Why did Memphis trade Pau Gasol to Lakers?

TAI8 · Post #1 » by **TAI8** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:30 am

Why did they do it? It makes no sense...They essentially gift wrapped Gasol for garbage...Pau Gasol + 2010 2nd round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Crittenton, Aaron McKie, Marc Gasol, and first round picks in '08 and '10..IIRC Memphis received much better offers from the Bulls..Obviously it was to cut salary and start anew but why would they be so quick to give up on a supposed franchise player who took that team from the dumps to the playoffs for 3 consecutive years in a decently competitive Western Conference? Not to mention that the year before they understandably missed the playoffs in large part to said player missing 23 games..Did Jerry West and his affiliation with the Lakers have something to do with it or was there something else going on behind the scenes?

Banks2Pierce · Post #2 » by **Banks2Pierce** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:31 am

I don't know. It's one of the shadiest trades in league history.

doozyj · Post #3 » by **doozyj** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:31 am

No one cares anymore, quit trying to take the focus off of Lebrons failure this post season.

jmb987 · Post #4 » by **jmb987** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:33 am

Banks2Pierce wrote:I don't know. It's one of the shadiest trades in league history.

lol

TAI8 · Post #5 » by **TAI8** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:37 am

doozyj wrote:No one cares anymore, quit trying to take the focus off of Lebrons failure this post season.

I'm not...It's just something I'm genuinely interested in considering that the Lakers have a very legit chance at a repeat...It's mind boggling to consider how much of an impact that trade made on the NBA and how little LA gave to make that trade..

FireColangelo · Post #6 » by **FireColangelo** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:38 am

doozyj wrote:No one cares anymore, quit trying to take the focus off of Lebrons failure this post season.

Why are you so defensive? If you have nothing of value to post except garbage, just shut up.

The MVPlaya · Post #7 » by **The MVPlaya** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:38 am

jmb987 · Post #8 » by **jmb987** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:40 am

Why did the wizards give up Jamison?

bl2k · Post #9 » by **bl2k** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:41 am

Pau was going nowhere with Memphis, LAL offered a deal and they accepted it. 1 ring, 2 Finals trips later and a possible 3rd and here we are

TDG26 · Post #10 » by **TDG26** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:42 am

wone wrote:Why did they do it? It makes no sense...They essentially gift wrapped Gasol for garbage...Pau Gasol + 2010 2nd round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Crittenton, Aaron McKie, Marc Gasol, and first round picks in '08 and '10..IIRC Memphis received much better offers from the Bulls..Obviously it was to cut salary and start anew but why would they be so quick to give up on a supposed franchise player who took that team from the dumps to the playoffs for 3 consecutive years in a decently competitive Western Conference? Not to mention that the year before they understandably missed the playoffs in large part to said player missing 23 games..Did Jerry West and his affiliation with the Lakers have something to do with it or was there something else going on behind the scenes?

I refuse to believe that someone who has been a registered member of this site since 2005 and has 5k+ posts hasnt heard all the different answers to this question already.

doozyj · Post #11 » by **doozyj** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:42 am

wone wrote:
doozyj wrote:No one cares anymore, quit trying to take the focus off of Lebrons failure this post season.

I'm not...It's just something I'm genuinely interested in considering that the Lakers have a very legit chance at a repeat...It's mind boggling to consider how much of an impact that trade made on the NBA and how little LA gave to make that trade..

You act like you haven't been on RealGM for awhile. Those topics have been beaten to death. Your continuous attempt to bash the Lakers is pathetic. First you start with the trade and somehow it will lead to trying to discredit Kobe. Seriously give it a rest.

