For my own selfish interest, I'd love to see a deal go down for Pau to Denver Not sure how much this is talked about in circles, but a deal for Pau between the Denver Nuggets and the Lakers seems very interesting to me. Pau would fit on this nuggets team like a glove. Ty Lawson Iggy Gallo Faried Pau This would be a varied and formidable lineup. The nuggets also have the pieces that could get this done. Mcgee, Corey Brewer, Andre Miller, Wilson Chandler. Obviously, any deal for Pau would require that Mcgee is involved and since Mcgee just signed a contract, a deal really can't be done until the middle of January. But this deal, more than any other, makes sense for both teams.
That might not go over well with the league office, since just about 8 out of every 10 fans are black.
I don't get the "whilst the Detroit Pistons will sign Emeka Okafor" was he waived? or just be part of the trade? Stupid so called "sports" journalist at its finest....
GASOL IS TERRIBLE Dude we don't need a player like him he cant be efficient look at him in L.A I mean come on
Pau Gasol has been playing like a 7 foot tall title insurance underwriter at a YMCA. If I had to put money on it, Grandpa Gasol gets traded sometime between December 15th--when a lot of the contracts signed this off-season are finally tradeable--and December 25th, Christmas Day, the day when the NBA season truly "starts" for some of the more casual hoops fans. Christmas is a huge day for the league to put its best foot forward and generate revenue with its broadcast television games, and it would be surprising if the Lakers went to war on Christmas Day without brandishing some great new players they've just flipped this bland geriatric for.
That ended up being something that: 1. David Aldridge discussed as a trade idea in a column of his, where he literally says that he has no sources for it, and he's just thinking out loud. 2. A Spanish reporter with (highly) questionable English skills interpreted this to mean this was straight-up happening, and blasted it all over her twitter. So nope.
As of yesterday, they still want him: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Nope. More on this later in week. “@<a href="https://twitter.com/twolves_groupie">twolves_groupie</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/darrenwolfson">darrenwolfson</a> would u be surprised if Kahn was calling on pau? I wouldn't be...”</p>— Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenWolfson/status/275464897293344768" data-datetime="2012-12-03T05:02:04+00:00">December 3, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>We're a long way from that. Just know Kahn still covets Pau. “@<a href="https://twitter.com/hendrew">hendrew</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/darrenwolfson">darrenwolfson</a> is pek gone if Pau comes?”</p>— Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenWolfson/status/275467260758458368" data-datetime="2012-12-03T05:11:27+00:00">December 3, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Here's the "source" of the deal in case anyone is interested: http://www.nba.com/2012/news/featur...-tip-bobcats-turning-things-around/index.html
I think that's way too much for Pau considering how much his performance has dropped off and how much money he's making. Pekovic is good and makes so much less money...If they could use one of Williams/Pekovic to get Pau and then the other to get a good shooting guard, they'd have a pretty beastly team though. I think you'd see Pau playing a whole lot better as a center in Adelman's system.
To all our Rocket Friends and Morey please keep in mind the following: a) Pau Gasol is paid $19,000000 this year b) He was born in 1980 c) He is 32years of age and will be 33 next July d) He was a great player and has since given of his best to all of his Four teams (Barcelona and SPAIN), e) He is about to fall down the slippy slope to reality. f) He is the sort of player NOT needed by the Rockets, especially on a team which is being rebuilt to become a championship contender in two or three seasons. g) Gasol would be dead meat and never an asset! h) We have so many young players with great potential and they should be given a chance to develop in team chemistry towards a Championship, as we did in our first Championship run. Or to trade for another great developing young player. Y MOREY THINK CLEARLY, DO NOT WASTE OUR YOUNG TALENT ON GASOL!!!
it was a dumb trade idea tbh, the Lakers lose it, the Wolves lose it. The Wizards exchange Ariza and his crappy contract for a young marginal All Star center, and in the process somehow also gets the most promising prospect in the deal. That guy should either stop writing for nba.com, or he should stop coming up with trade ideas.
