Looking back now, the KG trade to the C's was more unfair than the Pau to LA trade

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Quote from April of 08, maybe he made the greatest two month transformation of all time.

He wasn't 265 pounds at that time. He was at least 290+. He's 265 now.

The Lakers used the 48th pick in the second round of the 2007 NBA draft to select Marc from Barcelona, Spain, knowing that he was a project and that he wouldn't come to the NBA right away.

Two seasons into his career, Gasol, 25, has developed into a solid center.

He had a double-double against the Lakers on Monday night in Memphis' victory, scoring 11 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, and he blocked three shots.

"I don't think the Lakers really knew me when they first drafted me," Gasol said. "They just saw my name and my size and my stats. They just picked somebody because they had to. There was nobody else left on that draft."

He spent time in the U.S. attending high school from 2001-03 when Pau played for Memphis.

Marc was called the "Big Burrito" in high school, but he has lost weight and developed his 7-1, 265-pound body.

Former Memphis coach Mike Fratello, who is now a TNT analyst, said the trade was initially "one-sided" but the gap had closed with the evolution of Marc's game.

"I don't think anybody in the local [Memphis] community knew how good Marc was going to be," Fratello said. "That Marc Gasol was a totally different Marc Gasol than the one we're seeing right now. He's 25 to 30 pounds lighter than he was. He made that commitment. They have a great interior combination right now."

 

[McPiff]

mitch fukked up

a gasol brothers frontcourt would've been :tocry:

 

[Trojan 24]

It's possible the Lakers didn't know when the pick was made, but the Grizz did appear to at the time of the trade, which was again half way through his MVP season.

He wasn't 265 pounds at that time. He was at least 290+. He's 265 now.

I don't see how is weight is really relevant, that was the writer just describing Marc. Wallace was talking about his improvement in his game.

 

[Majestic Pape]

mitch fukked up

a gasol brothers frontcourt would've been :tocry:

Three Finals and two titles? I wish all GMs could fukk up like that.