Pau last game against the BUCKS had 26 PTS (9/15) and 22 REB 4 BLKS…
Kobe had 39 PTS (13/28) missed 15 shots thats Gasol tries, but at the end he gets a lot of free shots from the FT (that offensive foul)would give the BUCKS the win…But he`s KOBE…A SUPERSTAR HE can move his pivot like he did against the bulls and the commentators just say “thats a good shot with his left hand”, or like LJAMES that can go from his FT to the basket with just one drible, or kick the ball and then dribles it again…
THE MEDIA DONT SAY ANYTHING…

He was simply never given a guy of even marginal talent to play with, while in Memphis, as his second-in-command. Because of this, when he led the Griz to their only three playoff appearances, including a 50 win season in the more talented (especially at the time) west, he was unable to get a playoff win. Who was going to help him? Mike Miller? Battier? Old Eddie Jones?

Pau played his heart out against the Mavs in the Griz’s last playoff appearance. He took it to Nowitzki, left everything out on the floor; but his team didn’t help him, they couldn’t rise to the occasion. It was an achievement that he even got them to the playoffs, with such a washed up group.

LA, by the way, wasn’t doing squat, before Gasol. They missed the playoffs one year, got bumped in the first round another. Then they got Gasol, and things skyrocketed.

Please know a little more than that he didn’t have a playoff win before LA. If the guy had a Joe Johnson, Michael Redd, V.C., any of those on the Griz, Memphis would have been contending. The guy just can’t do it alone, just like Kobe couldn’t.

I’d like to see Pau move on, after his contract is up, to a team where they want him to serve as the franchise. I bet you they’ll be contenders. Then again, you guys will just attribute it to Kobe building him up. Pssssst!

excels as a 2nd option of a franchise

No one here is saying Marc is an all-star… the closest anyone came was calling him a “borderline” one. He won’t get in… neither does he deserve to. My point was that the trade wasn’t as lop-sided as it originally appeared given they have a young, 7-1, 265lb double-double center shooting 61% and blocking 1.5 shots per game.

Lakers offered Bynum, Lamar, Kwame’s cap space of almost $15-mil expiring contract plus 2 first round picks.

Celtics offered Al Jefferson and a boatload of wash-ups.

Which was the better trade? Ol’ Kevin McHale screwed the T’Wolves because his true allegiance was with the green. It worked out to the best in the end for the Lakers because Kwame’s contract brought Pau who’s 4+ yrs younger than KG without giving up Lamar.

Props to Kupchack who did a hell of a job putting this Laker team together, even dealing with being turned down in trades because of allegiances that GM’s have with their former teams and not wanting to help ‘the rich get richer’…

Lakers are shoo-in’s to make their third finals, their only real competition in the west is the Nuggs. Only two teams though have even a shot at the Lakers – that being the Celts & Magic. Should be a slow & methodical romp through the regular season though for the Lakers, only drama being if they can surpass their 10-gm spread on the rest of the west like they did last year…

Centers are thin, but not just stats but centers on good teams you’d have to put Amare, brother Gasol, Bynum, Nene, Kaman, Okur, Scola, and heck even Jason Thompson has about the same numbers as Marc. Not buying the AS talk, but better than average I’d go with.