Pau Gasol wants to play for Spain in Euros

[iamworthy]

Not cool, we just got swept in the 2nd round.

Soooo he's suppose to stop playing basketball

For Spain. Yes.

[Pablo Escobar]

He needs to get in the weight room!!

[iamworthy]

He needs to get in the weight room!!

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[Anklebreaker702]

He needs to get in the weight room!!

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[iamworthy]

I found it very disturbing when he said the first time he's lifted weights for basketball was the summer after we got worked by the celtics in the finals.

[Anklebreaker702]

I found it very disturbing when he said the first time he's lifted weights for basketball was the summer after we got worked by the celtics in the finals.

Yeah Big Game. His skill set is definitely superior to any big man in the league & I doubt if they can get any better. He needs to get his strength together & work out with basketball skills & drills & some pick up games with other pros.

[iamworthy]

I found it very disturbing when he said the first time he's lifted weights for basketball was the summer after we got worked by the celtics in the finals.

Yeah Big Game. His skill set is definitely superior to any big man in the league & I doubt if they can get any better. He needs to get his strength together & work out with basketball skills & drills & some pick up games with other pros.

He only started working out because Kobe told him to. If Im kobe, I make sure Gasol works out this summer. At this point, his legacy is tied to him.

[doozyj]

He needs to get in the weight room!!

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[DEEP3CL]

I could careless what Pau does, I'm starting to hope he won't be a Laker long term anyway. Management needs to slowly start examining how to trade him. Pau has exhausted all equity with me.

[Edrees]

If I remember correctly in 09 Gasol played for Spain and got injured, and well you already know what happened afterwards. We went on to win the title.



I really don't have a problem with this seeing as we'll probably have a late start to the season anyway. And hopefully in the offseason Mitch will do something about the depth issue this team has, so Gasol wont have to play those extended minutes. The lack of depth we have should be criticized not Gasol wanting to play for his home country.

We had depth, we just had a coach that wouldn't play those players. Hopefully mike brown will give caracter some minutes this year, and whatever backup reserve we get a ton more minutes (joe smith should have played way more than he did last year)

[Wizard of POOH]

Well atlease you know he'll be well rested.

[Anklebreaker702]

He needs to get in the weight room!!

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[Anklebreaker702]

I found it very disturbing when he said the first time he's lifted weights for basketball was the summer after we got worked by the celtics in the finals.

Yeah Big Game. His skill set is definitely superior to any big man in the league & I doubt if they can get any better. He needs to get his strength together & work out with basketball skills & drills & some pick up games with other pros.

He only started working out because Kobe told him to. If Im kobe, I make sure Gasol works out this summer. At this point, his legacy is tied to him.

You know what? I never looked at it that way but there's some truth to that. See when you have an obvious flaw in your game no one should have to tell you to go work on it.

I remember when 3 point shooting was held only at the end of games then Bird started making it a regular part of his game, Magic immediately did the same thing. I know Pau is not Magic but this isn't rocket science either.

[ahwi_quacoe]

Great ... 3 more weeks for Shannon Brown .. "to smack it up flip it , rub it down ... Oh noooo" . I hope Pau can snatch Shakira while he is out there

[diegoluis]

I'm Spanish. I truly think that Pau should not play this eurobasket. He must rest during the summer. He doesn't need to play it because he has finished the season very tired, he has won one eurobasket and maybe the most important: He's very well paid by the lakers.

[Shamizy]

He'd better get his head on straight. I will never understand why he refused to post up Dirk Nowitzki. Or pay attention in the middle of games on defense. Or why he just shot jumpers for an entire month.

Damn it Pau.

[guille_4]

At the beginning of the year for many he was the best PF in the league. Now according to what you read in realgm, he seems to be a pile of s**t. Saying Pau is weak is a big fat lie, just think of all the important shots he hit in 09 and 10. In his last year in Europe he carried Barcelona to an ACB title and a "Copa del Rey". During that year, Barcelona lost in the Euroleague against Benetton Treviso in a game that Pau could not play. He has also leaded Spain to many titles.

Playing for Spain will do him well.

[The Laker Kid]

Maybe he checked out early so he can prepare for the Euroleague

[LLcoleJ]

What ever Pau needs to do, to be PAU gain then he should do it.