Will Kobe opt out and sign with the Blazers if the Lakers get owned in 2009?

[7even]

Well Randolph got traded for other reasons, though. He's a terrible person and can't coexist with real niggas like Oden and Aldridge.

[Turf Hitta]

Well Randolph got traded for other reasons, though. He's a terrible person and can't coexist with real niggas like Oden and Aldridge.

Well, saying he's a terrible person is taking it a bit far, but the point was that great numbers don't make you a great fit. That's why Portland got 9 games better in the W column this year without adding Oden and without their top scorer and rebounder. Aside from the fact that I do not like Gasol's game, he simply would not be a good fit in Portland. Besides, at least Frye is a likable guy. Gasol is soft AND unlikable.

[7even]

His numbers aren't even that good. His percentages are on some JO shit. Gasol > Randolph, easily. But I of course get your point.

*cough* Arenas *cough*

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Look I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you about Gasol not being a top tier guy because everybody here besides you knows he's 2nd tier at best. Besides, why can't I just not like a player's game and be glad he isn't on my team? I've disliked his game way before he was a Laker so why should it change now?

Everybody considers him a 2nd tier guy? LMAO! He was a franchise player for Memphis before he was traded...Please, stop. You're embarassing yourself. Even NBA.com calls him an elite power forward. http://www.nba.com/fantasy/draft_kit/powerforwards1_15.html

[Turf Hitta]

Look I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you about Gasol not being a top tier guy because everybody here besides you knows he's 2nd tier at best. Besides, why can't I just not like a player's game and be glad he isn't on my team? I've disliked his game way before he was a Laker so why should it change now?

Everybody considers him a 2nd tier guy? LMAO! He was a franchise player for Memphis before he was traded...Please, stop. You're embarassing yourself. Even NBA.com calls him an elite power forward. http://www.nba.com/fantasy/draft_kit/powerforwards1_15.html

WOW! WHAT A FUCKING ACCOMPLISHMENT!!! FRANCHISE PLAYER FOR A FAILED FRANCHISE!!! MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP!!!! I guess you're right. I can't get anything by you, you sly devil, you. GASOL = GOAT!!! HOW COULD I EVER HAVE DOUBTED IT???!?!!!!??! Number 6 on the all fantasy squad for PFs. Simply amazing. Side note, it also ranks Dwight Howard lower than Gasol and list him as a pf. PLUS its from the 06 season where he put up the best numbers of his career (probably due mostly to the fact that he only played in 59 games). He has steadily declined since. Way to cite skewed and outdated data. Thank you and goodbye.

[Blow Out the Candle of the Devil]

NBA.COM ALSO SAYS:

By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game inevitably fails to do it justice, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique combination of fundamental soundness, grace, speed, power, artistry, improvisational ability and an unquenchable competitive desire, Jordan single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar.

Even contemporaneous superstars recognized the unparalleled position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us." Larry Bird, following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, appraisal of the young player was: "God disguised as Michael Jordan.

[Antonio_]

Gasol has never averaged 20, 10 and 4 even ONCE in his career. He exposed himself as a soft weenie(like phil calls him) in the biggest nba stage, even tony allen was boxing him out of rebounds.

the nicca couldnt even average 20 and 10 with the wac ass grizzlies, maybe he got close sometimes, but how you 7 feet tall and the most u ever averegad is 9 rebounds ahaha he's overrated. mostly by all the gay lakers groupies on the internet. he's not a top 5 nba power forward. maybe for a soft ass team like the lakers he is, but league wide cuzz is seen as a softy. there are a gang of big men better than him.

He averaged 10.2 rebounds against the Celtics anyway. His problem was been Odom being as soft as him playing next to him. I mean at those levels you can't have Gasol as the C and Odom as the PF. We missed Bynum.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Look I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you about Gasol not being a top tier guy because everybody here besides you knows he's 2nd tier at best. Besides, why can't I just not like a player's game and be glad he isn't on my team? I've disliked his game way before he was a Laker so why should it change now?

