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BigBallerBrand Star Player Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 5785 Location: LA
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:30 pm Post subject: Rewind the clock: would you still trade Marc Gasol for Pau??
Would we have won more rings since 08 if we would have kept Marc? _________________ Billions Billions Billions
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dao Star Player Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 5572
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:31 pm Post subject:
Two rings=yes. However, if we could rewind the clock, you do everything possible to make the deal without involving Marc.
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CandyCanes Retired Number Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 35750 Location: Santa Clarita, CA (Hell) ->>>>>Ithaca, NY -≥≥≥≥≥Berkeley, CA
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:32 pm Post subject:
We would have none. I would have seen if we could have dealt Sun Yue instead of Marc though.
Pau, Bynum, Marc, and Odom on the same team... Wow. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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Potato-Mania Star Player Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 1244
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:32 pm Post subject:
dao wrote: Two rings=yes. However, if we could rewind the clock, you do everything possible to make the deal without involving Marc.
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LakerLand247 Star Player Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 4809
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:32 pm Post subject:
Potato-Mania wrote: dao wrote: Two rings=yes. However, if we could rewind the clock, you do everything possible to make the deal without involving Marc.
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pkflyers Franchise Player Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 12555 Location: 714/562
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dont_be_a_wuss Franchise Player Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 21415
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:35 pm Post subject:
Yes. Pau was quite randomly my favorite non-Laker before the trade.
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GoldenThroat Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 10:36 pm Post subject:
No question. Marc's a helluva player, but Pau's prime matched up with Kobe's, which led to titles.
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Terry_Teagle Starting Rotation Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 836 Location: AZ
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:16 pm Post subject:
I can't believe people still have the nerve to say the Lakers got Pau for nothing.
How did Minnesota's trade for KG work out for them? Last edited by Terry_Teagle on Tue May 26, 2015 11:21 pm; edited 1 time in total
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ChickenStu Retired Number Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 31783 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:19 pm Post subject:
A thousand times, yes. Three straight Finals appearances ensued and we won 2 chips.
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bryants2hot2handle Star Player Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 5372
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:27 pm Post subject:
GoldenThroat wrote: No question. Marc's a helluva player, but Pau's prime matched up with Kobe's, which led to titles.
Exactly! Pau was T-H-E most perfect compliment to Kobe. It takes certain types of players with certain types of mentalities/attitudes, and certain coaching to play alongside Bryant. Look at what happened with the Dwight Howard experiment.
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LakerChampionTradition Starting Rotation Joined: 24 May 2015 Posts: 259
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 11:58 pm Post subject:
What is Pau and Marc's little brother doing? Last I heard couple years ago I thought he was playing ball too.
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Drifts Retired Number Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 28374
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 12:50 am Post subject:
yes _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
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Hydro21 Star Player Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 2392 Location: NYC
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 12:53 am Post subject:
Yes . Won a couple Rings with Pau . Have no Regrets about that
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Moses Star Player Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 8262 Location: London
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:16 am Post subject:
Absolutely. Pau was an exceptional player when he arrived here, I feel he was underrated when people look back on his time here.
The only thing to try and change about that trade would be trying to include a different piece so we could keep Marc too _________________ Lakers, Chargers, Dodgers, Arsenal FC.
Mamba Forever
The Marathon Continues
Still I Rise
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The Shadow King Star Player Joined: 02 Apr 2011 Posts: 4363 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:46 am Post subject:
Yes.
Two rings and it got rid of Kwaa-May Brown. _________________ Lakers, today. Lakers, tomorrow. Lakers, forever.
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Worthy42 Franchise Player Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 19952
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:57 am Post subject:
3 trips to the finals, 2 rings. Yes every time.
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adkindo Retired Number Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:22 am Post subject:
yes....Pau is a future Hall of Famer
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ringfinger Retired Number Joined: 08 Oct 2013 Posts: 29418
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:10 am Post subject:
Would I give up 2 rings for Marc Gasol? Silly question.
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AirKobe8 Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 8586
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:17 am Post subject:
dao wrote: Two rings=yes. However, if we could rewind the clock, you do everything possible to make the deal without involving Marc.
This. _________________www.lakersbrasil.com
Fan site made by me and others, dedicated to posting Laker news and articles in portuguese.
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Big Game James Star Player Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 4003 Location: The official trout slapper of LG.net
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:23 am Post subject:
dao wrote: Two rings=yes. However, if we could rewind the clock, you do everything possible to make the deal without involving Marc.
Co-signed. _________________ Don't make me give you a trout slap!
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yinoma2001 Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:26 am Post subject:
Without hesitation. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
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Oliver Reed Star Player Joined: 28 Sep 2014 Posts: 2626 Location: Globo Gym
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:29 am Post subject:
Lakers replace Marc for Bynum, knowing what we know now. Lakers run would have been much different. _________________ Because we're better than you!
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KobeDunk Retired Number Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 26849
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:34 am Post subject:
100% yes, Pau helped us get 2 rings, can't top that!
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Wilkes52 Star Player Joined: 02 Jun 2009 Posts: 2415 Location: Far from home
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:44 am Post subject:
The Gasol swap was the right move for the Lakers, in every sense: short term, mid-term, long term.
Of course, dangling Pau Gasol as trade bail and eventually letting him walk were moves as idiotic as the original trade was brilliant.
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