Where would Peak Pau Gasol rank today?

Matt15 · Post #1 » by **Matt15** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 8:15 pm

Where would Peak Gasol rank in today’s league?

No-more-rings · Post #2 » by **No-more-rings** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:53 am

Probably the same as he did then. 8-15 range.

GSP · Post #3 » by **GSP** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:27 am

No-more-rings wrote:Probably the same as he did then. 8-15 range.

He wouldn't have any case over

Bron
Kd
Jokic
Giannis
Embiid
Steph
Luka
Ja
Trae
Tatum
Jimmy
Cp3
Rudy
Demar

And OFC Kawhi, Dame and Pg are hurt too

IMO he's not better than Kat, Booker,, Mitchell, Garland and others too

He'd be around Sabonis, Bam, Siakam level IMO. Top 25, 30 player.

Jaivl · Post #4 » by **Jaivl** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:02 am

No-more-rings wrote:Probably the same as he did then. 8-15 range.

Can't see any case for him at #8 right now. Jokic, Curry, Embiid, Giannis, Durant, LeBron, Doncic are pretty inarguably much better. Plus others like Tatum, Trae, Butler are comfortably better right now IMO, plus healthy Kawhi and George... I think I'd go around ~12-15.

GSP wrote:
No-more-rings wrote:Probably the same as he did then. 8-15 range.

He wouldn't have any case over

Bron
Kd
Jokic
Giannis
Embiid
Steph
Luka
Ja
Trae
Tatum
Jimmy
Cp3
Rudy
Demar

And OFC Kawhi, Dame and Pg are hurt too

IMO he's not better than Kat, Booker,, Mitchell, Garland and others too

He'd be around Sabonis, Bam, Siakam level IMO. Top 25, 30 player.

And that's going too much on the other direction. Peak Gasol is easily in contention with players like current CP3, and pretty better than current Lillard or Booker for example.

Sabonis and Siakam, oh my god :lol:

. Gasol is quite literally a bigger, better positioned, much more lethal in the pop, rangier Sabonis. Just a different class of player. And that's not even considering how Pau could have developed in the current meta (played as a pretty nimble SF in Spain // showed great shooting touch when in a smaller role).

70sFan · Post #5 » by **70sFan** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:24 pm

12-15 span sounds fair, though if we adjust for injuries and missed time then he has a case for top 10.

No-more-rings · Post #6 » by **No-more-rings** » Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:13 pm

Jaivl wrote:Can't see any case for him at #8 right now. Jokic, Curry, Embiid, Giannis, Durant, LeBron, Doncic are pretty inarguably much better. Plus others like Tatum, Trae, Butler are comfortably better right now IMO, plus healthy Kawhi and George... I think I'd go around ~12-15.

Fair enough, to be honest I didn't really think hard before throwing that range out there.

GSP wrote:He wouldn't have any case over

Bron
Kd
Jokic
Giannis
Embiid
Steph
Luka
Ja
Trae
Tatum
Jimmy
Cp3
Rudy
Demar

And OFC Kawhi, Dame and Pg are hurt too

IMO he's not better than Kat, Booker,, Mitchell, Garland and others too

He'd be around Sabonis, Bam, Siakam level IMO. Top 25, 30 player.

Looking at those names, there's no way I'd give Demar serious consideration given his long history of playoff shrinkages. Gobert is an interesting one that I haven't really thought about. Cp3 is having a great season for his age, but I really doubt that one as well. Some of these others like Tatum, I just don't see it i don't think his offensive impact is close to Pau's and Pau was basically their most important defender on those 2 title runs. I know you are lower on him in general though.

LewisnotMiller · Post #7 » by **LewisnotMiller** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:47 am

Assuming he got some time to adjust to modern schemes, 10-15 range with a small chance of being top ten.

Peak Gasol could move and play within an offence, somewhat like Sabonis maybe. But he had more impact defensively and on the glass. The guy was looooong.

Unlike lumbering old school players who'd struggle with modern offences, Gasol had the required tools. Would just be a matter of seeing how well he adjusted.