Unless I'm mistaken, this is the same Pau Gasol who has helped the Lakers to three straight Finals appearances, and who was arguably their most important player in last year's Finals.  In short, no Pau = no titles.

You can't tell that to most Laker fans. All they look at is Kobe = 5 rings.

Im not the biggest Pau fan, but I feel sorry for him. He's going through personal issues right now from how he seems to be playing since the playoffs started and it doesn't help that Kobe keeps yelling at him like a child. When the Laker fans booed him I thought that was the most embarrassing thing a fanbase could do to a player and no wonder they were voted worse fanbase in all sports. It didn't help him and in fact seemed to make it worse. I understand being angry, but they're taking it too far and are acting like he just a useless bum. He's obviously going through something that either the team knows about or doesn't and it's sad to see the hate and blame he gets when he's not the only one not playing well. They should blame fisher for costing the game last night with the foul and I'll advised pass, how about Lamar for not being consistent, or maybe Ron for not showing up and in fact getting suspended when the Lakers could've needed him, or maybe King Kobe should be blamed for that airball clutch 3 he had at the end. The team didn't lose the series because of Pau, they lost as a team and everyone besides Bynum should be the blame for last night lost, but in the series this whole team is to blame not only Pau.
I also find it funny the hate he gets now when he saved Kobe's 6-24 behind from not winning his 5th ring. Without Pau there would've been no 2nd championship, no 16 championship and Kobe would've still had 4 rings. I'm tired of the blame game for a player when the team lost together.  

Quote from: Roy H. on May 07, 2011, 05:33:20 PM

Unless I'm mistaken, this is the same Pau Gasol who has helped the Lakers to three straight Finals appearances, and who was arguably their most important player in last year's Finals.  In short, no Pau = no titles.

You can't tell that to most Laker fans. All they look at is Kobe = 5 rings.

Please the Lakers fans who think that say Shaq didn't do anything in that first threepeat. They said Shaq followed Kobe and road his coattails. That to me was the most hilarious thing I've ever heard coming from fans especially being in LA and knowing every single part of that threepeat. Heck my family felt Pau deserved MVP last year and not Kobe because without Pau they wouldn't have won.

Pau for BBD/Green/Kristic.

I'll take Pau on our team if they don't want him.  He's long been the only player on the Lakers I actually kinda like.  Sure, he's struggled during this post-season, but even struggling he's far better than any center the Celtics have had on their team in years and years.

Laker fans are a joke.  Without Pau none of the success they've enjoyed this last three plus years would have happened and they would be more than likely 3 or more championships behind us.

Wow, Lakers fans are delusional.  It's like a Celtics fan calling KG slow and lazy... which would never happen.