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The giant of the American sports media ESPN, like every year, included a hundred of the best basketball players in the NBA, and there Domantas Sabonis, the forward of the Lithuanian team and Indiana Pacers, was recognized.
Domantas Sabonis
| Position: | PF, C |
| Years: | 24 |
| Height: | 211 cm |
| Weight: | 109 kilograms |
| Place of birth: | Portland, United States |
ESPN gave Sabonis the 50th spot, the highest in the entire NBA basketball career. Last year, the attacker got the 63rd position, and in 2018 – 92nd.
Sabonis left behind basketball players like Marc Gasolis (96th place), Ricky Rubio (93rd), DeMar DeRozan (82nd), Montrezl Harrell (76th).
Also his teammate Myles Turner (74), PJ Tucker (72), Steven Adams (70), Serge Ibak (66), Kevin Love (64), Davis Bertan (61), Yusuf Nurkičius (53), Deandre Ayton ( 52) and Michael Porter (51).
Sabonis, who played in the NBA All-Star game last season, averaged 18.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Another Lithuanian in the NBA, Jonas Valančiūnas, did not make the top 100 NBA basketball players for the fourth year in a row.
So far ESPN has announced 11-100 positions. The top ten should become clear in the next few days.
Eleventh place went to Jayson Tatum, 12th for Jimmy Butler, 13th for Bam Adebayo, 14th for Joel Embiid and 15th for Chris Paul.
Ben Simmons stayed in 16th place, Devin Booker in 17th place, Donovan Mitchell in 18th place, Zion Williamson in 19th place, Paul George in 20th place.
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving was ranked 25th, Jazz forward Rudy Gobert ranked 26th and young Memphis Grizzlies talent Ja Morant ranked 31st.
Russell Westbrook, who moved to the Washington Wizards in exchange, came in at 36th, and Latvian Kristaps Porzing at 41st.
Sabonis was overtaken by two friends from his team: Victor Oladipo (47th place) and Malcolm Brogdon (39th). At that time, forwards Jaren Jackson (43) and Nikola Vucevičius (42) also remained ahead of the Lithuanian.
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