Spurs contact Pau Gasol reportedly

[elemento]

Yeah, I am still mad he chose the Bulls

He is still a great player even at his age. I don't know if Thibbs will figure out how to use him properly with such a deep front-court rotation, but I am damn sure that Pop would know how to use him. He is the master of it.

[Obstructed_View]

Pau will get plenty of minutes in Chicago. We'll see how he looks by May.

[Blizzardwizard]

Who the is a Wigan fan?

Me.

[spurraider21]

T-Spence ‏@tspence26 Don't freak out about these Gasol to Chicago reports please. He's going to San Antonio. Take it to the bank, I am 100 percent confident .

[FromWayDowntown]

Good bump.

[Uriel]

This thread should be bumped if the Spurs get eliminated from the playoffs, tbh. It effectively marked the day when the Spurs wouldn't win in it all.

[BatManu20]

TSpence.. He had us all fooled tbh. We all thought Gasol in silver & black was a done deal

[Ice009]

This thread should be bumped if the Spurs get eliminated from the playoffs, tbh. It effectively marked the day when the Spurs wouldn't win in it all.

Go watch the Bulls then. Forget about the Spurs.

[Uriel]

Go watch the Bulls then. Forget about the Spurs.

It was just a hypothetical. I was merely making the point that, barring injury, Gasol would've virtually guaranteed the Spurs the championship this year.

[Ice009]

It was just a hypothetical. I was merely making the point that, barring injury, Gasol would've virtually guaranteed the Spurs the championship this year.

Sorry, I took it the wrong way, still, the Spurs have enough to win, comes down to health and how much they want it.

[admiralsnackbar]

I just had to remark for the record: 117 pages?

Holy crap!

You'd think we were discussing prime Hakeem, not a sulking, age-worn, mimeographed version of freshman-at-Wake-Forest-era Tim.

[Obstructed_View]

I just had to remark for the record: 117 pages?

Holy crap!

You'd think we were discussing prime Hakeem, not a sulking, age-worn, mimeographed version of freshman-at-Wake-Forest-era Tim.

This thread was so much fun. We kept it going mainly for the people who ed about how many pages it was.

[Dex]

Classic thread, tbh.

Chicago

[lefty]

Thibodeau
ends careers
got Gasol because he is already dead. so he's got his work cut out for him

[look_at_g_shred]

Thibodeau
ends careers
got Gasol because he is already dead. so he's got his work cut out for him

paul gasol goes to Chi-town instead of Spurs to get more playing time. be careful what you wish for

[gambit1990]

Pau Gasol and Tim Duncan are the only two players to average at least seven rebounds, two assists and one block per game in each of the last 13 seasons. They're also the only two players in NBA history to average those numbers in each of their first 13 seasons.
-ESPN Stats & Information

[timtonymanu]

It was just a hypothetical. I was merely making the point that, barring injury, Gasol would've virtually guaranteed the Spurs the championship this year.

Bringing back Diaw and Mills is a bigger move than bringing in Pau. I don't get why people still think Pau is as good as he was with the Lakers.. it's the same like how it was with Kirilenko. Sure it would be nice, but it doesn't make the Spurs better than they already are.

[Mel_13]

Bringing back Diaw and Mills is a bigger move than bringing in Pau. I don't get why people still think Pau is as good as he was with the Lakers.. it's the same like how it was with Kirilenko. Sure it would be nice, but it doesn't make the Spurs better than they already are.

It was a completely implausible hypothetical. The only way to get Pau while retaining the championship core was for him to accept the MLE. That wasn't happening unless the MLE was his best offer from a good team. He got a better offer, end of story.

[Shastafarian]

This is what I think of this thread

[admiralsnackbar]

This thread was so much fun. We kept it going mainly for the people who ed about how many pages it was.

I often have a gift for stating the obvious.

[SpurPadre]

Not trying to cry over spilled milk, but how would we be looking now had Pau decided to play for us instead of the Bulls?

[Mikeanaro]

Not trying to cry over spilled milk, but how would we be looking now had Pau decided to play for us instead of the Bulls?

Same, Paw is not a game changer he needs hot players or nothing will happen at all.

[SpurPadre]

Same, Paw is not a game changer he needs hot players or nothing will happen at all.

I'm thinking he would've caught the injury bug somehow and/or Pop would be extremely conservative with his minutes.

[spurraider21]

why tspence why

[BillMc]

Spurs made their pitch, Pau declined. Time to move on.