Pau Thread: Surgery a success; now rehab & rest for 12 weeks

GoldenKnight wrote:

icencream27 wrote:

Battle Tested20 wrote:

GoldenKnight wrote:2009: The intensity, the passion, the hunger...I swear, this seems like a completely different man. I loved watching this mix, brought back great memories.

WOW....It's like I was in a dream watching that video. It also felt like I was watching a tribute video of a person who died and now were celebrating the good times we remember. I don't mean for this to be funny but it's just dramatic and stunning how night and day Pau was 3 years ago compared to today. Just look at how he finished around the basket back then...all the dunks, jumping ability, and quickness

Kind of sad watching that video because the music went so perfectly with him and all the memories.

I have faith that he still has got it. The past 2 years he hasn't beena featured as much as Bynum and Howard so he feels lef out . When his confidence is there, you'll see that pau come back

There's nothing more I would love than for Pau to hold that trophy up once again with the Lakers after the tough time & criticism he has been receiving.

Greatest of All Time wrote:Granger for Pau is not even remotely plausible.

Bargnani is softer than Pau. It's embarassing you'd even want him over Pau Gasol.

Derrick Williams in a straight salary dump huh? It's embarassing you'd suggest salary dumping Pau and completely throw away the entire season. I feel ashamed as a Laker fan that a fellow Laker fan is even entertaining the idea of throwing the season away in a Pau salary dump.

some 3 way with Denver? What's that supposed to even mean? Who's the third team that's taking Pau Gasol and what does Denver get out of it? Absolutely zero analysis or insight. Emarassing # 3

Embarassing.


Just embarassing.

Pau Gasol is not playing tonight bc of tendonitis in both of his knees. He is listed as day to day

lakerfan2 wrote:What I don't understand about Pau is where his back to the basket game went?

When Kobe got hurt, he went to the post, not settle for jumpers.

He's 7 feet tall, can use both hands, yet now settles for fadeaways and hooks from 10 feet out. What happened to faking right and going left? What happened to the fakes and footwork?

I want that Pau back.

karacha wrote:We'll be fine. I wonder if there is more to that tendinitis story. I'm not suggesting anything here.

karacha wrote:We'll be fine. I wonder if there is more to that tendinitis story. I'm not suggesting anything here.

Pau Gasol ‏@paugasol
Tonight we're playing in Houston against the Rockets. Today I'm not going to play due to tendinitis on my knees. I hope I can be back soon!
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lakerfan2 wrote:What I don't understand about Pau is where his back to the basket game went?

When Kobe got hurt, he went to the post, not settle for jumpers.

He's 7 feet tall, can use both hands, yet now settles for fadeaways and hooks from 10 feet out. What happened to faking right and going left? What happened to the fakes and footwork?

I want that Pau back.

Doc Brown wrote:I'm confident in saying that we will look better tonight defensively/offensively and we will get an easy W.

pound4pound1 wrote:

Doc Brown wrote:I'm confident in saying that we will look better tonight defensively/offensively and we will get an easy W.

if the pattern of look good-play like crap-look good-play like crap holds up, we should play well tonight


we're a .500 team

pound4pound1 wrote:

Doc Brown wrote:I'm confident in saying that we will look better tonight defensively/offensively and we will get an easy W.

if the pattern of look good-play like crap-look good-play like crap holds up, we should play well tonight


we're a .500 team

HOUSTON -- Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol will not play Tuesday against the Houston Rockets because of tendinitis in both knees.

"The biggest thing with him was that he was playing hurt and in this league you just can't do that," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said. "I just didn't think he was running fluidly.

D'Antoni said Gasol made the decision to rest after consulting with the coaching and training staff. There is no set timetable for how long Gasol will sit out. Antawn Jamison will start in his place.

"We got to get him healthy," D'Antoni said. "Whatever it takes -- one game, two games, 10 games -- I don't know. It's day to day but he's got to be healthy. It wasn't fair (to him). He's trying to battle through some stuff and in this league, you just can't do that."

Gasol is sitting not because a trade involving the former four-time All-Star is in the works, according to multiple league sources. However, a source told ESPNLosAngeles.com that Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak has recently spoken to Gasol's representatives and the gist of the conversation was that if Gasol is unable to adjust to D'Antoni's system, the team will have no choice but to search for possible trade scenarios.

Their game against the Rockets is the start of a particularly tough stretch for the Lakers -- eight of their next 10 are on the road. L.A. is 1-4 away from Staples Center this sason.

The Lakers called up rookie big man Robert Sacre from the Los Angeles D-Fenders, their D-League affiliate, Monday as big-man insurance for their bench. Forward Jordan Hill, who was a DNP-CD in the Lakers' last game, could also find minutes in the rotation.

"Somebody's woe is somebody's gain and they got to take advantage of it," D'Antoni said.

Following Sunday's loss to the Orlando Magic, Kobe Bryant was critical of Gasol, who has questioned his role in the Lakers' offense. Gasol watched the final minutes of the fourth quarter from the bench Sunday.

"Put your big-boy pants on," Bryant said after the loss dropped the team's record to 8-9. "Just adjust. Just adjust. You can't whine about it. You can't complain about it."

Gasol was subbed out with 6:07 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Lakers up 84-83. Orlando outscored L.A. 30-19 the rest of the way. Gasol ended his night with 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting, seven rebounds, two assists and a block in 29 minutes.

Bryant said he could relate to Gasol's struggles, telling reporters after Tuesday's shootaround that he had to make a similar decision to sit out late last season when tenosynovitis in his left shin caused him to miss seven games.

"We talked about it a little bit," Bryant said. "It's difficult for him, obviously, because he doesn't have the explosiveness that he had, so a lot of it I'm assuming has to do with his being injured physically and not being able to get up and down the court and perform at a high level, which could lead to some frustration. I dealt with it with the shin. You're kind of out there playing around and playing and you kind of wind up being a little bit of a shell of yourself because of your physical limitations."

Added Dwight Howard: "You always want to try to play and give a great effort every night and do the best you can, but sometimes you get scrutinized when you don't perform as well as everybody wants you to. Sometimes they may not realize that we may be injured. People expect ... when we get on the floor to be 100 percent every night. I think it's a tough situation for Pau, but he has to realize we all got his back."

Gasol, a 12-year veteran, is averaging 12.6 points and 42 percent shooting, both career lows, and 8.8 rebounds per game.

"I hope I can be back soon!" Gasol said on Twitter.