@Rap Lawyer MULLIN: I remember playing against the Bulls one night. Sarunas was shooting a free throw, and Scottie [Pippen] and Michael [Jordan] were kind of arguing about who was going to guard him. They were like, "Man, this guy's crazy. He's gonna run me over, man. You take him." So he had developed a reputation. He was kind of like a power forward playing two-guard.
Sarunas was strong as an ox with quickness and quick hands. The few times I seen him guard MJ, he frustrated MJ since MJ couldn't out quick nor out muscle Sarunas. Sarunas would steal the ball from MJ with his quick hands and MJ couldn't back Sarunas up with his post up moves closer to the basket because MJ couldn't move Sarunas.
this guy reinvented eurostep, some players used that move in very early days of 50s 60s in europe, but this guy showed entire world that move, and now everyone using it all over world, he is pioneer
When he was at the peak of his career i'd never seen someone breakdown the defense so often, He would just keep driving driving and driving, He got a ton of calls but he did it so much that I'd never seen so many calls Not Called(and i'm even including Shaq) he was relentless about taking it to the hole.
respect for Croatia! I visited your country in 2013 and 2019 with such a jump in the economy and it’s obvious when driving through your cities. I have seen what the other Balkan countries have looked and still look like. You are seen as absolute leaders in the region’s economy and officials are assured and pleasant. compared to Albania or Serbia, your officers are professionals. polite, businesslike and do their job perfectly (for comparison, I will give the Albanian border officer, such negligence and disrespect for the uniform, lost the Disorder Checkpoint, seen nowhere) greetings from Lithuania Vilnius
90s basketball. thank God for UA-cam. if I see curry chucking up 3s as if the 3 is something new I'm going to throw up....you see this guy's handles? his attacking of the basket? even with guys like Robinson down there waiting? this is sweat. work. heart. pride....basketball.
I remember Marculionis in 1987 Eurobasket playing for Soviet Union. I will never forget his performance in World Championship Final against Serbia Montenegro when his was draining 3s from anywhere. What a LEGEND !!!
Yes but the real legend in this tournament and 1989 was other. The name of him, Nikos Galis from Greece. Unbelievable player. Ps: the final in this tournament you say (1987) was Soviet Union -Greece, and Greece won the title.
I'm from the Netherlands. Old school loving today's game. Saw Sarunas In Haarlem N Holland december 1988. With Vilnius and Zalgeris Kaunas with Sabonis. Lithuania. Two Olympic champions in a fine Christmas Tournament in the Netherlands. Amazing basketball. Love guys who can penetrate, kick and shoot like Sarunas. Wrong music under de video. Should be Grateful Dead. Remember Olympics 1992 and the other Dreamteam.
This is when I really enjoyed basketball...with RUN TMC and Sarunas...never had so much fun watching guys actually ENJOY playing the game together. Always felt Sarunas never really got the respect he deserved. The guy was as tough and fearless as anyone to ever play the game. Watching this really brought back memories...thanks.
Marciulionis and Sabonis are two top 5 basketball players of all time, just they were "soviets" and were not allowed to play in nba as they could...Marciulionis easily defended against Jordan or Thomas...and for both of them traumas ruined their top performances while they were just 24-25 years old
Strongest Lithuanian player ever. I remember till this day how in 1995 EC, in semifinal game against Croatia after a steal 2 Croatian players are holding him on his shoulders and he is running with them on his shoulders.
Much stronger physically. He was one of the strongest basketball players in the world. Manu is a bit craftier, Sarunas was raw power, when he was driving to basket with full speed, he was unstoppable.
"this guy would not last in todays nba" Really good 3pts shooter,fast ,strong and 2nd best pointguard defensively after Payton. How come he would not last :)?
No... The languages are completely different. But Lithuanian is so archaic that it maintained the endings from the ancient Greek, as did the modern Greek.
Damn! He's an all-round player...he can pass, slash to the basket, shoot 3s and perimeter, good defender, and he's a leftie ✌🏼👍🏻
when michael and scottie challenge to NOT guard you, means that you're a hell of player. great sarunas
bigmez83 straight bullshit
Thats trueits chriss mullens words
@Rap Lawyer MULLIN: I remember playing against the Bulls one night. Sarunas was shooting a free throw, and Scottie [Pippen] and Michael [Jordan] were kind of arguing about who was going to guard him. They were like, "Man, this guy's crazy. He's gonna run me over, man. You take him." So he had developed a reputation. He was kind of like a power forward playing two-guard.