Everybody considers him a 2nd tier guy? LMAO! He was a franchise player for Memphis before he was traded...Please, stop. You're embarassing yourself. Even NBA.com calls him an elite power forward. http://www.nba.com/fantasy/draft_kit/powerforwards1_15.html

WOW! WHAT A FUCKING ACCOMPLISHMENT!!! FRANCHISE PLAYER FOR A FAILED FRANCHISE!!! MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP MVP!!!! I guess you're right. I can't get anything by you, you sly devil, you. GASOL = GOAT!!! HOW COULD I EVER HAVE DOUBTED IT???!?!!!!??! Number 6 on the all fantasy squad for PFs. Simply amazing. Side note, it also ranks Dwight Howard lower than Gasol and list him as a pf. PLUS its from the 06 season where he put up the best numbers of his career (probably due mostly to the fact that he only played in 59 games). He has steadily declined since. Way to cite skewed and outdated data. Thank you and goodbye.

LOL. You'r an idiot. End of story. You wouldn't trade Frye for Gasol. LMAO. Gasol never declined, he's steadily improving, easily a top power forward in the league. Anyone who denies this is absurd...PeACe

[Turf Hitta]

^^^Pau never declined? So You're going to call me an idiot but completely disregard the fact that you got called on your outdated bullshit "evidence" from 3 years ago that is completely irrelevant and thinks Dwight Howard is a PF who is not as good as Gasol? And Gasol actually HAS DECLINED. I can give you evidence that is as recent as game 82 of THIS SEASON to support that. Would you like to see it? Never mind the fact that you claim Gasol is a franchise player but the franchise he came from was always garbage before, during and after he came. Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME. Hell of a franchise player. Hell he wasn't even an adequate sidekick for the player you claim is better than Jordan yet you refer to him as a franchise player. Would you also have me believe that gasol is better than Pippen?

Bryant>Jordan
Gasol>Pippen

This is your brain on drugs.

Jordan & Pippen = 6 rings
Bryant & Gasol = 0 rings

[Antonio_]

Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME.

One? Actually three. Homie he was been named Rookie of the Year in 2002 and he reached the post season with Memphis from 2003 to 2006, which is somehow incredible considering the team was wack anyway. He still leads the franchise in points, rebounds, blocks, minutes played etc.. how can you say he wasn't a franchise player in Memphis when he's the best player in the history of the franchise? I don't get it. Obviously he ain't a franchise player in Los Angeles, but we didn't get him to be our franchise player, so.. what's the point?

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^^^Pau never declined? So You're going to call me an idiot but completely disregard the fact that you got called on your outdated bullshit "evidence" from 3 years ago that is completely irrelevant and thinks Dwight Howard is a PF who is not as good as Gasol? And Gasol actually HAS DECLINED. I can give you evidence that is as recent as game 82 of THIS SEASON to support that. Would you like to see it? Never mind the fact that you claim Gasol is a franchise player but the franchise he came from was always garbage before, during and after he came. Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME. Hell of a franchise player. Hell he wasn't even an adequate sidekick for the player you claim is better than Jordan yet you refer to him as a franchise player. Would you also have me believe that gasol is better than Pippen?

Bryant>Jordan
Gasol>Pippen

This is your brain on drugs.

Jordan & Pippen = 6 rings
Bryant & Gasol = 0 rings

^Crack Wilson status, no joke...Gasol and Kobe have played together for a total of 48 games, fucking genius. Gasol did amazing things for Memphis, getting them to 50 fucking wins! That's a lottery team winning that many games because of Gasol...and how did he decline? What did he do better a couple years back then now? Seriously, all your opinions are based off of hating the Lakers, so just quit while you still can...PeACe

[Turf Hitta]

Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME.

One? Actually three. Homie he was been named Rookie of the Year in 2002 and he reached the post season with Memphis from 2003 to 2006, which is somehow incredible considering the team was wack anyway. He still leads the franchise in points, rebounds, blocks, minutes played etc.. how can you say he wasn't a franchise player in Memphis when he's the best player in the history of the franchise? I don't get it. Obviously he ain't a franchise player in Los Angeles, but we didn't get him to be our franchise player, so.. what's the point?

My mistake, I only recalled one playoff appearance before this year. Anyway, just because he is the best player they ever had, I wouldn't consider him a franchise player. Paul, Iverson, Howard, Bryant, Olajuwon, D Robinson, Ewing, Isaiah Thomas etc, those guys are/were franchise players. Paul Gasol is a good player who will ultimately be forgotten. Just because Terry Porter is arguably the best pg the Blazers ever had that doesn't make him a franchise player. That's all I'm saying.

