Sarunas Marciulionis' Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Sarunas Marciulionis delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2014. To learn more about Sarunas Marciulionis take a look at his official Hall of Fame bio at www.hoophall.co...
To all you ignorant people saying he doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, IT'S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, NOT NBA HALL OF FAME! This dude did A LOT in building the whole competitive basketball landscape in his home country of Lithuania! Take a moment and watch the movie "The Other Dream Team", you'd have to be an idiot to still think he doesn't deserve a spot in the Hall of Fame after watching that.
+jan279 i agree he belongs to hall of fame so as all nba pioneers from Europe.. last one who did not recived call to it is Toni Kukoc, 4 time MVP, 3 time Europe final four champion, world champion, 3 time nba champion and so on and so on i will not count 2nd and 3rd places....
If you'd allow to me add to what you said..
Again, to all you ignorant fools. Sarunas brought the infamous "eurostep" to the NBA that you'll like to see in your respective superstar idols.
dude you're right sarunas is my uncle and i know he truley does deserve to be in the hall of fame
Totally agree!
He was a fantastic player .. yes many idiots posting .
"Lietuva, Lietuva !!!!"
i am one of the 20000 mad Greeks who were screaming for Lithuania at the 1995 Euro Final. Sarunas my fav player of all time. God always by your side !!
Sadly, great players such as this get recognition so late in life. This guy came from hell, transitioned to NBA and didnt skip a beat. Much respect to Sarunas
Imagine him and sabonis being allowed to play in the NBA in their primes. Especially sabonis with Clyde in Portland. Maybe no 6 rings for Jordan
Sarounas was in his prime of course when he joined in the NBA.
@@hanj31 Joshua you are soooo right!!! This is a parallel universe I would like to experience!
Cheers from Latvia to my Lithuanian brothers!
Lamar, you know the story: I'm 42 in 2015, Japanese-American, born and raised in Seattle, a Sonics AND Blazers fan. And, I would hit 17-footers (from right INSIDE the arc) against my friend BJ. I would call it "Sarunas Mar-ci-u-li-o-nising" him! I would say, "Mar-see-UU-lee-oh-nis!"
Lamar ...you are not Latvijan nor Lithuanian... That's obvious
@@Crazydragons-d1g Smieklīgi, ka tā domā, bet nu esmu, esmu latvietis. Pases kopiju gan nesūtīšu.
This dude was a tank, strong as hell and would destroy most 2 guards today based upon physicality. Plus he survived communist life and had mental toughness that guys respected him for
Thank you brother
brought the euro step to the usa
Aaron Medrano before Manu
This HOF is not the NBA HOF. NBA stands for National Basketball Association. This is the Naismith HOF, which includes international (Sabonis, Schmidt, Meneghin etc), amateur (Globetrotters, Rens etc) and collegiate (Walton, Sampson) candidates. I hope you read this and continue to learn more about BASKETBALL history, not just NBA history.
George Wagner Thats one and same HOF lol....
Clueless casuals and brainless bandwagons will never understand that
Best part of the speech is : why to have a stat sheet when you lose the game, you lost that's it! Great mentality, and larry in the crowd approved. Great player sarunas
Man, only 72 hits? Sarunas deserves to have 3.000.000 hits at least!Brave man,first to overcome the iron curtain and make it to the NBA. Love watching you doing your outstanding craft in the playground,much loved from Germany!
scotti pippen I know him I lend him a flash light because idk lol
"I never could figure out why to read the stats when you lose the game. You lost a game, that's it". So true )
It is a record of the game. I think he was being sarcastic.
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Larry Legend: "Man's got a point."
One of the overlooked hard working hustlers of all time
i remember that guy he had a SICK ball handle !!
And he brought famous euro-step in NBA
@@Coach_Vedo Also he has fancy ass moves.
Heck ya- he wasn't afraid to take it to the hole! He was a runaway freight train!
Indeed a great man with great significance! Salute and Congratulations!!!!
For Lithuania and world basketball, this man and his Lithuanian teammates are heroes. Check out story about how he came to NBA and his journey in the Olympic.
One of my favorite players during the last 1980’s-1990’s. Such a very underrated and talented player. He was absolutely fearless and tough when he drives to the hoop.
Too bad his NBA career was shortened b/c of injuries. Funny stuff with the ice-cubes, you can clearly see Mully, Rock, they love this guy.
He’s a very good small forward he’s always in attack the rim..one of the best player of GSW...80s & 90s era of NBA basketball..
One of the best left handed players in the sport.I remember him during the 80's when he was representing ussr especially in 1987 and i was 5 years old then.During the 90's along with sabonis they boosted the lithuanian basketball.I remember the games against our players.The difference was huge.Sigalas one of the best defenders we had was humiliated from him.Sarunas Marciulionis one of the greatest in europe!Thank god i watched him play!
Me too. I grew up watching him okay in Europe for the USSR and I was a big fan of his even though as a Greek I’d be supporting the other side. Amazing player.
@@VoltesWithElias I am croatian. When Dražen played for Cibona against Sabonis Žalgiris, I wasn't afraid for Cibona victory. But when Šarunas played for ussr with Sabonis and others against Yugoslavia (Croatia was one of the republics in Yugoslavia) and Dražen, I wasn't so sure. Amazing super player Šarunas, I was admire him a lot, even more then Sabonis. Dražen, Kukoč, Sabonis, Marčulionis, Galis, Oskar - the best players of that era.
'one of best ever,, i'm lucky to have seen him play at his peak form..' KUDOS Sarunas.
Very very proud.. Amazing.. Well Done !!
