Comments on: Pau Gasol (kind of) wants the ball more. If it’s not too much trouble

By: DTC

DTC — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:10:50 +0000

It’s always good to switch it up, but in many games lately you can see whenever he gets the ball, the other team has this look on their face like: “omg, we can’t guard this guy”. They absolutely need to feed him the ball more in the 4th. Or some off-ball screen action that frees him up for that short jumper – he only shoots about 80% on those

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:56:18 +0000

Shoot the damned ball, Kobe!

By: MSkittle

MSkittle — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:02:35 +0000

I dunno, he was weak with it last year against the Celtics in the Finals.

By: weng santos

weng santos — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:37:40 +0000

YES.

Mom, Kobe not sharing!!!

But really, the coaching staff has to find a way to get him more touches. He’s taking far too few shots for someone with his field goal percentage of late.

By: Sccob

Sccob — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:12:20 +0000

Of course. On the rare occasion that I use the Lakers in 2k9, I run the offense through Pau. Kobe is gonna get his regardless. It’ll actually free up Kobe for a lot of easy lay-ups and shots because Pau is a terrific passer. The Lakers issues aren’t on the offensive end, they’re on the defensive end. Unless they get tougher there, they’ll have a harder time winning the chip. It’s their’s for the taking….

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:08:09 +0000

Definitely

Pau Gasol has needed the ball more since the day he arrived in Los Angeles. That said, the shot attempts are more his own doing (passive play) than his teammates not giving him the ball.

By: doc

doc — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:17:52 +0000

If Pau ask for more sahots Kobe gonna smack the shit out of him like them Lil Wayne Baby skits on Youtube.Oohhh,U big now huh?Oooohhh.

By: bookkwormmaster

bookkwormmaster — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:57:55 +0000

The Lakers definitely should get Pau Gasol more touches and more shot attempts. He is one of the few bigs in the league who can score on the inside and can step out and knock down jumpers as well. He is also an excellent passer and is very unselfish.

Kermit the Washington says:

Yes. Aside from the benefits discussed here, Lamar Odom seems to crash the boards more when Gasol has the ball.

In addition to that Odom’s offensive game picks up as well because he makes more cuts to the basket because he knows Gasol will find him and he does. This could benefit the team greatly if they ran the offense more through him and allow Kobe and Odom to play off him. This would not only get the team more into a flow offensively but also allow Kobe to be even more lethal towards the end of games because he would be alot more fresh to fonish teams off. Also he wouldn’t have to dip into his repertoire of moves to free himself from defenders which would in turn make them more effective because they wouldn’t be exposed all game

By: rlf

rlf — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:52:43 +0000

the problem with the team right now is sasha and jordan, they have an agenda about their game, they are not playing well and are looking for their own game not the team game.

phil mentioned that today, it doesn’t matter if pau or kobe are playing with those 2, they move the ball away from pau and kobe and start making HORRIBLE mistakes.

pau’s problem at the end of games, is that he is ‘afraid’ to take the shot, he keeps the ball a long time and doesn’t make a move, then he passes with only a few seconds left on the clock.

overall, the bench has it’s own agenda and are messing the chemistry of the bench and when they play with 1 or 2 starts they are doing the same.

watch a game and see how those 2 don’t like each other, actually they hate each other and even josh powell mentioned that the bench has some issues with some players and they need to worry about how they play as a team.

remember that one bad apple can make them all bad, even the smallest apple. those 2 are the apples right now.

By: heartbreaker85

heartbreaker85 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:41:08 +0000

pau had to be polite else he’d be shipped out of LA like they did when caron would have his nights, stealing the spotlight off kobe after the shaq trade.

basketball is played more efficiently when run through a quality big, he doesnt have to score a lot, just needs to anchor the offense.