Is Gasol Empty Calories?

[MaNu4Tres]

Yeah, I drop FACTs that don't support your narrative.

No, you're mistaken. You drop your opinion -- which aren't facts.

[Kawhitstorm]

That's overstated. He's played center quite a lot for the Spurs - about 40% of the time per basketball reference.

Banging w/ STARTING centers is quite different than closing out games at center when teams go small.

[Kawhitstorm]

No, you're mistaken. You drop your opinion -- which aren't facts.

An opinion SUPPORTED by FACTS rather than intuition.

[MaNu4Tres]

An opinion SUPPORTED by FACTS rather than intuition.

Lol at you taking David Aldridge tweet as a fact. Its a fact that Aldridge has played center 40% of his tenure with the Spurs.

[Kawhitstorm]

Lol at you taking David Aldridge tweet as a fact. Its a fact that Aldridge has played center 40% of his tenure with the Spurs.

Draymond Green also plays center to closeout games but dude isn't starting at center b/c he has to save his body.

[TD 21]

The fact the Spurs didn't even look at Harkless bothers me. If they would have looked outside the box and attempted to go after Harkless/ T. Jones or Taj Gibson ( when Bulls were willing to trade him this summer), I wouldn't be bringning it up. But they didn't try at all. They settled on Gasol early.

In regards to fit, I disagree, Harkless would have been extremely valuable as he would provide quality shooting, versatility and play at the back up SF/PF instead of the Lee/ Anderson/Simmons/Bertans carousal. He could have started at PF vs. a lot of teams but I think the versatility on both ends would have been extremely valuable. Spurs would have also signed Dedmon w/ the exception.

So you're looking at a hypothetical three deep big rotation w/ Harkless as the 4th/ possibly the 2nd depending on matchups and a 9 man playoff rotation as such:

C Aldridge
PF Taj Gibson or T. Jones
SF Kawhi
SG Green
PG Parker

C- Dedmon
PF/SF- Harkless
SG - Manu
PG - Mills

That's fair, but in addition to Harkless, Gibson probably wasn't really available (unless, like most athletes, someone blows them away) and Jones is close to Davis and had a greater opportunity for a bigger role with the Pelicans.

Fit in terms of the quality of shots. Lillard and McCollum aren't exactly Paul when it comes to play making, but because they're both such proficient off the dribble three-point shooters, they're often trapped and with Plumlee's ability to pass on the roll, they generate better looks than anyone on the Spurs can.

I'd have been fine with that team, but the end result would still be the same and they wouldn't have been set up to be better anytime soon.

[spursistan]

Bump..

Going to give up on D whatever replaceable numbers he puts on O...There is a reason Chicago fans hated his guts even as he was churning out Double Doubles every other night..

[MaNu4Tres]

Not assessing the team strictly by the record, I actually think they'll be better than the end product we saw last season. Gasol won't be any worse than post AS break TD, Dedmon will provide more valuable aspects to the team than West ever could.

If you think about it, Duncan, West, Diaw, Miller, Martin, Bonner were all done and didn't provide anything positive when it mattered last year -- all are gone and replaced by better players or new blood with higher upside ( Murray, Bertans, Livio > Miller, Martin, Bonner). We should see a better team than the end product we saw last year. Will they have a better record? Likely not, but they'll have 60 wins at least and have a higher ceiling once playoffs kick off.

From September 8th in reply to Baseline bum's, " this team is going to take an enormous step back take".



The young players the Spurs brought in were never going to have a big role on this team -- didn't understand the concern tbh..

[Spur|n|Austin]

Bump..

Going to give up on D whatever replaceable numbers he puts on O...There is a reason Chicago fans hated his guts even as he was churning out Double Doubles every other night..

28-7

[SAGirl]

GAsol been empty calories this postseason so far tbh.
15 million down the drain.
Hope he steps up next round. Even Manu Ginobili had 1 Manu game.

[Robz4000]

He's become unplayable tbh; saw it coming and didn't want him for that reason, but against the ing Grizz? Really?

[SAGirl]

watch Pau here.

[spursistan]

Regular season gimmick feasting on ty compe ion..

at stacking on immobile, no-D bigs when the guard rotation is this awful.

[spursistan]

Regular season gimmick feasting on ty compe ion..

at stacking on immobile, no-D bigs when the guard rotation is this awful.

Playoffs averages : 6.4 PPG/5.7 RPG/1.1 ASP in 23 mpg..Biggest player performance drop-off from regular season..

[HarlemHeat37]

I understand that he's old, but he's sooooooo lazy..his lack of effort and compe ive spirit is pathetic to watch, tbh..at least Duncan never stopped trying, even on 1 knee..

Shannon Brown and D'Antoni killed his love for the game

[MaNu4Tres]

I understand that he's old, but he's sooooooo lazy..his lack of effort and compe ive spirit is pathetic to watch, tbh..at least Duncan never stopped trying, even on 1 knee..

Shannon Brown and D'Antoni killed his love for the game

Such a waste of an offseason last yr.

I could careless about 60 win team plastic medals.

[apalisoc_9]

Empty Calories...

Gasol is a Doritos.. High Cancerous calories that make you fat, lazy, uninspired, satsfied seating on your couch with your hands underneath your pants.

So lazy...

[timtonymanu]

Bump

[UZER]

He's got that Euro laziness about him.

[therealtruth]

If he can't score they may need Dedmon to counter Pachulia's aggressiveness.

[SAGirl]

[spursistan]

Regular season gimmick feasting on ty compe ion..

at stacking on immobile, no-D bigs when the guard rotation is this awful.

[ViceCity86]

Taste like ty diet soda.

[spursistan]

The Spurs got in' hosed in this signing. They should have moved on and never looked at him after he shunned us in 2014..

Now they gotta look for ways to salary dump his ass..This dude is totally unplayable in the playoffs against anyone that matters.

[Bynumite]

MVPau

Ain't without Kobe holding his handPERIOD