If Ginobili is on the "fringe" than there is no chance for Gasol. He is a nice player, but nicknames like "twin towers" should be reserved for people who compare with those who used the name before them. Not saying Gasol and Bynum won't be nice, but giving yourself that nickname is just sad.
It would be like the Cowboys defense giving themselves the Steel Curtain nickname.
Ginobili has 2 NBA Championships, an Olympic Gold and Bronze medal, he has won 2 Lega A MVP awards, Euroleague finals MVP award, and a league championship. He has been an NBA all-star, 6th man of the year, and Ginobili is also the only player ever to win a Euroleague le, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
you and your 9/11 reference asshole
Are you saying one of Ginobili's three NBA championships are a fluke or that he didn't earn it?
Amare and Shaq are the real current twin towers.
Typo obviously
That would indeed be a better argument, considering Robinson was at the tail end of his career and Duncan emerging. Just like Shaq and Amare. But there is no way it is even close considering one of the "Twin Towers" won 2 chips together. Plus while you can argue Shaq=Duncan=Robinson, Amare is not in the conversation.
I think if you want to be a twin tower you have to be leaders of the team.
Olajuwon and Sampson were focal points of the team. That team gets no where with out them. Tim and D-Rob lead the team.
Where would the Lakers be if you take away Kobe? Could Gasol and Bynum lead them anywhere? I don't think they're at that level. Pau showed us he can't take a team anywhere. Bynum is still young though with tons of potential, let's see what he can do. Personally I'd like to see what these guys can do with out Kobe cause who knows with out Kobe they may be about as good as Bosh and Villuenova (no idea how to spell that name) were as a twin tower tandem.
I like Bynum and think he is a very good player so far, but I think he needs to keep quiet and show us by letting his game do the talking.
Kobe is paramount to anything the Lakers do. He is the reason why they are a championship caliber team. Without him the Lakers probably barely make the playoffs if they are lucky.
When you look at championship teams they almost all have one thing in common, the superstar. Without the superstar you just don't win in this league. DET is the only recent team that comes to mind that was able to do it.
I agree with you to a certain extent but I would also add that a twin tower be defined as players that plays big on both ends of the court and I agree that Pau has not shown that he can do that. Maybe he will this season but the jury is still out. That's probably why Dirk and Bradley/Dirk and Dampier were never referred to as the twin towers although they fit the bill physically. Like Danny Ainge said, Dirk plays 7 feet on the offensive end and 6'5 on the defensive end. You can't be considered a tower playing like a guard on the defensive end.I think if you want to be a twin tower you have to be leaders of the team.
Olajuwon and Sampson were focal points of the team. That team gets no where with out them. Tim and D-Rob lead the team.
Where would the Lakers be if you take away Kobe? Could Gasol and Bynum lead them anywhere? I don't think they're at that level. Pau showed us he can't take a team anywhere. Bynum is still young though with tons of potential, let's see what he can do. Personally I'd like to see what these guys can do with out Kobe cause who knows with out Kobe they may be about as good as Bosh and Villuenova (no idea how to spell that name) were as a twin tower tandem
I like Bynum and think he is a very good player so far, but I think he needs to keep quiet and show us by letting his game do the talking.
hahha so wrong but so funny
The Lakers need Olympic & International play Pau. It seems when Pau plays for his country, he's a beast. Pau gave Chris Bosh & DHo more than they could handle in that Finals game. If the Lakers had Olympic Pau during the Finals, they coulda had a ring.
That would mean our current twin towers are......Timmy and Fab? or Timmy and Kurt? Either way poor Timmy is gonna get schooled again if we go in with the choke artist from Argentina. Fab will go down with some of the biggest choke artists the Spurs ever had easily.
No doubt. I have to admit that I was pretty down on Pau after the finals, much moreso than Odom and any other Lakers performance. Against the USA, He definitely was a much tougher player than what I saw in the finals. Maybe because his little brother was on the team had something to do with his sudden toughness? I don't know but the Lakers need to see if they can get him to bring that same intensity to the Lakers.
How so? Bynum proved he can be dominant at the NBA level whereas Oden hasn't even set foot on a NBA court.
I would say Gasol is more like a really long noodle, before I would call him any sort of a building.
Very good. I'd hesitate before using the word "dominant" just yet.
He was playing 'dominant' basketball right before he went down and the Lakers just happened to have the #1 seed at the time. He had games where he completely outplayed Kaman, Amare, Duncan, Biedrens, Okur and Bogut, But no biggie, Bynum is nothing but hype, yup.
If you people don't believe Oden will dominate then you are idiots.
You mean hes going to get dominated the first game of the season
I predict that Bynum will develop a mysterious ailment that will cause him to sit out game 1.
Did anyone see Duncan or KG in the olympics? me neither
We already saw alot of Pau vs Duncan a few months ago unless you've already forgotten that? Pau already beat Duncan during the WCF so there's nothing left to prove there, really.Did anyone see Duncan or KG in the olympics? me neither
Last edited by Allanon; 09-14-2008 at 09:42 PM.
Oden will develop a mysterious knee ailment that will cause him to sit out another season.
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