[Turf Hitta]

^^^Pau never declined? So You're going to call me an idiot but completely disregard the fact that you got called on your outdated bullshit "evidence" from 3 years ago that is completely irrelevant and thinks Dwight Howard is a PF who is not as good as Gasol? And Gasol actually HAS DECLINED. I can give you evidence that is as recent as game 82 of THIS SEASON to support that. Would you like to see it? Never mind the fact that you claim Gasol is a franchise player but the franchise he came from was always garbage before, during and after he came. Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME. Hell of a franchise player. Hell he wasn't even an adequate sidekick for the player you claim is better than Jordan yet you refer to him as a franchise player. Would you also have me believe that gasol is better than Pippen?

Bryant>Jordan
Gasol>Pippen

This is your brain on drugs.

Jordan & Pippen = 6 rings
Bryant & Gasol = 0 rings

^Crack Wilson status, no joke...Gasol and Kobe have played together for a total of 48 games, fucking genius. Gasol did amazing things for Memphis, getting them to 50 fucking wins! That's a lottery team winning that many games because of Gasol...and how did he decline? What did he do better a couple years back then now? Seriously, all your opinions are based off of hating the Lakers, so just quit while you still can...PeACe

wow 50 fucking wins once. Amazing. I am truly in awe of his one 50 win season. I suppose that puts him in elite company. what was I thinking? And you missed the point of saying Bryant & Gasol have no rings together. I was using skewed evidence just like your faulty ass "evidence" of Pau being an elite player. And I'm not even talking about the Lakers I'm talking about Gasol. I've never liked Gasol even way before he was a Laker so kill yourself.

[Antonio_]

^^^Pau never declined? So You're going to call me an idiot but completely disregard the fact that you got called on your outdated bullshit "evidence" from 3 years ago that is completely irrelevant and thinks Dwight Howard is a PF who is not as good as Gasol? And Gasol actually HAS DECLINED. I can give you evidence that is as recent as game 82 of THIS SEASON to support that. Would you like to see it? Never mind the fact that you claim Gasol is a franchise player but the franchise he came from was always garbage before, during and after he came. Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME. Hell of a franchise player. Hell he wasn't even an adequate sidekick for the player you claim is better than Jordan yet you refer to him as a franchise player. Would you also have me believe that gasol is better than Pippen?

Bryant>Jordan
Gasol>Pippen

This is your brain on drugs.

Jordan & Pippen = 6 rings
Bryant & Gasol = 0 rings

^Crack Wilson status, no joke...Gasol and Kobe have played together for a total of 48 games, fucking genius. Gasol did amazing things for Memphis, getting them to 50 fucking wins! That's a lottery team winning that many games because of Gasol...and how did he decline? What did he do better a couple years back then now? Seriously, all your opinions are based off of hating the Lakers, so just quit while you still can...PeACe

wow 50 fucking wins once. Amazing.

Just for the record he had a 49 wins season too, with Memphis. As an All-Star.

[Turf Hitta]

^^^Pau never declined? So You're going to call me an idiot but completely disregard the fact that you got called on your outdated bullshit "evidence" from 3 years ago that is completely irrelevant and thinks Dwight Howard is a PF who is not as good as Gasol? And Gasol actually HAS DECLINED. I can give you evidence that is as recent as game 82 of THIS SEASON to support that. Would you like to see it? Never mind the fact that you claim Gasol is a franchise player but the franchise he came from was always garbage before, during and after he came. Hell of a franchise player. He took the Grizzlies to the first round of the playoffs a whopping ONE TIME. Hell of a franchise player. Hell he wasn't even an adequate sidekick for the player you claim is better than Jordan yet you refer to him as a franchise player. Would you also have me believe that gasol is better than Pippen?

Bryant>Jordan
Gasol>Pippen

This is your brain on drugs.

Jordan & Pippen = 6 rings
Bryant & Gasol = 0 rings

^Crack Wilson status, no joke...Gasol and Kobe have played together for a total of 48 games, fucking genius. Gasol did amazing things for Memphis, getting them to 50 fucking wins! That's a lottery team winning that many games because of Gasol...and how did he decline? What did he do better a couple years back then now? Seriously, all your opinions are based off of hating the Lakers, so just quit while you still can...PeACe

wow 50 fucking wins once. Amazing.

Just for the record he had a 49 wins season too, with Memphis. As an All-Star.

he also had three seasons with less than 30 wins.