text: Lithuanian Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
  Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
  NBA draft preparation[edit]
  On September 26, 2018, the Pacers picked up the team option on Sabonis' contract.[84] On October 31, he was 12-for-12 shooting while matching his career high with 30 points in a 107–101 win over the New York Knicks.[85] On November 19, he had 19 points, nine rebounds and a career-high nine assists in a 121–94 win over the Utah Jazz.[86] In December 2018, he was chosen as the Lithuanian Player of the Year by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.[87] On March 19, 2019, he tied a career high with 16 rebounds in a 115–109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.[88]
  On October 21, 2019, one day before start of the 2019–20 season, Sabonis signed a reported four-year contract extension with the Pacers.[89][90] On November 1, Sabonis recorded a new career high with 17 rebounds in a 102–95 win versus the Cleveland Cavaliers.[91] On November 18, Sabonis yet again improved his career rebounds record by grabbing 18 rebounds, and helping his team to get a 115–86 victory versus the Brooklyn Nets.[92] In December 2019, he was chosen as the Lithuanian Player of the Year for a second consecutive year.[93] On December 15, 2019, Sabonis got his 12th consecutive double-double and improved previous Pacers record for the most consecutive double-doubles, which was held by Troy Murphy since 2009.[94] On January 21, 2019, Sabonis became the first Lithuanian in NBA history to record a triple-double (22 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists) and led his team to a 115–107 victory versus one of the Western Conference leaders Denver Nuggets.[95]
  —Jonas Kazlauskas, describing Arvydas Sabonis's son Domantas in 2015.[96]
  Sabonis made his international debut with the Lithuania U-16 national team at the 2012 FIBA U-16 European Championship, averaging 14.1 points, 14.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He grabbed a tournament-high 27 rebounds against Poland on July 27. In 2013, at 17 years of age, Domantas played for Lithuania U-18 team in 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He averaged 14 points, 11.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game[97] and was tournament leader in rebounds per game.[98] His best game was against Serbia when he scored 22 points, grabbed 22 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Lithuania won the game 74-70 in OT.[99] In 2014, coach Jonas Kazlauskas included Sabonis into preliminary 24 players list for main Lithuania men's national basketball team.[100] In 2014, D.Sabonis played in the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for the second time. This time he averaged 15.9 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.[101] He was once again one of the best tournament rebounders, this time outperformed only by Yankuba Sima, who had 12.1 rebounds per game.[102] In 2015, Sabonis was once again included into the Lithuania men's national team extended candidates list.[103] On July 9, 2015, he was invited to join the Lithuania men's national team training camp for the first time.[104] On July 15, by participating in 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Sabonis achieved the youth tournaments rebounds record by grabbing 28 of them, by doing so he also led Lithuanians to victory versus Ukraine 70–57.[105] Not surprisingly, he was the best tournament rebounder as in almost all previous youth competitions, with 13.2 per game this time.[106] On July 29, Sabonis debuted in Lithuania men's national team during game versus Australia by scoring 4 points and grabbing 7 rebounds.[107] By doing so, he immediately became the all-time youngest Lithuanian to debut in a game representing the primary men's national team. Previously, the record was held by the Lithuanian basketball star Jonas Valančiūnas, who did that when he was 19 years and 3 months old. Sabonis performed it being 19 years, 2 months and 26 days old.[108] In total, he averaged 6 points and 5.9 rebounds during the preparation games phase, and was the team's second best rebounder after Jonas Valančiūnas.[109] Following the solid performance at such age, Sabonis qualified into the Lithuania men's national basketball team and represented it at EuroBasket 2015, and won a silver medal during his debut year.[110] He also was a member of the Lithuanian Olympic national team during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he averaged 5.5 points and 4.5 rebounds.[111]
  2014–15 Gonzaga 38 1 21.6 .668 — .664 7.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 9.7
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