Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 am  |  82 responses

Video: Amar’e Stoudemire says Pau Gasol is ‘Still Soft’

Peter Rosenberg caught up with STAT at the Foot Locker House of Hoops yesterday, and asked him about the general perception of the Lakers’ big man. For what it’s worth, Stoudemire did go on to clarify that Gasol has the frontcourt help of Andre Bynum and Lamar Odom, so it isn’t much of a problem. Check it out:

UPDATE: Andrew Bynum responds?

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  • KSupreme

    And to the hater who said Bynum is riding coattails…STAT was riding Nash’s….and now he’s riding melo’s…stat is nothing but a…above average accent to the “franchise player” of any team

  • spit hot fiyah

    @iamorange really? bynum = salley?!?

  • http://slamonline.com biged

    Can someone please clarify to me what the fock does it mean to be soft on the basketball court? Because I was under the impression that it meant not “maning up”. Im pretty sure gasol fixed this problem. gasol was pushed around during the Lakers first try at the ‘ship, but he was going against a tough Celtics team while playing out of position. Amare cant even beat the Cavs… Anyway since that year Gasol has been shi.tting on the NBA. Im not saying he is Perkins or anything but I’ll tell you this, most (if not all) NBA GMs would rather have Paul Gasol on their team competing for a championship than have Amare. Thing with Amare, he will give up as many points as he gives you. If he goes for 30 than he will give up 30 to the other teams opposing player or players. Whining about a call i can live with, not being able to stop anyone I cant live with. Amare needs to get his priorities straight on the basketball court. He’s a bitc.h on the defensive end cause everybody shi.ts on him

  • Charles

    Man this guy ever shut his mouth? Amare can’t play a lick of defense.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    I wish I had a dollar for every time a Lakers fan called their own Pau Gasol, Gasoft.

  • marc

    I don’t know y everyone is getting so mad he was asked a question about it. And its not that Amare can’t play defense because he is athletic enough. Its that he WON’T play defense. (Which is kind of worse)

  • irondan21

    Because he is soft. Championships don’t define personal toughness. Look @ Karl Malone. Pau plays in a productive system the utilizes his abilities. Oh, and his teammates aren’t bad either.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    If Pau is soft Amar’e is silk.

  • Kazaam

    Amare is way more fly than that big bird sesame street maf

  • KSupreme

    If Pau is soft…Amare is the Charmonator (Read the Jason Terry and Matt Barnes Article)

  • http://slam freeze22

    amar’e soft too, he dunks but he don’t rebound what makes him tough

  • http://juan.garcia@computershare.com Tina Turner

    Gasol is soft which is why Kobe’s the GOAT. He’s the reason for the first three-peat and the reason for the current three-peat.

  • http://juan.garcia@computershare.com Tina Turner

    Please don’t bring up Snak-ill Oneil. that fatso couldn’yt bring it home in the 4th qtr cause coaches would foul his freethrow missing ass non stop

  • Mhok

    gasol is more skilled than amare…

  • adam harris

    Amare has no business calling pau soft, he is a 7 foot athle
    tic power foward who doesn’t average a double and has many gakes with less than 7 rebounds, and least pau bows how to pound the boards and win.

  • nauylene

    No he didn’t!!! as long as his SOFT ASS stayed on the SUNS bench always hurt with something!!! Bi ASS MF!!! Shit he ain’t in NO position to even call CHARMIN SOFT!!!

  • Debbie

    how can he amare talk with a nose like that!!!!!

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  • Jr

    Stupid comment from an over paid player, Lakers whipped his ass when he was in Phoenix and not much as changed!

  • air

    hes an idiot nuff said i mean he has melo and still cant win a game we have gasol and have nearly thebest record in the NBA

  • Pugz

    BYNUMITE GOT EM!!!!

  • Jorge

    Cobra- I totally agree with u!!! He shouldn’t even step foot in the lakers side what so ever!!! Should keep his gem in mind and thts tht!!! He should be thinking bout how r they gonna beat the bulls if they make it tht far!! Serious shit!!

  • Anuj Mokal

    who the hell is he to call gasol soft !!
    amare 1st learn the spelling of rebounds then talk abt other ppl….

  • Rizhan

    stupid command for a star player he cant talk like that gasol is a champion

  • juiced ballz

    amare is good but no so good like pau, gasol is a strong dude, he just screams like somebody kills him but he can rebound. amare? no so much. ok just to be clear: pau have 2 championships, amare: dude shut up and play…

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    Bynum is the Coattail Rider and Gasol is the Wannabe Black Swan . . . Who means more to the Lakers winning championships? I’ll cast a vote for Gasol. The high paid Coattail Rider just can’t stay healthy, and doesn’t have a clutch bone in his body during winning time.

  • mike

    amare posed on a magazine cover butt naked…

  • Jose

    Yea he wishes he was Gasol with a couple of rings. Not even the lame Suns wanted him. He is no where in the top 10 forwards in the league.

  • vtrobot

    um, STAT was leading the MVP race for a while, no? that’s riding coattails? each player is better than the other at aspects of the game, but pau is definitely softer than amare. not saying that the dude doesn’t deserve everything that he’s accomplished and wasn’t an integral part of the L’s championships, but c’mon. he’s softer than dirk and that dude has gotten the soft label more than most superstars over the last several years. yeah, pau was a beast against the C’s (when perk when down). peace.

  • mike outta jersey (GO NETS)

    amare is right paul does have help, if pau was in memphis do you think he would be a two time champion??? but amare shouldnt open his mouth cause he doesnt play defense and he can be considered soft too…
    im just sayn, just cause you dunk the ball hard and talk trash doesnt make you hard … it just means your a little more expressive

  • mcat

    amare who?

  • http://slam.com spyder

    My guess is if it was 1 on 1 in street amare would destroy him in basketball.

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