Gasol = Duncan

[LakeShow]

I definately agree with OP, it amazes me how ignorant some of these spurs fans are. They never give credit to where its due. Ya Duncan has 4 ing rings but he did it with load of help. Gasol is doing the same so if you wanna crown Duncan as the greatest Gasol might as well be in the talks a few years from now.

Thank you! The Truth hurts.

[Culburn369]

Cradle the balls.

Only if you reputiate the room the Spurs built for you after Horry shot you in the head.

[JamStone]

Only if you reputiate the room the Spurs built for you after Horry shot you in the head.

Who's been a bad girl?

[Culburn369]

Who's been a bad girl?

Wallace, for squeezing his eyes closed when Horry put you's out of your misery.

[LakeShow]

Right now I'd say it is closer than Spurs fans will admit. But there is no way a Tim Duncan in his prime can be compared to a Pau Gasol in any point of his career.

This may be true but do you rank Gasol as a PF?

[Culburn369]

Right now I'd say it is closer than Spurs fans will admit.

"And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing"

[JamStone]

Wallace, for squeezing his eyes closed when Horry put you's out of your misery.

Now purr like a kitty kat.

[Culburn369]

Now purr like a kitty kat.

Fish/the look on his face/Nelson stuck/head first/Florida dirt.

[JamStone]

Fish/the look on his face/Nelson stuck/head first/Florida dirt.

Now bark like a dog begging for a bone.

[Culburn369]

- "sssssssshhhhhhhhhh."

- D. Fish - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June.15.2000

[Muser]

Right now I'd say it is closer than Spurs fans will admit. But there is no way a Tim Duncan in his prime can be compared to a Pau Gasol in any point of his career.

[JamStone]

- "sssssssshhhhhhhhhh."

- D. Fish - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June.15.2000

Good girl. Now go wash yourself.

[Culburn369]

Good girl. Now go wash yourself.

Your fandom in that ready made mobile home the Spurs built for ya's has cleansed my snootchie.

[Kori Ellis]

Thank you! The Truth hurts.

Tacker being on your side isn't a positive, in terms of success or truth.

[Culburn369]

Tacker being on your side isn't a positive, in terms of success or truth.

Perhaps, but that pat & leather knee brace that Duncy wears is rather persuasive.

[Kori Ellis]

Pau Gasol is getting a taste of what it's like playing with another 7 footer in the starting lineup. Something Timmie has experienced most of his career in the NBA. Gasol will put up monster numbers nightly. He will be defended by much smaller players most nights. There are only a handful of teams in the NBA that will be able to match up to the towers. Gasols ppg, asst, rebounds, block shots will all go up because of his height advantage over smaller players and his freedom to roam with another 7 footer in the post. What makes Pau so unique is that he can defend PF's on the perimeter as well. He is just about as complete as you can get from that position.

So when the Lakers win 3 or 4 more les and Gasol has monster stats, will he now be included in discussions on the greatest power forwards to ever play the game?

Sure, since Gasol is listed by the Lakers as a F-C, then someone can discuss him as one of the greatest PFs ever, if they are so inclined. (I don't personally think he'll be in the conversation because of defense, like many other posters have mentioned).

And since the whole point of this thread is to again at why Tim isn't listed as a C, you all need to just accept that's how it is.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/roster/index.html - Duncan=F
http://www.nba.com/lakers/roster/index.html - Gasol=F-C

[Kori Ellis]

Perhaps, but that pat & leather knee brace that Duncy wears is rather persuasive.

You act like what you are saying is new news. Every Spurs fan knows that Duncan only has a few years left. He has a lot of mileage on him... that's what happens when your team is successful year after year.

If Gasol ever advanced much in the playoffs in his first 6? years in the league, he'd be closer to Tim in that regard.

[Culburn369]

My NBA Register lists Duncan as F/C.

[resistanze]

Gasol = Duncan.

Kobe needs to be carried to a ring by a HOF.

It all makes sense.

[Kori Ellis]

My NBA Register lists Duncan as F/C.

Your own personal register that you wrote up with a crayon?

[LakeShow]

Tacker being on your side isn't a positive, in terms of success or truth.

It's not about him being on my side, it's his understanding of said topic.

My thing is under no cir stances should Pau Gasol be included in discusssions with the greatest PF's in the league. Neither should Theodore. I am all for calling Theodore one of the greatest players to play the game. Maybe top ten, maybe not but definitely one of the best. I would definitely not call him the greatest PF to ever play the game because he was not.

[Culburn369]

You act like what you are saying is new news. Every Spurs fan knows that Duncan only has a few years left. He has a lot of mileage on him... that's what happens when your team is successful year after year.

If Gasol ever advanced much in the playoffs in his first 6? years in the league, he'd be closer to Tim in that regard.

Put down that can of Pink Rust 'O Leum and go bake some like cookies for Tim.

[TIMMYD!]

Tim Duncan isn't in his prime anymore and if you we're to ask any head coach in the NBA who they would rather have every single time it would be Tim.

[Culburn369]

Your own personal register that you wrote up with a crayon?

I'll scan it, & lodge if you'll agree to put my thread back up if it's true.

Deal?

[LakeShow]

Sure, since Gasol is listed by the Lakers as a F-C, then someone can discuss him as one of the greatest PFs ever, if they are so inclined. (I don't personally think he'll be in the conversation because of defense, like many other posters have mentioned).

And since the whole point of this thread is to again at why Tim isn't listed as a C, you all need to just accept that's how it is.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/roster/index.html - Duncan=F
http://www.nba.com/lakers/roster/index.html - Gasol=F-C

Theodore probably wrote NBA.com whining to be listed as a F.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/player...?playerId=0215