Gasol Rips Into Fran Vasquez (denton)

[DiplomaticMagic]

``It was a total shock what he did. I was impressed by his play, just as the people in Orlando were before they drafted him,

[OrlandoMagic]

interesting

[mattyBoi]

depressing

[TNMagicFan]

I really hope we have this guy on our roster next year

[LetItRain]

once he gets the sand out of his vagina, maybe he'll come.

[drsd]

Well, if Vazquez has been in the States all these last years, he certainly would be a better basketball player.

[314gmASTERmind]

Wow Gasol realizes what everyone else in Orlando already knows.

[AdamTheGreek]

Start sending this to him and maybe he'll get pissed enough to come quicker.

[Last Guardian]

Gasol should say this to Frans girlfriends face.

[Optimus_Steel]

Im glad that Gasol call out his countryman for being a sissy.

Check out the last line of that article:

He has a good package with length, height and he

[laVal03]

He has potential and the skill level and the body, but the environment around him hasn

[richboy]

How has Fran played in Spain. Last I heard he was struggling on his current team.

[The Letter J]

Gasol is spot on.

[HitMan52]

Damn, I forgot the Magic owned his rights. Maybe you guys could package him along with Reddick to get Kidd.

I think a lineup of

Kidd/Nelson
Evans/Bogans
Hedo
Rashard/Battie/Cook
Dwight/Battie

I think that is a pretty good lineup if you could pull it off.

[Sheenmue]

His stats this year are:

ACB: 4.9 pts (48% 2p and 67% FT), 1.9 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.8 blocks in 14 minutes
Euroleague: 6.8 pts (59.4% 2p and 76% FT), 1.7 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 blocks in 13 minutes

Redick is a former lottery pick who can really shoot -- perhaps he's not a better prospect than Crittenton, but he's probably on the same tier. Vazquez is a better international prospect than Marc Gasol.

Chad Ford wrote Vazquez is a better prospect than Marc Gasol, so if you can convince Chris Wallace now you could trade Vazquez for Marc Gasol who is leading ACB efficiency rankings and is a candidate to be named MVP this season, he's 22 years old and the most important, Marc studied high school in Memphis and speaks English (let's face it, Vazquez isn't the clever guy of the class).

[Last Guardian]

Marc Gasol is a much better prospect than Fran. The only thing going for Fran is that his physical attributes like height, length and leaping fit the NBA better than Europe.

[magicman123]

how can fran leave this, oh wait..

[richboy]

His stats this year are:

ACB: 4.9 pts (48% 2p and 67% FT), 1.9 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.8 blocks in 14 minutes
Euroleague: 6.8 pts (59.4% 2p and 76% FT), 1.7 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 blocks in 13 minutes

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Chad Ford wrote Vazquez is a better prospect than Marc Gasol, so if you can convince Chris Wallace now you could trade Vazquez for Marc Gasol who is leading ACB efficiency rankings and is a candidate to be named MVP this season, he's 22 years old and the most important, Marc studied high school in Memphis and speaks English (let's face it, Vazquez isn't the clever guy of the class).

If you follow John Hollinger and his Euro to NBA studies then those numbers suggest that Fran is barely a NBA rotation player in production. Perhaps the best thing for Otis is to keep Fran in Spain. What would fans say if Fran comes over after waiting years for him to get here and he isn't that good.

[OrlandoMagic]

how can fran leave this, oh wait..

(picture)

you got this from lord of the rings right?

[lovehoops01]

Another piece of that environment probably is his agent/agents. They seem to be encouraging him to stay in Europe, too. If he gets more money, after all, so do they. Agents could care less if he doesn't play well until no one wants to pay him anymore. THEN they'll try to get the Magic to sign him.

Good to see a countryman call him out, though.