Rumor: Warriors a Long Shot for Pau Gasol

by Atma Brother ONE on Dec 28, 2006 1:16 PM PST in Rumors

Here's something that makes you think from Chad Ford's chat earlier today on ESPN.com:

Ken (Richmond, VA): Pau Gasol is back and Memphis is still getting blown out. How long until he's traded?

Chad Ford: Wait until after January 15th. If the sale of the Grizzlies is really dead (and we should know by then) then I think the handcuffs will come off Jerry West and he'll do what he can to clear more cap space and add young inexpensive assets and draft picks. The Bulls are an obvious fit. Celtics, Warriors and Magic are long shots, but possibilities.

I haven't heard first-hand or read anything up until this mention of the Warriors trading for Pau Gasol, but he would be a great fit for this squad and Nellieball. Gasol isn't a superstar big man, but there's a lot to like about the Spanish Fly. He's always been a nice shot blocker and teaming him up with Andris Biedrins down low would instantly transform the Charmin' soft Warrior interior into a force to be reckoned with. Offensively, Gasol is money in the post and is good for 20 a night. Probably the most impressive facet of Gasol's game is his passing, which he's worked hard to improve since entering the league. Last season when he was healthy he dished out 4.6 dimes a game. No other current Warrior forward has that passing ability. Team up Pau Gasol with Baron, JRich, Monta, and Biedrins and this Warriors team becomes a legit force in the West.

If Pau comes to the Bay we'll pay for his haircut and even throw in a Mach-3 razor!
(Photo by Nikki Boertman/NBAE via Getty Images)

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how about this?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2750~1013~2173~996&teams=29~29~29~9

Golden State Warriors

Incoming Players
Pau Gasol
Salary: $12,364,000 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 16.0 REB: 3.9 AST: 2.1 PER: 26.29

Outgoing Players: Ike Diogu, Troy Murphy, Mickael Pietrus

Memphis Grizzlies

Incoming Players
Ike Diogu
Salary: $2,137,200 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 7.0 REB: 4.1 AST: 0.4 PER: 17.42

Troy Murphy
Salary: $8,285,714 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 10.8 REB: 5.9 AST: 2.7 PER: 16.83

Mickael Pietrus
Salary: $2,535,260 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 14.1 REB: 5.3 AST: 1.0 PER: 14.99

Outgoing Players: Pau Gasol

by MANUTEs BOLs on Dec 28, 2006 1:31 PM PST reply actions

or add

Alexander Johnson
Salary: $412,718 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 6.6 REB: 4.0 AST: 0.5 PER: 18.96

to be shipped with Gasol to GS.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2750~1013~2173~996~3009&teams=29~29~29 ~9~9

by MANUTEs BOLs on Dec 28, 2006 1:35 PM PST reply actions

here

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=26~996~2750~1013~3019~2173&teams=9~9~2 9~29~29~29

RIP mAC dRE aka aNDrE mACAsSi aka MuHaMMeD I-E aka pILL cLinToN

by jmefrisco on Dec 28, 2006 1:43 PM PST reply actions

Gasol? Fill 'er up!

I'd rather have Gasol than Artest, and it's not that close. 7-footers with Gasol's skills (shotblocking, passing, shooting) don't grow on trees. I would make Manute's Murph/Diogu/Pietrus deal in a heartbeat. I might even bite the bullet and throw in Monta instead of Pietrus.

Baron
Ellis/Pietrus
JRich
Gasol
Biedrins
----
Dunleavy
Barnes
Foyle
AJohn
POB
Roberson
McCloud

That's a 45-50 win team ... this year.

by Sleepy Freud on Dec 28, 2006 1:52 PM PST reply actions

how about this straight up

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2750~1013~996&teams=29~29~9

by bun on Dec 28, 2006 1:56 PM PST reply actions

the Grizzlies....

are definately trying to get ahead in the Greg Oden sweepstakes. Firing the successful coach Fratello? um... I am going to laugh so hard when Greg Oden ends up in the West.

by ZombieWarrior on Dec 28, 2006 2:33 PM PST reply actions

If the Grizzlies are trying to free up cap space

I don't thing the Warriors have anything to offer, contract wise.

by racsan on Dec 28, 2006 3:10 PM PST reply actions

hmm

i agree with Racsan. The Grizz will want to free up cap space and that something the W's can't offer. Plus Murph, pietrus, and Diogu would probably not get it done unless Pau forced a trade and we threw in about a bazillion draft picks. Since Gasol is still relatively young, and if the sale doesn't go through, i would actually consider giving up Ellis for a quality big man.
Maybe even:
Murphy
Ellis
Diogu
Pietrus
1st round pick

