Pau Gasol to sit INDEFINITLY to rest knees :flabbynsick: + :fif:

[mastermind]

Gasol has been a problem for the Lakers the last two years. Its easy to shyt on _'Antoni for doing this, but Pau had this coming. Dude was making no impact on the games and has been getting bullied in the post on defense.

The Lakers have a lot more problems than dude, but he is def a problem.

 

[Lakerman0834]

lol @ people seem to forget this

 

[HiphopRelated]

Miami Heat Starting Lineup in 2014-15

Gasol
Bosh
James
Wade
Chalmers

 

[Long Live The Kane]

There is a shortage of those people though. You said Henry Abbott, John Hollinger, Charles Barkley, and Bill Simmons to name a few, but who else is there? Kelly Dwyer? Bruce Blitz? Half of the people on that list are ONLY famous because they aren't as high on Kobe's game as most. The mere fact that they question "the gawd" is what made them famous. If Kelly Dwyer was just one of the thousands of media people that just said Kobe invented sliced bread and invented headlines like "Lakers fall despite 35 from Kobe" (even though he was 9-29 in that game), no one would know his name.

you're full of shyt....I just rattled off a list of some of the most prominent nba media figures on the planet and you ask me who else? Stop quoting me fakkit

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

No. But you're directing your ? towards Pau and saying 'why is he on the perimeter when that's guard territory, why is he not on the low block' etc etc like it really isn't obvious who's the MAIN culprit in all of this?

Yes it is obvious WHO the culprit is, but asking WHY is beckoning an answer for the ineptitude of this strategy, i.e. pringles wtf are you doing?

 

[Bilz]

you're full of shyt....I just rattled off a list of some of the most prominent nba media figures on the planet and you ask me who else? Stop quoting me fakkit

They're prominent not because they're universally respected for their basketball knowledge but because they bash Kobe, which makes them polarizing.

 

[Malta]

The Lakers are an absolute mess right now, cot damn.

 

[William Bassington]

They're prominent not because they're universally respected for their basketball knowledge but because they bash Kobe, which makes them polarizing.

if that was the case you'd be alot richer

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

From RealGM Source Kupchak Talks To Gasols Camp About Possible Trade - RealGM Wiretap

 

[Bilz]

if that was the case you'd be alot richer

I'm not in the media, people on the Coli know me because I hate Kobe, just like they know you because you wear cowboy hats, smedium shirts, and hoop earrings.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Y'all dudes up here talking dumb shyt obviously don't pay attention the Lakers games, the knock on Pau has always been the same.......he's sofT yes with a capital T but he was only soft in spurts (we won with him).However RIGHT NOW, the reason he is getting shytted on is DUE TO HIS LACK OF EFFORT ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. The rest of the shyt you niqqas are singing is irrelevant, Pau shows not effort and that's the problem.


Fukk this thread turn into Kobe bashing again? You dudes are lame as shyt.

 

[William Bassington]

I'm not in the media, people on the Coli know me because I hate Kobe, just like they know you because you wear cowboy hats, smedium shirts, and hoop earrings.

just retire breh

 

[No1]

Pau is definitely not a force right now. He is being used strangely by the Lakers and on top of that, his confidence seems completely shot right now. He's missing wide open shots, fumbling easy passes, and basically just seems nervous whenever he has the ball out there.

He is really no longer featured in the post and he's taking 5 shots a game from the 16-23 foot range, more than double his career average. To contrast, Kobe's bread and butter is the 16-23 foot fadeaway and he is only shooting 4 of them a game this year (about half his career average). Not much of a surprise that their percentages are going in opposite directions. Still, Pau is 7 feet tall and is more versatile than just about anyone his size. His 42% fg% is awful for a big man but it's passable for a shooting guard, which is essentially what he is these days.

I think the whole reason people tend to back Pau in a lot of these arguments is that he is instantly scapegoated for anything that goes wrong with the Lakers even though he wasn't the one getting all of the credit when things were going well. Also, during that 2011 playoffs, everyone ripped Pau for being 7 points off his average but no one seemed to notice that Kobe was ALSO 7 points off his average. Then in the 2012 playoffs, Pau was down again but Kobe was the one that was invisible late in games and almost singlehandedly blew a few very winnable games down the stretch but again, all eyes on Pau.

I love how your eloquence allows you to get away with bullshyt and picking and choosing. I find the whole thing amusing that's why I sit back these past couples of months and watch people argue with you. It's really a marvel of how diction and structure can mask glaring bias and bullshyt. If I didn't know any better I'd think you were a Republican strategist.

This guy points out that Kobe was 7 points PPG down in the 2011 playoffs while ignoring that Kobe and Bynum were the propellers in the Hornets series. He ignores that against the Mavericks Pau was horrible offensively and defensively. He got abused by Dirk offensively while not making him work defensively. He was frail and passive to the point where people were questioning whether or not he was heart broken. OF COURSE he will get more blame and notice than Kobe. I love how you went and googled up those numbers to try to prove a point. It's comical that you would remotely try to equate the two (Kobe and Pau).

I mean really, in that Mavericks series, there came a point where Pau went from second option to damn near fourth and you have the audacity to name that as an example of Kobe being bulletproof? A series where a SG shot a higher percentage than his PF in damn near every game? Are you kidding me?

How was Kobe invisible in 2012 down the stretch? Kobe had the ball in his hands and had to be the playmaker and lead scorer while the Lakers had absolutely no ball movement. The Nuggets games became blowouts because Kobe demanded a double-team. Where was Pau Gasol in that Thunder series? Where he was the third best player behind Kobe and Bynum. You know that "no defense playing Kobe" who James Harden couldn't score on. The very reason the Lakers were fukking up at the end of those games was because Bynum and Gasol were getting pushed out of the paint AND no one could make a pass into the post when those guys allowed themselves to be fronted.

Kobe had some TOs in those Thunder games but the guy with 38 points is hardly the one to blame. You guys sit here and act like Pau Gasol wasn't the second option for a near-dynasty and then wonder why he gets criticized so damn much. It's obvious, no ever had to question the first option desire and intensity and effort. Pau was getting punched in the chest. Get out.

 

[No1]

Y'all dudes up here talking dumb shyt obviously don't pay attention the Lakers games, the knock on Pau has always been the same.......he's sofT yes with a capital T but he was only soft in spurts (we won with him).However RIGHT NOW, the reason he is getting shytted on is DUE TO HIS LACK OF EFFORT ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. The rest of the shyt you niqqas are singing is irrelevant, Pau shows not effort and that's the problem.


Fukk this thread turn into Kobe bashing again? You dudes are lame as shyt.

Basically, that's what my post was just about. These dudes are lame breh. At least be funny with it.

 

[Broke Wave]

I was a literal Pau Gasol STAN from 2008-10... word to @CantStop ... Now I'm saying its time for him to go... I'm tired of this bullshyt. Nobody who watches Laker games can tell me that this dude isn't the problem. He plays literally 0 defense, doesn't bang on the glass, lets the opposing big man put it on him every play, and shoots 42% for a fukking 7 footer.