For the LAST time, Pau Gasol has NOT declined. Not even remotely. Code: Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48 2001-02 21 MEM NBA 82 3007 19.5 .566 .518 8.8 18.2 13.5 13.8 0.7 3.9 15.0 22.6 108 105 4.8 2.8 7.6 0.121 2002-03 22 MEM NBA 82 2948 20.7 .570 .510 7.4 19.9 13.7 13.6 0.6 3.4 13.5 24.1 110 106 6.5 2.0 8.5 0.138 2003-04 23 MEM NBA 78 2458 21.7 .542 .484 9.4 18.3 13.8 14.9 0.9 3.9 12.8 26.8 108 102 5.3 2.8 8.1 0.159 2004-05 24 MEM NBA 56 1790 22.5 .582 .514 8.7 18.7 13.7 14.7 1.1 4.1 13.8 26.2 112 102 4.1 2.8 6.8 0.184 2005-06 25 MEM NBA 80 3135 22.7 .555 .504 7.5 20.0 13.8 23.7 0.8 3.9 13.8 26.4 111 100 6.6 5.4 12.0 0.184 2006-07 26 MEM NBA 59 2133 24.1 .593 .540 8.3 24.2 16.3 17.7 0.7 4.5 13.5 25.3 115 109 5.4 1.5 6.9 0.155 2007-08 27 TOT NBA 66 2351 21.6 .594 .536 7.4 18.7 13.1 15.2 0.6 3.0 10.6 22.1 119 109 6.4 2.1 8.4 0.172 2007-08 27 MEM NBA 39 1433 20.1 .566 .504 7.3 19.6 13.4 14.0 0.6 2.8 10.9 22.7 114 111 3.0 0.9 3.9 0.129 2007-08 27 LAL NBA 27 918 24.0 .639 .589 7.7 17.4 12.8 17.0 0.8 3.3 10.0 21.2 128 105 3.4 1.2 4.6 0.239 2008-09 28 LAL NBA 81 2999 22.2 .617 .567 10.0 19.3 14.7 14.8 0.9 2.1 11.3 20.4 126 105 9.8 4.2 13.9 0.223 2009-10 29 LAL NBA 65 2403 22.9 .593 .536 11.4 22.7 17.1 15.0 0.8 3.5 12.5 21.4 120 102 6.8 4.2 11.0 0.220 2010-11 30 LAL NBA 82 3037 23.3 .589 .530 10.3 20.5 15.6 15.1 0.8 3.3 9.8 21.8 123 103 10.0 4.7 14.7 0.232 Career NBA 731 26261 22.1 .579 .523 8.9 20.0 14.5 15.9 0.8 3.5 12.7 23.6 115 104 65.7 32.4 98.0 0.179 He had his best year as a Laker last year and had the 2nd best year of his career.
And with the new way they're going to be calling fouls this year, Martin is losing one of his main methods of scoring. He's due to have a down year. If there were a time to trade him, this would be it.
If the report is true, we just traded Martin and Scola, two good players but not all-star good, for an All-NBA caliber player. I like this deal a lot. Gasol can play PF or C, and he's one of the best low post offensive options in the game. Strong rebounder too. The Rockets need to add some more interior defense. But this is a clear upgrade IMO. Edit: Dragic too? Too bad, because I liked him a lot as a backup, but I still do this deal. Maybe the kid we picked up from Minnesota can prove himself. Or, hey, how about Terrence Williams as a backup PG?
I really hope we end up flipping Gasol for something else (preferably guaranteed lottery picks) I just cannot picture that douche bag in a Rocket jersey!
Maybe Yao need to come out of retirement if we do get Pau. But on a serious note here. I think Morey is just trading for the sake of trading. Martin and Scola is greater than a Pau Gasol.
Why? I firmly believe that Morey is simply following orders and doing what Les ordered him to do. I think the problem is ownership, not management.
Rockets get an all-star at PF/C, lose about $7 million off their books, which will give them the money to make their final push for Nene. I'm 100% for this deal.
Right because every person from MIT makes perfect decisions as a GM of an NBA team ... every time. Look, smart people do make mistakes and anyone with a brain should see this as one.
Lee or Twill will be fine as starters when Kmart is gone. Martin was here to play with Yao but that never worked out so it was bye bye for him. Gonna miss Scola the most. Hope still for the best for Luis but this deal has to go down. Gasol is one of the best PF/C in the NBA period. Our D will get a HUGE boost with Martin gone and Patterson and Gasol in the frontline.
Like I said: win now to get the 6th seed. This trade won`t make us a contender. It will help us make the playoffs. But it will kill our chances at a serious rebuild because we trade away our best assets and don`t get anything for the future of the team. Pau will be able to produce at a high level for perhaps 2-3 more years. But this team needs more than Pau to be a contender, and without Scola and Martin we are not getting what we need. We have no goto guy - and without signing a center like Nene we also have no real center. There is only one scenario I can think of that would make this trade good: we somehow manage to get Marc Gasol because the brothers want to play together.
