You Knew It Was Coming,The Pau Gasol Appreciation Thread

[Chubby Chaser]

I just hope he remains a Laker for many years to come.

I don't see why he wouldn't. We're going to see the Pau and Bynum tandem for many of years in LA. And it's going to be a beautiful thing. When Pau gets old Bynum is going to start hitting his prime. This is when the offensive touches will shift in favor of Bynum getting more of the postups then Pau. And Pau will still be valuable because he'll still be able to hit those mid ranges to spread it out. That's one of the beauties about Pau's game and generally one of the advantages of a skilled center vs. a Power center. When a Power banging center gets old. (a la Shaq) They pretty much become useless and have a huge drop off. But when Skilled big men get older, there drop off is less drastic because they can still shoot and contribute that way. So we got a bright future ahead of ourselves in our front court.

[aroba]

I don't see why he wouldn't. We're going to see the Pau and Bynum tandem for many of years in LA. And it's going to be a beautiful thing. When Pau gets old Bynum is going to start hitting his prime. This is when the offensive touches will shift in favor of Bynum getting more of the postups then Pau. And Pau will still be valuable because he'll still be able to hit those mid ranges to spread it out. That's one of the beauties about Pau's game and generally one of the advantages of a skilled center vs. a Power center. When a Power banging center gets old. (a la Shaq) They pretty much become useless and have a huge drop off. But when Skilled big men get older, there drop off is less drastic because they can still shoot and contribute that way. So we got a bright future ahead of ourselves in our front court.

...and also passing!. Great thing about Pau is: He doesn't mind sharing the ball.
So when he gets older and slower, he still can bother with his lenght on D (his D is not about physique, so he'll do just like he does now), find the open man and hit the midrange jumper for years to come.
Go Pau!!

[KobeFan]

Shaq.. dramatic drop off?

Shaq had 10 prime seasons where he was the most dominate player in the league. He's still one of the best centers in the league--at 36 years old.

[mr-EEE]

he IS the reason were winning so much, he comes in and does what he has to do