The NBA has been launched and one of its protagonists with a more Malaga accent opens the course today as a capital element in the franchise of the Indiana Pacers. At 24 years old Domantas Sabonis starts (receives tonight, 01.00 hours at New York Knicks) his fifth season in the NBA, his fourth in the Pacers’ ranks. The pivot formed in the Unicaja faces this year with good expectations after last season he was injured in the final stretch and surprised with his participation in the All Stars.
Plantar fasciitis in his left foot left Sabonis without playing in the Orlando bubble, where the final stretch of the season was played. Recovered, Sabonis will once again be the main protagonist in his team. In the last three preseason games of the Pacers it has been the game: 26 minutes, 13 rebounds, 16 points and two assists in the loss (107-104) against Cavaliers; another 26 minutes with 18 points, nine rebounds and three assists in a new defeat against those of Cleveland (116-106); and 27 minutes with 26 points and 11 rebounds in the last preparatory stake that his team did not win either, this time against the Philadelphia 76ers (107-113). Oladipo, Aaron Holiday, Justin Holiday y Brogdon Together with Domantas, they are the pieces that are most expected of the Pacers.
Sabonis has a campaign ahead of him in which to confirm himself as an important player. Last year he was in the All Stars, but it was the year that he played the fewest games since he was in the North American competition. He played 62 games, all as a starter. In the two previous campaigns, the number of matches remained at 74 and in his debut year, with the Oklahoma Thunder he played 81 stakes, quite a mark for a rookie.
With double figures (18 points and 12 rebounds) throughout the past season he became a decisive center, one of the most important in a team in which he can once again aspire to get into the play offs with some other aspiration if the injuries do not affect the equipment. For now, his game continues to grow, and his youth confirms that he can be even more unbalancing than he is.
Trained in Los Guindos with players like Francis Alonso or Alberto Díaz as teammates in many of the lower echelons, Sabonis has always stated that he feels like one more from Malaga even though he chose to play for Lithuania and having been born in the United States when his father played. in the NBA. His accent gives him away and provides nights of little sleep to NBA fans in the Malaga province. This course, unusual for Covid-19, is called to be a new step in his impeccable career.
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