that's a very simple minded way to look at this
memphis had 2 straight 60 loss seasons with pau
you make trades to impove your OWN team, you don't worry about the other squad
memphis was never winning sh*t with pau, the lakers success is irrelevant to memphis success
the gasol trade turned into marc gasol and zach randolph. only a fool would say memphis made a mistake.
and you don't even know the basic facts.
it took marc gasol 3 years to get to the league after the trade?

bruh what are you talking about?