Here is a little info on Gasol -- definately sounds like a worthless piece of trash who can't do anything, huh, ziggy?
February 19, 2008
The current leader in efficiency rating in the ACB League, Marc Gasol has built a pretty mistake-free style of game that helps him to emerge as a statistical standout. He?s long, very strong, nicely skilled, and very smart playing the game. A menace in the low post, he shows solid footwork, a decent jump-hook and a very nice turnaround jumper. Indeed his shooting range extends out to the three-point line, while he greatly combines his scoring power with his passing game, not really looking for definitive passes, but feeding his team?s offensive flow by distributing the ball from both the high and low post.
In spite of all that, his nice effort in the quarterfinal game wasn't enough for Akasvayu Girona to overcome an extremely solid Real Madrid team. Despite being regularly double-teamed, Gasol managed to amass 19 points, most of them coming off continuations towards the basket, and other off-ball stuff near the rim. The attention he delivered from Real Madrid defense didn't allow him to produce much in one-on-one plays in the low post, but he still connected on two thunderous one-handed dunks from there, one of them after capturing the baseline with an excellent spin move where he showed nice footspeed.
However, Gasol's great statistical production doesn't always necessarily reflect a dominating performance on the floor. Indeed, it didn't in this Copa. He wasn't really a go-to guy for Girona on the offensive end (mainly because of Real Madrid?s double-teaming defense, that's true), but especially he doesn't make a great impact on the defensive end. His limited mobility gets exploited in pick-and-roll situations that the opponents throw at him; he's not a great intimidator, he allows smaller opponents to shoot over him; and given his superb size, he's not the best rebounder around.
Still, Pau's younger brother is one of the most promising centers in Europe, and probably an underrated piece -by the American media- in the recent blockbuster trade that involved both brothers. Anyway, he doesn't seem to fit too well with the current Memphis Grizzlies game style, but he might be a nice asset to work in a trade in the near future.
Is this description of Marc Gasol really a testimonial of his talents?"
"...(Gasol) is "pretty" mistake-free that helps him emerge as a statistical standout"
"He's long, very strong, and "nicely" skilled, and "very" smart playing the game."
"He shows "solid" footwork, a "decent" jump-hook, and a "very nice" turn around jumper."
"he greatly combines his scoring power with his passing game, "not really looking" for definitive passes, but feeding his team's offensive flow by distributing the ball from both the high and low post.
"....an excellent spin move where he showed "nice" footspeed"
"he doesn't make a great impact on the defensive end."
"Gasol's great statistical production doesn't always necessarily reflect a dominating performance on the floor"
"He wasn't really a go-to guy"
And my favorite:
"... especially he doesn't make a great impact on the defensive end. His limited mobility gets exploited in pick-and-roll situations that the opponents throw at him; he's not a great intimidator, he allows smaller opponents to shoot over him; and given his superb size, he's not the best rebounder around."
And finally"
"he doesn't seem to fit too well with the current Memphis Grizzlies game style, but he might be a nice asset to work in a trade in the near future."
If this were a discription of a current NBA center, we would be looking fondly back at Kwame Brown. But no, this is a "favorable" description of Gasol from his play in Spain and Europe. Ziggy, me thinks Randy is shining you big time, if he wants us to think Marc Gasol will be the second coming of Pao.
