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Premature thread on Marc Gasol

Ellis269 said:
The only problem with that scenario is that Gasol will have better options than Utah if he hits unrestricted free agency and the Grizzlies don't want to Max him. The only way the Jazz get him is if they trade for him and can offer that contract themselves.
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Just a day after blasting Catchall for saying we should trade Favors, I am beginning to see his thought process. Favors is about the only player of ours good enough to have comparable to all-star-value(when packaged with other assets) for another team, but still not established enough for us to be willing to part ways with... And I'm thinking... would they be willing to do such a trade - Favors + couple of firsts for expiring Gasol(with some sort of assurances that he'd be willing to resign for the 5 year max)? And just as I was typing that I checked his age... dammit... he'll be 30 in January. I really don't want to pay max to players whose trajectory from now on is probably going to be going down. Dammit! That's a hard one...
 
The team with the best record in the NBA is going to trade their star player? Yeah, right.
Gasol has never said he's unhappy in Memphis. To the contrary, Gasol is reportedly very happy playing in a smaller market. Sure, every team is going to be interested in Marc. But Lakers are a mess, Knicks are dysfunctional. Memphis is a legit contender. I just don't see a better situation for Marc anywhere, unless he wanted to team up with his brother.
 
Stifle Tower said:
The team with the best record in the NBA is going to trade their star player? Yeah, right.
Gasol has never said he's unhappy in Memphis. To the contrary, Gasol is reportedly very happy playing in a smaller market. Sure, every team is going to be interested in Marc. But Lakers are a mess, Knicks are dysfunctional. Memphis is a legit contender. I just don't see a better situation for Marc anywhere, unless he wanted to team up with his brother.
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Yep... You are right... pretty much the only way anybody gets a shot at Gasol is if Memphis don't want to pay him the max and they don't have a lot of money tied in contracts, so even a max contract is very manageable for them. One can't help but dream, though... :)
 
Like Stifle said, Memphis is not going to trade Gasol. People forget that Memphis is his American home. The people love him and so do his teammates. Dude is going to get the Max and he deserves it in today's market. There is no way he goes to LA and the only team I see him going to is San Antonio and that is a long shot.
 
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This is Adria Gasol, the youngest Gasol. Too bad his skills are very 'raw', as stated by Pau. I'm a bit biased here cause' I'm half Spanish myself but it'd be awesome to have more Jazz coverage in Spain. It's a country where basketball is the no.2 sport and the Spanish players in the NBA are followed closely there. Also, still a bit butt hurt by the one Spanish player that was here once that turned out a bust due to a knee injury (Raul Lopez).
 
cowhide said:
Like Stifle said, Memphis is not going to trade Gasol. People forget that Memphis is his American home. The people love him and so do his teammates. Dude is going to get the Max and he deserves it in today's market. There is no way he goes to LA and the only team I see him going to is San Antonio and that is a long shot.
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If Memphis doesn't win it all this year, then he should go to San Antonio. He needs to win as many championships as Pau, or he'll be stuck as the second-best player in his family.
 
Stifle Tower said:
The team with the best record in the NBA is going to trade their star player? Yeah, right.
Gasol has never said he's unhappy in Memphis. To the contrary, Gasol is reportedly very happy playing in a smaller market. Sure, every team is going to be interested in Marc. But Lakers are a mess, Knicks are dysfunctional. Memphis is a legit contender. I just don't see a better situation for Marc anywhere, unless he wanted to team up with his brother.
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The Spurs.
 
Never. Gonna. Happen. He would be s perfect fit here, but he would on most teams tbh.


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Stifle Tower said:
The team with the best record in the NBA is going to trade their star player? Yeah, right.
Gasol has never said he's unhappy in Memphis. To the contrary, Gasol is reportedly very happy playing in a smaller market. Sure, every team is going to be interested in Marc. But Lakers are a mess, Knicks are dysfunctional. Memphis is a legit contender. I just don't see a better situation for Marc anywhere, unless he wanted to team up with his brother.
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It's time for Memphis to blow up thier team and rebuild imo
 
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