« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2015, 08:42:32 PM »
Obligatory Harden reference
Obligatory Pau Gasol reference
Obligatory Robert Traylor reference
Obligatory Andrew Wiggins reference? Too soon?
Correct, Memphis really stole Gasol from the Lakers.
I am tired of hearing that the Lakers stole Pau, was not accurate at the time and is not accurate now.
You can really look at the OPs question in two ways - what was the most lopsided at the time and what was the most lopsided when it was all said and done? At the time, the Gasol for Gasol deal has to be #1 - we are talking a multiple time all-star for a mid-2nd round pick. It was pretty jaw dropping to everybody when it happened.
When it was all said and done - getting McHale and Parish for somebody people only know from this deal was the steal of a lifetime. They were an integral part of the resurgence of bball in the 80s (with Bird, Magic, Kareem, and Worthy of course) and why the NBA is what it is today.
No at the time I thought Memphis won the trade.
Marc had improved each year in his Spanish league that if he was drafted the year of the trade he would have been a top 3 pick. The Grizzlies also got 2 first round picks, the former #1 overall pick in Kwame Brown, and a promising rookie in Javaris Crittenton (who turned out to be a criminal). Memphis was losing money with Pau on the team and rebuilt with Marc on a rookie deal and Zach Randolph who they acquired with the cap money, also got 2 firsts, a former #1 overall, and the Lakers top pick from the year before.
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