rubio defends gasol

[lakers4sho]

I wish I could get just one chance to manage the Lakers rotations for just one week.

if so, just don't go on PSD after the game

[GREATNESS ONE]

^llullz

[LakersMaster24]

Id move Pau to starting center, move Dwight to that PF role. I would have Kobe facilitate while Nash plays the kind of Steve Kerr zone. Metta would just be there for occasional 3s. Mainly run the offense through Kobe dishing out to cutting Dwight or posting up Pau. I'd try to tell Dwight that this is just temporarily simply due to the desperation we are in just so his ego doesn't get hurt.

[lakers4sho]

Id move Pau to starting center, move Dwight to that PF role. I would have Kobe facilitate while Nash plays the kind of Steve Kerr zone. Metta would just be there for occasional 3s. Mainly run the offense through Kobe dishing out to cutting Dwight or posting up Pau. I'd try to tell Dwight that this is just temporarily simply due to the desperation we are in just so his ego doesn't get hurt.

sounds like what phil would do, but he would just give dwight the middle finger if he *****es out in public

[MickeyMgl]

So gasol should start?

Yes. Call me old school. I think the best players should start, or at the very least they should finish close games. Gasol is one of their best players.

It's funny, though. The one thing almost everybody is in agreement about right now is that Mike D'Antoni sucks as a coach - or that his coaching of this team has sucked. Hard.

Yet there are so many fans who have bought into the myth - propagated by D'Antoni - that there is not enough room in the paint for two interior players - two big men. They have bought into it, despite the fact that this contradicts the philosophy of at least one coach almost everybody here respects, Phil Jackson. In fact, most coaches who have won titles would disagree with this.

How many people believe D'Antoni is right about this?

[Hellcrooner]

Yes. Call me old school. I think the best players should start, or at the very least they should finish close games. Gasol is one of their best players.

It's funny, though. The one thing almost everybody is in agreement about right now is that Mike D'Antoni sucks as a coach - or that his coaching of this team has sucked. Hard.

Yet there are so many fans who have bought into the myth - propagated by D'Antoni - that there is not enough room in the paint for two interior players - two big men. They have bought into it, despite the fact that this contradicts the philosophy of at least one coach almost everybody here respects, Phil Jackson. In fact, most coaches who have won titles would disagree with this.

How many people believe D'Antoni is right about this?

Dantoni probably would ahve gone nuts with healthy Sampson + Hakeem

uh, how can i fit two PURE centers

[QUICKTRADE]

MDA is a one dimensional coach. Magic was like very very upset and throwing the whole FO in the hiring of this clown coach. Im not a fan of PJ as well but I respect his brilliant style of coaching and substitutions. I thought before that he was a super offensive coach and can adapt to his current personnel but im wrong bec. he is the dumbest among the coaches ive seen in lakers history,

[Blackheart1]

Dantoni probably would ahve gone nuts with healthy Sampson + Hakeem

uh, how can i fit two PURE centers

ask yourself - why is san antonio so successful and at the top of the conference?

the answer is....they bring an experienced all-star off the bench. Is Danny Green or the other guy really better than Manu???????? No, but it it's important to bring a force off the bench for a top quality teams.

That's why the Lakers play better with Pau coming off the bench.

But if he whines about it..............of course, it may NOT be effective because it ruins team chemistry and creates tension on the team. Frankly, I'm surprised that Pau doesn't understand this.

[Hellcrooner]

ask yourself - why is san antonio so successful and at the top of the conference?

the answer is....they bring an experienced all-star off the bench. Is Danny Green or the other guy really better than Manu???????? No, but it it's important to bring a force off the bench for a top quality teams.

That's why the Lakers play better with Pau coming off the bench.

But if he whines about it..............of course, it may NOT be effective because it ruins team chemistry and creates tension on the team. Frankly, I'm surprised that Pau doesn't understand this.

tell when is Manu in the bench on the 4th quarter in a close game.

Thats Paus main grudge.

[Blackheart1]

tell when is Manu in the bench on the 4th quarter in a close game.

Thats Paus main grudge.

Well, initially he complained about about not starting. Then, he complained about not being in at the end of a game that we actually won.

And.................................this thread is about Rubio's comments.

I've always supported Pau, and I've always appreciated Pau, but he might be sabotaging the Lakers right now for deeper reasons than what we see on the surface.

Just a possibility.

[MickeyMgl]

If I were gasol I'd be more worried about playing in crunch time than being in the starting lineup

I kind of feel like he had gotten to that point, since it wasn't hurting his play any. That's the way many people were rationalizing the move, comparing it to Odom and Ginobili, and pointing out that who starts doesn't matter as much as minutes played and who finishes. This is a reasonable point, even though I do believe he should start.

Then D'Antoni went and took it a step further by benching Gasol in a close game in which he was playing very well - essentially undermining the above rationalization and emphasizing, via that decision, that Gasol is "just another sub". A lot of people are quick to turn on Pau, but in his shoes, they'd be insulted.

Most fans agree that there's a lot that goes along with getting a big salary. Mainly, responsibility. That means, as long as you're drawing that salary, you shouldn't be content to sit on the bench while others decide the game, especially when you know you have a lot to offer your team.

Those players should never be left out of the end of a game unless they are truly stinking up the game. That goes for everybody. I'm not sure, but I think I recall Phil doing it once or twice in the 11 years he was here. (Although what I recall was a benching of the starters collectively, as opposed to singling one guy out and embarrassing him.) So when D'Antoni sat Gasol during a close 4th quarter earlier in the season, it raised an eyebrow, but since it happened during the time Gasol was really struggling, it could be rationalized. "I was trying to win the game." However, it also raised an eyebrow when he refused to sit Howard even situationally and instead allowed him to single-handedly lose at least a couple of games at the free throw line... even bristling when asked about it later.

[MickeyMgl]

D'antoni or not... Pau needs to go.

I think D'Antoni is the only reason Pau might need to go.

[Hellcrooner]

Well, initially he complained about about not starting. Then, he complained about not being in at the end of a game that we actually won.

And.................................this thread is about Rubio's comments.

I've always supported Pau, and I've always appreciated Pau, but he might be sabotaging the Lakers right now for deeper reasons than what we see on the surface.

Just a possibility.

On the contrary its dantonis not so hidden intentions of run pau out of town what is sabotaging the lakers.
He is doing everything in his hand to drive Pau crazy and have him ASKING for the trade and being the one that gets the villian reputation whilst he stays clean as the " inocent victim".

he thought benching pau woudl be enough, but he saw he is playing well and providing 3 consecutive win no less, and when in the NO game he saw he was 7 7 7 on his way to a more than probable triple double and another win he realized he needed to force his hand even More to get what he wants.

you ahve to be BLIND to not see it.

[thenaj17]

It is amazing how little people understand about basketball and match ups here. You'd think after having watched the Lakers lose as much as they have, fans would have picked up that it has nothing to do with D'Antoni and everything to do with a poorly assembled team. People still calling for Gasol and Howard to play together is hilarious.

Very much this, been saying this all season.

[thenaj17]

On the contrary its dantonis not so hidden intentions of run pau out of town what is sabotaging the lakers.
He is doing everything in his hand to drive Pau crazy and have him ASKING for the trade and being the one that gets the villian reputation whilst he stays clean as the " inocent victim".

he thought benching pau woudl be enough, but he saw he is playing well and providing 3 consecutive win no less, and when in the NO game he saw he was 7 7 7 on his way to a more than probable triple double and another win he realized he needed to force his hand even More to get what he wants.

you ahve to be BLIND to not see it.

This is probably the single most biased, ridiculous suggestion you have ever written