I don't know if this would work, but i bet with the filler in Murph's contract, plus the 3 young guys and a first rounder would at least tempt West. He ain't no body's fool, and atleast if Mullin offers this, he won't be Jerry's Bitch.

by kenntoe on Dec 28, 2006 3:31 PM PST up reply actions

BEST TRADE EVER

like this will ever happen

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=1708~254~1013~25~312~2807~996~3009~2752~49 7&teams=12~29~23~29~12~12~9~23~23~9

Warriors Lineup:

Baron
Jrich
Maggette
Biedrins (gasol)
Gasol (Biedrins)
---
Monta
Pietrus
Diogu
Barnes
Roberson
POB
McCloud

by bayareawarriors on Dec 28, 2006 3:28 PM PST reply actions

mach 3 razor?

Lets not get cheap now, there are 4 blade razors out.

by the optimus dime on Dec 28, 2006 4:52 PM PST reply actions

Haha

I was going to say the Gillette Fusion, but I didn't think it had reached the pop culture dictionary yet.

Man, we'll buy him the latest Norelco razor if he comes!

by Atma Brother ONE on Dec 28, 2006 6:40 PM PST up reply actions

I'd rather have Diogu than Gasol...

...you guys are over-paying in this trade for Gasol.

He's not KG!
He's not AI!

He's friggin Pau Gasol. A poor man's Dirk Nowitzki!

PASS.

by bigcity7 on Dec 28, 2006 6:47 PM PST reply actions

He also beat us with a last second spin move

floating buzzer beating layup in the lane when the Warriors were at home, a season ago.

But if the chances are better to get Gasol than they are to get Artest/AI/KG, go for it.

We've had enough of this, 'no we won't give up X player for this deal.'

Making a trade can spark our team out of this on the fence of .500 junk, we all know Biedrins needs help inside, we all know Nellie hasn't given much light to Ike or Murph.

But

We don't know what Memphis wants from the Warriors, if they want to deal Gasol badly, and what its going to take.

by back2back51s on Dec 28, 2006 11:07 PM PST up reply actions

excuse me.....

"I'd rather have Diogu than Gasol..."
HA HA HA HA HA HA.......HA HA HA HA HA

Let's Go Oakland! Gas, Brake, Dip.

by OaktownFunk on Dec 28, 2006 8:35 PM PST reply actions

memphis won't do any of those trades

they might consider this one:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=2750~2751~1013~3019~996&teams=29~29~29 ~29~9

by chimp on Dec 28, 2006 9:10 PM PST reply actions

hmmm

memphis would be idiots not to take that trade. but i wouldnt do that. monta and ike...keep one of em

by bayareawarriors on Dec 28, 2006 11:06 PM PST up reply actions

Don't sell the farm guys...

Guys,
Like any desperative GSW's fan, i too yearn for the big man to make nellieball even more effective and give us that low post option we so desperately need....but don't sell the farm..!
The price of monta and troy and pb and ike?
Too steep!
Mullin would be a fool to do that..
Think about all the close games that monta has given us a boost in, just in this year...
Think about the development of ike and even PB...
Do we really want to mortgage our future on a guy who is coming off a seriously debilitating ankle injury?
For old time warriors fans, this trade smells of rony seikaly....nix on the trade unless it is:
murphy, petrius and a 2nd dp or 1st...
that would be fair..

by 11allstar on Dec 29, 2006 7:05 AM PST reply actions

THANK YOU 11allstar!

Rony Seikaly is right on the money.

If Pau Gasol was a great player, he affect there record in some small way, but he's just another NBA player. A darn good one, but not a SuperStar like KG, or even Jermaine O'Neal.

And Monta/Ike/POB/Murphy/and a 1st is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY to much!

POB/Murphy/2nd for Gasol would be a good one.

Biedrins IS the Center of the Future, and the present, so POB is expendable.

by bigcity7 on Dec 29, 2006 9:35 AM PST reply actions

POB/Murphy

Why would Memphis take Murphy, a player that literally they have been trying to unload since the off season and who is hurt now, in the doghouse, with a silly contract as long a Gasol's and an unproven like POB who was just sent down to the DL. and might never make it

Come on

And the Seikly comparison is weird? Gasol can pass and shoot and can play both facing the basket and in the post and runs the floor

Seikaly was a big back to the basket center type

Gasol is an Allstar and with him and Baron I think they would have two legit all stars

Ike POB Pietrus are role players at best in the league (nothing wrong with that), nobody wants Murphy or Dunleavy, everyone wants Ellis and Biedrens.

Tough call but I say no on Andres and maybe on Ellis

People on this blog overvalue the Warriros talent more than Mully

by Zig on Jan 2, 2007 3:38 PM PST reply actions