When it comes to hanging O'Neill, it is a little exaggerated, and no one can easily hang O'Neill at the peak.
If you want to say that the Thunder picked up an All-Star this year, it is undoubtedly Little Sabonis.
There must be a small one, and the big Sabonis is his father.
Arvidas Sabonis, the FIBA's first center, won the Olympic championship with the former Soviet Union.
Everyone was lamenting that he was 30 years old when he entered the league, too late.
And his knee injury, the Blazers doctor bluntly said: "This guy can apply for a disabled parking license with this knee." ”
"31 years old with 133 knees."
With such a knee, the elder Sabonis entered the NBA.
His performance cannot be said to be particularly dominant, but it is a visible strength if he enters the NBA at a young age.
Then there may be more than four centers.
When O'Neal later evaluated his favorite 5 centers, he didn't hesitate to put the elder Sabonis in second place.
O'Neill began his own reign after the beginning of the millennium.
The strong body did beat the old Sabonis, but he still respected the senior.
It was enough to see O'Neill's admiration for the old Sabonis a little younger.
After Yao Ming entered the league as a champion, it was already the last year of the old Sabonis in the league.
They played a total of four games, with Sabonis Sr. winning three of them.
The rookie Yao Ming is still adapting to the NBA, and he can score 8.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in the confrontation, shooting 42.9% from the field.
The elderly Sabonis, on the other hand, scored 8.8 points and 7.3 rebounds and shot 53.1 percent from the field.
Later, Yao Ming also said that his only idol was the old Sabonis.