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

Ice-Fire wrote:

Weezy wrote:What about his play during this stretch of 6 wins in 7 games,

I wouldn't elect Gasol's game against Phoenix & Nets as a good measurement to his good play, he got burned by Scola in the 4th quarter and couldn't get a offensive rebound over Brook Lopez.

tigerjeterkobe wrote:

puffyusaf#2 wrote:

Weezy wrote:

tigerjeterkobe wrote:Sigh. Gasol is a marshmellow. Of course he will sit out until after the all-star break with this. He was clearly breaking down in early December. Other teams wanted him. Now he won't be tradeable.

How can you call Pau soft for getting injured? And how can you predict how long he will be out, we have no idea.

because some fans are tough as nails and can play at an elite level no matter what if they "just had a chance" to play. tigerjeterkobe is one of those fans obviously.

Blah blah blah. Typical condescending post. As I said, he has been breaking down all season, with various injuries. He CHOSE to sit out with sore knees, so even if this were not a serious injury, he would milk it because he always does. This sounds like he gets what he wants - a real injury to check out and get paid. It was obvious he would wear down and get hurt again. Should have traded him in December like many of us said.

And Kobe is "tough as nails" and can play at an elite level. Jeter too. And tiger. So there...

Weezy wrote:What about his play during this stretch of 6 wins in 7 games,

Rooscooter wrote:The mileage of year round competitive play is catching up with him..... He's got nearly as much game time as Kobe in fewer years because of his international play.

lotus wrote: And we have Sacre who, if he were 6'11", wouldn't have been the 60th pick. Thank god for the throw in of Earl Clark

Ice-Fire wrote:

lotus wrote: And we have Sacre who, if he were 6'11", wouldn't have been the 60th pick. Thank god for the throw in of Earl Clark

Sacre would likely been selling lemonade on the side-walk.

Pau Gasol said that he felt a "pop" in his right foot and he left the Barclay's Center on crutches after Tuesday's game.

The popping sound could mean Gasol may have torn his plantar fascia and it's becoming more and more likely that he's going to have to miss multiple games. He said that his plantar fasciitis got worse in Friday's game against Minnesota, so he's been trying to play through it and it may have caught up to him. As a reference point, Richard Hamilton suffered a partially torn plantar fascia back in December and he missed almost one month. Every injury is different, though, and Gasol's MRI on Wednesday will shed some light on a possible prognosis. Earl Clark is a must-own player while Antawn Jamison is worth a look in all leagues.

XXIV wrote:It's never good when you here a body part "pop." Hopefully he won't have to miss too much time if any, we can't afford him to be out for long especially with Dwight out.

Kingsama wrote:

Ice-Fire wrote:

lotus wrote: And we have Sacre who, if he were 6'11", wouldn't have been the 60th pick. Thank god for the throw in of Earl Clark

Sacre would likely been selling lemonade on the side-walk.

maybe he can sell enough to get us a decent free agent if Pau is down for the long hall...



moving along, shouldn't we wait til we find out what happened before we deem this the end of the world?

Weezy wrote:

Ice-Fire wrote:

Weezy wrote:I'm not gonna bash Pau for things he cannot do, I've chosen to focus on the positive as long as he's here. He has injury issues, he can't jump, of course he gives up boards, but he was also scoring at will for us most of the game and we really needed it.

Considering the fact that the Lakers pay Gasol 19M per it's not reasonable to look at the positves for 1 player and ignore the rest of his weaknesses.... you only do that to players who barely get the Mini-MLE exception.

This argument is brought up far too much. He makes what he makes, he doesn't deserve extra criticism because he makes more money, he earned that money by helping us get 2 titles. I do think he makes too much now, but oh well, nobody can change that. Complaining about his negatives all season long doesn't fix them either, it's just repetitive and old. He's been playing well, we're 3-0 without Howard and with Pau starting, so I choose to focus on the good he's done instead of the things he can't do like jump and protect the rim like Howard. He put up 20/10 the last 2 games starting and had 15 tonight before he went down and we're winning, so I'm good.

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RT @DavidjBrickley: Kurt Rambis saying its actually good to completely tear the facia. Its really sore for a couple days but gets better.