Domas Sabonis is “empty calories”?!

Domas Sabonis is “empty calories”?!

Morgan sabonis had another monster night against the Warriors last night but is he empty calories according to our friends Bon Hill and Joe shasy over at 957 the game they were in their feelings a little bit this morning talking about what he did last night I really I just think I can’t

Stand watching sabonis play basketball he comes to a shoulder shoulder shoulder into his opponent over and over and over again the guy is allowed contact than Shaquille O’Neal for Christ’s sake what are we doing like what are we doing he’s a hack on offense he’s a hack on defense

Oh yeah 13 assists yeah cuz he touches the ball in every possession the hollow man is one of the most boring frustrating players to watch in the league he trips and falls all over himself he initiates contact on every single play he’s elbowing smacking hitting people I can’t stand watching

Sabonis play basketball he’s empty calories you know he’s he’s empty calories and they’ll learn in the playoffs once he gets to the playoff they’re not a real playf they’re not a real they’re be in a play yeah but they’re not a contender yeah no they’re who thought they were a contender nobody

Thought they were a contender I know I didn’t they are who they are they’re a first round team that didn’t get bounc but good for them good for them but sabonis is empty calories sabonis is empty calories man Warriors fans are down bad right now they’re in their

Fings a little bit so they have to punch down a little bit empty C one of the most boring most frustrating players to watch in the NBA by the way I don’t do these videos unless unless I like or respect the two that I am going

To troll a little bit right now because I think you can go back and watch a lot of plays from domas sabonis in that last game against the Golden State Warriors and go I don’t know if it’s all empty calories so that’s what we’re going to

Do instead of going at him we’re going to dive into to the tape let’s look at namano sabonis last night against the Golden State Warriors and see if he had a lot of empty calories act like he’s a donut acting like he’s a piece of candy

I love donuts let’s see it let’s start with the scoring from sabonis last night he only took 11 shots he was eight of 11 against the Golden State Warriors let’s see what he was able to do early on Moran what do you see here well I mean

He’s starting at the high post and look what he does here he just rips it through starts trying to do just a fundamental body up really power through the middle of the paint and sarge is a strong guy sa bonis great job turn around jumper this next play Davon

Mitchell little pick and roll action with sabonis and go at Looney’s chest I love a good little pick and roll but you said it right there going into somebody’s chest not just leaning down trying to use his arm to power through he is going straight to Looney’s chest

To be strong and get closer to the rim oh Big Time stuff there from De sabonis this is one of my favorite plays from sabonis last night where he is commanding the ball he’s got Draymond Green on him he’s like herder someone just give me the rock Murray gets it to

Him and look at this shot fake that froze Draymond oh I loved everything about it he saw Keegan run all the way through on that Baseline turns around squares up to Draymond shop fake boom rip through stays with it too cuz Draymond does a great job trying to

Recover getting that wraparound tip out but he stays strong with the basketball finishes with just a nice fundamental left-and layup the other underrated aspect of sabonis his game this year the three-point shooting he doesn’t take a lot he did take two last night two of

Two and this does so much for the Kings offense Morgan he pops out he sees that Draymond isn’t going to respect it and he’s feeling confident with this shot so what does he do he takes it great job just making that quick decision no hesitation there are these empty

Calories am I missing something stop sabonis is literally doing everything this year he’s averaging 20 points a game just under 13 rebounds but we know what he does as a passer and this year he’s averaging eight assists per game which is seventh in the NBA this guy’s playing some absurd basketball and he

Makes such great decisions he’s not just stat pading let’s look at some of the passes he made last night against Golden State Warriors Morgan high IQ decision he sees Looney is in that drop coverage on him he’s like all right I’m going to attack him he sees the help come over

He’s got an open guy in the corner quick pass boom Corner three next play The Herder sabonis two-man game Morgan they’re already great in the two-man game you already know that’s going to be a threat and then you see here the defense coming up on him great job by

The Warriors trying to stop him early on so he doesn’t get too close to the rim but what does sabonis do he looks like a goddamn guard out here jumping off of two feet and making a pass in the air I usually say hey don’t leave your feet

And make that type of pass but you’re seeing more and more NBA players are finding a way to really execute that and right there he finds a hot hand in Harrison Barnes you can if you know where you’re going with it he knew where he was going with it HB the beneficiary

Of that one this one was just absurd how about this full court pass by him I love it it’s I mean you want a quick Outlet sabonis will get you a quick outlet and it’s not just an outlet on the same side of the floor he gets it all the way down

The floor to the open man who’s running their Lane it ends up being Harrison Barnes transition three pop another good example of the herder sabonis two-man game and sabonis is quick decision making here Morgan high IQ right there but do you see what he did he made a pass fake to

Keegan who was cutting underneath what does that do it just makes the defense collapse even a little bit more so Steph didn’t have enough time to run out to that corner three it ended up being Draymond running out to the corner three another Corner three made by Harrison

Barnes and this last play just shows the chemistry that this offense has well I mean high IQ vision and being able to put the ball on the floor and Lead dear with that pass dear did a great job with that back door cut that’s a hard pass to

Make that alone Duce you see where he is making that bounce pass on the floor but it’s not only that it’s his confidence with it he sees Steph is going to stay out on Kevin he goes all right I got this little bit of space I’m going to

Split Defenders right here with this pass he is a genius passer so I guess my overall message is this Morgan you have a mess message yeah okay damis sabonis is criminally underrated in the NBA and I think anyone who suggests like he’s boring or empty calories or he’s St

Padding you’re just not watching him closely enough and I think you got to watch him more because I think he’s a really good player that so many teams would love to have because he can do so much out there he’s having a hell of a year for my thing is he does this

Consistently this is this is this is happening even in King’s losses where he’s playing this type of basketball and still playing up to an elite level and especially for big not only that we didn’t even show half of the other highlights when he just grabs a rebound

And goes how many centers in the NBA are grabbing that rebound putting the ball on the floor and pushing up in transition to initiate the offense it’s just incredible what he’s been able to do this season will he be an Allstar again this year let us know in the

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Deuce and Mo look at Domas Sabonis’ big night vs the Warriors and they respond to people who say he’s “empty calories.” Shoutout to Talkin Kings for sharing this: https://x.com/TalkinKings/status/1750917558906261533?s=20
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