{"id":417181,"date":"2023-02-02T04:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T04:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=417181"},"modified":"2023-02-02T04:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T04:53:14","slug":"top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-domantas-sabonis-position-height-age-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-domantas-sabonis-position-height-age-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About Domantas Sabonis- Position, Height, Age, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the NBA as a league grows in popularity with each year that passes by, players from all around the world are getting drafted into the league. Lithuanian-American Domantas Sabonis is the perfect example of the same. The 26-year-old was born in Portland, Oregon as the third child to Arvydas Sabonis, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given that his father was a professional basketball player, it was only natural for Sabonis to pick up the basketball himself. After playing for a few years in America, Sabonis and his family moved to Spain, where he played basketball for a few clubs before declaring for the draft in 2016. He was selected as the 11th overall pick in the first round of the 2016 draft by the Orlando Magic.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCxLt56IKYg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0He was traded to the Oklahoma City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/thunder\">Thunder<\/a> along with Ersan Ilyasova and Victor Oladipo for Serge Ibaka on draft night. Since then Sabonis has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Indiana Pacers, and currently plays for the Kings. We take a look at a few burning questions fans have about the 26-year-old Sacramento King&#8217;s power forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domantas Sabonis Age<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417183\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image02-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Domantas Sabonis\" width=\"1199\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image02-2.jpeg 1199w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image02-2-300x239.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image02-2-1024x816.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image02-2-768x612.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabonis was born in Portland, Oregon on May 3, 1996. The King&#8217;s power forward will turn 27 this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Domantas Sabonis Position<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 26-year-old plays as a power forward for the Kings primarily. However, he can also play as a center and has done so when the situation has called for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domantas Sabonis dates joined\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417184\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2-1024x673.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2-768x504.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image03-2-1536x1009.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 8, 2022, with the Pacers looking to rebuild, Sabonis was traded along with Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb, and a 2023 second-round pick to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, and Tristan Thompson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domantas Sabonis All-star\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417185\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image05-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image05-2.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image05-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image05-2-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image05-2-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabonis was an NBA All-Star twice, once in 2020 and once in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domantas Sabonis height\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-417186\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/02\/image034-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Portland native is a towering figure and stands at an intimidating seven-foot one-inch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/heres-how-160-million-worth-nba-superstar-stephen-curry-spends-his-millions\/\">Here\u2019s How $160 Million Worth NBA Superstar Stephen Curry Spends His Millions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/russell-westbrook-criticised-for-ignoring-a-young-fan-asking-for-autograph\/\">Russell Westbrook Criticised For Ignoring A Young Fan Asking For Autograph<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/fan-sits-with-load-management-banner-at-lakers-nets-game-as-lebron-james-anthony-davis-miss-the-game\/\">Fan Sits With \u201cLoad Management\u201d Banner At Lakers-Nets Game As LeBron James &amp; Anthony Davis Miss The Game<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the NBA as a league grows in popularity with each year that passes by, players from all around the world are getting drafted into the league. Lithuanian-American Domantas Sabonis is the perfect example of the same. The 26-year-old was born in Portland, Oregon as the third child to Arvydas Sabonis, who played for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":417182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}