Article: Popovich on Gasol deal

[hater]

Only a Lakers fan would convince himself that the reason Memphis did the trade was because they loved Marc Gasol. The Lakers would never trade Gasol's NBA rights for less than an All-Star. At least. Jesus Christ...

[Culburn369]

You won't be laughing so hard tonite if you it up, hater.

[mogrovejo]

celticfan left after he realized he made a confusing typo and was telling people they can't read

I left because, unlike Lakers fans, I have other things to do than spending my entire life drooling about Kobe playing through fractured legs, pneunomias and gangrened hands or trying to convince myself of revisionist history that makes my team look better. What typo? Marc left to Girona because he wasn't getting any playing time in Barcelona.

[mogrovejo]

You were comparing Ratliff's expiring with Kwame's. What trade scenario would have been better for the Grizz that season?

I was saying that Lakers fan is unable to compute that Ratliff's expiring was included in the Garnett trade. Why would Minny trade Ratliff for the Grizz? I don't really understand your question - how the mind of Lakers fan works is of more interest to psychiatrists, paleo-anthropologists and such - but Ratliff's expiring was bigger, so I guess they'd have the chance to dump more salary.

[21_Blessings]

Except the Lakers traded Shaq for less than an All-Star.

[MiamiHeat]

Except the Lakers traded Shaq for less than an All-Star.

Lamar Odom at the time of the trade :
17 ppg, 10 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1 BPG

Caron Butler :
15.4 ppg, 5.1 RPG, 2.1 APG

and some junk


for a quickly declining Shaq, who was NOT going to re-sign with the Lakers.

Not even the same situation and the Lakers got a lot more in value.

What the F did the grizzlies get? Kwame Brown? LOL

[duncan228]

Revisiting the Gasol/Gasol Trade
SportingNews

Earlier in the week, we saw Gregg Popovich valiantly sneer at the trade that brought Pau Gasol to the Lakers. That’s been the prevailing at ude since the day it was announced: Memphis was robbed, Jerry West was calling in old debts and, even for a cost-cutting team whose star was looking to leave, the Grizz got fleeced.

But was it really so bad? The deal, to the last detail: In exchange for Gasol, the Grizzlies received center Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, forward Aaron McKie, two future first-round draft picks and the rights to Marc Gasol. Marc’s a hard-nosed big man who gets better ever year; McKie was pure cap space, and Brown was an expiring contract with a slight chance of output. Yours truly always liked Crittenton, but he didn’t work out in Memphis—so they flipped him in a three-team deal that landed them a conditional first-rounder (while losing a second-rounder for their troubles). All told, that’s three first-rounders, cap space and a starting center for Pau.

Former Grizzly Hakim Warrick thinks the deal was much stronger than commonly perceived. From the Journal Sentinel:

"It was shocking," said Warrick, who played for Memphis at the time. "(Pau Gasol) is an all-star, so whenever you lose an all-star, you know that it’s going to be tough on your team. It was a long year, but I think (Memphis) has gotten better from it. At the time, Marc Gasol, a lot of guys thought he was just like a throw-in … so it was a pretty good trade. Not as bad as a lot of people thought.

"The Lakers did get that last piece, but I think Memphis as well got a lot of cap space and future picks that allowed them to get talent there, so it helped both teams."

Coming dangerously close to Ewing Theory territory, Warrick also suggests that losing their superstar meant everyone in Memphis knew they’d have to pull together, step it up, or whatever sports cliche you favor in such situations. Gasol’s trade demands were always oblique, or at least not in English, so you can argue his value wasn’t pushed down as far as, say, someone loudly asking to leave on your local sports talk station. And this was Pau Gasol, known to all those in the know as a great, great player. So, we’ve all gotten used to saying, Memphis should’ve gotten more.

Still, if they had no other way forward, Marc, three first-rounders and cap space is pretty sweet for a rebuilding team. And they’re reaping some of the benefits with this year’s surprisingly respectable start.

[Culburn369]

“We build up icons and we tear them down,”

Same with trades.

tee, hee.

[kingmalaki]

Oh and Lakerfans are pathetic for trying to claim the Minneapolis Lakers' les. They are the only franchise I know of that tries to claim credit for les won in an entirely different city. The city of LA never celebrated those championships, they are not yours, you are nowhere near the Boston Celtics...they've got 17, the LA Lakers have 10, including butt ing LA directly in the finals for like, 16 of them.

Just goes to show that LakerFan is LakerFan not because he is a basketball fan, but because he gets an esteem boost from being a LakerFan and believing they are the greatest anything, this is why he clings to les won in different cities as if they belong to him or his team. They belong to different fans, different players, in a different state and a different city.

Do any other cities honsetly do this? I don't know what other cities had teams move there with les attached. The Raiders? The Browns kept their history so they don't count. The Oilers took all of their history to Nashville ( ans).

[picc84]

Hmm. Pop still angry.