Happy Birthday Meyers!

[Minstrel]

Bill Walton has said that Sabonis was the best 18 year old he had ever seen other than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That's incredibly high praise and classic self-effacing Walton, considering Walton himself was a marvel as a young man.

 

[BBert]

If he would have been, he would have been playing for the Atlanta Hawks. The drafted him in the 1985 draft, but he was ruled ineligible for age reasons. He ruptured his Achilles's the following spring and we drafted him in the 1986 draft. We never had the rights to a pre-injury Sabonis.

He could have come over a lot sooner than he did, but he chose to plain in Spain instead. He preferred the shorter schedule and warmer climate. It took less toll on his body and allowed him more time to recuperate from his injuries.

BNM

Yeah I realized after I posted I had my time line wrong. That was a long time ago. I was so stoked when he came and rehabbed and worked out with the team but then he didn't play for us for a long time, like what, 8 or 10 years? Really a shame.

 

[BBert]

Happy Birthday Meyers!! Just live up to the Sabonis legacy, and you'll be golden.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I love how a birthday thread for Meyers morphed into a "wish we had Sabonis when he was young" thread

Rather have sabonis now.

 

[riverman]

Hope the Blazers bring in Sabo to work with you this summer until you can shatter a backboard and block Nurkic in the paint .....homework!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Congrats on another year older

Listen, we are having some financial based cutbacks.

HR would like to speak with you about our exciting early retirement package.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Happy birthday, Meyers. Here's your present. Watch; enjoy; learn.

I'm afraid Sabonis's moves require dribbling and passing

 

[riverman]

I'm afraid Sabonis's moves require dribbling and passing

They require keeping your eyes open at least