Who would you rather have Marc Gasol or Al Jefferson?

[Cry Havoc]

Jefferson, no question. I like Gasol more as a player, but Al has waaaay more upside to his game. With good coaching he could be an absolute force in the next few years, especially with Deron throwing him lobs into the post.

[TimmehC]

Marc. Ballhog Randolph deflated his numbers last year, but he's very good on both sides of the ball.

[Killakobe81]

Good point, but I hate how he plays very little defense.

agree with luva and himat ...
he develops the 16 footer with Dwill as a PG Al jeff with his post moves will be a force ...
But defensively both 1 on 1 and in pick n roll he sucks. Marc isnt spctacular defensively and probably is still slower than Al ...But Marc tries harder on defense IMHO and his offense is growing.
I think there is batter chance that Marc improves a great deal on offense and comes closer to Al jeff then Al jeff makes huge strides defensively. But he does have a defnsive minded coach so maybe he surprises us all ...

[nkdlunch]

chances of Gasol improving his offense >>> chances of AJ playing good defense consistently

[Killakobe81]

good point though both are 25 ...Marc has played a lot less NBA ball. so he can improve a great deal ...
Al jeff has his best coach and best PG so i do think he can improve too just not as much as Marc. Bottom line offensively Al jeff i much better at thi spoint in the post ...and as a scorer. But passing and screening I do think Marc does some things a bit better on that end because he has a better basketbal IQ ...

[8FOR!3]

I'll take Al Jefferson because of his upside, but Marc Gasol's very talented, just a different kind of player. And he doesn't have the potential factor you've always seen in his brother.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Gasol was definitely the better player last year, but Al could have some improvement this year with his knee continuing to heal after surgery.

I find it interesting that many people called Gasol the better player in this thread, because he is for now but most people seem to assume Jefferson is better. I figured it would go 9-1 for Al.

[21_Blessings]

It's actually pretty close, but I'd go with Marc

So what you're actually saying is the Lakers gave up more for Pau than the Celtics gave up for KG.