Gasol is back!

[Fusternino]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25635150/pau-gasol-san-antonio-spurs-returning-26-games-foot

Read it and weep.

[RD2191]

He's a fukin bum.

[timvp]

Pop wouldn't bench Poeltl and give his minutes to Gasol, right?













Right?

[Shakril]

Of course he will. Otherwise poeltl would have already cut into LMA's minutes.

[TheGreatYacht]

Expect the turd towers in the starting lineup.

[Ditty]

:shootme Lottery here we come...back.

[SPURt]

https://memeguy.com/photos/thumbs/mrw-i-am-watching-an-intense-argument-in-class-and-i-am-expecting-an-epic-comeback--184036.gif

[spursparker9]

No more interior defence

[timtonymanu]

Ugh

[Play Boban]

He should take Cunningham’s mimutes tbh.

[SAGirl]

Well Cunningham was already out of the rotation. He should be traded tbh.

[C-Dub]

Start Gasol next to Aldridge. Bring Rudy off the Bench at the 4 no later than the 6 minute mark unless Pau is having a throwback game. The minutes that should be cut because of Pau's return should be split between Marco and Patty depending on the matchups.

Bench

White
Patty/Marco
Bertans
Gay
Poeltl

[tmtcsc]

https://media.giphy.com/media/10hvUFWkQEmoCs/giphy.gif

[koriwhat]

He's a fukin bum.

totally agree and the spurs are better to move on from him. big contract sucks and wish he could just be waived already.

[LakerHater]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvmuTqUW0AIdlKi.jpg

[Dverde]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvmuTqUW0AIdlKi.jpg
He won’t be back next year. Final year with the Spurs.

[offset formation]

totally agree and the spurs are better to move on from him. big contract sucks and wish he could just be waived already.

Wish in one hand. Shit in the other.

His contract is fucking corporate gold next year.

[koriwhat]

Wish in one hand. Shit in the other.

His contract is fucking corporate gold next year.

that's def true.

[FkLA]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvmuTqUW0AIdlKi.jpg

When did he get that gay ass logo?

[Seventyniner]

Instead of Poeltl's improvement making Pau expendable, perhaps it will just make Pop play big more. If the team is going to take so few threes anyway why not make up for it in the paint?

[Mirrornick]

About time. Could really use his wisdom..

[cd021]

Start Gasol next to Aldridge. Bring Rudy off the Bench at the 4 no later than the 6 minute mark unless Pau is having a throwback game. The minutes that should be cut because of Pau's return should be split between Marco and Patty depending on the matchups.

Bench

White
Patty/Marco
Bertans
Gay
Poeltl

Forbes, DDR, Gay, LMA, Gasol
Mills, White, Beli, Bertans, Poeltl

That would be the most logical lineup imo

[cd021]

totally agree and the spurs are better to move on from him. big contract sucks and wish he could just be waived already.


Why waive him when they could use his contract to make a trade?

[LakerHater]

Could help with reboundin!

[TimDunkem]

Instead of Poeltl's improvement making Pau expendable, perhaps it will just make Pop play big more. If the team is going to take so few threes anyway why not make up for it in the paint?

More 2s and worse defense. Cool!

[TimDunkem]

Could help with reboundin!

But not with anything else, unfortunately.

[FkLA]

tbf IIRC Gasol was actually playing well before the injury

[RC_Drunkford]

LA/Gasol is actually a pretty effective front line. They won us some games last year. I prefer going small, but going big gives us an advantage in certain match ups


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rp1NqKup40


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOkReqwJJEQ

[BD24]

:pctoss

[BillMc]

Good. He can only make us better.

[offset formation]

Good. He can only make us better.

This guy gets it.

[Mikeanaro]

Who cares? he did less than Poeltl when the team was in dire straits.

[baseline bum]

Send him to Austin.

[BillMc]

This guy gets it.
:bobo

[playbonner15]

Great news!

[MultiTroll]

'member when Timmy Duncan took 5 mil a year to make the Championship pursuit doable?

:lmao Gasol OTOH.

[DAF86]

Gasol was actually playing really well before getting injured, but he just doesn't have a role with Poeltl playing so well. I don't know what Pop will do with him.

[TimDunkem]

'member when Timmy Duncan took 5 mil a year to make the Championship pursuit doable?

:lmao Gasol OTOH.

Took advantage of Timmy until the wheels fell off, but then gave Gasol a fat contract simply for playing around 60 games and waiting a few weeks for his next deal. Sad.

[marinoman]

Trade him for a defender that is also a playmaker like bazemore

[SAGirl]

And hasn’t played two games in a row.... potential trade request?

[RC_Drunkford]

Trade him for a defender that is also a playmaker like bazemore

been saying this for weeks. Bazemore would fit in well with the starters

[SAGirl]

Anything going on with Pau?. The rumors about the Spurs alleged interest in Vucevic have reminded me that Pau's 16 million are doing nothing for the team. The team needs to move him if he's not getting back into the rotation at this point.

[Fusternino]

I think he will become match-up dependent the same way Dante has. Or he will only play as the sole big or with LMA at the 4 but never with Poeltl or Bertans.

[Duncan87]

Mentioned in other thread maybe just flip pau for batum other pieces to make deal work since word is Hornets desperate to offload his contract

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I would not be opposed to moving Pau. He's actually a tradable asset so why not use him to get some help where the team actually needs it. His biggest net positive would be on the trading block.