DEEP3CL wrote:kobeaki wrote:pau isnt soft...deep, yr gonna hate me for this , again, but if you switched pau with cap, peeps would be callin' cap soft...different era's , different game...but both players are very similar...
pau's body is not built to be a hulking , banging type...plus, newsflash, he aint a center...truth is , he takes a **** of abuse in the paint, and comes back for more every time, and still is 1b on the court night in night out...if thats soft, than ive never seen tough...
But I can tell you this.....Cap didn't lose the ball off the slightest contact. Further more Cap was deceptively strong, much stronger than Pau is. Pau can be easily pushed off the block or denied post position, that wasn't much of a problem with Cap. But to Pau's credit he does battle, but you can't compare him with Cap. It ain't even close.
lets define toughness first and foremost...i would say that it is when , in this case, a player is over powered, he sticks to his game, and keeps at it... i think peoples definition of toughness is thuggery, or big muscles or steamrolling/ overpowering yr opponent..i dont consider that toughness...i dont see pau ever be scared to come back in the game, or back down from an opponent, i do see him stick to his guns, and play with the cards he is dealt, in terms of both his abilities and what his team(kobe) gives him...but he plays the right way, and if his objections to not getting the calls he deserves , most of the time, equals lack of toughness, well i guess you got me there, but that would apply to kobe too...you feel me...this aint a pau vs. kaj debate...if you wanna have that debate, go ahead...and i **** love kaj, and he is the best big man of all time and one of the most fascinating humans beings of modern times, but i think he gets over romanticized at times on this board...
and i can compare him to anyone i like...there are parallels here. weve been through this before.
