Lakers: MVPau permanently moved to the bench..

[HarlemHeat37]

Will this change the Lakers's fortunes for the season, tbh?..

[lefty]

Nothing will

[baseline bum]

Will this change the Lakers's fortunes for the season, tbh?..

LAJV's fortune was set in stone when they hired Pringles tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

Yes, because Pau's the problem.... not the ballhogging snitch chucker....

[Cry Havoc]

So the guy who gets the ball least on offense is the problem. Ok.

[Reck]

Can Pau request a trade? I think he needs to.

[Venti Quattro]

Simmons is on a roll on Twitter about this.

[Clipper Nation]

Simmons
Finally coming out of hiding after his Pats choked

[KaiRMD1]

Just one less player for Kobe to worry about. He's been ing about Pau for a while now.

[xellos88330]

It kind of makes sense to me. The Lakers do need some firepower off the bench. Pau could possibly provide some of that.

[djohn2oo8]

if Pau gets traded to Houston and instantly makes them better

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Bill Simmons. He regularly gave reach-a-rounds to Nash/D'antoni's system from 2005-2007 and criticized the Suns for firing him. This is quite the flip flop.

[baseline bum]

[Calispursfan11]

Pringles getting desparate tbh... He's gone next season at the latest.

[HarlemHeat37]

Simmons is also ignoring the fact that most Laker fans have been blaming Pau for their struggles more than any other culprit, including D'Antoni..

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

If the Lakers don't make the playoffs, I don't see any scenario where D'antoni survives. It might mean Buss is paying 3 different coaches at once, but a team as stacked as the Lakers missing the playoffs would be an unprecedented type of disappointment.

[NRHector]

wait a minute wasn't Kobe the one who said that he was tired, so why is Gasol going to the bench?

[HarlemHeat37]

Which teams could use Pau, tbh?..there aren't many teams that are a Gasol away from contending, especially with that contract..

Chicago?..a 1st round pick and Boozer?..Noah, Gibson and the Bulls system could mask Gasol's defensive issues, but you would still have the same problem of Gasol playing at the 4..

Boozer would fit better on LA, but his contract is painful and he's a playoff choker..

Denver?..Iggy would fit in well with LA, Nuggets need to trade one of their wings..Gasol would add a different dimension to Denver's offense, although their defense would go from bad to atrocious..

Teams like Houston and Minnesota could make a move, but it would be foolish on their parts..

[timvp]

Simmons went HAM. But he's right, IMO.

[Latarian Milton]

someone needs to sit on the bench more for the team's good but it's definitely not pau imho

[Ghazi]

If the Lakers don't make the playoffs, I don't see any scenario where D'antoni survives. It might mean Buss is paying 3 different coaches at once, but a team as stacked as the Lakers missing the playoffs would be an unprecedented type of disappointment.

As an expert on stacked teams, let me just say the Lakers are unstacked as .

[ElNono]

Which teams could use Pau, tbh?..there aren't many teams that are a Gasol away from contending, especially with that contract..

Chicago?..a 1st round pick and Boozer?..Noah, Gibson and the Bulls system could mask Gasol's defensive issues, but you would still have the same problem of Gasol playing at the 4..

Boozer would fit better on LA, but his contract is painful and he's a playoff choker..

Denver?..Iggy would fit in well with LA, Nuggets need to trade one of their wings..Gasol would add a different dimension to Denver's offense, although their defense would go from bad to atrocious..

Teams like Houston and Minnesota could make a move, but it would be foolish on their parts..

Memphis? swap ZBo + pick for Pau? Both teams seem to want to move those guys...

[freetiago]

Gasol could probably work on the spurs
he would play with better teammates who wont throw him under the bus and he would fit in with the spurs euro system
and its not like SA will attract anyone in free agency like spurfan believes
only chance SA has of landing a free agent is by massively overpaying for a mid tier player like smith or gay

Duncan/Gasol/Splitter/Diaw is an elite frontcourt
best in the league tbh
Splitter goes back to being the Hakeem of the bench and gasol takes over what splitter did in the starting lineup
Deal them Jack/Bonner/neal

[Splits]

Antoni took over a .500 team as stacked as this squad and has gone 13-20. He's never going to work in the NBA again at this rate.

[FkLA]

It kind of makes sense to me. The Lakers do need some firepower off the bench. Pau could possibly provide some of that.

Not really since Pau isnt really someone people would consider an explosive scorer. Obviously would never happen but letting Nash run the show with the starting unit and having Kome come off the bench and chuck at will would be worth a shot...let him be an explosive, inefficient chucker like Crawford or JR Smith.