Pau Gasol Wants Brother Marc to Leave Grizzles! Rockets Time!

daywalker02 · Dec 11, 2011

Durrby said: ↑

Your reasoning is very sound and if I was the owner of the Grizzlies I would have made Gasol the highest priority over Conley, Gay, & Z-Bo regardless of the fact that he is going to be a restricted free agent. I think every other owner in the NBA would probably do the same thing because young and talented centers are the hardest to find players in the league. But the Grizz didn't do that. Which makes me think that either they didn't view Gasol as a higher priority as the other 3 players. Or they have a strong feeling that he wants to leave. So they focused on Conley, Gay, & Randolph instead.

Remember Memphis management hasn't stated that they will match any offer that Gasol receives. Which is very unusual because when a team has a high profile restricted free agent they want to retain they always seem to make a statement like that to scare off other teams from making an offer. That's pretty much standard practice around the league, but the Grizz haven't done that. The Grizz owner was quoted by Mark Stein back in May that the team would only aggressively pursue an extension if Gasol wanted to stay with the team. Which inferred that if Gasol wants to leave they will not match.

http://www.iamagm.com/news/2011/05/16/michael.heisley.hints.if.marc.gasol.wants.leave.grizzlies.wouldnt.match.another

So I think there is an opening for Morey to work out a sign and trade deal if they can convince Gasol to come to Houston. Obviously there will be a lot of competition for Gasol, but I think we have a decent shot if he decides he wants to leave Memphis.
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You can speculate all you want.
At the end Marc needs to voice his wish.

Kwame · Dec 11, 2011

Carl Herrera said: ↑

The lesson is any success achieved on the back of Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson is not exactly sustainable.
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Stephen Jackson has won pretty much everywhere he's went....San Antonio, Indiana, and Golden State. He even took the Bobcats to the playoffs.

leebigez said: ↑

I can see morey arriving at 1201 to meet with gasol and offers him a contract startin at 6m. When he gladly turns it down, the morey-ites will say he wasn't worth more than that if morey said so. Meanwhile, some team offers him 9m and he signs. Again, the morey-ites will claim he's overpaid.
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In Morey We Trust!

c1utchfan925 · Dec 11, 2011

daywalker02 said: ↑

You can speculate all you want.
At the end Marc needs to voice his wish.
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Wish someone would show proof that the Grizzlies are matching or not matching the offer. Chances are they have to match in order to stay competitive. No way they let him walk but even so, they lock up their salary for the next 4-5 years with the extension to Gay+Zach.

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