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No he's not. He's 7-0 or 7-1 max. Bynum's taller than Gasol and he's listed at 7-1.
This is not a thread to bash Gasol, but merely to put into perspective the type of advantage he enjoys game after game. I remember reading last season that he was actually 7-3 or 7-4 and not believing it at first, but upon further review, it was bang on. Having watched two 6-11 (listed at 7-0) guys in Miller and Biedrins guard him recently, confirmed and hammered home the writer's claim. He was practically towering over them.
When Bynum is healthy, Gasol has the luxury of often being matched up against opposing power forwards, many of whom are roughly 6-9. That means he's playing with about a half a foot height advantage a lot of the time. Due to the presence of Bryant, unlike dominant big men of yesteryear or even today's preeminent dominant big man, Howard, Gasol has the luxury of not being the focal point of opposing teams defenses. On top of that, he has the best second and third big men in the game in Bynum and Odom and because of Bynum's presence, teams often can't afford to put their biggest or best post defender on Gasol.
As much as the term 7-footer get's thrown around, the truth is there aren't many true 7-footers in the league. Naturally, there are even less that are well above 7-0. Gasol is one of the few that is and that's a significant and under reported advantage, because if you go by listings or announcers, they make it seem as most guys he faces are "only" 2 or 3 inches shorter. Don't believe it.
No he's not. He's 7-0 or 7-1 max. Bynum's taller than Gasol and he's listed at 7-1.
Bynum is 7-6 and Yao is 8-0.
Gasol is 7-0
Whatever Gasol is, Dirk shines his f'in shoes.
odd thread. Never even heard this before. Gasol is definitely 7ft..... or close to it. Not inches taller or smaller
No. Why do Lakers fans take everything as a slight? It's merely an observation.
Anyone claiming he's 7-0, is either blind, flat out not paying attention or both. This isn't even debatable.
Because you all are myopic trolls. You're always running a game on us. Naturally we're rough around the edges, ready for bear.
I think you've seen enough of my work to know I'm not a troll.
this a dumb thread, its obvious he's not anywhere near 7ft 4. Shh now
Nope. Just rewatch the Lakers-Rockets game on opening night when he was matched up against Yao. He looked like a little kid next to him.
Im saying Gasol is 7ft...
I know. I'm just saying he's obviously not near 7'4''..
TD made a hall of fame career off the same thing you are accusing Pau of!
The Lakers have imitated two franchises in their latest dynasty:
1. Versatile Twin Towers. , it worked for the Sp*rs, why not for the Lakers?
2. Strong side zone. It worked for them Celtic bums, why not for the Lakers?
they all have grown a little bit since joining NBA.
Duncan is 6-11, but I think he's the rare player who's listed height is his barefoot height. In shoes, that would make him roughly 7-0.TD made a hall of fame career off the same thing you are accusing Pau of!
The Lakers have imitated two franchises in their latest dynasty:
1. Versatile Twin Towers. , it worked for the Sp*rs, why not for the Lakers?
2. Strong side zone. It worked for them Celtic bums, why not for the Lakers?
I don't buy 7-4 for Gasol, but 7-2 or 7-3, definitely. You'll see next time the two go head to head, he's easily taller than Duncan, not just by an inch.
The other thing is, Duncan didn't have Bryant on the perimeter (didn't have a go-to perimeter scorer in the twin towers years period) and other than Robinson for the first three-four years they played together, didn't have a player the caliber of Bynum next to him. Also, Duncan often drew the biggest and/or best opposition post defender.
Bynum is taller than Pau so that must make him 7'5 or 7'6. Yao towers over both of them so that must make him about 7'9 or 7'10 at least. Good job OP.
OP must've taken the same math class as MiamiHeat
Or Lakaluva.
Op must be lakaluvas math tutor.
Why do you hate on my student Lakaluva's math? Didn't you guys know that he just learned that the derivative of any constant is 0? Did any of you suckers know that before insulting his calculus?
I lol'ed.
Gasol is a solid 7'1. He's taller than Duncan. In that pic. Gasol is behind Duncan. Bynum is 7'2. Both have freakishly long wingspans as well.
He is not 7'4. That would make him as tall as Ilgalskus, which he clearly is not.
Gasol is one of very few 'true' 7 footers... in that he is probly dead on 7 feet without shoes on.. similar to guys like Greg Oden, Andrew Bynum etc.. Theres maybe only 10-15 guys in the league with that sort of size.
Even guys like Duncan and Dirk are closer to 6'10" than they are 7 feet
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