@@princekelvin6476 go cry in a corner puss
Sarunas was strong as an ox with quickness and quick hands. The few times I seen him guard MJ, he frustrated MJ since MJ couldn't out quick nor out muscle Sarunas. Sarunas would steal the ball from MJ with his quick hands and MJ couldn't back Sarunas up with his post up moves closer to the basket because MJ couldn't move Sarunas.
this guy reinvented eurostep, some players used that move in very early days of 50s 60s in europe, but this guy showed entire world that move, and now everyone using it all over world, he is pioneer
When he was at the peak of his career i'd never seen someone breakdown the defense so often, He would just keep driving driving and driving, He got a ton of calls but he did it so much that I'd never seen so many calls Not Called(and i'm even including Shaq) he was relentless about taking it to the hole.
Right, Charles Barkley said that he was like a bull running towards you and there's nothing much you can do.
19 points in 29 minutes in 1992 and 17 points in 27 minutes in 1993, with almost 55 FG%, THIS'S JUST INSANE
The best player of that warriors team came from the bench unbeliavable
Pablo Sarrio harden drops 40 in 30 minutes on like 45% nothing special
@@mekhi_the_kvng2411 lmao they played hard back then with actaul deffense
@@mekhi_the_kvng2411 yeah right arden drops 50 in 40 attempts :D
Before MJ, Kobe and Steph he was my favorite player when I started to watch basketball in 1995.
LoneWolfMishania me too, and sprewell and penny
Old school pure talent
Damn, i nearly forgot this NBA legend of 90's!
you mean 80's he is my uncle
and 90's
Lol, Warriors fans today know nothing about this guy because like 75% of Warriors fans are bandwagons.
This man was build like a tank
He was a Legend!!! First to brought the Euro Step to NBA! One of my favorites (maybe better than the greatest Ardvydas Sabonis).
No he wasn't.
I am Croatian...and Croatia and Lhituania had similar way in basketball and in politics during 90ies...big respect
respect for Croatia! I visited your country in 2013 and 2019 with such a jump in the economy and it’s obvious when driving through your cities. I have seen what the other Balkan countries have looked and still look like. You are seen as absolute leaders in the region’s economy and officials are assured and pleasant. compared to Albania or Serbia, your officers are professionals. polite, businesslike and do their job perfectly (for comparison, I will give the Albanian border officer, such negligence and disrespect for the uniform, lost the Disorder Checkpoint, seen nowhere) greetings from Lithuania Vilnius
R.I.P. Great Yugoslavia...
Sarunas and Arvydas are very strong characters .they put the character on the game.Very impressive players.
One thing I noticed is that he has HUGE HANDS, just like Otis Thorpe. The huge hands really help him with moving the ball all around when doing fakes.
Manu's real father.
and Harden
Harden's grandfather
Bro if MJ said i cant defence this guy i think Marčiulionis one the best pitbull :)
Luca Donica step father
true ^^ same movements and left handed too
90s basketball. thank God for UA-cam. if I see curry chucking up 3s as if the 3 is something new I'm going to throw up....you see this guy's handles? his attacking of the basket? even with guys like Robinson down there waiting? this is sweat. work. heart. pride....basketball.
I remember Marculionis in 1987 Eurobasket playing for Soviet Union. I will never forget his performance in World Championship Final against Serbia Montenegro when his was draining 3s from anywhere.
What a LEGEND !!!
Yes but the real legend in this tournament and 1989 was other. The name of him, Nikos Galis from Greece. Unbelievable player.
Ps: the final in this tournament you say (1987) was Soviet Union -Greece, and Greece won the title.
Yes, but they lost from Greece.
He was a draft steal at 127th pick.
0:50 sorry petrovic but he had to do it lol
Guy was one of my favourite euro players along with petrovic, sabonis and radja
There were are two guys who understood basketball 10/10 in Lithuania ,Marchela n Sabas
I'm from the Netherlands. Old school loving today's game. Saw Sarunas In Haarlem N Holland december 1988. With Vilnius and Zalgeris Kaunas with Sabonis. Lithuania. Two Olympic champions in a fine Christmas Tournament in the Netherlands. Amazing basketball. Love guys who can penetrate, kick and shoot like Sarunas. Wrong music under de video. Should be Grateful Dead. Remember Olympics 1992 and the other Dreamteam.
The famous European pre-Olympic tournament in Harlem !!!
Holy shit. So much hang time and control in the air!
Music from another Lithuanian , Anthony Kiedis is very fitting..
only one grandfather from the 1900´s is lithuanian. hes probably 10% lithuanian. wikipedia lists like 6 more countries
@@Jarazay his family name (Kiedis) is Lithuanian.
1:48
Never saw someone else do that skill so fast, clean, smooth and in that speed, amazing. Lithuanian one of the best ever
fastbreak machine
This is when I really enjoyed basketball...with RUN TMC and Sarunas...never had so much fun watching guys actually ENJOY playing the game together. Always felt Sarunas never really got the respect he deserved. The guy was as tough and fearless as anyone to ever play the game. Watching this really brought back memories...thanks.
