Talk:Arvydas Sabonis

stay in Moscow?
I checked on TEKA Moscu. hoopshype.com thinks it's TSKA Moscow, eurobasket says he was out with an injury for the entire 1987/88 season and there is one more website saying he never played in Moscow. It's probably the best to leave it out, as you did. Andris 19:47, May 25, 2004 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I couldn't find anything remotely reliable about that. --Shallot 20:02, 25 May 2004 (UTC)


 * I thought about it more and it's most likely that Sabonis never left Zalgiris for another team in Soviet Union. I'm from Latvia and I used to follow Zalgiris at that time. I would have probably heard if Sabonis had left for another team. Andris 20:12, May 25, 2004 (UTC)

Hi, I'm from Lithuania, I grew up watching Sabonis and Zalgiris victories in Soviet Union. CSKA (not TEKA or TSKA) Moscow is the sport club of soviet army (football, basketball and other sections). The best young basketball players should play there at least 2 years instead of defending the country in real army with real guns. Sabonis avoided that as he was officially studying in Kaunas Agroculture University (at that time students were released from going to army), so he never played in CSKA Moscow.

Gigantism
I was curious if anyone knows whether Arvydas had pituitary gigantism or acromegaly, a condition which makes people grow tall and large like Andre the Giant?

Doesn't have gigantism
Sabonis does not have acromegaly or gigantism. He is simply a very tall and big individual. There are other giant men from Lithuania such as Zydrunas Illgauskas, who is also 7 ft 3.

Sabonis: The Dimmensions of a Giant
Arvydas R. Sabonis Assumed current physical stats:

'''Ht. (assumed without shoes): 7 ft 3 ins [220cm]'''

'''Wt. NBA Listing: 292 lbs [132kg]'''

'''Wt. (current) approx. 340 lbs [154kg]'''

Shoes: U.S. Men's size 18 [36cm]

Wingspan: approx. 7 ft 3 ins[222 cm]

Reach: approx. 9 feet 5 ins [282cm]

Actually, He was measured at 7 ft 3 1/4, WITH shoes on, back in April 1996. He is assumed to stand about 7'1.5" barefoot. Some 90% of NBA players are listed on the roster with their height IN shoes. Yet, they are allowed to be measured barefoot if they so choose. For example, Yao Ming is a legitimate 7'6 barefoor, and Georghe Muressan is a barefoot 7 ft 7.

He was listed at 220 cm (7 ft 2½ in) and 120 kg (265 lb) at the 1988 Summer Olympics. I've sometimes seen him credited as the tallest Olympic Champion, and at least there hasn't been anyone taller since, for that I'm sure. --Anshelm &#39;77 00:11, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Foreign name?
This man must obviously have a foreign name, but only his English name is listed. Does he have Russian (or some other language) name? Can soemone add it? Hbdragon88 07:13, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No, Arvydas Sabonis is his name in both Lithuanian and English and it's written in his passport. Russian has nothing to do here. He's not Russian. Renata 13:45, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I just thought it was unusual to only have one name. Hbdragon88 20:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

He does have a middle name, his full name is Arvydas Romas Sabonis.

Amdamen 10:28, 7 may 2006 (UTC)

NBA stats
Someone has altered all his stats, and I really don't want to mess with the table or anything, so if anyone who has more experience could fix that it would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.116.199 (talk) 20:26, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Most of them seem OK to me. I corrected one rounding error, but otherwise, I didn't notice any problems. Maybe you're comparing the stats with a per 36/48 minutes table...? Zagal e jo^^^ 20:48, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see what happened. It was fixed before I showed up. Zagal e jo^^^ 20:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I fixed it, but thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.116.199 (talk) 16:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

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Add his children?
I have no clue how to do it but he has 4 children including Damontas Sabonis and Tautvydas Sabonis, Damontas has a Wikipedia page but Tautvydas only has one in Spanish.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautvydas_Sabonis

Domantas Sabonis

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2407454-gonzagas-domas-sabonis-taking-the-basketball-path-his-father-couldnt IFixThings (talk) 23:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)