35 POR NBA 66 1688 20.3 .568 .511 7.1 27.6 17.9 12.0 1.4 3.4 12.4 21.4 112 96 3.6 3.5 7.1
2000-01 36 POR NBA 61 1299 18.4 .527 .480 4.9 24.9 15.2 12.3 1.7 3.5 12.7 24.0 103 97 1.5 2.3 3.7
2002-03 38 POR NBA 78 1209 20.5 .549 .481 8.8 24.7 16.7 19.3 2.7 3.1 14.8 19.4 113 97 2.6 2.3 4.9
Career NBA 470 11375 21.2 .574 .517 7.8 27.0 17.7 15.0 1.7 3.2 14.6 22.9 112 97 24.0 23.3 47.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1995-96 31 POR NBA 5 177 35 81 5 9 43 60 12 51 9 4 3 10 17 118 .432 .556 .717 35.4 23.6 10.2 1.8
1996-97 32 POR NBA 4 108 18 42 2 8 7 8 8 26 9 3 3 9 19 45 .429 .250 .875 27.0 11.3 6.5 2.3
1997-98 33 POR NBA 4 107 18 40 1 2 12 14 7 31 6 7 3 10 19 49 .450 .500 .857 26.8 12.3 7.8 1.5
1998-99 34 POR NBA 13 392 45 113 1 5 39 43 12 114 29 15 15 19 35 130 .398 .200 .907 30.2 10.0 8.8 2.2
1999-00 35 POR NBA 16 493 68 150 6 21 39 49 19 107 31 14 13 26 59 181 .453 .286 .796 30.8 11.3 6.7 1.9
2000-01 36 POR NBA 3 104 14 29 0 2 6 8 8 25 8 1 7 2 12 34 .483 .000 .750 34.7 11.3 8.3 2.7
2002-03 38 POR NBA 6 86 24 36 0 0 12 15 6 24 5 4 4 6 14 60 .667 .800 14.3 10.0 4.0 0.8
Career NBA 51 1467 222 491 15 47 158 197 72 378 97 48 48 82 175 617 .452 .319 .802 28.8 12.1 7.4 1.9

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1995-96 31 POR NBA 5 177 24.7 .549 .463 7.6 27.5 17.0 12.1 1.3 1.3 8.5 30.7 115 109 0.5 0.1 0.7
1996-97 32 POR NBA 4 108 13.8 .494 .452 8.9 21.9 15.2 16.2 1.5 2.3 16.5 24.1 97 109 0.0 0.1 0.1
1997-98 33 POR NBA 4 107 16.4 .531 .463 7.5 28.7 17.5 9.6 3.4 2.3 17.8 23.3 100 106 0.0 0.1 0.1
1998-99 34 POR NBA 13 392 17.5 .493 .403 3.9 31.9 18.1 14.9 2.2 3.1 12.6 19.2 100 95 0.3 0.7 1.0
1999-00 35 POR NBA 16 493 14.9 .528 .473 4.9 22.6 13.8 11.7 1.6 2.2 13.2 19.6 104 100 0.5 0.8 1.2
2000-01 36 POR NBA 3 104 17.1 .523 .483 8.5 18.4 13.4 14.5 0.5 4.9 5.8 15.5 117 111 0.2 0.0 0.2
2002-03 38 POR NBA 6 86 32.0 .704 .667 8.1 24.6 16.3 12.1 2.5 3.7 12.3 25.7 130 107 0.4 0.1 0.5
Career NBA 51 1467 18.0 .534 .467 5.9 25.9 15.8 13.0 1.8 2.6 12.4 21.5 106 102 2.0 1.9 3.9

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1995-96 NBA All-Rookie (1st)

MVP Award Shares

1998-99 NBA 0.003 (13)
Career 0.003 (204)

Games

1998-99 NBA 50 (1)

Field Goal Pct

1995-96 NBA .545 (7)

Defensive Rebounds

1997-98 NBA 580 (6)

Rebounds Per Game

1997-98 NBA 10.0 (9)

True Shooting Pct

1995-96 NBA .617 (8)
Career NBA .574 (57)
Career .574 (58)

Effective Field Goal Pct

1995-96 NBA .572 (5)
Career NBA .517 (84)
Career .517 (84)

Defensive Rebound Pct

1997-98 NBA 27.9 (3)
1998-99 NBA 25.2 (4)

Total Rebound Pct

1997-98 NBA 18.2 (8)

Defensive Rating

1995-96 NBA 97.3 (3)
1996-97 NBA 97.2 (4)
1997-98 NBA 97.4 (7)
1998-99 NBA 93.7 (7)
1999-00 NBA 95.8 (6)
Career NBA 96.6 (11)
Career 96.6 (11)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 0.000 (612)

Transactions

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the 4th round (77th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

September 6, 1985: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 1986 1st round draft pick) with Cedric Maxwell to the Los Angeles Clippers for Bill Walton.

January 14, 1986: Traded by the Los Angeles Clippers (as a 1986 1st round draft pick) with a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Rolando Ferreira) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Darnell Valentine and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Tom Garrick).

June 17, 1986: Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1986 NBA Draft.

August 14, 2003: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1995-96 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $2,200,000
1996-97 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $2,640,000
1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $3,080,000
1998-99 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $9,000,000
1999-00 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $9,818,481
2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $11,250,000
2002-03 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $6,850,000
2004-05 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $47,838,481
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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