How good would the Lakers have been if they had Marc Gasol instead of Pau?

Oh really? How come we couldn't get a star then, we have two Kwame Brown contracts on our team in Battier and Jeffries?

You need other assets to make it work, not just the expiring contract. Since the Lakers would have already been amazing, there's no way a team like the THunder will trade them Durant for only Kwame Brown's expiring contract and a low pick. Only the Grizzlies would have been stupid enough to do that/had Jerry West who betrayed them Darth Vader style.

If they hadn't traded Marc Gasol at the trade deadline they'd have Marc Gasol, Kwame Brown and Bynum as their big men rotation. They couldn't trade Bynum since he's injured, and the season after that they had to extend his contract to 10M (and his injury woes started).

Also, there's no way the Lakeshow would have 3 finals appearances and 2 rings. They wouldn't have made the finals the year the celts beat them(since Marc Gasol isn't in the NBA yet), and they wouldn't win a ring in Marc Gasol's rookie year because Bynum was injured again by playoff time. Last year would have been their breakout year, but is Marc Gasol good enough to beat KG? I think not.

So no, the Lakers wouldn't have been better off with marc gasol. I guess if they didn't mind wasting 3 years of Kobe's playing years it would have been a good move, because then they will have their frontcourt of the future in marc gasol and bynum.

 

They won't get Durant, but getting a player of Nene's caliber isn't a stretch.

And West already retired at that time, stop lying.

 

WTF is wrong with your eyes? Can't you read?

Where do you get that Marc Gasol averaged 8 points and 7 rebounds last year?

Marc Gasol was 15ppg and 9 rebounds last year for $15 million cheaper.

Role player? He's going to be better than Pau. Lolz :grin:

 

Lakers vs Rockets. Players want to play in LA.

It happens all the time for the Lakers. Wilt for spare change. Kobe for Vlade Divacs.

The Lakers with only Bynum, Kwame and Odom were a #1 seed in the West before even getting Pau Gasol. In 2008, they wouldn't have won without Marc but they didn't win with Gasol either.

But with Marc Gasol, Bynum, Odom; they would have beaten the Magic. And in 2010, they would have had a good chance against Boston.

And that's not including the trade chip they used for getting Gasol, they could have gotten a player like Melo with that money.

 

Threads like this on a non-Lakers board is one of the big reasons why I hate Kobe and Kobefags.

 

Lol little b****es whining about Laker threads in the NBA forum.

 

LOL, kobefag has to force their Kobe's greatest faggotry into every single human being in the world, even non-NBA fans.

 

Wilt was in the what, 1980's? Vlade was an established star at the time, Kobe was an unknown and a malcontent, forcing his way from NO Francis' style.

They wouldn't have beaten Magic or Celts because Bynum was injured the past two seasons. If you think Marc Gasol by himself can handle KG or Dwight Howard then you are freaking delusional.

The only other trade chip they gave up apart from Gasol was Kwame Brown's contract and a draft pick. You think Denver would bite on that?

 

They won't get Melo, but you think Kwame's expiring contract plus Bynum can't get some good star? Think again.

 

Bynum would be making 10M and be injured. Pray do tell, what good star can you get off of him and Kwame Brown?

 

Lol whiny little b****es who don't understand what an NBA forum is. :grin:

 

The point is the Lakers have a history of getting something for cheap. Big cities are much easier to get big names to come to.

Bynum didn't play in 2008. But he was a big part of 2009 and 2010. Bynum, Marc Gasol, Odom. That's definitely enough to handle Perkins/KG and Dwight/Lewis

Doesn't have to be Melo, it could have been any good player. How about Boozer? Maybe Al Jefferson who the Wolves gave away.

You're telling me the Lakers couldn't beat the Celtics with:

Bynum/Boozer or Al Jefferson/Marc Gasol/Odom
Artest
Kobe

That's a superior team to what they have now.

 

Bynum was having breakout year, it's first major injury that year and he's making rookie salary.

Lakers can't use that to get someone? Even last year, 3 injuries already and he was rumored in a trade for Bosh and Lakers didn't bite.

 

Thanks to yours truly, looks like a garbage bin to me these days. Moving on.

 

Good.

Get the sand out of the vag or stick to the GARM.

This is NBA talk, not for little gheys who can't handle it.

 

Just a couple small points: Wilt was traded to the Lakers in 1968, and the Hornets were still in Charlotte when they traded Kobe's draft rights.

 

Minor details...

 

lakers needed someone with experience. marc is a project. i think he's still a year or so away from breaking out.

 

Kind of obvious point here, but there's a thing called "aging". LA couldn't wait for the development of Marc in favor of what Pau instantly brought to the table.

And there's no way Marc is superior to Pau, not now, and probably not in the future. The main separation comes in the basketball IQ and fundamental skills departments. Marc is 2 yrs into the league. Ludicrous comparison.

 

Not as good i would suspect. It's all about timing. Had they chose to keep Marc Gasol, they would have probably lost Kobe along the way. Even if Kobe had agreed to stay, no way they would have won championships with Marc given the time frame. Pau was the catalyst that put them over the top.

While it seems that Marc Gasol is coming into his own now, no way he was worth 2 championships and still be the favored team to do a 3rd. If you want to talk stat stuffers maybe Marc can get to where Pau is/was but the results are undeniable. Too many unknown variables to really consider Marc at the given time as well as today.

No contest. Pau Gasol hands down. They won with him and still look like the favorites to win. Even if you asked the the Lakers to this day, they'd still say Pau easily for the next 2-3 years. The only time that would change is if the team was on the decline and were looking to rebuild and even then, that would just be another big maybe.