Welcome to Strongbadia

Every generation greatness must be reassessed. Whenever Lebron James dribbles a basketball he carries a heavy burden placed upon him. Not only placed on him by fans and media, but by those who came before him. Every time one of those players who changed the game, who elevated greatness, stepped onto the hardwood more was expected of them. It happened to Russell and Chamberlain, it happened to Julius, it happened to Magic and Bird and, yes, when the pressure was placed upon his shoulders, it a happened to the greatest player to ever play the game: Arvydas Sabonis.



















As the years go forward it seems people are starting to forget the living legend that is Arvydas 'Sabas' Sabonis. So, I've went ahead and created a sort of cliff notes version of his story.

• Out of all the NBA players, Sabonis throws the best parties. One time he had dirty dancing, but his parents got pissed.

• Sabonis can drink an ENTIRE beer in 5 minutes

• When Sabonis wants to, he can run REALLY fast. But not for too long.

• Sabonis doesn't pop his collar, his collars pop Sabonis'

• On a last minute whim, MTV chose Xzibit over Sabonis for pimp my ride.

• Sabonis doesn't wear condoms. He takes birth control.

• Every Saturday morning Sabonis has a bagel, cup of coffee, and reads the Sunday paper.

• Sabonis doesn't stop; he yields.

• Sabonis is terrified of clowns. Clowns are only moderately afraid of Sabonis.

• Sabonis doesn't ask for slices or pieces, he asks for sectors of pizza

• One time Sabonis drove to the hoop, he got called for 3 seconds in the key.

• Sabonis' mortal enemy is the dog from Duck Hunt.

• In 2004, Sabonis started a business to prepare computers for possible Y2K bugs

• Sabonis compares ALL movies to 'Weekend at Bernie's 2.'

• Sabonis uses pickup lines to break up with girls

• G.I. Joes have Sabonis action figures

• Sabonis has a gambling problem; he cannot physically scratch off the silver stuff.

• It is said that Sabonis once compiled a list of his favorite Nicktoons. To this day, that list has never been found...

• Sabonis is actually the only person to ever "taste the rainbow." Upon doing so he came up with the idea for flavored condoms. He has yet to taste those.

• In his new autobiography, ARVY THERE YET, Sabonis revealed that he often attended naked hot tub parties with Marv Albert throughout the mid 90s.

• After reading the book, long-time teammate Isaiah Rider was asked whether Sabas was actually as "hung" as he described himself. Rider replied, "Haha. Yeah, n*--@. Haha, yeah. Yeah muthafucka."

• Sabonis thinks AIDS jokes are hilarious.

• Sabonis collects nickels made before 1965... he has 8 of them

• When it comes to liking sports teams, Sabonis considers himself to be a "major frontrunner."

• Sabonis' resume simply reads 'Sabonis'.

• Sabonis leaves messages before the beep.

• Sabonis has a vacation home in Strongbadia.

• There are no such thing as lesbians, just women who never met Sabonis.

• Sabonis hates Greg Ostertag, but by God does he respect him.

• Sabonis gets angry when the kids cant put the monkey statue together on "Legends of the Hidden Temple" - IT'S ONLY 3 PIECES!

• Sabonis once double-teamed a player...... by himself

-Ira

Credit: a dedicated group of Sabonis enthusiasts who comprise the Arvydas Sabonis group on (networking website).

Source: Jake