Domantas Sabonis 2018-2019 Season Outlook

[Judicious 197]

The young big and son of a hoops legend surprised everyone in his first year with the Pacers. A very skilled player who showed flashes of his potential as a starter when Myles Turner was injured, where do you predict he will rank this season? Will the Pacers play him next to Turner? Where would you draft him? Discuss!

[Stefan 486]

6 minutes ago, Judicious said:

The young big and son of a hoops legend surprised everyone in his first year with the Pacers. A very skilled player who showed flashes of his potential as a starter when Myles Turner was injured, where do you predict he will rank this season? Will the Pacers play him next to Turner? Where would you draft him? Discuss!

 

Outside 120... 

EDIT: Maybe not even there... I'd take Isaac, Bell, Robinson (NY), W. Carter Jr. Nance Jr. Motrezi Harrell, Jackson Jr. Kelly Olynyk, Taj Gibson, Favors, Ibaka, Harry Giles, over him... 

Sooo yeah... not high on him AT ALL... 

Edited September 25, 2018 by Stefan

[Auction>Snake 402]

Wow, this guy's going to have a great career. So polished already. 

[DezedandConfused 1,339]

If only he can add some stocks.

[roffie 506]

very poormans enes

[apatas 356]

How many minutes he will play in coming season? That is the biggest question.

[littlesamtung 151]

AFAIR, Pacers President said O'Quinn is out of the rotation so this is a 3-mem rotation at PF/C. Also Pacers said they might play more Turner-Sabonis combo this season. I guess 27-30 minutes for Sabonis. Unfortunately, he is not fantasy friendly.

[jnormy 345]

9 hours ago, DezedandConfused said:

If only he can add some stocks.

 

A block and 2 steals last night. Hopefully that can carry over into the regular season, especially if he sees a minutes uptick.

[SicarioSanity 289]

I agree - his line is very Kanter like. With that being said, he can be a steal if you feel you lack the big man stats except blocks during the end of your draft. 

 

I tend to gravitate towards Siakam or Poeltl more though as late round bigman picks. 

[Auction>Snake 402]

Seriously deserves more minutes than Turner.

[Boogie Buckets 394]

3 hours ago, Auction>Snake said:

Seriously deserves more minutes than Turner.

 

Stop bruh

[kane 2,344]

He outplay turner in these pre season

[Auction>Snake 402]

Exactly, and he outplayed him all of last season.

[richg24 1,759]

3 hours ago, Auction>Snake said:

Exactly, and he outplayed him all of last season.

He is a much smarter and better offensive player than Turner but Turner will still play more than him because of his defense/rim protection. If only Turner had sabonis offensive awareness he would actually be worth the 3rd round picks guys still use on him. 

[scienze 102]

wow he is really being underrated 

 

i wouldn’t be surprised to see him put up top 100 value .. and yahoo has him ranked at 180 something - sleeper 

[Boogie Buckets 394]

41 minutes ago, scienze said:

wow he is really being underrated 

 

i wouldn’t be surprised to see him put up top 100 value .. and yahoo has him ranked at 180 something - sleeper 

 

He’s nothing special in fantasy, 12/7 with little to no stocks as a big man is very meh. 

[scienze 102]

Just now, Boogie Buckets said:

 

He’s nothing special in fantasy, 12/7 with little to no stocks as a big man is very meh. 

 

those are his numbers from last year

 

i don’t see why he can’t build on that and go 16/9 on high percentages this season 

[Boogie Buckets 394]

4 hours ago, scienze said:

 

those are his numbers from last year

 

i don’t see why he can’t build on that and go 16/9 on high percentages this season 

 

Im curious what makes you think hes going to improve much? Pacers didnt lose any frontcourt depth, Turner will likely remain healthy more than he did last year and they added another high usage guy in Tyreke so its not like his situation got much better

[colepenhagen 3,128]

sounds like a poor mans kantar/ randal.

[Tom Chambers 1,600]

5 hours ago, Boogie Buckets said:

 

He’s nothing special in fantasy, 12/7 with little to no stocks as a big man is very meh. 

If you're punting blocks, he's very serviceable. It would be nice if he got steals, but it's not horrible that he doesn't. I feel like people forget you still need centers when you're punting big man stats. 

[scienze 102]

On 10/9/2018 at 7:15 AM, Boogie Buckets said:

 

Im curious what makes you think hes going to improve much? Pacers didnt lose any frontcourt depth, Turner will likely remain healthy more than he did last year and they added another high usage guy in Tyreke so its not like his situation got much better

 

 

just watching him play....im not a box score watcher, i watch actual games, and sabonis is too good to be riding the pine on a team like the pacers. i'll be surprised if he doesnt improve on last season.

[Judicious 197]

On 10/9/2018 at 5:34 AM, Boogie Buckets said:

 

He’s nothing special in fantasy, 12/7 with little to no stocks as a big man is very meh. 

That was also his first year, on a new team...and that 12/7 was a significant leap from his production as a rookie. There is a difference between 12/7 from someone like Gibson who has already shown us his ceiling, and 12/7 from a 2nd-year player still finding his identity

[scienze 102]

31 minutes ago, Judicious said:

That was also his first year, on a new team...and that 12/7 was a significant leap from his production as a rookie. There is a difference between 12/7 from someone like Gibson who has already shown us his ceiling, and 12/7 from a 2nd-year player still finding his identity

 

 

exactly .. theres natural progression from year 2 to year 3. especially with a quality player like sabonis. 

[bsu27 171]

Would you rather have this guy or Gortat

[Stefan 486]

On 10/10/2018 at 11:06 PM, bsu27 said:

Would you rather have this guy or Gortat

Sab easily.