this is pretty a good match up. Physically the Lakers have older bodies but mental game is way ahead of the game compared to the Heat star line up.
The Lakers mental game is way ahead of the Heat? Unless you're saying that because Ron Artest is a mental case, I would have to disagree.
LOL. No picture of Erik Spoelstra. The Heat trio is young and deadly, but there's a reason why Lakers have 2-peated...
gasol has 15 post moves he can goto and consistently convert with efficiency. i'm not sure bosh has even one post move...
I think you guys are selling Bosh a little short here. Overall, and certainly right now, I think Gasol is the better player. And the better defensive player. But Bosh is a force offensively, and has generally out-rebounded Pau. Again, Pau is the better defender and more efficient player. But I think it is pretty close to a wash - I'd take Gasol for the next few years, but would prefer Bosh long-term, and...frankly, on either team (Heat or Lakers), I think the two woudl be pretty interchangeable without seriously impacting the teams overall success.
Had Bosh been playing with Bryant the last few years, the results would look a lot different. Jeff Van Gundy will probably be calling Bosh "the best big man in the game" by next year's playoffs.
The same with Tmac, had he been playing with Bosh or Kobe, there's no question man, there's no question. :grin:
The answer is easy with Gasol being a better and more important player then Chris Bosh. Do you think if only Chris Bosh was traded that the Heat would be a champion contender? Gasol was the biggest contributor to making the Lakers champions. It went from having the Lakers being a good team with decent role players around Kobe making it to the playoffs, to being a automatic Western Conference contender. Chris Bosh by himself would only make the Heat a playoff contender (which is not hard in the east) but would play third string to the Magic and Boston.
This logic makes no sense. Pau Gasol by himself barely had the Grizzlies in the playoffs - and frankly didn't, absent Shane and a solid coach. Gasol is just a piece, as is Bosh in Miami. His addition helped the Lakers go from playoff exits to playoff champs, but absent Kobe, they are back down to first round exits again, if that. It's impossible to say if so and so played with so and so, they'd be better or worse. But, it's hard to imagine the Lakers much worse trading Gasol for Bosh, and hard to imagine the potential Heat much better (or worse) trading Bosh for Gasol. I give Gasol the edge, due to playoff experience, efficiency and defense...but just barely.
I'd take Pau. Better passer, IMO a better defensive player, and there's not much of a disparity in their career rebound rates (Bosh: 9.1 per 36 min, Gasol: 9.0 per 36 min). Gasol's also become more of a pure post-up player, whereas Bosh is a face up big. He's certainly a better fit in the triangle than Bosh would be, and if anything the Lakers should run more of their offense through him. Bosh would have been a great fit here though.
Was there any player on the Grizzlies that would compare to Kobe? In Memphis Gasol was the number one player to go to. And getting a really mediocre team to the playoffs is impressive when the only other two players that would be consider good were Shane and Miller. After then after that what players did they put with him to even have a chance? Putting him in LA it went from just giving it to Kobe to having that option of letting Gasol take over. Gasol is more important to the success of LA then Bosh will be for Miami. And I will take that bet any day.
