Pau Gasol Traded To Lakers For Nothing

[magic2kb8]

I saw the news about the trade tonight at the Rodeo.

Craziness.

I wonder how Kobe and Pau will work together.
Historically, Kobe doesn't play well with others.

for the record kobe won 3 championships with someone that had to have the ball more than gasol, not to mention he lowered his shot amount and scoring average way down to allow room for malone and gary.

[LakeShow]

What a bunch of haters! Kobe has changed his game. He had the most assists of career a couple of games ago. Pau will get his shots, in the triangle if you're open, you'll get shots. Kobe was even passing the ball to Kwame although, kwame dropped it damn near every time kobe passed him the ball. Didn't stop kobe from looking for his team mates. Gasol will work well with the Lakers, he's soft, so what, he will not be the focus of this team like Nowitzki is. This trade will work out fine, and Kobe will have no trouble sharing the ball.

[ATX Spur]

Holy balls!

[TDMVPDPOY]

What a bunch of haters! Kobe has changed his game. He had the most assists of career a couple of games ago. Pau will get his shots, in the triangle if you're open, you'll get shots. Kobe was even passing the ball to Kwame although, kwame dropped it damn near every time kobe passed him the ball. Didn't stop kobe from looking for his team mates. Gasol will work well with the Lakers, he's soft, so what, he will not be the focus of this team like Nowitzki is. This trade will work out fine, and Kobe will have no trouble sharing the ball.

you mean there are games where he scores lights out, with below avg asst/rebs, then next game you see him padding up them 2 columns to avg them out

[LakeShow]

you mean there are games where he scores lights out, with below avg asst/rebs, then next game you see him padding up them 2 columns to avg them out

No I mean that he adjusts to the situation at hand. If his team mates aren't making anything he has to do more and he does, if the team is making shots, he gets 11 assists.

[hsxvvd]

Shaq for Gasol & Odom, actually looks pretty good right now.

[slayermin]

for the record kobe won 3 championships with someone that had to have the ball more than gasol, not to mention he lowered his shot amount and scoring average way down to allow room for malone and gary.

Shaq had to have the ball more because he was better than Kobe. Gasol ain't Shaq. And neither is Bynum.

[popshark86]

ron artest

[hsxvvd]

ron artest

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[KidCongo]

ron artest

Lamar for Ron Ron?

[mikekim]

wtf man...i'm more pissed at memphis than anything...

[TDMVPDPOY]

they basically got rid of him for low draft picks, that...

[polandprzem]

It doesn't change the situation too much. The Lakers just moved ahead and can claim top 3 spots i the West (spurs -when playing up the potential, and the mavs).

[venitian navigator]

If this is a jerry west stuff, I think the Memphis management (if not the NBA) should seriously wonder if it's still the case to keep him in contact with some other nba organization that's not the lakers.
Vox populi is It's not the first time he makes questionable decisions ...look at the deal with Cardinal (excessivly over his market value).

However, you can't trade your legitimate and YOUNG star for expiring contracts and low prospects and draft picks... and, in any case, you can't choose the worst offer you receive for him (look at Chicago, for example).
That's, simply, not professional...

The Gasol value was far, far over what Memphis received...
Now, everything can happen (Pau Gasol may get injured, his young brother or Crittenton became future nba stars, the low choices become some "diamond in the rough" player) but the point is that, considering the actual nba market value, Memphis got completely and completely screwed... and if I'm a manager of the other 29 teams (obviously Lakers included) a second after the transaction I feel legitimate to tease and lough in the face of Memphis management for years and years to come...

[polandprzem]

ahhh yea, get ready to lose the boards 50-22 evey game we play the Lakers

[wildchild]

Lakers contenders? c'mon guys. Gasol is a maniac depressive.
He didn't impress me in his years in Memphis.Yeah in Lakers he could be better...and who he would become?.
Gasol isn't KG.
And when Kobe has a 60 offensive options and Gasol 15 balls in O, the "Gasol soft in head" turn up.
Gasol's addition should to improve Lakers? Yes. They are contenders for this addition? NO

[The_Game]

Lakers contenders? c'mon guys. Gasol is a maniac depressive.
He didn't impress me in his years in Memphis.Yeah in Lakers he could be better...and who he would become?.
Gasol isn't KG.
And when Kobe has a 60 offensive options and Gasol 15 balls in O, the "Gasol soft in head" turn up.
Gasol's addition should to improve Lakers? Yes. They are contenders for this addition? NO

Of course they freaking are

Gasol is a 19 and 9 player, you add bynum coming back along with the best player on the planet in Kobe....plus good role players they are one of the favourites now. Lakers now have two 7 footers in their frontline along with a 6'10 Odom at the 3 spot. They have great size and will be a nightmare on the boards and in the paint.

Spurs need to make a move otherwise this team is screwed. Same does for suns and dallas too i suppose.

[Emeyin]

We are in trouble.

[wildchild]

Of course they freaking are

Gasol is a 19 and 9 player, you add bynum coming back along with the best player on the planet in Kobe....plus good role players they are one of the favourites now. Lakers now have two 7 footers in their frontline along with a 6'10 Odom at the 3 spot. They have great size and will be a nightmare on the boards and in the paint.

Spurs need to make a move otherwise this team is screwed. Same does for suns and dallas too i suppose.

Don't worry about it. Duncan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gasol Tony>>>>>>>>>>>>>Farmar/Fisher and other pg Bruce's Solid D> Kobe and Manu>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Odom/Walton and other guys.

WHAT'S THE F....PROBLEM?

BELIEVE!

[MONTENEGRINO]

Wooow! Is LAL now serious contender?! I guess they are... Bravo.

[pku47]

As for Mike Miller, who many expect to be the next high-salaried Memphis player to be moved (he makes $8.2 million this season and $18.8 over the next two), Wallace acknowledged there was plenty of interest but cautioned: "I'm not trading him for nothing. I can see us going forward with him."

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[The_Game]

Don't worry about it. Duncan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gasol Tony>>>>>>>>>>>>>Farmar/Fisher and other pg Bruce's Solid D> Kobe and Manu>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Odom/Walton and other guys.

WHAT'S THE F....PROBLEM?

BELIEVE!

Did you just say Bruce soild D makes him better than Kobe? get out of here. Bruce is not the defender he was and even he has never stopped Kobe.

Fact is Kobe is better than Duncan and Kobe's team has far more depth. Spurs have the main 3 and then complete trash. Thats the difference.

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

This the Spurs best lineup:

Parker
Manu
Bowen
Duncan
Oberto



how the does that match up with


Fisher
Kobe
Odom
Gasol
Bynum


Spurs only win the PG/PF spot, Spurs NEED to make a splash

[TDMVPDPOY]

As for Mike Miller, who many expect to be the next high-salaried Memphis player to be moved (he makes $8.2 million this season and $18.8 over the next two), Wallace acknowledged there was plenty of interest but cautioned: "I'm not trading him for nothing. I can see us going forward with him."

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Then wouldnt that make the gasol trade more a conspiracy?

so they wont be trading miller for nothing, but gasol who is better than miller, got traded for peanuts?

the gasol trade was a load of bull , and his comments about miller is horse , o MR.ED

THAT trade made no sense at all, critenton is a fukn scrub

and 2 first rounders which will be in the range of 20-30th picks

there pretty low picks

[hsxvvd]

I sure hope somebody bumps this thread when we, Dallas, Phoenix of even Utah knock the Lakers out of the playoffs.

So many freakin doomsday posts! It's Pau ing Gasol! He has one of the worst W-L records of any active player in the league.