2017 NBA Manifesto
Domantas Sabonis
PF/C, 6’11, 240lbs, 21 years old, 1 year of experience
Sabonis started for much of the season, recording 81 games played, 66 starts, 1,632 regular season minutes, and plenty of post touches on the left block. Yet for all of those touches, there were few results. Sabonis shot only 39.9% from the field on the year, and looked more promising with his 32.1% three-point stroke than he did with his 37.1% shooting on hook shots. He also was a complete non-factor on the offensive glass, and while he showed some of his father’s passing vision, he also threw the ball away quite often and committed quite a few charges. There were some signs of good post defence at times, interspersed with mo-ments of looking lost and an awful lot of shooting fouls. But all in all, that was a poor season, and he needs a lot of skill and strength development. Minutes aren’t always the keys to youth development.
Player Plan: Three years of rookie scale salary left. Year one was a struggle, but at least he gets three more goes.
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PF/C, 6’11, 240lbs, 21 years old, 1 year of experience
Sabonis started for much of the season, recording 81 games played, 66 starts, 1,632 regular season minutes, and plenty of post touches on the left block. Yet for all of those touches, there were few results. Sabonis shot only 39.9% from the field on the year, and looked more promising with his 32.1% three-point stroke than he did with his 37.1% shooting on hook shots. He also was a complete non-factor on the offensive glass, and while he showed some of his father’s passing vision, he also threw the ball away quite often and committed quite a few charges. There were some signs of good post defence at times, interspersed with mo-ments of looking lost and an awful lot of shooting fouls. But all in all, that was a poor season, and he needs a lot of skill and strength development. Minutes aren’t always the keys to youth development.
Player Plan: Three years of rookie scale salary left. Year one was a struggle, but at least he gets three more goes.