billyshelby
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I like Gasol. But you obviously can't plan to get him as an RFA, and getting RFA's always means paying too much, especially for big centers.
I like Gasol. But you obviously can't plan to get him as an RFA, and getting RFA's always means paying too much, especially for big centers.
When you're starting over and you have the room, why not? Hypothetically of course. The Gasol ship has sailed unless it involves a sign-and-trade with a top-3 pick.
Because of the price. Prying away an RFA that another team very much wants to keep means paying an exorbitant price. Gasol is good. But he's not a star. Offering him anything close to market rate and Memphis quickly matches. They allegedly promised Zach they were going to resign Gasol when he signed his extension.
The guy averaged 12 and 7 in 32 minutes. And it's not like he's an All NBA Defensive player. He's a nice complimentary piece. There's only so much you pay for that.
I'm amazed it took that long for this reply to come up.
I'd rather have a player try to take the right shot as they grow instead of chuck their way through their slumps or to get their basic stats up.
Also, comparing Jefferson's impact on team rebounding and Gasol's, it actually favors Gasol. I'll get into more of their respective impacts later, even though I know you're not comparing the two, but in my scenario it's kind of pivotal to the discussion.
Holy total ****ing conjecture, Batman.It's seems like your dream is to have 5 guys on the floor who only take the right shots. It doesn't work like that. You need to have guys who can create their own shots to help the guys who can't. And you don't pay star money for a guy who can't unless he's really bringing huge other variables to the table. I don't see that in Gasol.
I think you have it in your head that the only difference offensively between Al and Gasol is Al takes more shots. Like, if you told Gasol to take as many shots as he wanted he could score 20 a night. He can't. If Memphis dumped the ball into the low post with Gasol like they do with Randolph and told him to have at it, he'd be hopeless. In a thousand lifetimes, Gasol could never average the 24 and 11 Al did for those two months. That's a huge gap in skill.
When you're starting over and you have the room, why not? Young, versatile, durable, tough, and smart Cs with no significant drawbacks don't just come along. Hypothetically of course. The Gasol ship has sailed unless it involves a sign-and-trade with a top-3 pick.
The Pau trade might be the smartest thing that franchise ever did. I can guarantee you the Grizzlies would continue to languish as bad or worse and Pau would be walking. Anyway...
Let the Grizzlies keep their Gasol for max money. He averages 11 and 7 and had a -4 adjusted +/- rating. He might be smarter than Al, but doesn't impact the game any more.