Report: Gasol may be out until Christmas

[UrAphag]

don't forget injured Celtics, Spurs and Rockets

Son you got beat by the mavs, the lakers would absolutely on a healthy spurs team

[iggypop123]

people should make a sarcasm font. so people know the difference.

[RedsLakers24]

Lakers Rule the NBA

[j.dizzle]

we all knew the zenmaster was in around with reporters..hes got nuttin better to do since kobe is the actual coach of the team

[Culburn369]

Now you know how it feels to deal with this .

It was just a matter of time before it bit me in the ass.

[j.dizzle]

i actually hope gasol takes his time..It wont be fair when he comes back & mbenga is straight entertainment

[tlongII]

Hopefully Gasol will be back before Jan. 8th. It will be downright ugly without him.

[mystargtr34]

If you watch the video PJ clearly is half joking. I'm sure he'll be out a few more weeks but I doubt till Christmas. Lakers are still the best team out West without Pau so it's all good, rest up.

Lakers are a 54-57 win 4-5 seed without Pau. Dont let overtime wins over the Thunder and scrub teams fool you with their record.

[cobbler]

Hopefully Gasol will be back before Jan. 8th. It will be downright ugly without him.

ALL TALK NO WALK

put your money where your mouth is pussy

right now...offer still open... 500.00

with or without gasol

step up or STFU


*queing the soft shoe backpeddle*

[j.dizzle]

^ hahahaha tlong disappears everytime u bring that up cuz he knows wassup..he just says what he says but actually doesnt believe it

[cobbler]

^ hahahaha tlong disappears everytime u bring that up cuz he knows wassup..he just says what he says but actually doesnt believe it

Of course...

He doesn't even believe his own BS.

If he was so confident...it would be easy money no?

What a pussy.

[tlongII]

cobbler you twit. There is still plenty of time for a bet.

[KSeal]

I knew Phil was joking.

[21_Blessings]

By default as there are few good centers in the league.

Remember when they gave the MVP to the Admiral and the Dream all over him come playoff time?

[ElNono]

Come on Lakerfan... this one was easy as pie:

Non-Issue

[LA24]

Hopefully Gasol will be back before Jan. 8th. It will be downright ugly without him.

Downright correct. It will be ugly for the Blazers with or w/out Gasol.

[2Cleva]

Come on Lakerfan... this one was easy as pie:

Non-Issue

+1

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said that he was just joking on Wednesday when he speculated that Pau Gasol could be out until Christmas.

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, when asked if he knew when Gasol would practice or if he had a target date for his return, Jackson had said: "No. We're starting to look toward Christmas, though. Some time out there."

Gasol has been frustrated by the pace of recovery from a sore hamstring. The newspaper reported that he will miss his eighth straight game on Thursday.

Jackson told ESPN that the Christmas comment was a joke and that his big man was day to day with the injury.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4646071

[Culburn369]

Christ, I hope he wasn't joshin' about Bynum being back.

[TheMACHINE]

y much? You won't survive much longer with Gasoft. Forget about resting Kobe. You guys will be in worse shape without Bryant. Plus I don't want any excuses when the Pistons aka best team in the East sweeps the Lakers asses this year.

lol praying for meltdown before Gasol gets back
lol praying for Artest to blow up
lol 6 -1 record

[Mike D]

+1



http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4646071

Lol at Tlong's hopes for Laker injury.

[redzero]

Bynum wouldn't have made a difference in that Celtics series.

[Mike D]

Bynum wouldn't have made a difference in that Celtics series.

Hmmm..

A healthy Bynum nor Ariza have both shown the ability to make an impact in the playoffs, agreed.

[Allanon]

Bynum wouldn't have made a difference in that Celtics series.

We'll never know for sure.

2 things marked that series:

1) The Lakers were beaten up inside and Pau and Odom were labeled soft because they couldn't go up against the bigger Perkins/KG/PJ Brown. Bynum's bigger than both those guys and could have been the difference.

2) Paul Pierce torched the Lakers playing against Vladmir Radmanovic, Luke Walton and Kobe Bryant. Ariza is a very good defender.

I don't know if they could have made a difference, but it's certainly possible.

Again, this is all speculation. Who knows. But I give full credit to those green es for their 2008 championship; regardless of the Laker injuries.

[Culburn369]

Bynum wouldn't have made a difference in that Celtics series.

Precisely. That's was Kobe's failure. At 24 up third quarter Game 4, down 2-1, Game 5 still in Los Angeles that was Kobe's responsibility to take that to the house. He did not. Boston owned Bryant from that moment to this one. They cut Bryant out, isolated him and made him cry "uncle."

[redzero]

Hmmm..

A healthy Bynum nor Ariza have both shown the ability to make an impact in the playoffs, agreed.

It wasn't a question of impact. The Lakers had a 24 point lead on the Celtics at one point. They cruised into the Finals. The talent was there. Bynum and Ariza wouldn't have changed the Lakers' mentality. They were bullied by the Celtics, and the only way they could have won was to take a stand.