David, I disagree with you on this in part. Not sure what Sabonis will bring this coming year, but 2-3 years ago, he led the Blazers platoon defense against Shaq, and did as good a job as can be done at defending O'Neal. Sure, O'Neal gets some dunks and puts up some big numbers--he always will. But at 7.3, 300+, Sabonis had him off his game and made him work harder for what he got than anyone I've ever seen matched against O'Neal. It certainly wasn't Sabo's fault that the Blazers lost that series.
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