Every basketball player should study his moves to the basket..... Best at taking it to the basket ever and impossible to stop with that euro step.
joecaldor manu ginobli did
Because Manu and Sarunas have similar playing styles.
Developed in European basketball, the move is generally accepted to have been brought to the NBA by Lithuanian Šarūnas Marčiulionis
How am i just hearing about this guy. And i love basketball oldschool and new. Hes sick
Красавчик!
Марчюленис, Сабонис, Хомичюс, Куртинайтис .. это конечно блестящии игроки. Победа СССР в 1988 без этих игроков была невозможна.
And all of them are LITHUANIANS you Z nazy.
Marciulionis and Sabonis are two top 5 basketball players of all time, just they were "soviets" and were not allowed to play in nba as they could...Marciulionis easily defended against Jordan or Thomas...and for both of them traumas ruined their top performances while they were just 24-25 years old
Strongest Lithuanian player ever. I remember till this day how in 1995 EC, in semifinal game against Croatia after a steal 2 Croatian players are holding him on his shoulders and he is running with them on his shoulders.
And who said white men can't jump?
Actually his jump was not very impressive. He was very fast and unbelievably physically strong, but was not high jumper.
They lied!!!
All those eurosteps...
just like a watch manu !!
Much stronger physically. He was one of the strongest basketball players in the world. Manu is a bit craftier, Sarunas was raw power, when he was driving to basket with full speed, he was unstoppable.
A 1987 draft at place 127.....something was wrong with the NBA scouts.
Two words - Iron Curtain.
Maybe at the half point of this video I realised, that this might be the basketball mix ever.
I know im responding to a very old comment, but you're right. It's up there with kobe and shaq since you've been gone.
The European James Harden 💯💯
1:48 Poor guy doesn't have a clue where ball gone
He reminds me of a red hot chili pepper
Born in the US in 1962, Anthony Kiedis is the singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Anthony Kiedis' grandfather is Lithuanian
Beautiful jump shot
The father of Euro step...
What a talent.
Great player
one of the gratest players in a planet , i seen him alive in vilnius when hi played in statyba club in ussr
"this guy would not last in todays nba" Really good 3pts shooter,fast ,strong and 2nd best pointguard defensively after Payton. How come he would not last :)?
That sidestep/euro step was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
LEGEND
if you want to learn who is Marciulionis ask Europeans 😉
Marciulionis not stop the fastest player in the planet
0:28 JELLY pioneer
They put this guy in the basketball hall of fame before Antwan Jamison or Tom Chambers LOL
Where is the RHCP song?
man! that's Ginobili, they both entered NBA at age of 25, Šarūnas just got knee injury
Lithuania best basketball from for ever
Wow I didn t remember of him. I realize now how good he was. I see him very similar to ginobili style .
Dragic prototype
🐐🐐
One of the top three European players ever in the NBA … Michael Jordan once said he had huge hands like vice grips .
he was quick as fuck...reminds me of Jason Kidd a litlle bit but better shooter then Kidd
Original Manu Ginobili before Manu Ginobili
Euro step on 0:48.
Greeks and Lithuanian surnames look like the same, AT least the -is ended ones. Could be a Marciulionis in greece or a Diamantidis in Lithuania?
No... The languages are completely different. But Lithuanian is so archaic that it maintained the endings from the ancient Greek, as did the modern Greek.
his eurostep was nasty he was super strong and his layup package was crazy.
the manu ginobli of the 90's
His son is also pretty good at Lithuanian U19 team
Red Hot Chili Peppers Can't Stop 😍😍
Ginobili's forefather
Hey Sarunas, do you remember GALIS? Ahahaha!!!
Want to compare how many medals each of them has?
@@astrusis_dantis3655 Want to compare who is more malakas?
@@azwris no comparison - you. :)
And this guy was not a Hall of Famer? I don't get it.
well, he is..
Muziką tai galėjai geresnę uždėt, kažkokia ne judesiui ir prasiveržimams
Lopas, nesupranti tu nieko
@@matasbutkus4071avigalvi, bendraut mokykis, pusgalvi nedastumtas
Lithuania!!!
Great compilation but gawd awful choice in music.
Jacked Manu Ginobili ...
Woah. Manu before Manu.
Or Manu was Sarunas after Sarunas
this guy would not last in todays nba
Clown, SARUNAS would rape those weak ass pg of today's NBA
Tyler Herro who is weaker and less athletic than Šarūnas is averaging 20 PPG off the bench in today's NBA. Šarūnas would own today you casual.
golden state looks like a fun team to watch every night unlike modern NBA which blows to me NBA died 1989
255 pip fouls him no call jordan given all ring by refs same as lew n diet jordans and yes they all did roids nonstop its roids not genetics and refs