dougthonus wrote:League Circles wrote:Gasol was bad IMO, despite the "all star" appearances (historically a bad guide to good players IMO, see Vuc, Boozer, Drummond, etc lol). Gasol was also very inefficient for a big man and was an equally atrocious defender, frankly if not worse.
Gasol was a dramatically better defender than Vuc. He had a similar lack of mobility, but in his era he wasn't expected to do as much on the perimeter so it mattered less, and he was just taller and was a dramatically better shot blocker / deterrent at the rim. Not saying Gasol was great at that end, but he wasn't in the same ball park as Vuc in terms of ineptitude.
He was slightly less efficient than Vuc, but league efficiency was also much less at that moment in time, so relative to the league he was actually slightly better.
He also cost less, even accounting for change in salary cap.
I don’t care what anyone says about Pau he was very good as a Bull despite coming at a later age. His IQ was off the charts. Enjoyed watching that man play basketball, unique player and professional as well.