Dr Aki · Post #12 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:46 am

TDG26 wrote:
wone wrote:Why did they do it? It makes no sense...They essentially gift wrapped Gasol for garbage...Pau Gasol + 2010 2nd round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Crittenton, Aaron McKie, Marc Gasol, and first round picks in '08 and '10..IIRC Memphis received much better offers from the Bulls..Obviously it was to cut salary and start anew but why would they be so quick to give up on a supposed franchise player who took that team from the dumps to the playoffs for 3 consecutive years in a decently competitive Western Conference? Not to mention that the year before they understandably missed the playoffs in large part to said player missing 23 games..Did Jerry West and his affiliation with the Lakers have something to do with it or was there something else going on behind the scenes?

I refuse to believe that someone who has been a registered member of this site since 2005 and has 5k+ posts hasnt heard all the different answers to this question already.

+1

srsly, this question has been consistently asked and debated to and fro for 3 straight years already

CowsMoo · Post #13 » by **CowsMoo** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:51 am

lots of lakers fans, lots of laker haters too.

Narcist · Post #14 » by **Narcist** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:52 am

The Return Memphis got was much better then it appeared orginally..Marc gasol was not some scrub who was never going to play in the nba...hes actully pretty good. They got picks and cap space and assests thats all they wanted they were tanking.

kobethegoat · Post #15 » by **kobethegoat** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:56 am

wone wrote:Why did they do it? It makes no sense...They essentially gift wrapped Gasol for garbage...Pau Gasol + 2010 2nd round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Crittenton, Aaron McKie, Marc Gasol, and first round picks in '08 and '10..IIRC Memphis received much better offers from the Bulls..Obviously it was to cut salary and start anew but why would they be so quick to give up on a supposed franchise player who took that team from the dumps to the playoffs for 3 consecutive years in a decently competitive Western Conference? Not to mention that the year before they understandably missed the playoffs in large part to said player missing 23 games..Did Jerry West and his affiliation with the Lakers have something to do with it or was there something else going on behind the scenes?

Pau wasnt a franchise player. They were a losing team and he was a big contract for a team which was going nowhere. They won 22 games the last time Pau played a full season there. 22 GAMES!! They sucked.

This would be like the 76ers dumping Elton Brand today. A max player on a crappy team.

Mamba Venom · Post #16 » by **Mamba Venom** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:57 am

Marc Gasol

Kwap Space

Young Rookie PG

2 1st round picks for Pau

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Jamison for NOTHING

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Butler, Heywood & Stevenson for pothead cap space

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Lakers gave up the most in these 3 trades

Banks2Pierce · Post #17 » by **Banks2Pierce** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:58 am

And yea, there is no point in the thread since there has yet to be logical reasoning to defend Memphis in the situation and there never will be.

Baddy Chuck · Post #18 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:58 am

jmb987 wrote:Why did the wizards give up Jamison?

Are you really comparing the two? Just making sure...

And yes, it was a very shady deal at the time (even with the emergence of Marc I still think it is) but it happened, and it's over with.

RunSunRun · Post #19 » by **RunSunRun** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:59 am

Well, this is a dead horse topic, but...

IIRC the Grizzlies were sick of Pau Gasol and not being able to take the team anywhere, think the fans there even booed him. They were like 10-40 or something when he was traded and they wanted to focus the team around Rudy Gay.

It was just happenstance for the Lakers that Bynum went down with an injury and they needed a big to maintain their hot start and Gasol was available.

If you want to blame any team, blame the Bulls for not being able to get Gasol the year before he was traded to the Lakers as they didn't want to break up their core at the time (of which only Noah has really worked out).

The only thing that was shady about the trade was that it took place early in the season, but Memphis was desperate and the Lakers took advantage of that, can't fault them for doing that.

There, I said something nice about the Lakers, now I feel all dirty.

Oh ya, and go Suns!

yaaar · Post #20 » by **yaaar** » Fri May 14, 2010 7:59 am

People forget what Gasol's reputation was before the Lakers. He was propelling an underachieving team yeah, but he was also a soft poor-man's dirk. He was on the trading block forever, but everyone was hardballing the Grizz. The Lakers offered the thing they wanted the most, young talent and cap space. It's actually pretty simple really if you actually think about it.