D Wade says “Everyone thought Pau Gasol should be FMVP” in the Lakers vs Celtics finals

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kobe's 2010 finals were one of only 11 times in finals history where a player averaged at least 10ppg more than every other player and he was one of only two players to do it more than once. jordan 3x, kobe 2x, mikan, shaq, wade, barry, erving, james, number of times averaging 10ppg more than everyone else while also leading team in assists and winning the title only happened 3 times, kobe 2x jordan 1x.
This is because he took more shots than any other 2 lakers put together and sure, he led the lakers in assists by 1 with 27 to Gasol’s 26, but he also had 14 more turnovers than Pau had with 27 while Pau had just 13. It was not a great series for him by any objective measure. He took 73 more shots than Pau to score 70 more points. If you’re shooting that much more than anyone else, you better score a lot more.
 
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This is because he took more shots than any other 2 lakers put together and sure, he led the lakers in assists by 1 with 27 to Gasol’s 26, but he also had 14 more turnovers than Pau had with 27 while Pau had just 13. It was not a great series for him by any objective measure. He took 73 more shots than Pau to score 70 more points. If you’re shooting that much more than anyone else, you better score a lot more.
Revisionist history. Pau was trash all series
 

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This is because he took more shots than any other 2 lakers put together and sure, he led the lakers in assists by 1 with 27 to Gasol’s 26, but he also had 14 more turnovers than Pau had with 27 while Pau had just 13. It was not a great series for him by any objective measure. He took 73 more shots than Pau to score 70 more points. If you’re shooting that much more than anyone else, you better score a lot more.

Yea, you're right. Kobe should've passed the ball to Bynum so he could trip and kick the ball out of bounds and to Gasol so KG would swat that shyt.

Gasol has never put up 30 points per game like ever so you're a goofy for even suggesting he could have if he got the ball more.
 

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kobe's 2010 finals were one of only 11 times in finals history where a player averaged at least 10ppg more than every other player and he was one of only two players to do it more than once. jordan 3x, kobe 2x, mikan, shaq, wade, barry, erving, james, number of times averaging 10ppg more than everyone else while also leading team in assists and winning the title only happened 3 times, kobe 2x jordan 1x.
Incredible stats :wow:
Stats when it matters most, not longevity :wow:
 

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This is because he took more shots than any other 2 lakers put together and sure, he led the lakers in assists by 1 with 27 to Gasol’s 26, but he also had 14 more turnovers than Pau had with 27 while Pau had just 13. It was not a great series for him by any objective measure. He took 73 more shots than Pau to score 70 more points. If you’re shooting that much more than anyone else, you better score a lot more.
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This is because he took more shots than any other 2 lakers put together and sure, he led the lakers in assists by 1 with 27 to Gasol’s 26, but he also had 14 more turnovers than Pau had with 27 while Pau had just 13. It was not a great series for him by any objective measure. He took 73 more shots than Pau to score 70 more points. If you’re shooting that much more than anyone else, you better score a lot more.
Anyone who thinks this is a good analysis is a fukking idiot. Pau was ass.
 

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Why are people acting like this is some outlandish opinion. Pau deserving FMVP was a very popular take at the point. Kobe glazers claiming otherwise is the definition of history revisionism. A lot of those old forums have been nuked but I'm pretty sure I can still find old threads with people saying Gasol deserved it.

They were neck and neck in terms of the Box Score

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And Pau had more of an impact defensively and had a better closeout game while Kobe nearly shot them out of it with that infamous 6-24 performance. When it's close like that, they were obviously going to give it to the bigger star for marketing reasons but it wouldn't have been some big surprise if Pau won it.
 
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Why are people acting like this is some outlandish opinion. Pau deserving FMVP was a very popular take at the point. Kobe glazers claiming otherwise is the definition of history revisionism. A lot of those old forums have been nuked but I'm pretty sure I can still find old threads with people saying Gasol deserved it.

They were neck and neck in terms of the Box Score

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And Pau had more of an impact defensively and had had a better closeout game while Kobe nearly shot them out of it with that infamous 6-24 performance. When it's close likt that, they were obviously going to give it to the bigger star for marketing reasons but it wouldn't have been some big surprise if Pau won it.

Arguing Pau deserved Finals MVP scoring ten less points is haterism - because with that logic, Shaq should not have won every Finals MVP.

Y’all dudes really throw your brains out the window when it involves Kobe.
 

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Anyone who thinks this is a good analysis is a fukking idiot. Pau was ass.


Arguing Pau deserved Finals MVP scoring ten less points is haterism - because with that logic, Shaq should not have won every Finals MVP.

Y’all dudes really throw your brains out the window when it involves Kobe.


It's beyond embarrassing at this point. And actually disgusting cuz breh has passed. If you think bron is better fine, but all of this extra shyt is just that.....extra.
 
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