FIBA Hall of Fame
    Arvydas SABONIS (LTU)

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    2010
    CLASS

    Category | Player Date of Birth | 19.12.1964 Position | Center Height | 221cm (7'3") Country | Lithuania

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    Clubs

    • Zalgiris Kaunas: 1981-1989

    • CB Valladolid: 1989-1992

    • Real Madrid: 1992-1995

    • Portland Trail Blazers: 1995-2001 and 2002-2003

    • Zalgiris Kaunas: 2003-2005

    Club Highlights

    • Champion of the 1995 Euroleague

    • Champion of the 1986 Intercontinental Cup

    • 3 times Champion of the Soviet Union League: 1985,1986 and 1987

    • 2 times Champion of the Spanish ACB League: 1993 and 1994

    • Champion of the 1993 Spanish Cup

    • 2 times Champion of the Lithuanian League: 2004 and 2005

    National Team

    • Olympic Gold medalist in Seoul 1988 (with the USSR)

    • World Champion in Colombia 1982 (with the USSR)

    • Silver medalist in the 1986 World Championship in Spain (with the USSR)

    • 2 times Olympic Bronze medalist: Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 (both with Lithuania)

    • European Champion in Germany 1985 (with the USSR)

    • Silver medalist in the 1995 European Championship in Athens (with Lithuania)

    • 2 times Bronze medalist in European Championships: Nantes 1983 and Zagreb 1989 (with the USSR)

    • Silver medalist in the 1983 World Championship for Junior Men in Spain (with the USSR)

    Individual Highlights

    • 6 times European Player of the Year: 1984,1985,1988,1995,1997 and 1999

    • 2 times MVP of the Spanish ACB League Regular Season: 1994 and 1995

    • 2 times MVP of the Spanish ACB League Final: 1993 and 1994

    • MVP of the 1995 Euroleague Final Four in Zaragoza

    • NBA All-Rookie Team in 1995-1996

    • MVP of the 2003-2004 Euroleague Regular Season

    • MVP of the 2003-2004 Euroleague Top 16

    • President of Zalgiris Kaunas

    • Elected in 2008 as one of the 50 Greatest Contributors in the History of European Club Basketball