Was Pau Gasol even a top 15 player in 2009 and 2010?

[10bandz]

1. Kobe
2. Bron
3. Wade
4. Melo
5. KD
6. Dwight
7. TD
8. Dirk
9. Paul Pierce
10. KG
11. Derrick Rose
12. Cp3
13. DWill
14. Amare
15. Chris Bosh

(players are in no particular order)

Which of these players was Pau better than in 09 and 10?

 

[Lakerman0834]

Pau was around 20th best player, last all star to picked to team. But let cacs and nerds tell you pau was top 5

 

[Ineedmoney504]

08-10 Pau was better then amare and bosh. Pau was leading his team as the first option and main scoring threat to the offs out west consistently

 

[Cladyclad]

08-10 Pau was better then amare and bosh. Pau was leading his team as the first option and main scoring threat to the offs out west consistently

0-12 swept 3 times in Memphis
0-3 in LA without Kobe
0-15 record total

Didn’t win his 1st playoff game without Kobe until he went to Chicago

13 years into
His career

 

[Gravity]

Kobe fanboys backdoor slurping now

 

[10bandz]

08-10 Pau was better then amare and bosh. Pau was leading his team as the first option and main scoring threat to the offs out west consistently

First off, he wasnt better than Amare or Bosh

Secondly, was he even better than Zach Randolph or David lee? I didnt even list them but look at their numbers from those years. Look at Danny Grangers numbers .

Also, Pau got to the offs and didnt win one single game before Kobe.

 

[10bandz]

Pau was around 20th best player, last all star to picked to team. But let cacs and nerds tell you pau was top 5

This breh Kobe really won a 2 titles without a top 15, maybe even not top 20 teammate

in all seriousness tho, nikkas casually act like Pau was top 10 whenever they wanna discredit Kobe. I easily named 15 players better than him from that time period

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

08-10 Pau was better then amare and bosh. Pau was leading his team as the first option and main scoring threat to the offs out west consistently

 

[St_clair_Og]

Pau was a top 5 big at that time....

 

[ISO]

18/11/3.5 on 57% with good rim protection let Kobe fans tell it tho

Somehow rookie Derrick Rose was better

 

[10bandz]

Pau was a top 5 big at that time....

TD
Dirk
KG
Amare
Bosh
Zach Randolph

Which one was Pau better than? In 2008-2009 you had guys like David West dropping 21 and 8, Antawn Jamison put up 22 and 9. Even in Pau's Memphis days the best stats he got was a 20 and 10 year and a 20 and 9 year. When he was traded to the Lakers he was dropping 18.9 pts a game.....and proceeded to average 18.8 pts a game with the Lakers the rest of that season. Became the 2nd option and put up the same points.

In 2009-2010 David Lee put up 20 and 12 on 54% shooting....Pau was better than him that year?

 

[WhoShotCha]

This board consistently overrates Pau and underrates Bosh to push their narratives. Pau never averaged 20 & 10 once in his career (not even as 1st option in Memphis) but somehow he was top 5 lol.

 

[10bandz]

18/11/3.5 on 57% with good rim protection let Kobe fans tell it tho

Somehow rookie Derrick Rose was better

I'm aware of his stats. You didn't make a case for him being a top 15 player though

I said 2009 and 2010. That 18 and 11 year for Pau was 2010......2010 DRose already a 20ppg player at 21.

Even if you take out Rose there's other guys you can put in.

 

[Cyber]

Don't know about Rose in 09 but everyone else definitely had an argument over Pau

He was a 3rd team caliber player at best and that's exactly where he was voted in those 2 specific seasons

 

[10bandz]

This board consistently overrates Pau and underrates Bosh to push their narratives. Pau never averaged 20 & 10 once in his career (not even as 1st option in Memphis) but somehow he was top 5 lol.

One year in MEM Pau averaged 20 and 9.8 boards.....I'll give him the 20 and 10 for that year even tho it's a technicality.

You're right tho, Pau gets overrated cuz they wanna discredit Kobe. Thats the ONLY time people think about Kobe. I made this thread cuz of a long ass post @murksiderock made in the Chris Bosh clutch thread about the best players in the pre-Heatles era. He mentioned like 18 guys and didn't bring up Pau once. It was interesting that in a thread that wasn't based on stan wars, he completely forgot Pau even existed.