Marciulionis is my Hero
Used to be ,1980s -1990s ,coming from Europe..just getting into the League and holding your own will get you into a Hall of Fame somewhere. That's how tough the NBA was, once upon a time. Sarunas was a great European player ! The Lion
He was fantastic on the Warriors..well deserved.
I'm very proud of you my man loved watching you play marciulionis forever
hes my uncle
@@dariusmarciulionis6701 ohh really
A Lithuanian. Not a soviet. Proud to be a Lithuanian and be enshrined to this remarkable group of people. Go basketball! David Stern, of all the commissioners, probably did more to the sport than any other.
he was like mixed Lebron James and allen iverson
He created the path for European players that exists today. He worked, and worked, and chopped a miles long path through thick woods metaphorically speaking. There had never been a European player that was any good before. Some had came, quickly couldn't cut it. And left. So the NBA had no ties, interests, or scouting over there. Euro players they'd seen were soft, couldn't play defense. And were jumpshooters without slashing ability. He came, and was a completely different animal. It was documented, and players heard pippen and Jordan arguing who would guard him. Because guarding him wore you out so much, it took away from the rest of your game. He drove past anybody. And banged you up doing it. He was euro stepping while driving before the NBA ever saw it. And guys were taken back by this move. And didn't know what to do to stop it. He enters a title contending team with superstars. And in a lot of ways the go to guy. Because he was so physical and scored at will. This was when the NBA decided they should develop a relationship over in Europe. and take a better look at recruiting over there. And in the Olympics we just had, with so many big name NBA talents playing for other countries. They simply walked through that path that this man cut through.
A true warrior for golden state.
Great player and great person. He deserves to be inducted into the hall of Fame.
True “Warrior” back in the day the way he would drive through the lane.
unforgetable the battle against djordjevic
Marciulionis and Sabonis maybe the only two players ever to win Olympic medals for two countries, in basketball. I'm sure they could care less about their 88 gold medal, but love their 1992 Bronze for Lithuania!!
Great player, but there is no way in hell that after 4 years Tony Kukoc still isn't inducted
very few people have stolen the ball from jordan. sarunas was an all around swiss army knife back in the day.
He was such a sick player. I remember Don Nelson kept trying to get him to shoot more 😂😂😂
He had such a great jump shot!
Watching his speech reminded me Rocky Balboa 🥸
Hey Mick......
he was badass in the early 90s with the Warrriors
I would have never thought that this guy had such a great sense of humor 😅
I remember Šarūnas Marčiulionis and I’m glad he was inducted. Always handled himself with class on & off the court and his skills were ridiculous!
This man is the reason why the Dreamteam was brought to the Olympics! He has beaten the US NATIONAL team at the Olympics of 1988!
He is legend, gave us lot of trouble in 95 finale
Where the Bronsexuals at who called 90s players Plumbers from Jordan Era?
Сильный был баскетболист в своё время.
🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🏀🏀🤜🇱🇹
I know you are in my house now lol
Toni Kukoc should in the Hall of Fame
Ricardo Torres he ll arrive soon i swear. There will be dino, toni will also come
The podium is supposed to be used by former basketball players, couldn't they make it a little taller or put longer microphones? All hall of famers are struggling to speak bending on the microphones!
HE CAN be top 11 of all time players he like combo ROSE AND PARKER ;)
The true Kingsters missed, him.
all I know is that if u average the people height in that room, it will be on the guiness world record for tallest audience...😀
jan279 absolutly.
Certified bucket getter!!!
Harden ......... He copy everything.... He steal when play vs Mj he is one the best PG
Buckets
This guy was just a great star. This man was fun to watch.
He is in the hof from an international perspective he had 2 good years in the nba otherwise an average player its what he has done for the International players playing now in the NBA. There are a lot af ways to get into the hof. And like one person said Mark Price better make it there soon he's better than plenty of players in there now. Shame on you who has votes and you NBA.
Dimombo Mukempe is there too.
Whos here from 2k my team
Oscar Schmidt’s speech was priceless! 🏀
Even Jordan scared of this guy.
Sarunas Jasikevicius and Linas Kleiza should be in NBA hall of fame
If these two make the HOF, Sarunas' accomplishments would be diminished. On the international scene Jasikevicius deserves recognition but he didn't have a significant career in the NBA and Kleiza was nothing more than a solid role player.
That haircut he copy from dumb & dumber
No Earl Monroe invented the euro step before this guy.
How is this guy in the hall? I could see him being in when he was a lot older.
Sarunas what ???
The NBA is a shame !!!
*MARK PRICE DESERVE BE A HOF !!!*
how
How him and not tim hardaway, Webber smh
Because he was the first player from behind the Iron Curtain.
And it's basketball hall of fame, not just NBA. He won 3 olympic medals (1 gold, 2 bronze), 3 european championships (2 silver, 1 bronze).
@@konfunable Glushkv was the first one!
Because he is also an Olympic and World Champion
Not even tryna hate but how is he a hall of famer
I didn t know that he is also member of hall of fame. In the future every player who plays basketball in NBA will be member. What to say... he was just a good player nothing more... Only Nick Galis and Drazen Petrovic deserve this honour.
You are 100% wrong my countryman
Might as well put Kwame in the hall of fame if ur gonna put this unknown scrub in.
Unknown to you because he played before your time perhaps? He was basically Manu Ginobili before Manu.
how old are you BLACK LLAMA??.. unknown ??? wtf is wrong with you .. he played in golden state with chris mullen and them boys, he was one of the best european players of all time and in the olympics too!. Do some research before you make stupid ass comments !!
MH22162 The inventor of euro step.
BARS you’ll never be recognized in anything compared to this guy. Stfu and learn why he was inducted
Great comparison to Manu and attacked the basket like a nimble running back
He was something special for our country watching this after so many years all l can do its just smile’ what a warrior he was