6/16/2023 0 Comments Andrew pose player april 2019An easy chemistry formed between Sabonis and Victor Oladipo. These were spaces he knew how to navigate, full of reads he had encountered before. Making decisions off the pick-and-roll and working out of the post gave Sabonis his bearings. Gone was the petrified rookie, replaced instead by an intuitive scorer and playmaker. The entire demeanor of Sabonis’s game changed. Sabonis (11.6 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 2.0 APG) was allowed to played to his strengths and develop in his own time. With a trade to the Pacers came gentler expectations – the kind that allow a 22-year-old to try and to fail and to find himself. A change of scenery jump-started his career. The Thunder didn’t have it after drafting Sabonis in 2017, Oklahoma City parked him out on the perimeter and grew frustrated when he struggled. All Sabonis needed was room to play his game.
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