Editing Arvydas Sabonis (section)

{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player and executive (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Arvydas Sabonis
| image = Arvydas Sabonis.jpg
| image_size = Lithuania
| caption = Sabonis with the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in 1996 
| height_ft = 7
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 292
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuanian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| draft_year = 1986
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 24
| draft_team = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| career_start = 1981
| career_end = 2004
| career_position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| career_number = 11
| years1 = 1981–1989
| team1 = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]]
| years2 = 1989–1992
| team2 = [[CB Valladolid|Fórum Valladolid]]
| years3 = 1992–1995
| team3 = [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1995|start}}–{{nbay|2000|end}}
| team4 = [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
| years5 = 2001–2002
| team5 = Žalgiris
| years6 = {{nbay|2002|full=y}}
| team6 = Portland Trail Blazers
| years7 = 2003–2004
| team7 = Žalgiris
| highlights = 
* [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup|FIBA Club World Cup]] champion ([[1986 Club World Cup (basketball)|1986]])
* [[FIBA European League]] champion ([[1994–95 FIBA European League|1995]])
* 3× [[USSR Premier Basketball League|USSR League]] champion (1985–1987)
* 2× [[Liga ACB|ACB League]] champion ([[1992–93 ACB season|1993]], [[1993–94 ACB season|1994]])
* [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]] champion (2004)
* [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Spanish Cup]] winner (1993)
* [[FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)]]
* [[50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors]] (2008)
* 6× [[Euroscar Player of the Year]] (1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1999)
* 2× [[Mr. Europa|Mr. Europa Player of the Year]] (1985, 1997)
* 4× [[Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year]] (1984–1986, 1996)
* [[EuroBasket MVP]] ([[EuroBasket 1985|1985]])
* [[EuroLeague Final Four MVP|FIBA European League Final Four MVP]] (1995)
* [[EuroLeague Regular Season MVP]] (2004)
* [[EuroLeague Top 16 MVP]] (2004)
* [[All-EuroLeague]] First Team (2004)
* 2× [[ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League Finals MVP]] (1993, 1994)
* 2× [[ACB Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League MVP]] (1994, [[1994–95 ACB season|1995]])
* 2× [[Liga ACB Stars Match|Spanish All-Star Game]] MVP (1991, 1992)
* 2× [[EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer]] (1986, 1995)
* [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]] ({{nbay|1995|end}})
* No. 11 [[BC Žalgiris#Retired numbers|retired by Žalgiris Kaunas]]
* [[FIBA European League]] Rebounding Leader (1993)
* [[EuroLeague]] Rebounding Leader (2004)
* [[EuroLeague]] Blocking Leader (2004)
* [[EuroLeague]] PIR Leader (2004)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 5,629 (12.0 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 3,436 (7.3 rpg)
| stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value = 964 (2.1 apg)
| HOF_player = arvydas-sabonis
| FIBA_HOF_player = Arvydas-Sabonis
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URS}}}}
{{MedalGold|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|LTU}}}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URS}}}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 FIBA World Championship|Colombia 1982]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1986 FIBA World Championship|Spain 1986]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URS}}}}
{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 1983|1983 France]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[EuroBasket 1985|1985 West Germany]] | }}
{{MedalBronze| [[EuroBasket 1989|1989 Yugoslavia]] | }}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|LTU}}}}
{{MedalSilver| [[EuroBasket 1995|1995 Greece]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|European Championship for Cadets]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URS}}}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|1981 Greece]]|[[Soviet Union national under-17 basketball team|Under-18]]}}
}}

'''Arvydas Romas Sabonis''' ({{IPA|lt|ˈaːrviːdaːs ˈsaːboːnʲɪs}}; born 19 December 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional [[basketball]] player and businessman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Old College Try: The complicated recruiting sagas of Arvydas Sabonis and his son Domantas |url=http://www.si.com/longform/sabonis/index.html |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=Sports Illustrated Longform |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=The Ringer |date=11 October 2017 |title=Our Favorite Passers in NBA History |url=https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/10/11/16456620/favorite-passers-nba-history |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}</ref> Sabonis won the [[Euroscar]] six times and the [[Mr. Europa Award]] twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the [[Liga ACB|Spanish ACB League]], and spent seven seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). Playing the [[center (basketball)|center]] position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the [[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988 Summer Olympics]], in [[South Korea]], for the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet Union]], and later earned bronze medals at the [[Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1992 Olympic Games]] and [[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Olympic Games]] representing [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuania]]. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] in the first round of the [[1986 NBA draft]], but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30. 
 
On 20 August 2010, Sabonis was inducted into the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] in recognition of his great play in international competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/news/p/newsid/42798/arti.html |title=FIBA announces 2010 Hall of Fame Class |publisher=[[FIBA]] |date=20 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019073536/http://www.halloffame.fiba.com/pages/eng/hof/news/p/newsid/42798/arti.html |archive-date=19 October 2010 }}</ref> On 4 April 2011, Sabonis was named to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]],<ref name=hall>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/04/naismith-hall-of-fame/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt2 |title=Rodman, Mullin, Winter named to Naismith Hall of Fame |publisher=[[National Basketball Association|NBA]] |date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407105209/http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/04/naismith-hall-of-fame/index.html?ls=iref%3Anbahpt2 |archive-date=7 April 2011 }}</ref> and he was inducted on 12 August 2011. On 24 October 2011, Sabonis was voted as the next President of the [[Lithuanian Basketball Federation]], replacing [[Vladas Garastas]], who had led the LBF since 1991. He resigned from the position on 2 October 2013, but he came back to it on 10 October 2013.

His son, [[Domantas Sabonis]], plays for the NBA's [[Sacramento Kings]] {{as of|2025|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacers trade Domantas Sabonis to Kings in 6-player deal |url=https://www.nba.com/news/pacers-agree-to-trade-domantas-sabonis-to-kings |access-date=28 December 2022 |website=NBA.com |language=en}}</ref>