Not many people expected an All-Star season when Domantas Sabonis asked the Indiana Pacers front office to insert him into the starting lineup at the end of last season.
Steadily improving in his first four seasons, Sabonis has taken a huge leap this year and is starting to make his new four-year, nearly $75 million contract that starts next year look like a bargain.
The ceiling looks incredibly high for the gritty, tough power forward from Lithuania.
Let’s take a look at five positive takeaways from Domantas Sabonis’s breakout year.
Domantas Sabonis has become a focal point of the Pacers offense
Victor Oladipo’s absence and the influx of new Pacers who would need time to learn how to play with one another created a void for someone to be the go-to guy on offense.