Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time and one of the best big-man passers in the history of the game, he won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30.
Linas is a Lithuanian male given name. It is the Lithuanian form of the name Linus, which derives from the Greek for "flax". The female equivalent is Lina. Linas may refer to:
Sabonis is a Lithuanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arvydas Macijauskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m tall, he played at the shooting guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest Lithuanian players of the 2000s, he won numerous individual awards, as well as club and national team titles.
Pocius is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Pocienė or Pociuvienė and Pociūtė.
Jonas is a common male name in many Western world countries and Northeast Africa. It is primarily used as a first name, but also occurs as a surname. It is particularly frequent in Germany, Israel, Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Flanders and Scandinavia. It is also the most common name in Lithuania; however, in Lithuania, the name Jonas is derived from the Hebrew Yohanan as opposed to Jonah.
Andrey or Andrei is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
Sabas is a name derived from the Greek Savvas or Sabbas, and ultimately Aramaic in origin, meaning “old man” or “grandfather.”
Paulauskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Of Slavic origin; Polish counterpart: Pawlowski, Russian and Ukrainian: Pavlovsky. Its feminine forms are: Paulauskienė and Paulauskaitė.
Andrius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Andrew. People with the name Andrius include:
Gintaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name. The feminine form is Gintarė. and may refer to:
Artūras is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Arthur. Notable people with the name include:
Saulius is a masculine given name.
Arvid, Arved, Arnvid or Arvydas is a male given name, most common in Scandinavia but also in Iran and Lithuania. In Scandinavia it is derived from Old Norse Arnviðr and means "forest of eagles" or 'eagle wood'. Arvid is a royal male name that is composed of words with the meanings "king" and "legend". In Old Persian, Arvid is derived from 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 + veid means "Aryan knowledge".
Arūnas is a masculine Lithuanian given name and may refer to:
Edgaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name.
Dainius is a Lithuanian name
Andrei, Andrey or Andrej is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include:
Petravičius (masculine), Petravičienė, Petravičiūtė is a Lithuanian-language surname. Notable people with this surname include:
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