GASOL : I SALUTE YOU, PAU

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HEY JOE,

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...pau-gasol-would-join-bulls-because-of-weather
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah flew to Los Angeles this summer to help his team recruit free agent Pau Gasol, but he thought it was a longshot. Gasol had spent the six and a half seasons in LA, and while the Bulls offered him a chance to win, they didn't exactly offer him a perfect climate. From CSN Chicago:

"Because it's freezing out here," Noah said when asked why he thought the Bulls wouldn't land Gasol. "I think the last time he was here it was that polar, arctic thing. The polar vortex thing going on. It's brutal.

"So when you're used to the beach every day, to pick the polar vortex says a lot."



"I just thought there was no way we were going to get him, but I think it just says a lot about him as a player, about his mindset," Noah said at Wednesday's training camp. "And I think he's a huge addition to this team and to get to where we want to, everybody's going to have to play at a high level. And it's really exciting to have a player of his caliber here that we can learn from and a guy who's really going to affect the game."

Gasol had plenty of reasons to choose Chicago. The Bulls gave him a three-year, $22 million-plus contract, and an opportunity to play alongside the Defensive Player of the Year in Noah, a former MVP in Derrick Rose, plus excellent role players and an elite head coach in Tom Thibodeau. This is undoubtedly a great situation, and it was probably worth sacrificing the warm weather.
 

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I made light of this link.
as i think it speaks of the bigger picture for:

PAU GASOL

imo, i think gasol may have taken to the bulls.
as it helps to bolster his standings/legacy/skill/heart as a defender.
gasol, is a euro.
of which, we know most euro's knock against them is ferocity.

the same ferocity, that gasol has been criticized for not having.
or being able to employ in key moments consistently outside of game seven to beat the perkins-less celt's in o9.

so, i am looking at the roster spot of gasol.
as, gasol paying attention to his legacy as a defender over his career.
then, seizing life by the horns.
to bolster his defensive prowess/skill/legacy.
which at his age, i find to be a great nod to a player.
who has not wanted to stop developing.

although, i am not a bulls fan or part of the coli bulls brigade.
i still recognize this, attention to detail and skill.

so, to:

PAU GASOL

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i hope you make life easier for the bulls.
plus, to squelch the anxiety.
built around lack of performance that bulls fans and the bulls brigade have.



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I think pau is the best free agent the bulls could of added outside of melo and a major upgrade over boozer (forget numbers I'm talkin about skills & experience)

If he plays like he played in the world cup or when he 1st got to the lakers bulls going to the finals
 

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well see but dude is terrible on D. And he needs to play down low dont know ho him and noah will work, when he needs to operate in the paint even tho both of them are excellent passers


dawg,..they got a double headed monster down low with him and noah.
they are going to smash on people in the paint.
i easily see them having the most assist for a duo in the frontcourt.
that leads to overly high percentage shots.
both of those two together is like a happy marriage off just pedigree/depth chart.

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Yeah I respect the decision by Pau, even though I would've like him on the Knicks

And like you said for a player not known for his defense to go play for a coach who #1 emphasis is always gonna be defense, you gotta respect it


for him to still be striving to actually add to his skillset and bolster his skills.
plus, take into account, the knock on him.
then, be worldly enough to admit he needs work and then actually go do it.
i could do nuffin, but respect that.
one of the great moves this offseason.
the bulls have demons on paper.

i also, think:

dougie mcbuckets = an absolute terror.
i saw him rip a nikka shot out the air on a block by just taking his shyt out the air like he caught it.
then, go up court and drain a transistion three, like fukk you nikka.

this was at the start of a game, too.
then, the whole game him and snell was fukk'n nikkaz up.

really impressed by their play in summer league.
probably the best most consistent duo, in the sl.
plus, they show and proved to squelch naysayers, too.

dougie mcbuckets, if that dude pans out.

this city and the white people in it are getting their long time wish list/xmas gift.

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well see but dude is terrible on D. And he needs to play down low dont know ho him and noah will work, when he needs to operate in the paint even tho both of them are excellent passers

we had Boozer for years... we're used to the starting 4 not playing Defense Pau will be fine... :lolbron:
 

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i made this thread, because i think he made this move.
to shake the knock on his ferocity/heart on the defensive end.


art barr

Pau has shown he can play defense in LAL. He was rock solid for Phil Jackson playing at the 5. He was also okay for Mike Brown.

The last two years though he had injuries but I guess last year no one on that team was playing defense anyway. He barely made rotations but I guess that could be a case of mailing it in
 

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Pau has shown he can play defense in LAL. He was rock solid for Phil Jackson playing at the 5. He was also okay for Mike Brown.

The last two years though he had injuries but I guess last year no one on that team was playing defense anyway. He barely made rotations but I guess that could be a case of mailing it in
so they gonna have noah playing 4 and pau playing 5? I like the bulls especialy cuz of D-gawd but im skeptical of how pau and noah will work. The paint gonna be clogged on offense
 
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