Top 50: Pau Gasol, no. 10

my bad i didn’t read a single comment before i posted that. Cosign everyone that said that before me. And Dirk is not “soft” he is just not physical.

After reading a few comments, I don’t think many guys here understand the difference between “soft” and “finesse”. If anyone here follows football, people don’t call Barca soft. They call them smart, elegant displaying finesse.

That was many moons ago he dominated Pau in the playoffs.

No one remembers when the GSW and Stephen Jackson punked Dirk or Dejuan Blair in the playoffs last year? Thats what they mean by soft.

Thank you, SLAM, for saving me from going on a tirade today. Pau is not, and never has been, better than Dirk, and the folks over there see it as well.

if dirk was traded to the lakers for pau the lakers would win even more. he would open things up for the lakers center (whoever it may be at that time depending on injuries). Sweet passing too. His loyalty will cost him a championship, but it’s the honorable thing to do (not to mention he’s still making major bucks).

I guess as long as Dirk is the alpha dog in Dallas and Pau is second fiddle in LA there is no debate on who is better.

Oh, and the lively discussion is cool. Good stuff.

I wouldn’t view Dirk as “soft” either. I don’t necessarily agree with Dirk doing better with the Lakers than Pau though; Cause when the opposing guards swiss-cheese the Lakers perimeter D (and they DO), Bynum and Pau are usually the only things stopping them from easy lay-ups. I can’t recall Dirk ever stopping anything.

If Dirk gets docked for being soft against Golden State, which he was, then Pau was soft as hell against KG in the Finals. When they went straight up as “the man” on their teams, Dirk straight abused Pau. It was ugly.
I mean, come on son, KG was nervous as hell and STILL took, Gasol’s manhood. If Garnett didn’t have a bum leg this year, it would have been more of the same.
Unlike most people, I noticed that Gasol didn’t want any parts of KG when he faced up on the block and straight bullied him. Garnett was just too hobbled to really dominate.

The “soft” label dirk gets is so hilarious these days. Watch the guy play instead of perpetuating a myth. Idiots.

clipsfan, neg*o please. Dirk has and would abuse Pau and it’s not even close. Switch dirk with gasol on that 08 lakers team and I bet that he doesn’t get abused by KG and the lakers at least take it to a GM7 instead of getting walloped by 38 points in the deciding game. Even if Dirk never wins a chip, he still will be a first-ballot can’t say the same about Pau if he never goes to LA.

JTaylor and Phillis … I am glad you two know that you are both the last commentators anyone wants to listen to. Congratulations, you two, the greek dude, and the seed are all sailing the same ship. I am glad everyone finally sees how much bullsh1t ya’ll speak. You two have made countless commentators who knew the game of basketball and who had something good to say, leave. So, good job on being the sh1t stain on the underwear that is SLAM.

Anyways. I am the biggest Lakers fan out of here. But before the Pau Gasol trade, and when Bynum was playing great, the Lakers were number 1 in the West. Pau Gasol has been the perfect fit for the O the Lakers play. That being said, I would take Dirk over Pau no questions asked. Pau has a great argument for best power forward, but who knows what Bosh will do this year having the 2 biggest threats in the NBA on his team. And Dirk’s shot puts him above Pau in my mind, plus Dirk is usually a beast in the playoffs, when his team isn’t choking. A rested Tim Duncan is in my mind better than Gasol as well, even at Tim’s age.
1. Kobe
2. Wade
3. Bron
4. Durant
5. Paul
6. Deron
7. Dwight
8. Carmelo
9. Dirk
10.Gasol

This is bad enough, but if Dirk and Deron are ranked behind Carmelo then I’m quitting SLAM.

Pau was a winner wherever he went? WTF are some of you people smoking? FACT: before pau got on the lakers the grizz didn’t even win a PLAYOFF GAME nevertheless winning anything. FACT: Pau on the grizz was even worse of a leader and player overall than a bosh was to toronto or than dirk is in dallas. Remember guys YOU ARE THE ONES that said that top 10 ranked players should be franchise players… guess what? GASOL is NOT a franchise player and has never been capable of doing so he was a 2nd banana from the damn get go. Seriously the double standards are ridiculous… and gasol better than dirk? WTF? Dirk Nowitzki even with the slack he takes has lead a team to the damn finals pretty much on his own will as the clear cut leader. Dirk is a better shooter, better leader, MUCH MORE CLUTCH,and most of all LEADS his team as the clear cut man and only all star to the playoffs every damn year. People just don’t like to give him the respect he clearly deserves. Final Verdict: Pau gasol is OVERRATED. there i said it. no other way to explain it. pau being top 10 in this is straight out ridiculous seeing as you people that bash bosh/rose/roy for not having the fire or intensity to be a leader go ahead and praise gasol for being a piece on the best team in the league? you praise gasol for not being a fiery leader anywhere yet you bash the 3 picks before him? OVERRATED he doesn’t score better than bosh or dirk, doesn’t defend better than garnett/duncan yet he is top 10… ridiculous.

Thanks NBk.

9. Melo
8. JTaylor
7. Dirk
6. CP3
5. That guy in your rec league whose solution to his terrible shooting is to keep shooting
4. Amare’s pride
3. LeBronmination
2. Justin Bieber
1. Shaq

Things are good, on leave being bored out of my tree. Trolling SLAM trying my a$$ off to not post because every comment has JTaylor and Phillis writing dumb sh1t after each comment.

James tha Balla:
You love my hyperbole.
I am the prince of hyperbole.

Agreed. I have been on this thing since the start, but I like reading yahoo sports comments a little more now because the ignorant commentators don’t post usually more than once. Here, it is every second post. LIke right now, look at Phillis. Everyday it’s long live the king, and hyperbole. JTaylor, if it’s something he doesn’t like, he is basically racist, like his comment towards Europeans and Nazi’s last week. It’s hard to handle some days. I try not to post that much anymore because you get into conversations like what Bryan Crawford got into 2 weeks ago with those guys. JTaylor should be banned, everyone has agreed, Phillis is just a troller, worst than seed.

I’d take Dirk over Pau if I wanted more points & skill. I’d take Pau over Dirk if wanted more rebounds & defense. (I know Pau isn’t the greatest defensive PF in the world, but he’s about above average when it comes to D, Dirk is not a better rebounder than Pau in any way, shape, or form)

How Gasol was with Memphis is irrelevant..

still a lot of non-believers of Pau. I urge anyone that doesn’t think Pau is the best big man in the game to rewatch the 4th quarter of Game 7. First all those clutch shots. like the one he was triple teamed on and still made it. Then he had all those huge rebounds, especially those 6 big offensive rebounds. Then the biggest oversight was who had the biggest assist of the night. Pau did, not the Kobe to Artest. Pau got the assist when he passed out of the double to Fisher who hit the game tying 3 pt shot. Then in the late stages he was triple teamed and hit a cutting Kobe for an and one finish. Oh yeah not to mention his FTs were the ones that gave the Lakers the lead.

And, James:
You did not even know the word, “hyperbole” until I used it.
So, you learned a new word from me, today.
I will be expecting my check expeditiously.