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So then the FMVP indicates who was the better player.
Thanks for kicking your own ass.
He sure was leading that team to a lottery in 07-08
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...801280MEM.html
Memphis was 13-32 before Gasol begged for a trade
So then the FMVP indicates who was the better player.
Thanks for kicking your own ass.
Btw, your #2 option is making 25m a year after this season (30m now, sitting in the crowd).
The Pau Gasol Trade: Los Angeles Lakers, Before and After
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...801280MEM.html
Memphis was 13-32 before Gasol begged for a trade
The Lakers were one of the best teams in the league when emerging center Andrew Bynum was healthy, and the team was clicking with Bynum and Lamar Odom as the second and third options.
Then, Bynum's great season was abruptly interrupted when he injured his knee going up for a rebound on January 13 against the Memphis Grizzlies. At the time, the Lakers expected Bynum to be out for eight weeks, and hoped to have him back by the end of March.
However, without Bynum's presence inside, the Lakers struggled mightily, going 4-4. They reverted back to the Lakers teams of the last few years, with Kobe having to score 35 points for the Lakers to win.
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak knew there was a chance the Lakers, who had been looking like le contenders, could possibly miss the playoffs entirely, due to the West's overall depth. But on February 1 (one day after a heartbreaking loss to Detroit where Tayshaun Prince made a game winning three), Kupchak pulled off one of the biggest robberies in NBA History, acquiring All Star big man Pau Gasol without giving up any of the team's top ten players.
In return, the Grizzlies received Kwame Brown's $9 million expiring contract, a couple of first round picks, and a couple of good young players—Javaris Crittenton and Pau's brother Marc Gasol.
Instantly, you could tell the Lakers were given a boost. On the same day that his team got Gasol, Kobe Bryant destroyed the poor Toronto Raptors, scoring 46 points—including several highlight plays—in a rout.
Gasol would play his first game as a Laker a few days later, when the New Jersey Nets hosted the Lakers. Gasol's impact was immediate, as the Lakers won despite Kobe having one of his worst games in his career. (Bryant scored six points and had seven TOs while shooting 3-13 from the field.
The Lakers still won that game—and then they went on to win 22 of the 27 games they played with Pau. By the end of the season, Los Angeles had the best record in the mighty Western Conference, after surviving the greatest regular-season race of all time.
Bynum's knee never seemed to heal entirely, and now there is realistically no chance of him playing again this season, even if the Lakers made the Finals. Today, the Lakers announced that Bynum will be undergoing arthroscpic knee surgery on Wednesday, and the timetable of his return will be known later that day.
Now, the debate is whether the Lakers were better with a healthy Bynum and no Gasol or Pau with no Andrew. With Gasol, the Lakers are a better passing team because of Gasol's ability to find his teammates in the post and are a little bit better offensively because Odom has been flourishing playing alongside Gasol.
The negatives of the roster with Gasol are that the Lakers are a weak rebounding team, because of Gasol's reliance on finesse playm, and are only average defensively. With Bynum, the Lakers were the best rebounding team in the league as well as one of the best defensive teams, but they weren't as efficient offensively.
My personal opinion is that the Lakers would be a little bit better with Bynum, because he is a defensive force in the middle and is a rebounding machine. One thing all people can agree on is that next season, when Bynum is healthy and Gasol is there, no team in the league will be able to match up with the Lakers.
Los Angeles will have one of the greatest frontcourts of all time, with Bynum at center, Pau at power forward, and Odom at small forward. They also still have a guy named Kobe Bryant at shooting guard, who is pretty good, and a great veteran leader at point guard in Derek Fisher.
Barring any injuries, it's safe to say that Lakers will win four or five championships over the next eight years, and become one of the league's greatest dynasties.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...fore-and-after
lol det last line...
Wow, quoting articles from bleacher report 8 yrs ago, that's pretty disappointing of you
Glad to debunk the notion that implied Gasol could never missed a playoff in Memphis though
Pau pulled a Wilt. Wilt in '65 led his team to a 10-28 record and then was traded.Wow, quoting articles from bleacher report 8 yrs ago, that's pretty disappointing of you
Glad to debunk the notion that implied Gasol could never missed a playoff in Memphis though
it is a pretty good article. good to see MVPau get his proper due. props to DMC for posting it.
So you're saying that now that he's become accustomed to getting more than 5-10 touches per game, he's reasserted himself as a highly effective post player despite the fact that the Lakers have no other weapons? That's more of a ringing endorsement of how good Pau is than a knock on his ability to produce, tbh.
By the way, Pau actually plays defense. Easy to forget when you're point counting, but it's a fact.
The article was just after the trade. I realize you can be blindfolded with dental floss, but try to see the context.Wow, quoting articles from bleacher report 8 yrs ago, that's pretty disappointing of you
Glad to debunk the notion that implied Gasol could never missed a playoff in Memphis though
So what does that have to do with what I proved? That Gasol led Grizzlies would never miss a playoffs? You can't be that stupid for the sake of trolling.
The Lakers went from missing the playoffs/Kobe threatening to quit to making the Finals in one year, all because of Pau Gasol.
Whatever dude, how's your day going so far DMC?
Lakers were 30-16 before the Pau trade. Grizzles were 13-32 when they traded Pau.
Where did I said he was robbed of the MVP? Quote? Stop making stuff up, tbh
Yet you call him MVPauWhere did I said he was robbed of the MVP? Quote? Stop making stuff up, tbh
After he was traded the Lakeshow suddenly went into a 10 game winning streak
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...801280MEM.html
Memphis was 13-32 before Gasol begged for a trade
Who are you kidding? Memphis was tanking, but Gasol was the ...
I think he's the Laker's most valuable player... that's all.
I'd say Jordan Hill is right now tbh
Unfortunately not true this year, but hey, we say anything we like around here as fact.
They only lost 4 of their next 27 games. Bynum went down, Lakers went to 50/50 ball. Pau bailed them out of that.
Of course they got better. Pau is a good player. A good second option All-Star caliber big man.
And of course Nene had himself a career game while being guarded by MVPussy
Whotts funny is Lakerfan propping Jordan Hill like when the Lakeshow do well, but when another center does well, it's all on Pau
MVPau had another great game, dropping 17 on 55% shooting... unfortunately him and ear jordan couldn't overcome that scrub William going 1-7...
Also, props for MVPau for not mailing it in, tbh... after the news that he's basically thrown under the buss, he still showed up and played...
Been mailing it in since 2011 son. He's 33, had no major injuries, the Lakers gave him plenty of shots imo. He's a grown ass , "I got cucked" is no excuse to play like , Jim had himself a playoff under the same cir stances.
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